STAR WARS' Daisy Ridley Swaps Her Lightsaber For An Axe In WE BURY THE DEAD First Look

STAR WARS' Daisy Ridley Swaps Her Lightsaber For An Axe In WE BURY THE DEAD First Look

Daisy Ridley (Star Wars) is set to play an axe-wielding zombie hunter in a new Aussie horror movie, We Bury The Dead, and you can check out some official stills right here...

By MarkCassidy - Aug 25, 2024 11:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: Via FearHQ

Star Wars sequel trilogy star Daisy Ridley is swapping a lightsaber for an axe for her first foray into the horror genre.

Ahead of its world premiere at Australia's Adelaide Film Festival this November, Variety has shared the first official stills from new zombie survival thriller We Bury The Dead.

Written and directed by Zak Hilditch (1922, These Final Hours, Rattlesnake), the movie stars Ridley as a woman named Ava who is searching for her husband in the aftermath of a catastrophic military experiment that has decimated the population of Tasmania.

Ava joins a “body retrieval unit” in a desperate attempt to find out what happened to her husband, and ends up being tasked with burying the corpses. However, she soon comes to realize that some of the bodies aren't quite as dead as they should be.

Seemingly unfazed by the emerging supernatural threat, Ava takes up an axe and begins to dispose of the undead while being “forced to make peace with her own unfinished business in the face of futility.”

“Having Daisy play the role of Ava is an absolute dream come true. She embodies the perfect mix of vulnerability, grit, and determination that Ava exudes throughout the film,” said Hilditch of Ridley's performance in a recent interview.

Check out the stills at the link below, and keep an eye out for the first trailer, which should be with us any day now.

Ridley recently starred in The Marsh King’s Daughter and Young Woman and the Sea, as well as Sometimes I Think About Dying. She is set to return as Rey in a new Star Wars movie set 15 years after the sequel trilogy, which Variety refers to as New Jedi Order (whether this will be the official title remains to be seen).

We Bury The Dead was filmed within the space of one month in Albany, Western Australia. The cast also includes Mark Coles Smith (Mystery Road: Origin) Brenton Thwaites (Titans) Kym Jackson, Matt Whelan, Deanna Cooney, and Holly Hargreaves. The project reunites Hilditch with Ross Dinerstein, the producer of the Netflix rom-com Players starring Gina Rodriguez. Other producers include The Penguin Empire’s Kelvin Munro and Grant Sputore. 

"Ava Newman (Daisy Ridley), a desperate woman, searches for her husband in the aftermath of a catastrophic military experiment. Hoping to find him alive, Ava joins a body retrieval unit, but her search takes a chilling turn when the corpses she's burying start showing signs of life."

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TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/25/2024, 12:01 PM
The premise is intriguing and I like Daisy so I’ll check it out…

I appreciate how after SW , she’s gone down the Robert Pattinson route of doing more indie/mid budget films off the back of a big franchise where you may not get many eyes on them but it’s gotten her praise in terms of her performances and even the films themselves to varying degrees thus building her up as a legit talent (which she was already imo).

Anyway , can’t wait to see her back as Rey soon and how she’s grown as an actress so far.

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bcom
bcom - 8/25/2024, 4:43 PM
@TheVisionary25 - Exactly this! I recently watched 'Sometimes I Think About Dying' and 'The Marsh King's Daughter' and she's really good in both. Like Pattinson, who still is mostly known by many for Twilight (and now The Batman), she'll likely be judged forever for her role in the SW sequels, but she really has emerged as a genuine talent.
r1g0r
r1g0r - 8/25/2024, 12:07 PM
was this marvel or dc?
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 8/25/2024, 1:25 PM
@r1g0r - 🙄
DrDReturns
DrDReturns - 8/25/2024, 8:56 PM
@r1g0r - Got 'em!
bobevanz
bobevanz - 8/25/2024, 12:30 PM
Lol no thanks. Sheesh that looks bad
McMurdo
McMurdo - 8/25/2024, 12:33 PM
Her career has really taken off since The Force Awakens.
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 8/26/2024, 7:37 AM
@McMurdo - Mark Hammill, Carie Fisher, Hayden Christiansen, John Boyega, I'd argue even Ewen McGregor . . . all have had lackluster post-Star Wars careers. Most actors that had massive success after Star Wars are typically the same ones that had massive success before Star Wars. Harrison Ford is the only exception I can think of.
folieaturd
folieaturd - 8/25/2024, 12:41 PM
I'm sorry but without the Jedi hairstyle, the Tatooine outfit and her lightsaber, she looks dull and boring
TheRogue
TheRogue - 8/25/2024, 12:44 PM
Eh im all for it. I like Daisy.

Plus not many zombie movies.
TheRogue
TheRogue - 8/25/2024, 12:45 PM
@TheRogue - Anymore I mean. They were a LOT. back in the day.
DaHULK2000
DaHULK2000 - 8/25/2024, 1:12 PM
Its amazing how ourtaxes are used to finance the Hollywood machine, hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars to fund stuff that no one wants to see nor genuinely support in anyway. These people who run Hollywood are litteraly stealing from us all to credentializie a actress that has headlined in nothing but bombs for the last ten years nonstop,what's wrong with this picture..
TheRogue
TheRogue - 8/25/2024, 1:36 PM
@DaHULK2000 - Its a [frick]ing zombie movie.
Ziggidy7
Ziggidy7 - 8/25/2024, 1:44 PM
@DaHULK2000 - Its not that serious.
Ziggidy7
Ziggidy7 - 8/25/2024, 1:44 PM
@DaHULK2000 - Really says a lot about society.
TheRogue
TheRogue - 8/25/2024, 1:45 PM
@DaHULK2000 - You saw random photos of a zombie movie and went on a soy rant about it. Why would I address a troll.
DaHULK2000
DaHULK2000 - 8/25/2024, 1:50 PM
@Ziggidy7 - it's is actually, I highlight this to say that we can pay 80 million dollars to Robert downy Jr to ACT in two movies..but can't give 1 million dollars a piece to every rightfull citizen of this country to stimulate the economy? Why are we funding these people only for them to turn around to and litteraly burn our money in front of our faces, and yes, It does say alot about society.
Ziggidy7
Ziggidy7 - 8/25/2024, 1:53 PM
@DaHULK2000 - Nice trolling bait. Really cool.
DaHULK2000
DaHULK2000 - 8/25/2024, 1:59 PM
@Ziggidy7 - Even better since this "bait" is hooked into the truth..in anycase I'll assume you have nothing of merit to refute my points,and as such,your reduced to tapping out and trolling like your doing here..stunning I guess..
Ziggidy7
Ziggidy7 - 8/25/2024, 2:04 PM
@DaHULK2000 - lol ok.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 8/25/2024, 2:29 PM
@DaHULK2000 - 1. Hollywood movies do stimulate the economy.
2. The Star Wars sequels were anything but bombs, they are some of the highest grossing movies of all time.
3. Disney can spend their own money on whatever they want.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 8/25/2024, 2:33 PM
@DaHULK2000 - I do agree with the fact that the world is full of very rich people throwing money around on extravagant things when they could be doing some good with it, using it for the betterment of mankind and such.
DrDReturns
DrDReturns - 8/25/2024, 8:59 PM
@Ziggidy7 - When does wasting movie become serious to you?
@DaHULK2000 makes a good point, but ignorance is bliss, right?
DrDReturns
DrDReturns - 8/25/2024, 9:01 PM
@DaHULK2000 - It's amazing how triggering your comment is for people...
DaHULK2000
DaHULK2000 - 8/25/2024, 10:32 PM
@DrDReturns - They can't help it..they are brainwashed pay pigs with no idea that there being robbed by the entertainment industry, which is a subsidiary of our very government, it doesn't dawn on them that they are funding all this nonsense,and detest anyone who endeavors to bring this fact to there attention.
Ziggidy7
Ziggidy7 - 8/25/2024, 10:37 PM
@DaHULK2000 - Lol whatever you tell yourself. The truth is you just look weird ranting about it here.
DaHULK2000
DaHULK2000 - 8/25/2024, 10:48 PM
@Ziggidy7 - And who are "you" again?..oh thats right..your just a willing dupe and mouth piece for the "establishment", you look like a desperate shill even attempting to deny what I've stated..so rant on about what I've said..it doesn't change the fact that people are waking up to this evil nonsense. These Hollywood people are crooks of the lowest sort.
TheRogue
TheRogue - 8/25/2024, 10:49 PM
@Ziggidy7 - Lmao its cringy as hell.
TheRogue
TheRogue - 8/25/2024, 11:01 PM
@DaHULK2000 - Is that the best you can come up with?
TheRogue
TheRogue - 8/25/2024, 11:06 PM
@DaHULK2000 - Yeah bye bye.
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 8/26/2024, 8:13 AM
@DaHULK2000 - "we can pay 80 million dollars to Robert downy Jr to ACT in two movies..but can't give 1 million dollars a piece to every rightfull citizen of this country to stimulate the economy?"

There are more than 80 taxpayers in the country. Giving a million dollars to every taxpayer would cost taxpayers $167 Trillion dolllars, more than 40 times greater than the current national budget.

I am with you, though, that taxpayer subsidies should absolutely not be going to woo multi-billion dollar corporations, at the state or federal level. It's a hustle, plain and simple.
DaHULK2000
DaHULK2000 - 8/26/2024, 12:25 PM
@clintthahamster - not 80 taxpayers..80 million taxpayers and 1 million dollars to 333 million citizens (of which in truth would only total out to rough 300 million or a lil below that once u exclude illegal imigrants) would total out 333.mill

"Giving a million dollars to every taxpayer would cost taxpayers $167 Trillion dolllars"

Here’s the thing, the concept of cost is a human construct. It would technically cost nothing, BUT because of how capitalism and the economy work, they have to put a number on it to produce a form of scarcity so as to reduce the amount people could essentially buy. It’s like how inflation is actually a made up concept to keep spending at a reduced rate, when in reality, inflation is completely man made. Hell, in all actuality, money itself is no longer a physical abstract since 98% of society relies on the random sets of numbers within their bank account. This means that money no longer needs to be printed, and instead would just need to go through and upload a large chunk of numbers through data which holds no value in the end.

So basically, there really isn’t a true reason it should cost anything, but in order to keep humans from increasing a fake ideology, that’s where the price truly exists.





Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 8/26/2024, 1:18 PM
@DaHULK2000 - "1 million dollars to 333 million citizens (of which in truth would only total out to rough 300 million or a lil below that once u exclude illegal imigrants) would total out 333.mill"

1,000,000 x 300,000,000 ≠ 300,000,000. It equals 300,000,000,000,000, or three-hundred trillion dollars.

As for the rest, like, yeah, dude, money's a human construct, mannnn. Scarcity, on the other hand, is not. We have finite resources, and therefore cost and inflation will always be a factor in modern economic policy. If everyone in the nation suddenly had a million extra dollars, there would be increased purchasing, leading to increased scarcity, leading to increased perceived value, leading to increased prices, leading to inflation. That's just the economy, baby.

Look at it this way: The US gov't sent out $814 Billion in COVID recovery stimulus, which contributed to skyrocketing inflation (though by no means was it the only cause.) You're proposing sending out more than 300x more money. What effect do you think that might have on the economy?

And to be clear, I'm a proponent of UBI or myriad other tax-payer funded options to improve the lives of working people, but let's not go bananas.
Gambito
Gambito - 8/25/2024, 1:44 PM
Thank god she has episode X lined up
grif
grif - 8/25/2024, 2:43 PM
what a great way to sell people on her in another star wars movie


Ziggidy7
Ziggidy7 - 8/25/2024, 3:11 PM
@grif - Yes cause clearly this is a disney movie and every movie is marketing for star wars.
DocSpock
DocSpock - 8/25/2024, 5:56 PM

I can't see her and not associate her with the awful last SW trilogy and the fact they are going to continue that mess.

I know she didn't write or direct it, and I think she's a decent actress. I hope she goes on to get good roles in other films.

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