Daisy Edgar-Jones, Emilia Jones to Lead Bad Bridgets for LuckyChap

Daisy Edgar-Jones (“Twisters,” “Sense & Sensibility”) and Emilia Jones (“CODA,” “Task”) are set to lead the presently titled “Bad Bridgets,” the second feature from Rich Peppiatt, who gained a BAFTA for his acclaimed directorial debut “Kneecap.”

LuckyChap Entertainment is producing the project, which Peppiatt will write and direct. FilmNation has boarded sales and can be launching the sizzling package deal at the American Film Market, with WME Independent repping for the U.S.

The script was impressed by the ebook “Bad Bridget: Crime, Mayhem, and the Lives of Irish Emigrant Women” by Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick, and has been developed with the help of Queens University, Belfast. The story sees a mysterious letter units a younger lady on a dangerous journey from famine-ravaged Ireland to nineteenth century New York, becoming a member of the ranks of Irish so-called “Bridgets” creating mayhem in the metropolis.

The ebook was optioned by Peppiatt and his “Kneecap” producer Trevor Birney earlier this 12 months, with duo’s banner Coup d’Etat Films, which launched in 2024, also producing.

“Bad Bridgets” will shoot in Northern Ireland and Ireland in spring 2026. Oscar-winning manufacturing designer James Price and costume designer Kate Hawley are on board.

“Kneecap,” a raucous Irish-language comedy-biopic about the Belfast rap trio of the same identify, premiered in 2024 at Sundance, gained the NEXT Audience Award, turned one in all the speaking factors of the pageant and was picked up by Sony Pictures Classics. Starring the Kneecap band members as themselves with a supporting position by Michael Fassbender, the movie was acclaimed as one in all the best indie options of the 12 months, turned the most nominated debut in BAFTA historical past (successful excellent debut by a British filmmaker), also claiming seven British Independent Film Awards, 5 IFTAs and Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker at the London Critics Circle. It was submitted by Ireland as its submission for the 2025 Oscars and made the worldwide feature shortlist.

Peppiatt is represented by WME, Anonymous Content, and MMB Creative, Edgar-Jones is represented by UTA, B-Side Management, Relevant and Sloane, Offer, Weber, and Jones is represented by CAA, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, and the U.Okay.’s Artist Rights Group.