Fresh off her breakout work in Wuthering Heights, Alison Oliver is reteaming with LuckyChap to star in the period revenge thriller Bad Bridgets.

Oliver is replacing Daisy Edgar Jones (Twisters) in the feature that is written and will be directed by Rich Peppiatt, the filmmaker behind the BAFTA-lauded Kneecap. Jones is said to have stepped aside due to scheduling conflicts.

Emilia Jones remains on board to star in the project, which is being produced by LuckyChap, the banner run by Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerly, Josey McNamara, and Milan Popelka; and Coup dEtat, Peppiatts production banner.

The script was inspired by the bookBad Bridget: Crime, Mayhem, and the Lives of Irish Emigrant Womenby Elaine Farrell and Leanne McCormick andhas been developed with the support of Belfasts Queens University. Thebook looked at the world of Bad Bridgets, a swath of Irish women emigrants that were deemed troublemakers, noting that for a time Irish women outnumbered Irish men in prison.(It didnt help that some of the women locked up were in there for stubbornness.)

The project was a hot sales titles at last falls American Film Market.

According to the producers, the scripts story begins when a mysterious letter sets a young woman on a perilous journey from famine-ravaged Ireland to 19th century New York, whereupon she joins the ranks of Irish Bridgets creating mayhem in the city.

Oscar winning productiondesignerJames Price and costume designer Kate Hawley are already on board.

This will be the third time Oliver is working with LuckyChap. On top of co-starring in Wuthering Heights, which starred Robbie, the actress appeared in Saltburn, the edgy 2023 drama that LuckyChap also produced.

In Wuthering Heights, Oliver played Isabella Linton, an initially nave woman infatuated with ideas of romance whose are opened to the reality around her. Critics singled out her performance as scene-stealing.

The Irish actress also starred with Mark Ruffalo in HBOs acclaimed police drama Task.

Oliver is repped by CAA and Curtis Brown in the UK.