Couples therapy is about to get terrifying. Daisy Ridley, Darren Criss, Travis Fimmel and Judy Greer have joined Catherine Zeta-Jones in Cupid, a psychological thriller from The Girl on the Train director Tate Taylor. The casting was first reported by Deadline this week, and cameras are already rolling.
What is Cupid about?
Ridley and Criss play a couple whose relationship is in trouble. Hoping to save their marriage, they spend a weekend at the home of a “seemingly helpful but unorthodox” marriage counsellor, played by Zeta-Jones.
As the weekend goes on, the counsellor’s methods become more and more cruel and dangerous, and what began as a last attempt to fix their relationship turns into something much darker.
Cupid cast
- Catherine Zeta-Jones as the marriage counsellor
- Daisy Ridley as one half of the troubled couple
- Darren Criss as the other half
- Travis Fimmel
- Judy Greer
The roles played by Fimmel and Greer have not yet been revealed.
The team behind the film
- Director: Tate Taylor (The Girl on the Train, The Help)
- Writers: Carey Van Dyke and Shane Van Dyke, who worked on Don’t Worry Darling
- Filming: underway in Natchez, Mississippi
Why this cast works
Each lead brings something different. Ridley, best known as Rey in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, has been building a run of grown-up dramas and thrillers. Criss has shown a darker side since Glee, winning an Emmy for playing killer Andrew Cunanan in The Assassination of Gianni Versace. Zeta-Jones, an Oscar winner for Chicago, recently leaned into gothic menace as Morticia in Netflix’s Wednesday. Fimmel is fresh from Dune: Prophecy, and Greer is a familiar face from the Ant-Man films.
When will Cupid be released?
No release date or distributor has been announced yet. Zeta-Jones was first attached to the project in February 2026, and the full cast came together this month as filming began. We will update this story when a date is confirmed.
Who is Tate Taylor?
Taylor broke through as the writer and director of The Help (2011), which earned four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, and won Octavia Spencer the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. He followed it with the James Brown biopic Get On Up, the Emily Blunt thriller The Girl on the Train and the Octavia Spencer horror film Ma, which was also shot in and around Natchez.
His recent work leans toward dark, twisty stories about ordinary people pushed too far, which fits a film about a therapy weekend that goes badly wrong.
What we know so far
- Genre: psychological thriller
- Premise: a struggling couple, an unorthodox marriage counsellor, one weekend
- Stars: Daisy Ridley, Darren Criss, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Travis Fimmel, Judy Greer
- Status: filming in Mississippi
- Release date: not yet announced
Films to watch while you wait
If the premise has hooked you, Taylor’s own The Girl on the Train and Ma are good places to start. Both are about seemingly ordinary people whose secrets turn dangerous, and both show how he builds tension in small, domestic spaces.
Frequently asked questions
Who is in the cast of Cupid?
Catherine Zeta-Jones, Daisy Ridley, Darren Criss, Travis Fimmel and Judy Greer.
Who directs Cupid?
Tate Taylor, director of The Girl on the Train.
Where is Cupid filming?
In Natchez, Mississippi.
Is there a release date for Cupid?
Not yet.
Sources: Deadline, MovieWeb, Screen Global Production
