Logan star Dafne Keen joins the star wars universe with The Acolyte.
With production now underway, The Acolyte added Dafne Keen, star of 2017 Logan. Jeff Sneider and John Rocha broke up the cast on the latest episode of the Hot Mic podcast, with the former revealing that Keen is “doing a deal” to come aboard the show.
Dafne Keen made her acting debut with the role of Ana “Ani” Cruz Oliver in the television series The refugees before gaining widespread acclaim with her work as X-23 in James Mangold’s x-men spin off Logan. She can currently be seen as Lyra Belacqua in the BBC One and HBO series Its dark materialsan adaptation of the trilogy of novels of the same name by Philip Pullman.
Amandla Stenberg leads the cast of The Acolytewhich will take place about a century before the events of 2001 Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Lee Jung-jae and Manny Jacinto play the show’s other two main characters, with Jodie Turner-Smith on board in a supporting role.
The Acolyte is developed by Leslye Headland, one of the creators of the hit Netflix series Russian doll. The series doesn’t yet have a premiere date for Disney Plus, but a late 2023 or early 2024 launch is likely given the project is already filming.
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Source: The Hot Mic
