Update: November 7, 2022
Star Wars Series THE ACOLYTE Begins Production; Full Cast Announced; New Story Details Revealed
Disney+ has confirmed the ensemble cast for its upcoming Star Wars series
The Acolyte.
The ensemble includes Carrie-Anne Moss (
The Matrix), Dafne Keen (
His Dark Materials), Rebecca Henderson (
Inventing Anna) and Dean-Charles Chapman (
1917) and Amandla Stenberg (
The Hate U Give).
They join an impressive cast previously revealed by
The Hollywood Reporter that includes Lee Jung-jae
(
Squid Game), Charlie Barnett (
Russian Doll), Manny Jacinto (
Nine Perfect Strangers) and Jodie Turner-Smith (
Queen & Slim),
The Acolyte is described as “a mystery-thriller that will take viewers into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in the final days of the High Republic era. A former Padawan reunites with her Jedi Master to investigate a series of crimes, but the forces they confront are more sinister than they ever anticipated.”
The project is from creator, showrunner and executive producer Leslye Headland (
Russian Doll), who will also direct the pilot.
Disney+ also announced filming has begun in the U.K. The executive producers are Kathleen Kennedy, Simon Emanuel, Jeff F. King and Jason Micallef.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t...st-carrie-anne-moss-disney-series-1235256747/