Just a day after revealing thatPedro Pascalwoulddon the buckethead helmetofThe Mandalorian’s title character,THRreports thatDeadpoolactorGina Caranohas joinedJon Favreau’s live-actionStar Warsseries for Disney+.
Carano made the official leap from MMA to acting in 2011 when she starred alongsideEwan McGregorandMichael Fassbenderin theSteven SoderberghthrillerHaywire. She then entered the big-budget action world, kicking ass across from The Rock inFast & Furious 6and playing the superhumanly strong mutant Angel Dust in the firstDeadpoolmovie.
No word on who Carano is playing, but the Disney+ original show will be set between the end ofReturn of the Jediand beginning ofThe Force Awakens, probably (but not definitely!) includeRogue One’sDeath Troopers, and “follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic.” No matter the details, the series' director’s line-up isstacked, with names likeTaika Waititi,Bryce Dallas Howard,Dave Filoni, andDeborah Choweach helming an episode.
The Mandalorianis but one piece of an increasingly impressive block for Disney+, which also includes alive-action Loki seriesstarringTom Hiddleston, aRogue OneprequelstarringDiego Luna, aFalcon and Winter Soldier buddy-showwithAnthony MackieandSebastian Stanreprising their MCU roles, and a show completely devoted to Danny Rand desperately trying to get Disney to respond to his e-mails. One of those is not true.
Here’s the official synopsis forThe Mandalorian:
After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe. The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic.
