A Squid Recreation star simply booked a visit to a galaxy far, distant.
Lee Jung-jae will play the male lead in The Acolyte, Disney+’s upcoming Star Wars collection, our sister website Deadline stories.
The Acolyte is a mystery-thriller set a few century earlier than The Phantom Menace, within the remaining days of the Excessive Republic period. Per the preliminary description, the collection will unearth “a galaxy of shadowy secrets and techniques and rising darkish facet powers.” The venture was first introduced again in 2020.
No additional particulars about Lee’s Acolyte position can be found.
Amandla Stenberg (Expensive Evan Hansen, The Hate U Give) was formally solid because the lead in July. Jodie Turner-Smith (The Final Ship) reportedly joined the manufacturing in early September. Russian Doll co-creator Leslye Headland will function govt producer, author and showrunner on the collection, which is slated to start out manufacturing this fall. No premiere date has been set.
Squid Recreation viewers will bear in mind Lee as Seong Gi-hun, who undertook the titular problem in an try to win sufficient cash to dig himself out of debt and achieve custody of his daughter. Lee nabbed a Lead Actor Emmys nomination (in addition to a TVLine Dream Emmys nod) for his efficiency; Monday’s ceremony — hosted by SNL‘s Kenan Thompson and airing on NBC at 8/7c — will reveal whether or not he’ll take dwelling the statuette.
