Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Casting News - Letitia Wright and John Boyega to Headline Amazon and BBC Anthology 'Small Axe'; Plus 1 More Update!

Casting News - June 26, 2019

Amazon's Small Axe and Netflix's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.






AMAZON's SMALL AXE
  • Production has begun this week on the six-part anthology series commissioned for the BBC with Amazon having come onboard for U.S. distribution. The cast will feature Letitia Wright, John Boyega, Malachi Kirby, Shaun Parkes, Rochenda Sandall, Alex Jennings and Jack Lowden.
  • The series will tell five stories set within London's West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early 1980s. No details were immediately released about the characters the actors will be playing.
NETFLIX's THE DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE
  • Lena Headey, Benedict Wong, Awkwafina, Sigourney Weaver, Hannah John-Kamen and Dave Goelz have joined the voice cast of the upcoming prequel series to the groundbreaking 1982 feature film from the Jim Henson Company.
  • No details were immediately released about the characters they will be voicing.