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Yara Shahidi Set to Play Tinkerbell in Live Action Peter and Wendy

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According to Deadline, the Grown-ish actress Yara Shahidi joins the cast of live action Tinkerbell, that includes Alexander Molony as Peter Pan, Ever Anderson as Wendy and Jude Law as Captain Hook.

There have been different adaptations of story, however, Shahidi will be the first Black woman to play the character. Since Disney is diversifying their casting, this news follows Shahidi’s Grown-ish co-star Halle Bailey casted as Ariel in the live-action story of The Little Mermaid and Niles Fitch casted as a Black prince in Disney+’  Secret Society of Second-Born Royals.

The release “is expected to be theatrical and not go the Disney+ streaming route,” Deadline states.

Shahidi is well-known for her role on the ABC sitcom Black-ish and Grown-ish as Zoey. In addition to her ABC roles, she has starred in the book-to-movie adaption of The Sun Is Also a Star.

 

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