In addition to producing Disney's upcoming cartoon Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Laurence Fishburne will have a recurring role on the show as the Beyonder.
Fishburne's casting was revealed during the official announcement of Moon Girl's cast, which includes Diamond White as protagonist Lunella Lafayette and Fred Tatasciore as her crimson pet/ally Devil Dinosaur. Though it's unclear how much of a presence he will have, Fishburne has described this version of the Beyonder as "a curious and mischievous trickster," personality-wise.
In the comics, the Beyonder is an all-powerful cosmic entity best known for his role as catalyst behind Marvel's iconic crossover Marvel Superheroes Secret Wars, transporting multiple superheroes and supervillains to a far-off planet and forcing them to do battle with one another. His character has previously been featured in animated adaptations of the Secret Wars storyline in Spider-Man: The Animated Series and Avengers: Secret Wars, voiced by Earl Boen in the former and Steven Webber in the latter.
Playing the Beyonder will mark Lawrence Fishburne's third major role in a Marvel production. First providing the voice of the Silver Surfer in 2007's Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Fishburne also starred as Doctor Bill Foster in 2018's Ant-Man and the Wasp, a former colleague of Hank Pym's from Project Goliath who was secretly working with Ava Starr's Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) on a cure to fix her quantum intangibility. He's also had a reoccurring role within the DC Extended Universe as Daily Planet editor Perry White in Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
From Disney Television Animation and executive produced by Laurence Fishburne, Helen Sugland's Cinema Gypsy Productions and Steve Loter, Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur stars Diamond White as Lunella Lafayette/Moon Girl, Alfre Woodard as Mimi, Libe Barer as Casey, Sasheer Zamata as Adria; Jermaine Fowler as James Jr., Fred Tatasciore as Devil Dinosaur, Gary Anthony Williams as Pops and Laurence Fishburne as The Beyonder. The series premieres on Disney Channel in 2022.
Source: CBR
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