With San Diego Comic-Con underway, Marvel has released a first-look clip for the upcoming animated series Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. Set to premiere in 2023 on Disney Channel and Disney+, the highly anticipated animated series follows 13-year-old super-genius Lunella Lafayette and her 10-ton T-Rex, Devil Dinosaur, as they protect New York City's Lower East Side.
Diamond White, who voices Frankie Greene in Transformers: Rescue Bots and Fuli in The Lion Guard, will voice Lunella. She's joined by Alfre Woodard as Lunella's grandmother, Mimi; Libe Barer as Lunella's best friend and manager, Casey; Sasheer Zamata as Lunella's mom, Adria; Jermaine Fowler as Lunella's dad, James Jr.; Gary Anthony Williams as Lunella's grandfather, Pops. Laurence Fishburne, who also serves as series executive producer, will have a recurring role as The Beyonder, a curious and mischievous trickster.
But the big news this week was the stellar guest cast that will appear in the series. Alison Brie (GLOW), Andy Cohen (Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen), Daveed Diggs (Broadway's Hamilton), Maya Hawke (Stranger Things), Jennifer Hudson (Respect), Cliff "Method Man" Smith (Power Book II: Ghost), Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother) and Wesley Snipes (Demolition Man). Recurring stars include Omid Abtahi (The Mandalorian), Utkarsh Ambudkar (Ghosts), Michael Cimino (Love, Victor), Indya Moore (Pose), and Craig Robinson (The Office) are all set to appear as characters within the show. The specific characters they will voice remain under wraps, although we can confirm that Smulders will reprise the role of Maria Hill.
Additional guest cast includes Gideon Adlon (Pacific Rim: The Black), Pamela Adlon (Better Things), Anna Akana (Youth & Consequences), Ian Alexander (The OA), May Calamawy (Marvel Studios' Moon Knight), Wilson Cruz (Star Trek: Discovery), Asia Kate Dillon (Billions), Luis Guzmán (How to Make It in America), astronaut Dr. Mae Jemison, Josh Keaton (Marvel's Spider-Man), June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie), Paul Scheer (The League) and Tajinae Turner (Meet the Voxels).
In addition to the voice cast announcements, the Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur panel at San Diego Comic-Con also saw the release of a first-look clip from the series as well as brand new artwork.
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is produced by Disney Television Animation and executive produced by Fishburne and Helen Sugland's Cinema Gypsy Productions (ABC's black-ish and mixed-ish, Freeform's grown-ish) and Steve Loter (Disney's Kim Possible).
Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur is set to premiere next year on Disney Channel and Disney+.
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur isn't the only animation news we got this week. The Marvel Studios Animation Panel revealed the first trailer for I Am Groot, an animated series following everyone's favorite little tree.