Marvel has announced its cast for the upcoming television series, New Warriors, which is heading to Freeform. The series was first picked up earlier in 2017 and the only character announced at that time was Squirrel Girl.
Milana Vantrub, who has appeared in such series as This is Us, will be portraying Doreen Green/Squirrel Girl. She will be joined by Derek Theler, who will portray Mister Immortal; Theler appears in the Freeform series Baby Daddy. The cast is rounded out by Jeremy Tardy as Night Thrasher, Calum Worthy as Speedball, Matthew Moy as Microbe, and Kate Comer as Debrii.
“I am thrilled beyond belief to be working with this incredible group of actors. They are funny, sincere, eager, charming and perfectly embody these characters. It’ll be a blast and an honor to create this show with each of them,” said series executive producer and showrunner Kevin Biegel in a press release.
New Warriors will arrive in 2018.