White, a former contestant on “The X Issue” who has voice roles in a number of animated kids’s exhibits, performs a super-genius that brings again a T. rex ― Satan Dinosaur ― to New York Metropolis within the upcoming sequence.
The sequence ― created by actor Laurence Fishburne and Helen Sugland ― is predicated on the Marvel Comics characters of the identical title and depicts Moon Woman and her prehistoric pal working hand-in-hand to guard New York’s Decrease East Aspect from hazard, in keeping with Disney.
Steve Loter, who directed and produced the hit Disney Channel cartoon “Kim Potential” beginning in its second season, joins Fisburne and Sugland as an govt producer on the present.
White, in an unique take a look at the sequence, mentioned that Lafayette is “every part she needed to be” when she was 13 years previous.
“She’s unimaginable, she’s a superhero, she is a criminal offense fighter, she’s an issue solver,” White mentioned. “I feel it’s essential for folks to see younger, sturdy, Black main characters. Illustration issues and to see somebody that appears such as you on TV makes the distinction, it actually does.”
The sequence makes its Disney Channel premiere on Friday and its first six episodes will air on Disney+ beginning Feb. 15.