Uzo Aduba is in talks to join the cast of ‘My Little Pony’
Emily Blunt and Kristin Chenoweth have already signed on.
Today in casting news you’d never expect, Medfield’s Uzo Aduba is in talks to lend her voice to an animated feature—My Little Pony—according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The movie is of course based on the children’s TV series of the same about magical horses and rainbows and friendship. Most of the same writers and directors from the original show are involved with the movie, including supervising director Jayson Theissen and writer Meghan McCarthy.
The movie already has a handful of star-studded actors and actresses attached. In addition to Aduba, Michael Pena is in talks to join the “voicecast,” and Emily Blunt and Kristin Chenoweth have already signed on.
Aduba is most known for her role in Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black, which she won an Emmy for in 2015. The show returns to the streaming site for a fourth season in June. In the meantime, Aduba has been in London since February starring in a contemporary adaptation of Jean Genet’s The Maids.
The My Little Pony movie is slated to hit theaters October 6, 2017.
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