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Lucasfilm has outlined the main cast for its upcoming Star Wars thriller The Acolyte, and it includes names involved in iconic projects like Squid Game and The Matrix. In addition to previously announced star Amandla Stenberg, the show will also feature Lee Jung-jae, Manny Jacinto, Dafne Keen, Jodie Turner-Smith, Rebecca Henderson, Charlie Barnett, Dean-Charles Chapman, and Carrie-Anne Moss.There’s no info on what roles they’ll actually take on, but the show itself will take place during the High Republic era of Star Wars…

The night before we meet in a central London hotel suite, Lee Jung-jae sat on a stage at a West End cinema, apologising profusely to the assembled audience. At a star-studded opening gala of the London East Asian film festival, Lee’s latest project, Hunt – an action-packed, OTT political conspiracy thriller set in 1980s Korea – had just been screened. But while the crowd whooped and cheered this hero of both the Korean small and silver screen, Lee had something else on his mind. “There is one important subtitle that is…

This whirling, churning, exhaustingly busy – but lavishly produced – Korean action-thriller film is directed by and stars Lee Jung-jae, who played the down-on-his-luck protagonist Seong in Squid Game. Although he’s been a big name for years in South Korea, starting out as a heartthrob in the 1990s, his current fame in the west probably explains why the film was selected for Cannes and other festivals this year. That means it’s available to audiences who probably won’t know the historical context vital to understanding the…

Squid Game actor Lee Jung-jae has bagged the male lead role in the upcoming Star Wars spin-off series The Acolyte. The series is expected to start production in London later this year and Jung-jae's role in the film has been kept under the wraps for now. Also Read: Squid Game's Lee Jung-jae debuts as director at Cannes Film Festival, says, 'audience want more Korean content'The Lucasfilm project is the brainchild of Leslye Headland, the co-creator of the hit Netflix show Russian Doll. As per Variety, he will feature…

Lee Jung-jae got another big project under his belt! Just days after Jodie Turner-Smith signed on for a major role in Disney Plus’ Star Wars series The Acolyte, the Squid Game actor signed for male lead. Lee Jung-jae, who is up for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series at the Emmy Awards this weekend, has landed his first major studio role, the male lead in the new Star Wars series, as reported by Deadline. Further details about his role is yet to be revealed, though he joins both Turner-Smith and Amandla Stenberg…

Image: Noh Juhan | NetflixAfter Lee Jung-jae’s international breakout role as Seong Gi-hun in the megahit Netflix series Squid Game, it seemed like only a matter of time before he got snapped up for more productions. Now, Deadline has revealed that Lee will be the male lead in the Star Wars series The Acolyte.The Acolyte will be helmed by Leslye Headland; she’ll be the Disney+ series’ director, writer, executive producer,and showrunner after her incredible stint as the creator of Netflix’s time-loop series, Russian Doll,…

Lee Jung-Jae, the star of Netflix`s hit series `Squid Game`, will reprise his role as a manic killer in `Ray,` a TV series based on the 2020 Korean action-horror film `Deliver Us From Evil.` According to Variety, many Korean media sources have reported that Lee will star in and co-produce the series through his own Artist Studio Company and Hive Media. In the film, Hwang Jung-min starred as In-Nam, a former black ops agent who travels to Thailand to investigate an abduction. Lee`s character Ray, a Korean-Japanese…

Squid Game Actor Lee Jung-Jae Rumoured To Join Marvel(Photo Credit–Instagram/Twitter) Rumours have been afloat that Squid Game star Lee Jung-Jae might be in talks for his Marvel debut. One would know that most of the confirmed additions to the MCU start with speculations. Just recently, many new rumours were afloat around the casting of the Fantastic Four film. Superman star Henry Cavill was said to be eyed for the role of Reed Richards in the upcoming MCU film. Not just him but Stranger Things’ Joe…

Image via Netflix. Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae is proclaiming he would love to do an acting gig for Hollywood one day, even as he is making his directorial debut on the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival with the spy thriller Hunt. Lee both stars in and directs the Korean spy-thriller set in the 1980s, with Hunt even garnering some respectable early critical reviews, too, despite some pointing out the film about rival intelligent agents uncovering a plot to assassinate the president is a bit convoluted at…