Hadley Robinson and Lauren Tsai Both Tabbed to Star in Netflix’s MOXIE
October 14, 2019Both Hadley Robinson and Lauren Tsai have been cast to star in the Amy Poehler-directed Netflix film, Moxie.
The story centers on a girl (Robinson) from a small town who is inspired by her mother’s Riot Girl past and starts a feminist revolution at her high school.
Poehler’s most-recent project includes voicing characters Duncan and Annie, over 13 episodes, in Duncanville, a series about an average kid named Duncan who dreams of making it big without having to wear a suit and tie to do so. The show is currently in the pre-production phase.
Robinson is currently filming a television series called, Utopia, about a group of young adults, who all meet online, get hold of a cult underground graphic novel, which not only pins them as a target, but also burdens them with saving the world. The nine-episode pilot season launches in 2020.
Tsai is coming off an eight-episode run to close out the final season of Legion, in which she played the mutant named Switch. The show spotlighted David Haller, a troubled young man diagnosed as schizophrenic, but after a strange encounter, he discovers special powers that will change his life forever, not to mention that he is actually the son of Professor Charles Xavier, the man who founded the X-Men!
Production for Moxie begins in late October, 2019, so keep an eye out for this film to launch on Netflix at some point in 2020.
Click HERE for the official Netflix press release for the upcoming film.
