Lena Headey (Cersei) joins new Marvel TV show, and other news
By Ariba Bhuvad
Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister) joins the Marvel Universe (kind of) in New-Gen, and other Game of Thrones veteran goings-on.
Game of Thrones are getting new gigs all over the place. Let’s start with Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister), who has joined the Marvel Universe…kind of.
No, you won’t see Headey alongside Thor or Captain Marvel anytime soon, but she has snagged a role in Marvel’s upcoming animated series New-Gen, which takes place in a completely different dimension where nanotech rules the world. She’ll play Thea, the wife of Dr. Gabriel (Luke Wilson), in what promises to be one heck of a weird show involving kids being infected with nanotechnology, superhuman powers, robotic insects, and time travel.
Also in the cast are Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things) and Anya Chalotra (The Witcher). I am definitely here for this one.
While Lena Headey explores the world of animation, Carice Van Houten’s (Melisandre) new live-action series Temple is now available to binge at Spectrum On Demane. This thriller, which also stars Mark Strong, follows a surgeon who opens up an illegal clinic after undergoing a personal tragedy. Check out a teaser below:
Elsewhere, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (the Mountain) has been hired to promote Ubisoft’s new Assassin’s Creed game: Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, which is set during the Vikings age. Björnsson, who has the look of someone who might have gone on a Viking raid a thousand-or-so years back, makes a good spokesman. Plus, we’re a little afraid that if we don’t do what he says, he’ll crush our heads, so it all works out:
Finally, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jamie Lannister) is out there hyping his latest movie, The Silencing, where he plays a bereaved father caught in a cat-and-mouse game with a killer.
Once again, so here for the thrillers. Plus, Coster-Waldau’s so good I’ll see almost anything he’s in.
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