Maya Hawke will star in a live-action adaptation of “Magic: The Gathering,” the popular trading card game. Her character has not been revealed, and plot details are being kept under wraps.
The game is set across a multiverse of fantasy worlds, where players take the roles of wizards known as Planeswalkers and battle one another. Hawke is expected to lead an ensemble whose other cast members have yet to be announced, according to Deadline, which first reported the news.
Legendary Entertainment and Hasbro Entertainment are producing the film. Matt Johnson, whose credits include “BlackBerry” and “Nirvanna the Band the Show,” will direct and co-write the screenplay with Noah Gardner (“Super 8”) and Aidan Fitzgerald (“Calls”). Johnson is a longtime fan of the game.
Hawke is known for Netflix’s “Stranger Things” and has also appeared in “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” “Asteroid City,” “Do Revenge” and “Maestro.” She voiced Anxiety in Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” and is set to star in Lionsgate’s “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.”
Sources: Variety.