
Detroit Native, Diamond White Voices ‘Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’
Art + Culture — December 8, 2022 · Updated December 8, 2022 — By Darralynn Hutson
A new Disney animated series, “Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur” stars Detroit-native Diamond White as Lunella (aka Moon Girl) a 13-year-old super-genius that protects New York City’s Lower E

December 8, 2022 · Updated December 8, 2022
A new Disney animated series, “Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur” stars Detroit-native Diamond White as Lunella (aka Moon Girl) that follows 13-year-old super-genius Lunella Moon Girl and her 10-ton T-Rex, Devil Dinosaur, as they protect New York City’s Lower East Side from danger.

The series also stars Fred Tatasciore as Devil Dinosaur; Alfre Woodard as Lunella’s grandmother, Mimi and Libe Barer as Lunella’s best friend and manager, Casey. Three-time GRAMMY Award® winner Raphael Saadiq is the executive music producer.
Based on Marvel’s hit comic books, the Disney Branded Television series is slated to premiere in February 2023 on Disney Channel and Disney+.


Sasheer Zamata as Lunella’s mom, Adria; Jermaine Fowler as Lunella’s dad, James Jr.; Gary Anthony Williams as Lunella’s grandfather, Pops; and series executive producer Laurence Fishburne in the recurring role of The Beyonder, a curious and mischievous trickster.
Produced by Disney Television Animation, the series is executive produced by Fishburne and Helen Sugland’s Cinema Gypsy Productions (ABC’s “black-ish” and “mixed-ish,” Freeform’s “grown-ish”) and Steve Loter (Disney’s “Kim Possible”). Rodney Clouden (“Futurama”) is supervising producer, Kate Kondell (“The Pirate Fairy”) and Jeffrey M. Howard (“Planes”) are co-producers and story editors, and Pilar Flynn (“Elena of Avalor”) is producer.
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