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She-Ra: Netflix Releases Full Cast, Poster For Series

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By Julia Bianco

Netflix is gearing up for some girl power. The streamer released the first look at their upcoming She-Ra series, a reboot of the 1980s animated show of the same name, to Entertainment Weekly, also sharing the voice cast of the expansive show.

She-Ra: Princess of Power is a spin-off of He-Man and Masters of the Universe. Aimee Carrero, who voices the title character in Elena of Avalor, is set to voice Adora, the Princess of Eternia, who was abducted as a baby and swept away to the nearby Etheria. There, she was raised by the evil Hordak (The Good Place's Keston John) to captain his evil horde. However, when she learns of her true origins, the takes the Sword of Protection and transforms into the titular hero, who has super-strength and healing abilities.

The rest of the cast for the series is set to include The Secret Life of the American Teenager actor (and Dancing with the Stars winner) Jordan Fisher as Seahawk; black-ish's Marcus Scribner as Bow; Orange is the New Black's Lorraine Toussaint as Shadow Weaver; Grey's Anatomy's Sandra Oh as Castaspella; Suicide Squad's Karen Fukuhara as Glimmer; The Goldbergs' AJ Michalka as Catra; and Royal Pains' Reshma Shetty as Angella.  

"I was always looking for the female characters in sci-fi and fantasy who were more than just the girlfriend," said Noelle Stevenson (Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures), who will co-executive produce the series alongside Chuck Austen (The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle). "I love the female characters in She–Ra. There isn't another show quite like it."

Also appearing in the series will be Superstore's Lauren Ash as Scorpia, Hello Ladies' Christine Woods as Entrapta, Time After Time's Genesis Rodriguez as Perfuma, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's Vella Lovell as Mermista, Katie and Alexa's Merit Leighton as Frosta, and Motown: The Musical's Krystal Joy Brown as Netossa. The series will hit Netflix at some point in 2018.

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