(L to R) Ryan Gosling and Flynn Gray on set for Star Wars: Starfighter Ed Miller Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text The latest Star Wars movie, Star Wars: Starfighter, began rolling cameras in the United Kingdom Thursday, with Lucasfilm marking the occassion by unveiling the full cast. Flynn Gray, Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, Daniel Ings, and Amy Adams are the new additions on the call sheet for the Lucasfilm feature, which is being directed by Shawn Levy and stars Ryan Gosling. "I feel a profound sense of excitement and honor as we begin production on Star Wars: Starfighter," said Levy in a statement. "From the day Kathy Kennedy called me up, inviting me to develop an original adventure in this incredible Star Wars galaxy, this experience has been a dream come true, creatively and personally. Star Wars shaped my sense of what story can do, how characters and cinematic moments can live with us forever. To join this storytelling galaxy with such brilliant collaborators onscreen and off, is the thrill of a lifetime." Related Stories TV Katee Sackhoff Says 'The Mandalorian' Ruined Her Confidence: "It Broke Me" TV Hollywood Flashback: Won Two Emmys, 'Star Wars: Clone Wars' Did Starfighter is a standalone film not connected to previous Star Wars movies or characters from the so-called Skywalker Saga, the films revolving around Luke Skywalker and his father, Anakin. But there is, of course, the Star Wars timeline that must be followed, and Starfighter takes place approximately five years after the events of 2019's Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Mia Goth and Matt Smith were already revealed to be in the cast, playing villains. Gray is the big discovery as the kid actor nabs the break of a lifetime to star alongside Gosling in a Star Wars feature. The script, penned by Jonathan Tropper and which, of course, is being kept under wraps, is said to see Gosling protect a young charge from evildoers in a galaxy-spanning adventure. Actors Stateside and in the UK were in contention for months and months before Gray, who has appeared in one episode of Wednesday and an Irish crime show titled Borderline. An almost equally healthy search was conducted for the actress to play his mother, a role which appears to have gone to Adams. (She worked with Levy on his 2009 movie Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian and starred in the Levy-produced sci-fi drama Arrival.) Lucasfilm did not reveal plot or character details in Thursday's announcement. Much of the supporting cast is British. Bird is known for his work on the The Inbetweeners series and movies while Westman appeared with Claire Danes in period mini-series The Essex Serpent. Ings is one of the stars of Guy Ritchie's crime series The Gentlemen. Starfighter will be released theatrically May 28, 2027. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Twilight Saga The Twilight Saga Theatrical Rerelease Dates Revealed by Lionsgate Telluride Film Festival Telluride: Netflix Acquires Doc Short 'All the Empty Rooms' (Exclusive) united kingdom Thomasin McKenzie to Play Spirited Nun Opposite Toby Wallace in Frances O'Connor's "Uplifting" Sophomore Film 'Sister Maria Goes to Rome' Plan B Entertainment 'Preparation for the Next Life'<em> </em>Review: 'Minding the Gap' Director Bing Liu's First Narrative Feature Is a Haunting Outsider Love Story The Sopranos How Jerry Adler Got His Start as an Actor: "This Sounds Exactly Like My Best Friend's Father" Venice Film Festival StudioCanal Acquires International Rights to Mike Figgis' 'Megalopolis' Fly-on-the-Wall Film 'Megadoc' Twilight Saga The Twilight Saga Theatrical Rerelease Dates Revealed by Lionsgate Telluride Film Festival Telluride: Netflix Acquires Doc Short 'All the Empty Rooms' (Exclusive) united kingdom Thomasin McKenzie to Play Spirited Nun Opposite Toby Wallace in Frances O'Connor's "Uplifting" Sophomore Film 'Sister Maria Goes to Rome' Plan B Entertainment 'Preparation for the Next Life'<em> </em>Review: 'Minding the Gap' Director Bing Liu's First Narrative Feature Is a Haunting Outsider Love Story The Sopranos How Jerry Adler Got His Start as an Actor: "This Sounds Exactly Like My Best Friend's Father" Venice Film Festival StudioCanal Acquires International Rights to Mike Figgis' 'Megalopolis' Fly-on-the-Wall Film 'Megadoc'