Catherine Lagaia and Deacon Philip to pilot Disney+'s 'Spaceship Earth'

EXCLUSIVE: Disney's live-action Moana star Katherine Lagaia and Deacon Philip (Brother to Our Rescue) are set to star in Spaceship Earth, the new Disney+ pilot inspired by Disney World's EPCOT attraction of the same name. Character details are kept secret. The project, which was announced in August, is from Jason Fuchs (IT: Welcome To […]

EXCLUSIVE: Catherine Lagaia, star of Disney's live-action Moana, and Deacon Phillip (Brother to Our Rescue) are set to star in Spaceship Earth, the new Disney+ pilot inspired by Disney World's EPCOT attraction of the same name.

Character details are kept secret. Announced in August, the project comes from Jason Fox (IT: Welcome to Derry), Michael Waldron (Loki) and 20th TV.

On spaceship Earth, when a mission to prevent an impending global catastrophe goes awry, a small group of teenagers from Earth's past and future must unite to confront a threat as big and mysterious as time itself. Watch on Deadline

Fox and Waldron wrote the pilot, with Fox serving as showrunner and executive producer through Five Ten Productions. Waldron is also executive producing along with pilot director Lee Toland Krieger, Adam Fischbach of Fischbach Productions and Adam Fasolo of Anomaly Pictures.

After a worldwide casting search, Lagaia landed the lead role opposite Dwayne Johnson in Moana. The film grossed more than $323 million worldwide this summer. Previously, the Australian actress co-starred in the Prime Video limited series The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart. Next year, he will be seen directing the thriller Crashout by filmmaker Nick Annas. He is repped by CAA, Venture Entertainment Partners, The Agency at AIPA, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.

Philip is currently executive producing Better Than the Movies, a highly anticipated Netflix rom-com based on the best-selling YA novel by Lynne Pinter. Previously, he completed his first lead role in Brother Save Us, an independent drama from Jesse Behrenwald. He is also repped by CAA, LBI Entertainment and Ziffren Brittenham to appear in Frankie Shaw's Miramax film 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank.

Get our breaking news alerts and keep your inbox happy.