According to EW, Better Things actor Tim Gabriel has landed his first superhero role in the upcoming third season of DC’s Stargirl. Gabriel will be playing the son of Green Lantern Alan Scott named Todd Rice, who is also known in the comics as Obsidian. His casting comes after Ysa Penarejo first appeared in the last season as Jade/Jennie-Lyn Scott, the twin sister of Todd who has been trying to find him.
“Todd is an LGBTQ teen who can wield strange and uncontrollable shadow abilities.” reads his character description. “He’s been living on the streets and searching for his sister, but he falls into the hands of The Helix Institute for Youth Rehabilitation and the mysterious Mr. Bones.”
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Stargirl stars Brec Bassinger, Yvette Monreal, Cameron Gellman, Amy Smart, Trae Romano, Anjelika Washington, Luke Wilson, Meg DeLacy, and Joel McHale. Season 2 featured Ysa Penarejo, Alkoya Brunson, Nick Tarabay, Jonathan Cake, and Jim Gaffigan along with John Wesley Shipp’s Arrowverse role as Jay Garrick.
The series follows high school sophomore Courtney Whitmore (Brec Bassinger) and her stepfather Pat Dugan (Luke Wilson) as she leads an unlikely group of young heroes to take on the legacy of DC’s very first superhero team, the Justice Society of America.
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Stargirl is created by character creator Geoff Johns, who is also producing through his Mad Ghost Productions banner alongside Greg Berlanti and Berlanti Productions. The first season debuted on DC Universe but was then granted a second season renewal at The CW.