She made an impression as Deadpool's Negasonic Teenage Warhead, and Brianna Hildebrand has seen her star rise and the demand for her acting abilities increase in the wake of the superhero comedy. Hildebrand is now joining the cast of sci-fi story Persephone.
Jeffrey Morris wrote the script and will direct the film, which is set in the late 22nd century. It hinges on three astronauts from Colony One, a giant ship transporting 20,000 colonists from a dying Earth to a planet orbiting Alpha Centauri, Proxima B (AKA Persephone). It's a seemingly lifeless mass double the size of Earth with double the gravity. Hildebrand plays Darcy Webb, a shuttle pilot for the colony ship who was born during the 50-year journey from Earth to Persephone. During a critical mission for survival, she goes head-to-head with engineer Tanya Baxter (Mary-Louise Parker) about the right course of action, and soon they learn they may not actually be alone on their new home planet.
Malcolm McDowell, Emile Hirsch and Lance Reddick are also in the cast for the movie, which is in pre-production has rights for sale at the American Film Market.
Hildebrand will be part of the ensemble for Netflix's YA novel-based TV series Trinkets and has worked on indie thriller Runt.
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