Credit: LucasfilmFormer Mandalorian star Gina Carano is returning to work after abruptly settling her lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company and Lucasfilm last month. Carano sued the companies, claiming that she was illegally fired from the Disney+ Star Wars show after she openly expressed her conservative views, which she claimed went against Disney’s corporate views.
According to reports, Carano is set to star in a television show set in Las Vegas called Logan Reign, where she will play a vigilante crime fighter by night who is a legal assistant by day. The film and television production company Straightwire Entertainment Group is developing the project in a partnership with Get Out producers Yvette Yates Redick and Shaun Redick as Logan Reign producers.
Carano, who grew up in Vegas, said that filming in her hometown would be “exhilarating” and that she would bring “every ounce of who I am as an actress and what I’ve learned in this industry” to this part.
Carano was fired from the show after making comments comparing Republicans in America to Jewish people during the Holocaust. However, in her lawsuit against The Walt Disney Company, Carano claimed that Lucasfilm and Disney harassed her for not conforming to their opinions on social issues. She claims that after being fired, Disney and Lucasfilm harassed her and defamed her reputation.
Carano said that Disney and Lucasfilm turned a blind eye to male cast members who harassed right-leaning politicians online, including her co-star Pedro Pascal. She specifically pointed to a post on X in which Pascal compared former President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. Carano also cited some of Marvel star Mark Ruffalo’s tweets to show how Disney was ignoring the political beliefs of her male counterparts.
In a strange twist on this story, Elon Musk and X entirely funded Carano’s lawsuit. At the time of the suit, an X spokesperson said they funded the lawsuit to promote “free speech” and ensure everyone could work without being “bullied” for their political beliefs.
When Disney announced the settlement in August, the company said it was “looking forward” to working with Carano again. That gave Star Wars fans hope that she would be returning for the new Mandalorian & Grogu film. However, that has not materialized as of yet.
Carano’s new project does not yet have a network or streaming service attached, and no production dates have been announced.
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