Lexi Underwood to star in her own standalone episode of Disney+’s supernatural anthology series Just Beyond. McKenna Grace is also cast as a lead in her own series. Grace will be joined by Nasim Pedrad in a guest starring role.
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Just Beyond is an eight-episode anthology series for Disney+ that tells astonishing and thought-provoking stories of a reality just beyond the one we know. Each episode introduces viewers to a new cast of characters who must go on a surprising journey of self-discovery in a supernatural world of witches, aliens, ghosts and parallel universes.
Marc Webb will direct Underwood and Grace’s perspective stand-alone episodes.
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Seth Grahame-Smith’s supernatural anthology series is based on Goosebumps author R.L. Stine’s bestselling BOOM! Studios graphic novel of the same name.
Just Beyond is executive produced by Grahame-Smith, David Katzenberg and Aaron Schmidt via KatzSmith Productions. David Walpert and Marc Webb also serve as executive producers alongside Ross Richie, Stephen Christy and Mark Ambrose of BOOM!. Stine is as co-executive producer. 20th Television, a part of Disney Television studios, produces Just Beyond.
Underwood was most recently seen in the critically-acclaimed Hulu series “Little Fires Everywhere” alongside Kerry Underwood and Reese Witherspoon. She will play Malia Obama in the upcoming Showtime series “The First Lady.” She is playing the lead role in the upcoming Disney Plus original film “Sneakerella.”