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Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Up-and-coming actress Teagan Croft has been cast as DC Comics superhero Raven in the company's upcoming live-action series Titans. Croft, 13, hails from Australia and will be seen in upcoming Australian film The Osiris Child before making her U.S. debut with Titans, Deadline reported.
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Titans, based on DC's the Teen Titans, will help launch the comic book giant's DC Comics branded streaming service in 2018 alongside Season 3 of animated series Young Justice.
Raven is the first hero to be cast in the series that will also feature characters such as Dick Grayson (Robin/Nightwing), Starfire and more.
"Titans follows a group of young soon-to-be super heroes recruited from every corner of the DC Universe. In this action-packed series, Dick Grayson emerges from the shadows to become the leader of a fearless band of new heroes, including Starfire, Raven and many others," reads the synopsis. "Titans is a dramatic, live-action adventure series that will explore and celebrate one of the most popular comic book teams ever."
Titans is being written by Akiva Goldsman (Star Trek: Discovery, Underground), famed comic book writer, DC Entertainment president and chief creative officer Geoff Johns and Greg Berlanti who has helped helm the CW's slate of live-action DC programming including Arrow, Flash, Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow.
Raven who is a prominent character in the Teen Titans comic books, has appeared in Cartoon Network's animated series' Teen Titans the ongoing comedy-based Teen Titans Go! and in animated films such as Teen Titans: The Judas Contract. The daughter of interdimensional demon Trigon, Raven possesses magical, psychic and telekinetic powers as well as the ability to manipulate energy, emotion and shadows.
