“Star Wars: Starfighter” marks Levy’s directorial follow-up to Marvel Studios’ hit buddy comedy “Deadpool & Wolverine,” which raked in $1.3 billion at the global box office after releasing in July 2024 and stands as the highest-grossing R-rated feature of all-time. Deadline was first to report the news of Smith’s casting.

Collecting yet another stone for his cinematic franchise gauntlet, Matt Smith joins Ryan Gosling and Mia Goth in Shawn Levy's upcoming Star Wars movie.

EXCLUSIVE: After fighting battles for house Targaryen, Matt Smith is ready to take his next fight to a galaxy far, far, away as sources tell Deadline, the House of the Dragon star is on board to join Ryan Gosling in Lucasfilm's Star Wars: Starfighter.

A devastating bacterium has decimated populations of sunflower sea stars, predators that play a crucial role in their environment

Experiments identify a bacterium as the cause of sea-star wasting disease, which has devastated populations along the western coast of North America.