Newcomer Matilda Lawler Cast As Lead In 'Flora & Ulysses' Film Adaptation

The film adaptation for Flora & Ulysses has found it’s leading actress!

Matilda Lawler is set to star alongside Alyson Hannigan and Ben Schwartz in the new film slated for Disney’s new streaming service Disney+, Deadline reports.

This marks the young actresses first studio project. She recently made her Broadway debut in The Ferryman and can be seen in the upcoming indie thriller The Block Island Sound.

Flora & Ulysses is based off the children’s novel Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo. It centers on the imaginative, creative and cynical 10-year-old Flora (Lawler), who could hardly predict that the little squirrel she saved from a tragic accident would be born anew and transformed into a superhero with the powers of strength, misspelled poetry and an uncanny knack for helping her and the lovable but broken people in her life become a family again.