EXCLUSIVE: Gemmer Gonzaga (Joke) will play with Tatiana Maslany in the coming year Sy Hulk Miracle series for Disney +.
Sy-Hulk is a legal comedy that focuses on the heroine of the same name (Maslany), aka Jennifer Walters, a lawyer who has similar powers to her cousin, Bruce Banner / The Hulk.
Gonzaga plays Walters’ best friend. As announced on Disney Investor Day, Avengers star Mark Ruffalo will repeat his role as The Hulk and Tim Roth is revaluing his name Hulk character of The Abomination on Sy-Hulk.
Directed by Kat Coiro and Anu Valia, with Jessica Gao as lead writer.
Marvel declined to comment.
Gonzaga has appeared again in two Showtime series, produced by Jim Carrey, Joke, in which Carrey also starred, and I die here. She has been a regular on ABC’s series Mixology and TBSs Accident, and hosted Hulu’s comic daily pop culture summary The next morning, for which she also wrote. Her most important series credits also include the Duplass brothers Togetherness on HBO, Hulu’s Chance, Fox’s Family man and NBCs Champions.
This past pilot season, Gonzaga was regularly portrayed as a series in the Fox drama pilot The cleaning lady. Like virtually all 2020 pilots, it was pushed. Eventually, she decided not to expand her option when it was done, and made herself available for Sy-Hulk. She is crowned by Haven Entertainment, Gersh and Melissa Fox at Hansen Jacobson Teller Hoberman.
UPDATE: Gonzaga responds to Deadline’s story and shares her excitement about joining Sy-Hulk.
I’m excited to join 💚#Shehulk! 💚 We will be led by #KatCairo! @ChairmanGao give us her hilarious writing and I can go crazy with the insane talent #tatianamaslaney. Thank you @Admire & @disneyplus 4 your support and to have me in the family! Get ready! This is AWESOME! https://t.co/bqMUdlhE5O
– Ginger Gonzaga @ (@gingerthejester) 20 January 2021