Vanessa Hudgens has joined an all star cast to star in Netflix’s upcoming My Little Pony: A New Generation. The role she’ll be taking on is Sunny Starscout.

My Little Pony: A New Generation is an upcoming animated comedy fantasy film by Robert Cullen and Jose Ucha, with Cecil Kramer and Peter Lewis producing. Based on The My Little Pony series by Hasbro, the film will be the start of the fifth incarnation of the franchise, while also serving as a direct follow-up to the fourth incarnation. Entertainment One will produce the film, and will be animated by Boulder Media.

Summary of the film: Set years after the events of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, the film will center on Sunny Starscout, an outcast and young activist earth pony who still sees hope in Equestria where Twilight Sparkle‘s teachings on friendship and harmony have been replaced with paranoia and mistrust, and where all three species of ponies live segregated from one another. However, when she meets a lost unicorn named Izzy, the two embark on an adventure involving musical numbers, a jewel heist, conspiracy theories, and “the world’s cutest flying Pomeranian” as they travel to new lands while facing their fears and turning enemies into friends.

Originally set to be released theatrically by Paramount Pictures, the film is scheduled for a September 24, 2021 release on Netflix. The Cast includes notable names such as Sofia Carson, Liza Koshy, James Mardsen, Kimiko Glenn, Elizabeth Perkins, Jane Krakowski, Ken Jeong & more.