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AAA Star Blue Demon Jr No Longer Starring In Disney Channel Show

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Legendary luchador and current AAA wrestler Blue Demon Jr is no longer set to star in the upcoming Disney Channel show Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion. 

The show, which was originally titled Ultra Violet & Blue Demon, was set to see Blue Demon play an alternative version of himself, that would be played up for the show. Now, in a press release by Disney Channel that was made public yesterday, it has been confirmed this will no longer be the case. Instead, the AAA star has been replaced by J.R. Villarreal. You can read the full press release below:

J.R. VILLARREAL CAST IN DISNEY CHANNEL’S SUPERHERO ACTION COMEDY, ‘ULTRA VIOLET & BLACK SCORPION’
J.R. Villarreal (“Akeela and the Bee”) has been cast as Cruz de la Vega, a luchador wrestling coach with the secret superhero identity “Black Scorpion” in Disney Channel’s new live-action comedy series “Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion.” The series (formerly titled “Ultra Violet & Blue Demon”) stars Scarlett Estevez (“BUNK’D”) as Violet Rodriguez, a Latinx teenager who is chosen by a magical luchador mask to be a superhero, like her uncle, Black Scorpion.

The series also stars Marianna Burelli as Violet’s mother, Nina; Juan Alfonso as Violet’s father, Juan Carlos; Brandon Rossel as Violet’s brother, Santiago; Zelia Ankrum as Violet’s best friend, Maya Miller-Martinez; and Bryan Blanco as Violet’s classmate, Luis León.

Eric Garcia and Leo Chu will be executive producers and showrunners on “Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion.” Joe Nussbaum, Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit will also executive produce.

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