Maisie Williams Is Now the Second Stark Sister to Join the X-Men 

star Maisie Williams—a.k.a. Arya Stark—has boarded Fox’s much-anticipated

along with rising genre queen Anya Taylor-Joy. Apart from the thrill of joining yet another prolific, highly visible franchise, there’s another thrill to be found for Williams in this project: in a way, it’s yet another tie to bind her with her on-screen sister, Sophie Turner.

Turner, who plays Sansa Stark in the world of Westeros, joined the

—which broke the casting news—is “a girl struggling to reconcile her religious beliefs with her power to turn into a wolf.” (One can only hope that in her canine form, she goes by Nymeria.)

director Josh Boone, is slated for a April 13, 2018 premiere.

comics spin-off, and the film adaptation will reportedly be “very loyal” to its source material. With any luck, Kit Harington, Richard Madden, Isaac Hempstead Wright, and Art Parkinson will all find their places in the

world eventually. It would be nice to have the Stark family back together—and alive—in one place again.

Laura BradleyLaura Bradley is a Hollywood writer for VanityFair.com. She was formerly an editorial assistant at Slate and lives in Brooklyn.

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