Tue Feb 23, 2021 at 6:12pm ET
Ja’Siah Young as Dion in Raising Dion. Pic credit: Netflix
Raising Dion was a surprise hit for Netflix in 2019 and is very different than the typical superhero story.
The series was about a young child who developed superhero powers and his mother who planned to do anything to protect him.
A second season is on the way and Netflix just announced new characters that would join the show’s second outing.
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Raising Dion Season 2
There will be four new characters joining Raising Dion in Season 2.
They include Rome Flynn (Dear White People) as Tevin Wakefield, Aubriana Davis (Genius) as Janelle Carr, Tracey Bonner (Black Lightning) as Simone Carr, and Josh Ventura (P-Valley) as David Marsh.
Rome Flynn (How to Get Away with Murder), Aubriana Davis (Genius: Aretha), Tracey Bonner (Sweet Magnolias) and Josh Ventura (P-Valley) have joined the Season 2 cast of Netflix’s superhero drama series Raising Dion. Production on the eight-episode second run is underway in Atlanta. Producing director Darren Grant will direct the first block of the season.
Flynn will play Tevin Wakefield, a former long-distance runner and Olympic track coach who becomes Dion’s trainer and mentor. He is protective yet playful and develops a close relationship with both Dion and Nicole.
Davis will portray Janelle Carr, a 15-year-old girl who has been labeled destructive and dangerous. Janelle’s mother brings her to Biona in hope of managing her “behavioral issues” once and for all. As she forms a bond with Nicole and Dion, Janelle begins to feel heard and valued for the first time in her life.