Devon Sawa (Chucky) is set for a guest-starring role in Disney’s upcoming supernatural dramedy Coven Academy, from High School Musical: The Musical: The Series creator Tim Federle. Ordered to series in 2025, Coven Academy is expected to debut on Disney Channel and Disney+. A premiere date is TBA.
Sawa will play Mr. Cole, the effortlessly cool teacher who’s tired of watching teenagers mistake talent for readiness. He’s the adult who can clown you and protect you in the same breath. A good man and a brilliant warlock. It’s just another year at Coven Academy until Mr. Cole and the rest of the faculty are rocked by a surprising new student who threatens to upend everything.
Set in New Orleans, Coven Academy follows three teenage witches and their dangerously charming warlock peers at an elite magic school where power is currency, secrets are lethal, and attraction is a liability. Caught between ancient supernatural wars and forbidden love interests, the coven must decide how far they’re willing to go to protect their city — and themselves.
Main cast includes Malina Pauli Weissman, Malachi Barton, Jordan Leftwich, Ora Duplass (“Their Town”) as Tegan, Louis Thresher and Tiffani Thiessen. Swayam Bhatia, Brendon Tremblay and and Keegan Connor Tracy recur.
Federle serves as creator and executive produces with Darren Swimmer, Todd Slavkin, Amanda Row, and Bronwyn North-Reist. Coven Academy is produced with Federle’s Chorus Boy Productions for Disney Branded Television.
Sawa played multiple roles on Syfy’s Chucky, alongside Jennifer Tilley. His other recent credits include Twisted Metal and Hacks. He was most recently seen on the film side in Heart Eyes, directed by Josh Ruben. Sawa is repped by Artists First, Gersh, and Felker, Toczek, Suddleson, Abramson LLP.
