There’s about to be one other teen hero in your TV. Newcomer Iman Vellani has formally been solid as Ms. Marvel in the upcoming Disney+ series primarily based on the comics character, and appropriately referred to as Ms. Marvel, according to Deadline.
In her first Hollywood manufacturing, Vellani will play Ms. Marvel, aka Kamala Khan, a Pakistani-American teen from New Jersey who idolizes Captain Marvel, aka Carol Danvers, and has polymorphous powers that give her the flexibility to stretch and alter form. Kamala was Marvel’s first-ever Muslim character to headline her personal comedian e-book, and with the Disney+ collection she’ll grow to be the primary Muslim character to guide her personal on-screen Marvel superhero franchise. Marvel boss Kevin Feige has additionally stated that Kamala will seem in future MCU movies.
Information of Vellani’s casting comes not lengthy after the present lined up its team of directors, which incorporates Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, the duo behind Bad Boys for Life, two-time Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, and Meera Menon, who has labored on episodes of The Walking Dead, Outlander, Dirty John, and The Punisher. It was beforehand introduced that Bisha Okay. Ali, a comic who has written for Hulu’s Four Weddings and a Funeral, will write and function showrunner.
Disney+ additionally not too long ago revealed that Emmy winner and Orphan Black star Tatiana Maslany will play the title role within the upcoming She-Hulk series, which was first introduced final yr.
No premiere dates have been set for both Ms. Marvel or She-Hulk, however Disney+ has an entire lot of Marvel collection coming down the pipe. WandaVision will premiere in December, and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier has resumed filming, however it’s presently unclear when the collection will debut as a result of its COVID-19 manufacturing shutdowns. Marvel has additionally not introduced updates for 2 different Disney+ collection: Loki, which was initially set for spring 2021, and Hawkeye, which was set for fall 2021.
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