The Marvel Cinematic Universe has its Kamala Khan . Deadlinereports the studio apartment has cast actress Iman Vellani in the deed role of the approaching Disney+ series , Ms. Marvel .
The show , which does not yet have a freeing date , is being written by Bisha K. Ali , and will center on the Pakistani - American Jersey girl who can stretch her body in retentive , powerful ways . Currently , the part can be attend at the center of theAvengers video gamefor PlayStation and Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said after the show , Khan willplay a part in the moviesas well .
Vellani is comparatively new to the Earth of Hollywood . She does n’t even have an IMDB page . She was , however , onthe Next Wave Committeeat last year ’s Toronto International Film Festival , aid program and indite about the movies playing there . So she ’s not unexampled to motion picture . Marvel was reportedly looking for the right actress for the part as defend to a name and it was a long casting process .
The comic Kamala Khan and now the real Kamala Khan, played by Iman VellaniPhoto:Marvel Comics/TIFF
Oh , and when the 18 - twelvemonth - sure-enough wasasked by TIFF“Who would play you in a flick ? ” Vellani answered , “ Iron Man … duh . ” So she rule and be intimate Marvel .
Marvel has been hard at work prepping all its streaming shows during the covid-19 pandemic . For Ms. Marvel , itrecently hired several unexampled directorsto helm episodes , which suggested this casting was imminent . Tatiana Maslanywas also cast as She - Hulkfor a show centered on that fibre , and we see our first look atWandaVisionas well . All of which have in mind , while we have n’t had aMarvel project in a while , we ’re finally function to be bubble over with them . And we ca n’t wait , especially for the emergence of Kamala .
https://gizmodo.com/the-ms-marvel-series-for-disney-plus-has-a-directing-t-1845116902
Correction : A previous version of this news report misspelled Iman Vellani ’s name . io9 regrets the error .
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