'Ms Marvel': Iman Vellani to play Pakistani-American Kamala Khan; Kumail Nanjiani, Mindy Kaling share excitement

Marvel Studios has roped in newcomer Iman Vellani to play the character of Ms. Marvel or Pakistani-American Kamala Khan, in its new Disney Plus series.

According to Variety magazine, she will be essaying the character of a 16-year-old Muslim teenager who lives in New Jersey and looks up to superheroes like Captain Marvel. Marvel Studios describes the character as having "an inhuman ability to alter... an idealistic attitude... to make the world a better place."

Less than two weeks ago the series solidified its director line-up. Bad Boys for Life duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, as well as Oscar-winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Meera Menon, have been roped in for various episodes of Ms. Marvel. The character first appeared in a comic series in 2012 and the show is being spearheaded by writer Bisha K Ali.

Ms. Marvel is one of multiple Marvel series in various stages of development and production at Disney Plus.

Iman also shared her excitement on her Instagram page by writing, "Speechless and excited! Wish me luck. #msmarvel."

 

 

 

 

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on Sep 30, 2020 at 12:07pm PDT

Kumail Nanjiani who is a part of Marvel's The Eternals as Kingo also shared his excitement on Iman's casting. He tweeted, "I just saw they cast Ms. Marvel and legit got teary-eyed. Congratulations Iman Vellani! Your work is going to mean so much to so many people, myself included. I can’t wait."

 September 30, 2020

September 30, 2020

Variety also reported last week that Samuel L Jackson is set to reprise the iconic role of Nick Fury for a new series.