Ms. Marvel: Canadian newcomer Iman Vellani cast as Kamala Khan
By Louis Skye
Ms. Marvel has been found! One of the latest Marvel and Disney Plus shows has been searching for its lead star and has found her in an up and coming Canadian actor.
Embiggen your hearts, Marvel fans! Ms. Marvel has been found, reports Deadline.
Iman Vellani, a young actor hailing from Ontario, Canada will be taking on the lead role of Kamala Khan in Marvel and Disney Plus’s new series.
Despite not having any on-screen credits under her belt, Vellani has already been making a name for herself in the industry.
She was a member of the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival Next Wave committee that helped choose some of the festival’s diverse picks.
With the Ms. Marvel role, Vellani will be paving the way for even more diversity in the Marvel universe that has only recently started including ethnically diverse superheroes.
Though Marvel and Disney have yet to comment on the news, Ms. Marvel comics writer G. Willow Wilson confirmed the news via Twitter.
Vellani’s fellow Marvel actor, Kumail Nanjiani, the franchise’s first subcontinental superhero, who will be appearing in 2021’s Eternals, congratulated the young actor on landing the role.
Simu Liu, who will be headlining Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, also slated for a 2021 release, hails from Canada, and took to Twitter to welcome Vellani to the universe.
This is the news I needed after whatever the hell I just watched yesterday.
— Simu Liu (@SimuLiu) September 30, 2020
Congratulations Iman, I can’t wait to see what you do for children and adults all around the world!!! https://t.co/Kxdcd3qyzN
Ms. Marvel is still in development, but Vellani is already set to make a beloved franchise richer than it was before.
Ms. Marvel: What do we know so far?
The Ms. Marvel comics introduced Kamala Khan as the first Muslim superhero in the Marvel comics universe in 2014.
Khan, a Pakistani-American with immigrant parents, developed superpowers from Terrigen mist. She can morph parts of her body and uses the ability to fight villains in her hometown of Jersey City.
Following her solo series, Ms. Marvel joined the Champions and the Secret Warriors. She has featured in numerous animated Marvel shows and videogames, including the 2020 Avengers game.
Vellani is the first cast member to be announced for the show. Bad Boys for Life directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah will be directing episodes of the series, alongside Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Meera Menon, who will also be serving as showrunners. Bisha K Ali is set to be the head writer for the show.
No other details are available thus far, but we can assume that the first season of the Ms. Marvel show will follow her origin story.
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The Ms. Marvel show is still in development for Marvel and Disney Plus.