Ms. Marvel Has Been Cast

Newcomer Iman Vellani has been cast in the title role of Ms. Marvel. According to Deadline, Vellani, 18, won the role after a long search. The Disney+ series follows Kamala Khan, a Pakistani-American teenager in New Jersey who will be the MCU's first Muslim superhero on screen. In a 2019 interview with the CBC, Vellani referred to herself as a Pakistani-American-Muslim teenager with immigrant parents. Ms. Marvel is expected to eventually segue into the big screen MCU. Vellani was part of this year's Toronto International Film Festival's Next Wave Committee, wherein she was asked who would play her in a movie to which she responded, "Iron Man... duh." [caption id="attachment_2414748" align="alignnone" width="720"] Iman Vellani (via TIFF 2020).[/caption] According to the CBC, Vellani has dreams of becoming a cinematographer. A Vimeo account listed for an Iman Vellani includes a short film, Push, that she directed. Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah -- the directing duo behind the blockbuster Bad Boys for Life -- will direct some episodes of the series. Joining them in the directors' bullpen is Meera Menon, a comic book TV series veteran who has directed episodes of Marvel's The Punisher, The Walking Dead, and Titans. The multiple Oscar and Emmy-winning Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, who hails from primarily a documentary background, has also been tapped to direct episodes of the Disney+ series. Other behind the scenes talent on Ms. Marvel includes head writer Bisha K. Ali and producer and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige. Find out everything you need to know about Ms. Marvel here. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=marvel-phase-4-official-lineup&captions=true"]

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