Disney’s first look at the Marvel Studio seriesMs. Marvelarrived on Friday with a host of other Marvel-related announcements and footage releases. Linking into 2023’sThe Marvels,Ms. Marvelwill introduce Kamala Khan, played by Iman Vellani, a young Captain Marvel worshipper who gains her own superpowers and will ultimately team up with her idol andWandaVision’s Monica Rambeau for the movie formerly known asCaptain Marvel 2. On the back of the new reveals, one of the young character’s co-creators revealed that there is a lot of pressure on bringing Marvel heroes to life, and they just hope that the end result is enough for fans.
Posting on Twitter in response to Variety’s report on the first look at the series, Sana Amanat, a comic book editor who has worked on numerous Marvel publications including Spider-Man and Captain Marvel, said, “Been working hard with an incredible team to bring this show to life. The pressure and responsibility we all feel is intense. The love we have is immense. Praying we can make you all proud.”
There are a lot of reasons why so much rests on the young shoulders ofKamala’s character, not least for here comic book series being one of the biggest new solo projects to be released by Marvel Comic in the last ten years, but also because she has broken down barriers for being a Pakistani-American hero who has been responsible for bringing many young female readers to the world of Marvel, and helped inspire numerous others from ethnic groups in the process. Bringing that to screen is now something that is an even bigger responsibility for the team behind the series.
The official blurb from Disney on the series reads: “Ms. Marvelintroduces Kamala Khan - a 16-year-old Pakistani American from Jersey City. An aspiring artist, an avid gamer and a voracious fan-fiction scribe, she is a huge fan of the Avengers-and one in particular, Captain Marvel. But Kamala has always struggled to find her place in the world - that is, until she gets superpowers like the heroes she’s always looked up to.Iman Vellani stars as Kamala Khanaka Ms. Marvel. The series is directed by executive producers Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah, Meera Menon and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, with executive producer Bisha K. Ali serving as head writer.”
Ms. Marvelmay be the introduction to the new character, but it will certainly not be the last we have seen of her.The Marvelswillteam up the young hero with Captain Marvel and Monica Rambeau, in a story that provides a sequel toCaptain Marvel,Avengers: Endgameand also has ties withWandaVisionand the upcomingSecret Invasionseries. It is also likely thatMs. Marvelcould well turn up in other future projects from the Marvel canon.
Despite other reveals duringDisney+day on Friday, there is still no official word on when the series will premiere, but comments from a recent Disney Investor call seemed to put the arrival date somewhere between July and September next year, making it likely to be the second or most likely third TV release by Marvel in 2022.
