Ms. Marvel gets her own series on Disney Plus Marvel superhero Kamala Khan is now part of the Disney streaming universe, the company reveals at its D23 convention. Kamala Khan, a Pakistani-American teen and the first Muslim superhero to headline her own Marvel comic book. Gifted with the Kree shapeshifting powers, Kamala tries to balance her complicated life of high school, crushes, struggling with her faith and traditional parents. Marvel Scarlet Witch is no longer the only female Marvel superhero with her own standalone series on Disney Plus. There's now a Ms. Marvel series in the works for the streaming service. Disney made the official announcement at the biannual D23 convention in Anaheim, California, on Friday. Ms. Marvel, aka Kamala Khan, is Marvel's first Muslim superhero. She hails from Jersey City, New Jersey. She idolizes Carol Danvers (Captain Marvel) and wants to follow in her superhero footsteps. Just announced at #D23Expo: MS. MARVEL, an original series from Marvel Studios, only on Disney+. In 2014, Khan was given her own Ms. Marvel comic book series by Sana Amanat, G. Willow Wilson, and Adrian Alphona. She is the fourth character to take the name Ms. Marvel. Ms. Marvel is a great character for Disney Plus, giving the new streaming network some much-needed diversity. British writer Bisha K. Ali has been hired to write and act as showrunner for the Ms. Marvel series, The Hollywood Reporter reported on Friday. Ali is currently working on Hulu's remake of Four Weddings and a Funeral. The new series will be produced by Marvel Studios and will tie directly into the Marvel Cinematic Universe films, according to CNET's sister site Comicbook.com on Friday.
I didn't think she was Kree. I thought she was a human "powered" by Kree/Inhumans technology. She was turned into Ms. Marvel.
Looks terrible. No creativity and I thought it was a parody video at first. An identity checklist was more important than creating an original character and intriguing storyline.
I'm curious if Marvel will be trying to explore Muslim heritage. I'm all for diversity and highlighting aspects of different cultures, but they hired a heckuva lotta diverse directors - not sure if it's because they wanted to get ahead of any perceived backlash for not hiring people of color, though. It's Marvel and Disney. You'd be hard pressed to think of the last time that something they developed, bombed, when transferred to a different medium. Also, it's not like they came up with the idea of Ms. Marvel a couple of days ago and rushed this. She (Kamala Khan, at least) has been a thing since 2013-2014. Give it a chance.
It's not enough to just have diversity. For the movie to be great, there has to be a great story, with great characters and great dialogue. That's the framework required for a great movie I didn't see any of that in the trailer. All the diversity in the world won't make up for a crappy framework.
