Iman Vellani plays the title character in the Disney Plus series Ms. Marvel and will return to play the character in The Marvels. Vellani already has another project lined up, but she won’t be in an acting role.Vellani may be one of the most passionate actors in the MCU. Ms. Marvel in the comics and the show is a big fan of the other Marvel universe heroes. Just like her character, Vellani is a big Marvel fan. The series directors said that her MCU knowledge rivaled that of Kevin Feige. The two have even argued about if the MCU takes place on Earth-616.Less than 2 days after the comic Fallen Friend: The Death of Ms. Marvel one-shot was released, Marvel announced that the character will return in a new series. Ms. Marvel was Vellani's first acting role, and now she will get her first chance to co-write a comic book. "This was way scarier than joining the MCU for me," Vellani told Entertainment Weekly. "I've never written anything before in my entire life, but I have read many comics, so I just wrote what I would want to read. I was given a very professional tool to write what is essentially my own fan fiction."
In the comics, Ms. Marvel gets her powers from being an Inhuman, which is why some fans do not like the idea of her being a mutant instead. Vellani responded, "I want to make it very, very clear that we are not reconning her Inhuman origin. That's a part of Kamala's identity that Marvel editorial and myself would very much like to keep and protect." Vellani continued, "Our book will absolutely reflect all those core themes of identity that the Ms. Marvel comics have consistently explored — only now there's a whole new label that Kamala has to learn to accept. It's going to be pretty crazy."
Some fans had theories that the character's comic book death would be used to give her the MCU version’s powers when she was inevitably brought back. Although the character will still seem to keep her original comic book powers, Ms. Marvel will become a mutant like her MCU counterpart. This has become a controversial choice among comic book readers, but Vellani's Ms. Marvel comic will hopefully win some of them over.
Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #1 will be released on August 30, 2023.
Source: Marvel, Entertainment Weekly,