It has been close to seven years
since a creative team in Marvel Comics introduced a new character to bear the
costumed hero identity of Ms. Marvel, after the original one, Carol Danvers,
became Captain Marvel. The replacement seemed originally intended to be a
one-shot, but her character background resonated so much with readers that she
not only became a regular, but a new promotional face for Marvel Comics. It has
also been a year now since it was announced that Ms. Marvel Kamala Khan would
get her own live-action streaming series on Disney+. But no date was given on
when actual production would begin.
Comic Book Resources brings the good news to Marvel Comics fans,
especially those of Kamala Khan the current Ms. Marvel, that filming for her
Disney+ exclusive series can commence by late this year. To be precise,
full-bore principal photography can start this coming November and could be
finished by March of 2021. Production location for “Ms. Marvel” has primarily
been in Atlanta, Georgia, presumably filling in for the comic-book character’s
hometown of Jersey City, New Jersey. The series will be produced under Marvel Studios,
having basically become the main studio for live-action Marvel productions
outside the X-Men (for now) after absorbing Marvel Television last year.
In fact, were it not for the
COVID-19 pandemic which had ruined the once-set pace of the whole world for the
year 2020, then Marvel Studios could have started shooting scenes for “Ms.
Marvel” by next month. Thankfully the delay was not as drastic as could have
been, especially as the delayed premiere dates for several upcoming cinema and
TV productions for later this year seem to be finalized, barring a significant global
resurgence of COVID-positive cases. If so, the “Ms. Marvel” could premiere on
Disney+ later on in 2021.
Kamala Khan got plenty of
attention and positive reception since her Marvel Comics debut, being a notable
minority character as a Pakistani-American child of immigrants, with her
superhero activities mixed with a spotlight on her teenaged life as an American
Muslim. She has been compared to Peter Parker/Spider-Man, who also debuted in
Marvel as a teenager before being aged up to adulthood over decades of
publication. Such has been her appeal that she has broken into several Marvel
animated projects both Western and even Japanese anime, and is a principal
character in Square Enix and Eidos-Crystal Dynamics’ upcoming “Avengers”
videogame, releasing this coming September 2020.
Image courtesy of Polygon
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