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2022 superhero television miniseries produced by Curiosity Studios

Ms. Marvel
Genre	Activity-chance One-act Coming-of-historic period Superhero
Created by	Bisha Yard. Ali
Based on	Marvel Comics
Starring	Iman Vellani Matt Lintz Yasmeen Fletcher Zenobia Shroff Mohan Kapur Saagar Shaikh Laurel Marsden Azhar Usman Rish Shah Arian Moayed Alysia Reiner Laith Nakli Nimra Bucha Travina Springer Adaku Ononogbo Samina Ahmad Fawad Khan Mehwish Hayat Farhan Akhtar Aramis Knight
Music by	Laura Karpman
Country of origin	Usa
Original linguistic communication	English
No. of episodes	v
Product
Executive producers	Kevin Feige Louis D’Esposito Victoria Alonso Brad Winderbaum Sana Amanat Adil & Bilall Bisha Yard. Ali
Production locations	Atlanta, Georgia New Jersey Thailand
Cinematography	Robrecht Heyvaert Carmen Cabana Jules O’Loughlin
Editors	Nona Khodai Sabrina Plisco Emma McCleave Sushila Love
Running time	38–49 minutes
Production company	Curiosity Studios
Distributor	Disney Platform Distribution
Release
Original network	Disney+
Original release	June 8, 2022 (2022-06-08) – present (present)
Chronology
Related shows	Curiosity Cinematic Universe television series

Ms. Marvel

is an American television miniseries created past Bisha 1000. Ali for the streaming service Disney+, based on the Marvel Comics featuring the character Kamala Khan. It is the seventh telly series in the Curiosity Cinematic Universe (MCU) produced by Curiosity Studios, sharing continuity with the films of the franchise. Information technology follows Kamala Khan, a 16-year-old fangirl of the Avengers who struggles to fit in until she gains her ain powers. Ali serves as head writer with Adil & Bilall (Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah) leading the directing team.

Iman Vellani stars as Kamala Khan, with Matt Lintz, Yasmeen Fletcher, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, Saagar Shaikh, Laurel Marsden, Azhar Usman, Rish Shah, Arian Moayed, Alysia Reiner, Laith Nakli, Nimra Bucha, Travina Springer, Adaku Ononogbo, Samina Ahmad, Fawad Khan, Mehwish Hayat, Farhan Akhtar, and Aramis Knight also starring. The series was appear with Ali’southward interest in August 2019. Vellani was cast in September 2020, with El Arbi and Fallah, Meera Menon, and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy hired as the serial’ directors. Filming began in early Nov 2020, shooting in Atlanta, Georgia, and New Jersey, before concluding in Thailand in May 2021.

Ms. Marvel
premiered on June eight, 2022, and will consist of 6 episodes, final on July 13. It is office of Phase 4 of the MCU. The series will serve as set-up for the film
The Marvels
(2023), in which Vellani volition reprise her role as Khan along with additional cast members from the serial. The serial received positive reviews, particularly for Vellani’s performance.

Premise

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Kamala Khan, a 16-yr-sometime fangirl of the Avengers, specially Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel, struggles to fit in until she gains her own powers.^[ane]

Cast and characters

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• Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan:
  A 16-year-quondam Pakistani-American high school student from Jersey City who is an aspiring artist and gorging gamer, and writes superhero fan fiction about heroes such as Captain Marvel.^{[i]
  [2]}
  Khan gains the power to harness cosmic energy and create difficult lite constructs from a magical bangle.^{[3]
  [four]}
  Executive producer Sana Amanat said Khan brought a “grounded perspective” to the MCU with “brilliant and eager eyes”. Vellani noted Khan enjoys the simplicity of a life with powers, instead of worrying about loftier schoolhouse, boys and relationships, family drama, and culture and religion.^[5]
  She likewise added that the character “felt so much like me” due to their like background, ethnicity, and love for the Marvel universe.^[six]
  Head author Bisha One thousand. Ali described Khan as an “avatar” for all of the viewers who had grown upwardly with the MCU.^[7]
• Matt Lintz equally Bruno Carrelli: Kamala’s best friend who has a crush on her.^{[8]
  [ix]}
  Lintz chosen Carrelli “very loyal” to Kamala, more than so after she gets her powers, every bit it creates a new dynamic between them.<sup>[10]
  
  : 7</sup>
  
• Yasmeen Fletcher every bit Nakia Bahadir:
  Kamala’s close friend,^[11]
  who runs for a position on the mosque lath.^[12]
  Fletcher called Bahadir “strong” and “kind of a badass”, who speaks her mind and is confident in who she is,^[13]
  adding she is “opinionated and is willing to fight for anything that she believes in”, as well as a character that “breaks a lot of the stereotypes for hijab girls”.<sup>[10]
  
  : 7–8</sup>
  
  Manager Meera Menon felt Bahadir had the “power to communicate confidence” when needed, while all the same being “a vulnerable teenage kid, figuring information technology out similar everyone else”.^[12]
  In
  Ms. Marvel, Bahadir is Lebanese American and mixed race, similar Fletcher, compared to the comics version who is Turkish American.^[13]
• Zenobia Shroff every bit Muneeba Khan:
  Kamala’s mother and Yusuf’south wife.^[14]
  She is stricter on Kamala than Yusuf, with Shroff maxim information technology comes from her knowing Kamala’s potential while even so wanting to “protect her from all that”.<sup>[10]
  
  : eight</sup>
  
• Mohan Kapur equally Yusuf Khan:
  Kamala’s father and Muneeba’southward husband.^[14]
  Kapur described Yusuf as “a warm, caring, compassionate man”, who is more understanding of Kamala and her dreams than Muneeba.<sup>[10]
  
  : 8</sup>
  
• Saagar Shaikh as Aamir Khan:
  Kamala’s older brother.^[15]
  Shaikh described Aamir as “kind of aloof and is non equally funny as he thinks he is”, who is very religious and serves equally a middleman between Kamala and their parents.<sup>[x]
  
  : 8–9</sup>
  
• Laurel Marsden every bit Zoe Zimmer: The most popular girl at Kamala’s high school and a social media influencer.^[15]
• Azhar Usman every bit Najaf:<sup>[ten]
  
  : fifteen</sup>
  
  A halal food vendor acquainted with Kamala.
• Rish Shah as Kamran:
  A boy Kamala has a beat on.^[14]
  Shah believed Kamran is able to relate to Kamala so easily because he had a “a lack of belonging and customs” and is able to limited himself culturally around her.<sup>[10]
  
  : 9</sup>
  
• Arian Moayed equally P. Cleary: A Department of Impairment Control (DODC) agent.^[16]
• Alysia Reiner as Sadie Deever: A DODC agent working with Cleary.^[sixteen]
• Laith Nakli as Sheikh Abdullah: An imam at Kamala’s mosque.^[fifteen]
• Nimra Bucha as Najma: Kamran’s mother and a
  Djinn, who is the leader of the Clandestines trying to render to their dwelling
  Noor
  dimension after being exiled on Earth.^[15]
• Travina Springer every bit Tyesha Hillman: Aamir’due south married woman.^[xv]
• Adaku Ononogbo as Fariha: A fellow member of the Clandestine who wields a spear.^[15]
• Samina Ahmad as Sana: Kamala’s grandmother who lives in Karachi, Islamic republic of pakistan.^[17]
  Zion Usman portrays a immature Sana.^[18]
• Fawad Khan as Hasan: Kamala’south nifty-grandfather.^[19]
• Mehwish Hayat as Aisha: Kamala’due south cracking-grandmother, and the original owner of the bangle.^[20]
• Farhan Akhtar every bit Waleed: The leader of the Reddish Daggers, a group of vigilantes who article of clothing red bandanas and wield throwing knives.^[21]
• Aramis Knight as Kareem / Ruddy Dagger:
  A fellow member of the Reddish Daggers.^[21]
  Knight trained with a dialect motorbus so he could speak Urdu and have a Pakistani accent to “appear like a kid from Karachi” and was “really happy to represent for the culture”.^[22]

Recurring in the series are Anjali Bhimani and Sophia Mahmud as Aunties Cherry and Zara.^{[23]
[
citation needed
]}
Boosted invitee stars include Jordan Firstman as school counselor Gabe Wilson;^[24]
[xv]
Ali Alsaleh and Dan Carter as Aadam and Saleem, members of the Clandestine who wield a gilded mace and powered whip, respectively;^[15]
Vardah Aziz and Asfandyar Khan as Kamala’s cousins Zainab and Owais, respectively;^[21]
and Alyy Khan in an undisclosed role.^[25]
Ryan Penagos, vice president and artistic executive at Marvel New Media, has a cameo appearance every bit the cosplay competition host at AvengerCon.^[26]
Directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah make cameo appearances as a man in the mosque and one of the “Mosque Bros”, respectively,^{[
commendation needed
]}
while Amanat cameos during Aamir and Hillman’s wedding ceremony.^[27]

Episodes

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Product

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Evolution

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Marvel Entertainment’due south Creative Consultant Joe Quesada said in September 2016 that there were plans to explore the character of Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel in other media post-obit her unusually rapid success and popularity amidst comic volume readers.^[31]
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige said in May 2018 that a Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) project based on Kamala Khan was “in the works”,^[32]
[33]
and would follow the release of the film
Captain Marvel
(2019) as Khan is inspired by that moving-picture show’south title character Carol Danvers.^[32]

Past August 2019, Marvel Studios had begun development on a
Ms. Marvel
television serial for the streaming service Disney+, with Bisha Thou. Ali hired to serve as the head author after working equally a author on the serial
Loki.^[34]
[35]
Ali approached Kevin Wright, one of the Curiosity Studios executives on
Loki, while they were working together to get an opportunity to run into about
Ms. Marvel,^[35]
and declined an extension to continue working on
Loki
in social club to create her pitch. She believed Marvel responded to her “full general vibe and energy” from her pitch, and that a serial about Ms. Marvel was very personal to her “as a fan, as a South Asian person, as a Pakistani woman, [and] equally a adult female from a Muslim background”, making a show near these be “specific
and
universal”.^[36]
Ms. Marvel
was officially appear at the 2019 D23 conference.^[37]

In September 2020, Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (credited as Adil & Bilall^[28]) were hired to direct ii episodes of the series, with Meera Menon hired to straight one episode, and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy hired to straight 3 episodes;^[38]
[39]
Menon and Obaid-Chinoy ultimately directed ii episodes each.^[28]
Despite their different visual styles and prior work, all of the directors worked closely together to create a “seamless transition” between their episodes.<sup>[x]

: 5</sup>

Ali, El Arbi, and Fallah serve every bit executive producers on the serial and worked closely with Marvel Studios to develop it,^[forty]
[41]
with Kamala Khan co-creator Sana Amanat also serving equally an executive producer.^[41]
[28]
Curiosity Studios’ Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, and Brad Winderbaum also serve as executive producers.^[28]

Writing

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In addition to Ali, writers for the series include Kate Gritmon, Freddy Syborn, A. C. Bradley, Matthew Chauncey, Sabir Pirzada, Fatimah Asghar, and Will Dunn.^[29]
Bradley and Chauncey were respectively the caput author, and story editor and writer for
What If…?,^[42]
[43]
with Bradley also serving as a consulting producer on
Ms. Marvel,<sup>[43]

: 6</sup>

while Pirzada was a writer for
Moon Knight.^[44]
Ali believed having Amanat every bit an executive producer on the series allowed them to “stay true to the character” from the comic books, while adding “something new, with a freshness, vitality and gimmicky edge”.^[45]
Ali called her time working on
Loki
every bit “proficient training ground” to serve every bit
Ms. Marvel
‘s head writer,^[35]
learning what creative freedoms Marvel Studios allowed for each series to inhabit their own role of the MCU, while still existence divisional by the overarching storytelling.^[35]
[36]
She was told to go along Khan’s story “footing level”, which was already part of her plan for the serial, while e’er focusing on who the character of Khan represents. Ali also received communication from
WandaVision
and
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
head writers Jac Schaeffer and Malcolm Spellman.^[36]

In
Ms. Marvel, Khan gains the ability to harness cosmic energy and create hard calorie-free constructs from a magical bangle,^[3]
[4]
which differs from the shapeshifting abilities that she has in the comics. Feige explained that the Inhuman source of her abilities in the comics did not “match” with the timeline and events of the MCU, so her powers were adapted to be related to her Pakistani heritage. They were also brought closer to the cosmic powers of the other heroes in the film
The Marvels
(2023), in which Vellani co-stars. Feige added that the character’s “giant hands and artillery” would still appear in the series “in spirit”.^[46]
The modify in Khan’s powers was not role of Ali’south initial pitch, with Ali adding it was a “group” decision to alter them and echoed Feige in saying the change was done to align the character with what has been established in the MCU.^[45]
She added that it was important that the new portrayal of Khan’s powers had the “same connectivity with her psychology and the journey she’s going through and the way she sees herself” as her shapeshifting abilities did in the comics.^[vii]
Amanat and another of the grapheme’southward co-creators, G. Willow Wilson, both were consulted on and supported the alter, with Amanat feeling that it was “fun to give Kamala dissimilar kinds of powers that feel big in telescopic and cinematic… the essence of what the powers are in the comics is there, both from a metaphorical standpoint and from a visual standpoint.”^[33]
Khan is also revealed to be a
Djinn
in the serial, which some Muslim fans pointed out the Quran prohibits the worshipping of
Djinn. Obaid-Chinoy responded that she believed
Djinn
“is a word that’due south loosely thrown around in South Asia” and the series was trying to showcase that “anyone who is dissimilar, or anyone who has powers that come from unexplained sources could be mistaken for origins”.^[47]

Ms. Marvel
is a coming-of-historic period story, with Amanat noting the series took inspiration from the character’south comics, creating the MCU version of the comics’ “quirkiness and stylistic distinction” and beingness “told through the lens of Kamala’southward experience and her wild imagination”. She also described Khan’s life and world every bit “naturally colorful” given Jersey Urban center is “a pretty crazy and vibrant and multicultural place”. Ballad Danvers is Khan’southward inspiration to go a hero, having seen her almost defeat Thanos during the events of
Avengers: Endgame
(2019). Amanat believed it was important to tell a story about who your heroes are for a immature person of colour, and exploring what that does “to your sense of self”.^[33]
Ali wanted to mix the “whimsical and magical” qualities from Ms. Curiosity’s comics with American loftier school films, being inspired by John Hughes’southward films and the films
10 Things I Hate Most You
(1999),
Lady Bird
(2017),
Eighth Course
(2018), and
Booksmart
(2019),^[v]
likewise as the MCU film
Spider-Man: Homecoming
(2017). Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan also was an inspiration for the series.^[35]
The series features a love triangle between Khan, Bruno Carrelli, and Kamran, which was substantially toned downwardly during the writing procedure because Ali did not want audiences to believe information technology was the dominant storyline. El Arbi called Bruno being trapped in the friend zone “relatable”, while Ali felt this was a “fundamental part of growing upwardly”.^[nine]

Casting

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In September 2020, newcomer Iman Vellani was cast in the lead office of Kamala Khan.^[two]
Her aunt had forwarded her a casting call for the role, which led to Vellani submitting a self-record, before being asked to audition at Curiosity Studios’ offices in Los Angeles, California.^[6]
She had an in-person screen test in Feb 2020, besides as a virtual one over Zoom in June 2020 before landing the role.^[48]
Gear up photos later that November revealed Matt Lintz had been cast in the series.^[49]
The next month, Marvel confirmed that Lintz had been cast,^[l]
portraying Carrelli,^[8]
forth with Yasmeen Fletcher as Nakia Bahadir;^[xi]
Zenobia Shroff as Muneeba Khan; Mohan Kapur equally Yusuf Khan;^[xiv]
Saagar Shaikh equally Aamir Khan;^{[51]
[fifteen]}
Azhar Usman as Najaf;<sup>[x]

: fifteen</sup>

Aramis Knight as Kareem / Red Dagger;^[viii]
Rish Shah as Kamran;^[52]
[53]
Travina Springer as Tyesha Hillman; Laith Nakli equally Sheikh Abdullah; and Nimra Bucha as Najma.^[15]

Newcomer Laurel Marsden was cast in the role of Zoe Zimmer in February 2021,^[54]
while Alysia Reiner was revealed to accept also been cast in the series as Department of Impairment Command (DODC) agent Sadie Deever.^[55]
[16]
Fawad Khan revealed that he was part of the cast in December 2021,^[56]
appearing every bit Hasan,^[19]
and Mehwish Hayat was reported a month afterwards to as well have a part in the series,^[57]
as Aisha.^[xx]
In March 2022, Adaku Ononogbo was revealed to be cast as Fariha.^[58]
That May, Arian Moayed was revealed to exist cast in the series,^[59]
[28]
reprising his function as DODC agent P. Cleary from
Spider-Homo: No Fashion Home
(2021),^[16]
as was Farhan Akhtar in the guest role of Waleed.^{[threescore]
[21]}
Samina Ahmad appears as Kamala’s grandmother Sana, who was named for Amanat^[17]

Also in Feb 2021, Alyy Khan was revealed to have also been cast in the series.^[25]
In March 2022, Anjali Bhimani was revealed as auntie Blood-red,^[61]
[23]
a recurring role, later previously appearing in the Marvel Television series
Runaways.^[61]
Jordan Firstman appears as Gabe Wilson, named as a homage to Chiliad. Willow Wilson,^[24]
while Ali Alsaleh and Dan Carter announced every bit Aadam and Saleem,^[xv]
and Vardah Aziz and Asfandyar Khan appear as Kamala’s cousins Zainab and Owais, respectively.^[21]

Design

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Arjun Bhasin serves as the costume designer for the series.^[45]
Khan’s costume was inspired by burkinis and shalwar kameez, with subtle “cultural details” in the fabric.<sup>[62]

: 89</sup>

Amanat credited Bhasin for incorporating “cool textures” to make the costume feel South Asian in “a very subtle fashion”, and noted the lightning bolt on the costume was updated from the comic version of the costume.^[45]
Christopher Glass serves every bit production designer,^[63]
while Natasha Gerasimova was the product designer for the series’due south reshoots.^[64]

Filming

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El Arbi and Fallah, Menon, and Obaid-Chinoy, directed the series.^[38]
Filming began in early on November 2020 at Trilith Studios in Atlanta, Georgia,^[65]
[66]
with additional filming at Blackhall Studios and Areu Brothers Studios.^[67]
The series was filmed under the working title
Bailiwick of jersey.^[68]
Robrecht Heyvaert served as the cinematographer for El Arbi and Fallah,^[69]
with Carmen Cabana cinematographer for Menon,^[lxx]
and Jules O’Loughlin serving equally cinematographer for Obaid-Chinoy.^[71]

The blithe sequences were not scripted,^[69]
though an early on version of the script for the first episode had a moment within Khan’s caput, which the directors took and expanded that idea across the entire serial.^[vii]
El Arbi and Fallah conceived them every bit a way “to become inside Kamala Khan’due south head and capture her dream world and fantasy world”,^[69]
and for viewers to see the world “through her optics”.<sup>[62]

: 88</sup>

These moments were a style to interpret the vibrancy the directors enjoyed from the comics into the series, and were inspired by the blithe movie
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
(2018).^[72]
The integration of the blithe elements took a lot of planning during pre-production, and did not permit the directors any ability to improvise how those sequences were shot.^[72]
El Arbi noted the other directors besides enjoyed using them for their episodes.^[69]
The duo were also inspired past Spike Lee and making New Jersey a character in the serial like Lee does with New York Urban center in his films,^[72]
Steven Spielberg, anime (particularly for the visual effects),<sup>[62]

: 89</sup>

John Hughes’s films,^[72]
the films
Booksmart
and
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
(2010),<sup>[62]

: 89

[72]</sup>
the early on 1990s television series
Parker Lewis Can’t Lose
and
Saved by the Bell, and Adrian Alphona and Jamie McKelvie’due south art from the
Ms. Marvel
comics.^[72]
El Arbi and Fallah ended their episodes on March 5, 2021.^[73]

Cultural advisors were used to examine the scripts and what was beingness filmed to ensure their authenticity.^[70]
Secondary filming occurred in Hudson County, New Jersey, from March to early Apr.^[67]
[74]
Vellani and Shah continued to film scenes in Atlanta through late Apr and early May.^[53]
[75]
Obaid-Chinoy began filming the 4th and fifth episodes in Thailand past March 23, specifically in Bangkok and at the Studio Park facilities.^[76]
[77]
Given the series’ strict COVID-19 protocols,
Ms. Marvel
was able to obtain a waiver from the Thai regime to go on filming in the country throughout April and May 2021 despite new restrictions put in place in April that suspended other film and television set productions. The bandage and crew of 450 people were divided into three bubbles in lodge for production to proceed if a positive test was plant in 1 of the bubbles.^[76]
Thailand stands in for Pakistan in the series, with the production unable to shoot in that country because of its political situation,^[78]
though some pick up shots were filmed in Karachi.^[71]
Filming for the serial ended in Thailand in early on May 2021.^[76]

Reshoots, with Obaid-Chinoy directing, occurred at the end of January 2022.^[79]
She stated the reshoots were mostly pickup cloth, meant to help clarify some story elements to make a cohesive narrative.^[80]
Gerasimova conversely chosen the reshoots “pretty massive” given “quite a large script restructuring, and a lot of episodes were reshuffled”, which resulted in the need to build new sets in Atlanta, which is not e’er the case for reshoots. This included trying to match textile shot in Thailand which was “incredibly challenging”.^[64]

Post-production

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Editors on the series include Nona Khodai (episodes 1, 4, five, and six), Sabrina Plisco (episodes one, three, and six), and Emma McCleave and Sushila Love (episodes two and three).<sup>[10]

: 28</sup>

Visual effects for the series were created by Digital Domain, Framestore, FuseFX, Method Studios, RISE, SSVFX, Trixter, and Perception.^[81]

Music

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External audio
Laura Karpman – Ms. Marvel Suite (From “Ms. Marvel”/Audio Only) presents composer Laura Karpman’s main theme for the series, YouTube audio-merely video from MarvelMusicVevo’s aqueduct

In May 2022, Laura Karpman was revealed to have composed the score for the series, after previously composing for
What If…?
and being hired to score
The Marvels. Karpman said she immersed herself in Khan’due south “rich musical heritage”.^[82]
The serial features a number of existing songs, with Ali believing music was “an integral function” of adapting the character to the screen, and credited Amanat for having a potent vision of which songs were needed and should exist used. Amanat called
Ms. Curiosity
a “great platform” to showcase Due south Asian music, with the selections a “blend” much in the way the character of Khan is as well.^[45]
Karpman’s score for the series was released digitally by Marvel Music and Hollywood Records in two volumes: music from the outset three episodes was released on June 22, 2022,^[83]
and music from the concluding three episodes volition be released on July 13. The serial’ main theme, “Ms. Marvel
Suite”, was released as a unmarried on June vii.^[84]

Marketing

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A commencement look at the series with early footage, testimonials virtually the impact the character has had, and clips of Vellani’southward audition was shown at Disney’southward Investor Solar day in December 2020. Josh Weiss at
Syfy Wire
called it “absolutely priceless” seeing the exact moment Vellani learned she had been cast as Khan.^[41]
Additional footage was shown during Disney+ Solar day on November 12, 2021.^[85]
[1]

The starting time trailer for the series was released on March 15, 2022.^[three]
Many commentators noted the alter to Khan’s powers from the comics (in which she has shape-shifting abilities) to being able to harness catholic energy and form constructs with magical bangles,^{[3]
[86]
[87]
[88]}
believed to exist similar to the Nega-Bands from the comics.^[89]
Linda Codega at
Gizmodo
said the trailer was “equally adorable, fun, and heady as the comics[, total] of absolutely excellent directorial decisions” and that the series looked similar “a tone-perfect mashup of
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
and
Sky High“.^[90]
Gabrielle Sanchez of
The A.V. Guild
said the trailer offered “an illustrative guide to Kamala Khan”.^[88]
The final shot of the trailer, equally well as a teaser poster likewise released for the serial, pays homage to the cover of
Ms. Marvel
(2014) #5.^[14]
[91]

A Fan’s Guide to Ms. Curiosity, a documentary brusk featuring an exclusive look at the production of the series and interviews from the filmmaking squad and Vellani, was released on Disney+ on June 1, 2022.^[92]
[28]
In Jan 2021, Curiosity announced their “Marvel Must Haves” program, which reveals new toys, games, books, apparel, dwelling house decor, and other merchandise related to each episode of
Ms. Marvel
following an episode’s release,^[93]
which started on June 7, 2022.^[94]
QR codes were included in the start four episodes linking viewers to a website to access free digital comics featuring Ms. Marvel that updated weekly;^[95]
[96]
this followed a similar program that happened with
Moon Knight.^[97]
The comics released for the episodes, in club, were
Ms. Curiosity
(2014) #i,
Ms. Marvel
(2014) #15,
Magnificent Ms. Marvel
(2019) #1, and
Ms. Curiosity
(2015) #12.^[95]

Release

[edit]

Ms. Marvel
debuted on Disney+ on June eight, 2022,^[3]
and will consist of six episodes,^[76]
releasing weekly until July 13.^[xxx]
The red carpet premiere occurred on June 2 at El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles.^[98]
The series was originally scheduled to debut in late 2021,^[50]
but following the announcement of
Hawkeye
premiering in tardily November 2021, Aaron Couch of
The Hollywood Reporter
said information technology was “unclear” if
Ms. Marvel
would also withal release in 2021, given
Eagle
would even so be releasing into Dec and information technology was “unlikely” two Marvel Studios serial would release at the same time.^[99]
In Baronial 2021, Matt Webb Mitovich of
TVLine
felt it was “very safe to assume”
Ms. Marvel
would premiere in early 2022,^[100]
with it confirmed the following calendar month to exist moving to 2022.^[101]
In November 2021, information technology was confirmed to be releasing in mid-2022,^[1]
with the June 2022 premiere confirmed in March 2022.^[three]
Ms. Marvel
is part of Phase Four of the MCU.^[102]

The series will receive a three-part theatrical release across Islamic republic of pakistan through licenser HKC Entertainment, due to Disney+ not being available in the country at that fourth dimension. The first two episodes were released on June 16, 2022, and volition be followed by the tertiary and quaternary episodes on June 30, and the last two episodes on July xiv.^[103]
[104]

Reception

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Ms. Curiosity: Disquisitional reception past episode

Per centum of positive reviews tracked by the website Rotten Tomatoes[105]

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 98% approval rating, with an boilerplate score of 8.95/10, based on 249 reviews. The website’s critics consensus reads, “Ms. Marvel
is a genuinely fresh addition to the MCU—both stylistically and substantively—with Iman Vellani ably powering proceedings with her super-sized charisma.”^[105]
Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 78 out of 100 based on 23 critics, indicating “generally favorable reviews”.^[106]

The showtime ii episodes were given to critics to review the series ahead of its premiere,^[107]
with Destiny Jackson at
Empire
feeling the series was able to balance the comedic and dramatic moments, with “witty visual gags and well-rounded, warmly funny, instantly likeable characters”, adding that
Ms. Marvel
had “an authentic have on Pakistani-American culture; […] the show takes admirable intendance in explaining the rituals and realities of life as a modern Muslim”.^[108]
Writing for
Rolling Stone, Alan Sepinwall commented that the superhero scenes were “rarely more than functional” with a lack of free energy compared to the more than personal ones such every bit Kamala’due south “arguments with her parents, her and Nakia protesting the condition of the gender-segregated parts of the mosque, or her and… Kamran flirting while discussing their favorite Bollywood films”.^[109]
Diversity
‘southward
Caroline Framke felt
Ms. Marvel
broke through “Marvel’s typical firm way” with the use of animation throughout to convey Khan’s thoughts and day dreams, calling it a “tangibly kinetic magic” and likening it to the animated film
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.^[110]

Vellani’s portrayal of Kamala Khan received widespread praise.^{[111]
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IGN
‘due south
Emma Fraser compared her to Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop in
Hawkeye,^[111]
with Kathryn Porter of
Paste
adding that Vellani “shines” in the role and that there was “no manner to explain how keen she is in this other than to say that she embodies the true spirit of Kamala Khan”.^[112]
Mohammad Zaheer at
BBC Culture
chosen Vellani “an adorable bundle of charisma” in a role “tailor-fabricated for her”, likening her to Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark and Emma Watson as Hermione Granger from the Wizarding World franchise.^[113]

The changes to Khan’south powers from the comics was also highlighted,^{[114]
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with several critics commenting on the new origin’s more personal connection.^{[116]
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In contrast, Sepinwall called these abilities “more generic” than the comics powers.^[109]
Charles Pulliam-Moore at
The Verge
wrote that the live-action abilities “are only able to estimate the flashy aspects of what was originally a nuanced metaphor in the comics. […] But the prove doesn’t go nearly as far with its hero in terms of using its conceit to explore ideas like internalized racism or the pressures Western (read: white) beauty standards put on people of color”.^[115]
G. Willow Wilson, one of the character’south creators, had previously described that during the development of Khan’s powers, it was chosen not to give her “sparkly, hand wave-y, floaty, pretty powers”, which Porter felt was “i of the near important things about her in the comics, and losing that in favor of powers that are, in fact, sparkly, mitt wave-y, floaty, and pretty is really unfortunate”.^[112]

Activist Malala Yousafzai praised the series for its reflection of Pakistani people,^[118]
and was “struck past how familiar Kamala Khan’s life seemed to me”, saying the series was “for every young person finding their place in the globe”.^[119]
The serial was anticipated past Muslims in Jersey City, New Jersey, with councilman Yousef Saleh calling
Ms. Marvel
a “critical point in TV culture” since it would feature Muslims portrayed equally heroes rather than villains equally is more than commonly done, and he was excited almost the presence of a Muslim Marvel superhero to “inspire the next generation”. McNair Academic Loftier School in the city features a lodge called Coles Kamala Korps, which was launched in 2022 in response to anticipation for the series and
The Marvels, afterwards informally focusing on the character previously.^[120]

Later on the release of the first episode, the series was review bombed on IMDb with a high amount of i star ratings. Multiple reviews were also posted with some reviewers expressing distaste for the family friendly aspects of the series or the change of Khan’southward powers, while others chosen the series “woke”, mentioning Captain Marvel.^[121]
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Future

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During the series’ official announcement at D23, Feige stated that after introducing Ms. Marvel in the series, the character would cross over to the MCU films,^[37]
which he reiterated in November 2019.^[123]
Previously,
Captain Marvel
star Brie Larson expressed interest in including Ms. Marvel in that motion picture’s sequel,^[124]
and Vellani was confirmed to be appearing in the
Captain Marvel
sequel,
The Marvels, in December 2020.^[125]
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In Feb 2021, Feige revealed that
Ms. Marvel
would ready-up
The Marvels.^[127]
The Marvels
was not fully conceived by the time Ali started working on the serial, and then she had a lot of artistic liberty in crafting the series, simply knew there needed to be a “maturity” beyond the arc of the series and so Khan would “exist set” for the events of
The Marvels.^[7]
Additionally, Shaikh, Shroff, and Kapur reprise their respective roles every bit Khan’s family members in
The Marvels.^[128]

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