Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar might be making an look in Ms Marvel, the primary Muslim superhero collection from Marvel Studios. The Disney+ present would be the first Hollywood mission for Akhtar, who is understood for starring in hits like Rock On!, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and Dil Dhadakne Do. Akhtar has additionally directed critically-acclaimed and commercially-successful movies comparable to Dil Chahta Hai, Lakshya, Don and Don 2.

In keeping with Deadline, which first reported the casting, the main points of his character in Ms Marvel have been saved below wraps, although it’s mentioned to be a visitor look. The 48-year-old actor additionally shared the information of him becoming a member of the solid of Ms Marvel in a publish on Twitter.

Ms Marvel will premiere on June 8 on streaming service Disney+ Hotstar, the place it is going to be accessible in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam languages. It’s a part of the blockbuster Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), is fronted by newcomer Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan aka Ms Marvel, a Muslim American teenager rising up in Jersey Metropolis.

Kamala is an avid gamer and a voracious fan-fiction scribe with an outsized creativeness — notably with regards to Captain Marvel (performed by Brie Larson within the MCU).

“But Kamala feels she does not slot in in school and typically even at dwelling, till she will get superpowers like her idols,” the official plotline learn.

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Dangerous Boys for Life helmers Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, a two-time Oscar winner within the documentary quick class, and Meera Menon, who has labored on exhibits like The Strolling Useless, have directed the episodes of the collection.

Bisha Ok Ali, a scribe and stand-up comedian recognized for her personal-political comedy, serves as head author on the mission.

The solid additionally contains Aramis Knight, Saagar Shaikh, Rish Shah, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, Matt Lintz, Yasmeen Fletcher, Laith Nakli, Azhar Usman, Travina Springer and Nimra Bucha.