Ms. Marvel will burst onto the MCU scene in just one month, and Marvel Studios has released a new trailer that shows off more of the titular heroine’s cosmic superpowers. With Moon Knight having wrapped its story last week, and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness blowing up the box office around the world, attention is already turning to the next MCU story, which comes in the introduction of another new young superhero, Kamala Kahn.
Iman Vellani stars as Ms. Marvel, a Pakistani-American school girl who comes into contact with a magical artifact that bestows upon her some spectacular cosmic powers. There has been a lot of discussion around those powers, as it has been noted that the series will be making changes to how Kamala comes by her superhero status, which in the comics is linked to her Inhuman DNA. However, as the new trailer shows, she is still able to use those powers to alter parts of her body, including making her giant fist as in her comic book appearances. Check out the new trailer below.
While it was hinted at in previous footage, the new trailer seems to make it clear that this will be an old-fashioned origin story, with Kamala gaining her powers and having to come to terms with them. It has been a while since this kind of story has been told within the MCU, with many of their newly introduced heroes either having their powers already established or at least having used them prior to their first on-screen appearance. While this can sometimes end up in a slower series start compared to shows that just drop viewers into an immediate action scenario, it could also prove to be the kind of breather that the MCU needs.
Ms. Marvel’s Origin Story Will Lead Her Directly Into The Marvels.
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There are many reasons for Ms. Marvel to be landing in June on Disney+. It comes in between the release of big movies featuring well established characters in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Thor: Love and Thunder, and while both of those movies have their fair share of darkness and drama, Ms. Marvel is clearly being pitched as a fun summer series that probably sits in the same vein as Ant-Man or Guardians of the Galaxy in tone.
Ms. Marvel was originally thought to be arriving later in the year, with She-Hulk potentially premiering first, but thanks to the latter’s heavy use of CGI thanks to its various Hulk characters, Ms. Marvel was reportedly moved up to give She-Hulk more time to complete visual effects work without having to rush it out. Recently, Disney also announced that next year’s The Marvels and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania are swapping places in the schedule.
This means it will be over a year after Ms. Marvel’s finale that we will see Kamala Kahn back again, this time on the big screen with Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel, Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury. With Nick Fury set to take the lead in the Disney+ Secret Invasion series, which was originally expected to premiere this year, that series could have as much of an impact on The Marvels as Ms. Marvel and could partially explain the movie’s delay.