The animated Marvel Zombies spin-off collection that’s set to come back to Disney+ subsequent yr will reportedly have Ms. Marvel’s Kamala Khan on the middle of the story in keeping with star Iman Vellani.
Talking to The Direct lately, Vellani briefly touched on her character’s position within the upcoming animated collection. Vellani likened Kama’s position within the collection as “the Frodo of the story,” a reference to the enduring character from The Lord of the Rings franchise.
“We’ve accomplished the entire thing,” Vellani mentioned. “It was superb. It was a lot enjoyable . . . There are a whole lot of cool characters within the Marvel Zombies present. And Kamala is sort of the middle of the present. They described it to me, it’s like, ‘She’s principally the Frodo of the story.’ And I used to be like, ‘That’s superb.’”
Khan continued to mirror on residing out her fantasies of getting Kamala work together with so many different superheroes, even whether it is simply their voices.
“And I get to work together and meet all these individuals alongside her journey,” mentioned Vellani. “And, sure, they’re solely the voices, and I don’t get to listen to their voices in actual time. However simply, it’s my fantasies, proper? Like, understanding Kamala goes to work together with some actually cool individuals, even when it’s simply animation, is so particular in a whole lot of methods.”
What’s Marvel Zombies about?
Marvel Zombies was initially introduced in 2021 alongside a handful of different animated Marvel Studios initiatives. The collection will likely be directed by Bryan Andrews from a screenplay written by Zeb Wells. Andrews and Wells can even govt produce the collection, which is able to reimagine the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a brand new technology of heroes making an attempt to battle towards zombies.
Marvel Zombies initially started as a five-issue restricted collection revealed by Marvel Comics in 2005. The collection was such a success that it shortly turned referenced in different media, together with in an episode of the Disney+ collection Marvel’s What If…?
