At Disney’s D23 Expo, Marvel Studios have announced they are producing three more series for the Disney+ streaming service, in addition to the five already revealed at San Diego Comic-Con. They are (in the order announced) Ms. Marvel, Moon Knight, and She-Hulk.
Ms. Marvel will revolve around Kamala Khan, a young Pakistani American from New Jersey who idolizes Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel, and who discovers she is an Inhuman with the ability to shapeshift. A Hollywood Reporter scoop from yesterday claimed British writer Bisha K. Ali (who contributed to Hulu’s remake of Four Weddings and a Funeral) will act as the showrunner. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige did not confirm that at the panel, but did reveal the show will lead into Kamala’s appearances on the big screen.
Moon Knight will star Marc Spector, a vigilante who was gifted powers by the Egyptian moon god Khonshu, but who also struggles with multiple personality disorder, living as millionaire entrepreneur Steven Grant and taxicab driver Jake Lockley. Moon Knight was created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin, and debuted in August 1975’s “Werewolf by Night” #32. Like Kamala, who will be the studio’s first Muslim protagonist, Spector will be their first Jewish one.
She-Hulk will star Bruce Banner’s cousin, attorney Jennifer Walters, a female Hulk created by Stan Lee and John Buscema for 1980’s “Savage She-Hulk.” The series will seemingly answer what Banner does next after the events of Avengers: Endgame, where he had finally got rid of his alter-ego’s pesky anger problems, but also damaged his regenerative abilities beyond repair after using the Infinity Stones. A graphic indicated these three series will be part of Phase 4, and will debut after Hawkeye premieres in the fall of 2021.
Additionally, Marvel revealed next year’s The Falcon and The Winter Soldier will introduce Wyatt Russell (Overlord, Black Mirror) as John Walker. Walker is known in the comics as U.S. Agent, but was originally introduced in 1986 by Mark Gruenwald and Paul Neary as the government’s proposed replacement for Steve Rogers after he gave up being Captain America: it’s possible a similar conflict might play out with the MCU Rogers’s chosen successor, Sam Wilson.
They also revealed the premise for 2021’s WandaVision, which was described as something of a classic sitcom with the two heroes living suburban lives, only to realize something is not quite right. Kat Dennings and Randall Park will reprise their Thor and Ant-Man and the Wasp roles as Darcy Lewis and Jimmy Woo, and Kathryn Hahn (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) will also play a new character.
Lucasfilm was also at the panel, where they confirmed Ewan McGregor will return as Obi-Wan Kenobi in a new series, set eight years after Revenge of the Sith, and which will begin filming next year. Star Wars: The Clone Wars season 7 was announced for February 2020, and the first trailer for The Mandalorian debuted:
Disney+ (and the first episode of The Mandalorian) launches November 12. For everything from the panel, head to D23.com.
