Farhan Akhtar to join MCU with Ms Marvel

Bollywood actor-director Farhan Akhtar is going to be a part the cast of upcoming Marvel film ‘Ms. Marvel’. Details regarding the character are yet unknown, though his participation has been couched as a guest-starring role, reports Deadline.

The actor shared the report of Dealine and tweeted, “Grateful that the universe gifts these opportunities to grow, learn and in this case have a ton of fun while doing it.” He also used some hashtags and mentioned Purvi Lavingia.

Ms. Marvel is set to premiere on June 8 and introduces Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan, aka the titular character, who is a Muslim American teenager growing up in Jersey City. An avid gamer and a voracious fan-fiction scribe, Kamala is a superhero mega-fan with an oversized imagination — particularly when it comes to Captain Marvel. Yet, Kamala feels like she doesn’t fit in at school and sometimes even at home —- that is, until she gets super powers like the heroes she’s always looked up to.

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

Ms. Marvel episodes are directed by Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah, Meera Menon and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso and Bisha K. Ali are the executive producers. Co-executive producers for the series are Sana Amanat and Trevor Waterson, and Bisha K. Ali is the head writer.