A Fan's Guide to Ms. Marvel
A documentary short that gives you an exclusive look behind the groundbreaking original series, "Ms. Marvel", from its comic book origins to its development and production as Marvel Studios’ next hit series on Disney+. It features interviews with its award winning filmmaking team and the show’s captivating star, newcomer Iman Vellani.

Main Cast
Iman Vellani
Iman Vellani (Sindhi: ايمان ويلاني; /ɪˈmɑːn vəˈlɑːni/; born August 12, 2002) is a Canadian actress and comic book writer. She starred as Kamala Khan in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) miniseries Ms. Marvel (2022), the film The Marvels (2023) and is featured in the upcoming miniseries Marvel Zombies (2025). Vellani has also appeared as Khan in other Disney productions and has co-written two Ms. Marvel limited series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Iman Vellani, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Sana Amanat
Sana Amanat is an American comic book editor and an executive of production and development at Marvel Studios, having formerly been the Director of Content and Character Development at Marvel Comics. She has worked on comics such as Captain Marvel, Hawkeye, Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, and Ms. Marvel. Amanat is known for co-creating Kamala Khan/MMs. Marvel, the first Muslim-American superhero with a solo Marvel Comics series. Amanat was born in New Jersey to Pakistani immigrants. Her family is Muslim. Throughout her childhood, Amanat had trouble fitting in and struggled with her identity. Amanat studied political science with a focus on the Middle East at Barnard College at Columbia University in 2004. Amanat was born in New Jersey to Pakistani immigrants. Her family is Muslim. Throughout her childhood, Amanat had trouble fitting in and struggled with her identity. Amanat studied political science with a focus on the Middle East at Barnard College at Columbia University in 2004. After college, Amanat worked in magazine publishing for a few years. She then worked for an indie comic book company, Virgin Comics. There, Amanat learned about graphic storytelling. Two years later, the company went out of business. Amanat's next career move was to join Marvel Comics in 2009. According to Amanat, an executive at Marvel approached her for the job because she was different from their average employee. Amanat runs the annual Women of Marvel panel at Comic Con and does work to make Marvel characters more diverse. Since 2014, Amanat has also co-hosted the Women of Marvel podcast; by 2020, the podcast had released over 200 episodes. In 2014, she co-created Marvel's first solo series to feature a female Muslim superhero, the relaunched Ms. Marvel comic; the series was headlined by a new character, Kamala Khan. The conception of Khan came about during a conversation between Amanat and Marvel editor Stephen Wacker. Amanat said that the series came from a "desire to explore the Muslim-American diaspora from an authentic perspective." Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal was the best-selling graphic novel in October 2014, and it won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story in 2015. Several volumes of the series have been on The New York Times Best Seller list of paperback graphic books. As of August 2018, Ms. Marvel has sold half a million trade paperbacks, not including digital sales. Ms. Marvel has also sold well digitally and has at times been Marvel's top digital seller overall. Amanat has been the Director of Content and Character Development at Marvel Comics since February 2015. Amanat was a co-executive producer on the animated television film Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors (2018) and the subsequent animated specials in the Marvel Rising series. She was also a co-executive producer on the unscripted documentary series Marvel's Hero Project (2019). Amanat joined Marvel Studios by mid-2019, where she is an executive of production and development. She is an executive producer on Marvel Studios' Ms. Marvel (2022), a Disney+ television adaptation based on the comic series of the same name; she cameos in the third episode of the series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sana Amanat, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Kevin Feige
Kevin Feige (/ˈfaɪɡi/ FY-ghee; born June 2, 1973) is an American film and television producer. He has been the president of Marvel Studios and the primary producer of the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise since 2007. The films he has produced have a combined worldwide box office gross of over $30 billion, making him the highest grossing producer of all time, with Avengers: Endgame becoming the highest-grossing film at the time of its release. Feige is a member of the Producers Guild of America. In 2018, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing Black Panther, the first superhero film to receive that honor and the first film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to win an Academy Award. In October 2019, he became the chief creative officer of Marvel Entertainment. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kevin Feige, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Adil El Arbi
Adil El Arbi (born June 30, 1988) and Bilall Fallah (born January 4, 1986) are Belgian film and television directors of Moroccan descent. The duo, collectively billed as Adil & Bilall, are known for writing and directing the feature films Image (2014), Black (2015), and Gangsta (2018), as well as directing Bad Boys for Life (2020) and the upcoming Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), the third and fourth installments of the Bad Boys franchise starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.
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Bilall Fallah
Bilall Fallah (born January 4, 1986) is a Belgian film and television director. Known for directing the feature films Image (2014), Black (2015), and Gangsta (2018), as well as directing Bad Boys for Life (2020) and Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024), the third and fourth installments of the Bad Boys franchise starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.
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Matt Lintz
Matthew Lintz is an American actor known for playing Matty van Patten in Pixels (2015), Henry in the AMC television series The Walking Dead and Bruno in Ms. Marvel (2022).
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Meera Menon
Meera Menon is an Indian–American director, writer, and editor. Her feature directorial debut, Farah Goes Bang, screened at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2013 and was awarded the inaugural Nora Ephron Prize by Tribeca and Vogue. She currently resides in Los Angeles.
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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy was born on November 12, 1978 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. She is a producer and director, known for Saving Face (2012), A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (2015) and Song of Lahore (2015). She's the first Pakistani to win an Academy Award.
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Movie Details
Production Info
- Production:
- Marvel Studios
Locations and Languages
- Country:
- US
- Filming:
- US
- Languages:
- en