SA Native Lands Role In Ms. Marvel Series On Disney+

Saagar Shaikh is San Antonio native, who graduated from John Marshall High School and the UTSA, just announced he was cast in Disney+ new mini-series ‘Ms. Marvel.’

Shaikh will play Iman Vallani’s brother, who is the series’ lead.

i got my dream job alhumdulillah. coming to Disney+ in 2021 pic.twitter.com/GK1LKtOZPq

— Saagar Shaikh (@sawgrrr) December 11, 2020

‘Ms. Marvel’ follows Kamala Khan, a 16-year-old Pakistani girl from Jersey City, who writes superhero fan-fiction and eventually becomes a superhero herself.

Khan took over the Ms. Marvel title, even though other characters have used it in the existing Marvel Universe. She became the first-ever Muslim character featured in her own comic book in 2014 and will be the first to be featured on screen, according to Marvel.

Ms. Marvel comes to Disney’s streaming platform in late 2021.