THE MARVELS Star Iman Vellani Shares YOUNG AVENGERS Roster Hopes And Pitches An Iron Lad Storyline

THE MARVELS Star Iman Vellani Shares YOUNG AVENGERS Roster Hopes And Pitches An Iron Lad Storyline

The Marvels star Iman Vellani has weighed in on a possible Young Avengers project, sharing her take on potential team members, Iron Lad’s role as a Kang Variant, and a whole lot more besides. Check it out!

By JoshWilding - Nov 29, 2023 07:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Avengers
Source: Screen Rant

Much has been said about The Marvels' mid-credits scene, but the movie's ending provided another big tease for the future. In that, we saw Ms. Marvel approach Kate Bishop about putting a team together, suggesting the Young Avengers will assemble in the MCU sooner rather than later. 

We don't know who else is set to join this group, though America Chavez, Cassie Lang, and Ironheart are no doubt among the most likely possibilities.

Talking to Screen Rant, Kamala Khan actress Iman Vellani shared her take on which characters could eventually make up this next generation of Earth's Mightiest Heroes. 

"I think they've left so many of the younger character stories open-ended, and to see fans start shipping people together...I want to see Kamala interact with America," she says. "I want to see Kamala interact with Patriot Just all these random people. I think there's so many different avenues you could take with this."

Vellani also shared her hope for Iron Lad to be thrown into the mix, a character who was eventually revealed as a young Kang the Conqueror attempting to change his future. 

"It would be interesting if they did an Iron Lad type thing because that's still Kang and that feels like it could work," the actress said of how the Young Avengers could be tied into the wider Multiverse Saga. "Have Nathaniel Richards be a part of the Young Avengers at some point, and then they realize, "Oh my God, wait, he's like a Kang, but is he a good guy or a bad guy?" I feel like dealing with that would be fun in the direction that the MCU is headed."

Finally, Vellani went on to strongly hint that The Marvels has set the stage for Ms. Marvel to lead this team of Avengers. 

"They have perspectives that the older Avengers don't, especially because they've had to deal with the repercussions, but they're also a fan of the older Avengers. So I think they can really make this team-up something new. I think it'll be way more functional than the Avengers even were. I think Kamala being in charge might also set the tone in a really wonderful way. I think she's a natural-born leader.

She is not only the glue of the Marvels, but could be the glue of the younger Avengers group because she is mature and she is intelligent, and she also has all this knowledge about being superheroes and teamwork and how to do it in a way that's ideal and works for everyone. And she's probably learned so much from being on the Marvels, so she can bring that into the Young Avengers."

She'd conclude by adding that a Young Avengers project could tackle "social justice issues," and believes the characters involved are "way more aware of reality" than their older counterparts.

While this isn't going to be a team made up of teenage superheroes, Marvel Studios can still introduce a youthful group that steps up to protect the world in their predecessor's absence. It's just hard to say when and where this will happen; is there room for a Young Avengers movie between now and The Kang Dynasty or will they be one of a number of teams sharing the spotlight there? 

We'll keep you updated as we learn more.

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Jbl8486
Jbl8486 - 11/29/2023, 7:42 AM
Give her the keys, I trust her as much as anybody else at Marvel at this point.
kg8817
kg8817 - 11/29/2023, 7:47 AM
@Jbl8486 - I agree. I think the smartest move Feige and Disney could do at this point is have one of the creatives be a a part of the creative process, especially one as passionate as her.
CAPTAINPINKEYE
CAPTAINPINKEYE - 11/29/2023, 7:58 AM
@Jbl8486 - then some advice. Don’t get in a van with a man offering you candy if you help him find his dog.
Izaizaiza
Izaizaiza - 11/29/2023, 7:49 AM
There are so many great 2nd, 3rd and 4th tier characters. I would love to see these characters on the big (or small) screen. The problem is that writing a comic with these characters is cheap. Making a movie with these characters, depending on their power set, is going to be expensive. The studios have to find a way to more cheaply bring less popular or known characters to the big screen.

Would I enjoy a young avengers film? Absolutely!

Do I see a young avengers film making money? Absolutely not!
CAPTAINPINKEYE
CAPTAINPINKEYE - 11/29/2023, 7:56 AM
"way more aware of reality" than their older counterparts?? What? 😂😂😂
Vigor
Vigor - 11/29/2023, 8:47 AM
@CAPTAINPINKEYE - capt marvel [frick]s off to space half the time. Steve Rogers was a man out of time. Tony is a billionaire.

Yeah they're not exactly boots on the ground
The young avengers consist of people who grew up in post "attack on new york" world
CAPTAINPINKEYE
CAPTAINPINKEYE - 11/29/2023, 9:54 AM
@Vigor - well tony is dead. He’s reality is 6’ underground.
marvel72
marvel72 - 11/29/2023, 7:59 AM
Do we need a Young Avengers movie?



And after low viewing figures for Ms.Marvel and shit box office for The Marvels, I think we won't be seeing her anytime soon.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 11/29/2023, 8:25 AM
@marvel72 - Imagine seeing America, Cassie Land and Iron Heart sharing the screen together... I like Kate Bishop and Mrs. Marvel to some extent, but those 3...
tylerzero
tylerzero - 11/29/2023, 8:27 AM
@Urubrodi -

Okay, let me imag...

mountainman
mountainman - 11/29/2023, 8:43 AM
@Urubrodi - If we could just get Kamala, Kate and Yelena and cut the rest, it might actually be fun. All the rest of the young avengers introduced so far have been so unlikeable or just flat and boring.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 11/29/2023, 8:47 AM
@mountainman - Completely agree. I think Yelena will be out as she is in the Thunderbolts. Cassie Lang in particular was the worst thing about Ant-Man 3.
mountainman
mountainman - 11/29/2023, 9:26 AM
@Urubrodi - Yeah Yelena doesn’t really fit anyway.

Cassie was completely unlikable.

Ironheart was lame and boring.

America was annoying.

Patriot was a non-character from what we got.

I haven’t seen either project with Kamala in it but she seems pleasant enough.

Kate is the best of the bunch.

If it’s this group it won’t be a very likable team at all.
marvel72
marvel72 - 11/29/2023, 9:37 AM
@Urubrodi - I can see them adding Shuri to the team as well.



Kate Bishop I can tolerate and Iron Lad would be cool but the others...

Vigor
Vigor - 11/29/2023, 10:24 AM
@marvel72 - shuri would be helpful to at least bankroll the team
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 11/29/2023, 1:04 PM
@mountainman - Erm, Peter Parker is about the same age as Ms. Marvel, certainly younger than Kate, think many have forgot how many characters who are under 30 (or at least look it like Kid Loki and Sprite) there has been (but then also see how that is part of the issue many have with it all).
Origame
Origame - 11/29/2023, 8:01 AM
Yes, because we've never had a superhero movie tackle social justice issues before. 🙄

And come on, proposing iron lad when people are already tired of Kang. Hell, iron lad isn't even much different to Victor timely in terms of that description.
DudeGuy
DudeGuy - 11/29/2023, 8:09 AM
Literally, no one outside comic book fans are going to give a shit about young avengers
WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 11/29/2023, 8:36 AM
@DudeGuy - I think it might be the opposite. People who weren’t comic book readers but still went to see the movies might be intrigued into a younger less experienced team of superheroes based off of the superheroes they know and love.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 11/29/2023, 12:00 PM
@WruceBayne - there aren't enough of them to justify a flop 🤷‍♂️
DocSpock
DocSpock - 11/29/2023, 8:18 AM

Young Avengers could be a very good D+ show with characters popping up in the movies as support.

Young Avengers as a movie will just be another crappy Disney flop.

So they will probably do it, then blame racism, sexism, homophobia, male toxicity, antimuslimism, & rabies when it fails and burns.

KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 11/29/2023, 10:57 AM
@DocSpock -
Vigor
Vigor - 11/29/2023, 8:27 AM
The part in The Marvels where Carol tells Kamala that she can't save everyone, and Kamala pouted. That's foreshadowing right there

And I agree with her that the young avengers would be more functional. The original avengers were quite dysfunctional
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/29/2023, 8:47 AM
Young Avengers is one of those projects that I think can work really well as a tv show. Not sure about Iron Lad, but I guess that would fit in with this Saga.

Also, I'm not a fan of functional teams from the get-go. The best stuff happens when there is character tension, and that has to be overcome to work together. Same with the current (potential) Avengers running around now. It's not interesting when they all immediately agree
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 11/29/2023, 8:53 AM
Marvel also needs to realize that not everything that was in the comics is actually good enough to be adapted, comics has a lot of weak characters that are there to fill up space on the page and are not good enough to have a whole movie or tv show set around them.
Matchesz
Matchesz - 11/29/2023, 1:09 PM
@Urubrodi - The sad part is they skipped decades worth of golden age comic book history to fast track the main storyline into the 2000s and up comics. Like they wanted to end it anyway
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 11/29/2023, 8:54 AM
Iman is a national treasure and should be protected. With that said, I like Kate as the lead over Kamala
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 11/29/2023, 12:33 PM
@MyCoolYoung - Why not both, and btw think at the start should be TV not film if/when they do it but...

...I could see Kamala start out lead and fall into the you can't save them all trap leading to the team failing badly causing the internal tensions between members they don't start out with, then someone like Kate pick up the pieces and bring them all together...

...however if they go thee and Kate does take the lead think her bringing in Clint and his Wife to train and advise moving forward would then be even better and maybe White Vision to as oversight.

I prefer they keep Chavez off the board entirely at first, starting out they should be tackling more grounded villains and can't see a scenario where her powerset would fit in to such stories and she is likely less contactable being in training with Wong. Assumin suffice setup we know the first three (plus Bruno back for the brains of the operation) and add in Patriot, Wiccan, Speed and Hulkling (or Skaar)...

...can add down the road any of Kid Loki, Iron Lad and/or Ironheart, Nathaniel Richards, Kid Toussaint/T'Challa, Amadeus Cho (his mum was preggers in AoU after all), that kid from Iron Man 3, Sprite, Miles or Peter Spider-men, Heimdall's Son, Red Dagger or any other the other is or look under 30 characters I missed out depending on where they take the narrative story wise/villains.
MyCoolYoung
MyCoolYoung - 11/29/2023, 2:03 PM
@Apophis71 - you're 100% correct and saying why not both. Cap and Ironman were pretty much both the leaders, who looked to each other depending on situation. I think I just like Hailee's Kate.
Lokiwasright
Lokiwasright - 11/29/2023, 8:56 AM
For someone who did not care for marvel characters she sure seems like she studied a ton about these lesser known characters.
Vigor
Vigor - 11/29/2023, 10:27 AM
@Lokiwasright - when did she not care? She's openly been a fan since before being cast
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 11/29/2023, 12:37 PM
@Lokiwasright - She was a fan of the comics and of the films long before she was cast and has since cowritten at least one limited run comic for Marvel so what are you talking about exactly?
Thing94
Thing94 - 11/29/2023, 10:02 AM
"Social justice issues" and they're "way more aware of reality" coupled with biggest comic book movie bomb in history (The Marvels) = GO AWAY!!!!
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 11/29/2023, 10:57 AM
@Thing94 -





bobevanz
bobevanz - 11/29/2023, 12:01 PM
@KennKathleen - shut up Traegerr lol
KennKathleen
KennKathleen - 11/29/2023, 4:13 PM
@bobevanz - not me Bub. I'm actually more offended than I should be. Try again
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