I did not see this one coming at all to be honest. Also to be fair, I haven't been really that fussed about any of the MCU Disney+ shows beyond the first five that were announced and are currently in various stages of production and filming but this was a pleasant surprise to read.
Tatiana Maslany, best known for her roles in both Orphan Black and recently, Perry Mason has been cast in the title role of Jennifer Walters, best known as She-Hulk. The character, famously a cousin of Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) who gained her abilities from a blood transfusion but unlike Bruce is able to retain her intelligence upon her transformation will debut in the Disney+ series, which will have procedural as well as action based format. The show will be ran by Rick & Morty's Jessica Gao with Kat Coiro slated to direct the pilot episode as well as several episodes for the show's first season.
She-Hulk has been a popular character with Marvel fans and with the MCU adding more female characters to lead their movies and TV shows, I have to admit that Maslany is a masterstroke in terms of casting. I know some fans had their favourites for this particular role, but I wish people would realise that fancasts rarely to never happen and that some of the best bits of casting for comic book characters are usually actors that are not on anyone's radar. Personally, Marvel should be thanking their lucky stars that they've gotten someone as talented as Maslany for this role.
As for whether or not the upcoming Disney+ series will feature Jennifer's more infamous cousin, it was confirmed a while that Mark Ruffalo's Bruce Banner will appear in the series as will other Hulks. With the series set to go into production around the same time that Tom Holland will film his third and yet untitled Spider Man movie, there's also a chance that Jennifer might make her way to the big screen also as quickly as she will to streaming.
After months of little to no information from anything regarding the MCU, it seems that this week has had an influx of things to mull over. While Black Widow may now be moved from it's November date (I see it going the same way as Mulan in that regard), Falcon And The Winter Soldier has gone back in production and WandaVision is slated to air on Disney+ later this year. On top of that we also got Jonathan Majors (Lovecraft Country) cast as Kang for the third Ant Man movie to boot, while Shang Chi And The Legends Of The Ten Rings has also resumed filming in Australia.
She-Hulk News: https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/she-hulk-disney-plus-series-tatiana-maslany-1234773900/
She-Hulk will begin production in early 2021 while WandaVision will air on Disney+ in late 2020. What are your thoughts on Tatiana's casting for the role?
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