Pakistani-American actor Kumail Nanjiani is Marvel’s latest superhero prospect. The comedian has been approached to be cast in Marvel Studios\u00a0The Eternals.<\/i> This is the same film that will mark Angelina Jolie’s first superhero venture.<\/p>\n
According to the Hollywood Reporter,\u00a0<\/i>details about the movie and\u00a0Nanjiani and Jolie’s characters are being kept under wraps.<\/p>\n
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Angelina Jolie in Talks for Marvel Superhero Movie ‘The Eternals’<\/a><\/p>\n Rumor has it that Jolie will be playing a character named Sersi. Sersi is said to be an\u00a0outgoing Eternal who is not opposed to the idea of moving among humankind.<\/p>\n The Eternals<\/em>, created by artist Jack Kirby, will be directed by Chloe Zhao. Chloe Zhao has directed\u00a0The Rider\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Songs My Brothers Taught Me.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The Eternals<\/em> is a Marvel comic created by Jack Kirby in 1976. The story is set millions of years ago, when the cosmic beings known as the Celestials genetically experimented on humans to create super-powered individuals. These individuals came to be known as the Eternals, and their counterpart the villainous Deviants.<\/p>\n Pakistani-American Kumail Najiani’s character in\u00a0The Eternals\u00a0<\/i>is being kept hush hush. So far Marvel and the comedian have not yet commented on the news of his casting.<\/p>\n The Karachi-born Nanjiani was nominated for an Oscar for co-writing\u00a0The Big Sick\u00a0<\/i>with wife Emily Gordon.<\/strong><\/p>\n ALSO READ<\/p>\n 25 Pakistani Artists in Hollywood That Have Made Us Proud<\/a><\/p>\n He first made his presence known in hit HBO sitcom\u00a0Silicon Valley<\/em>. He’s set to star in Jordan Peele’s reboot of The Twilight Zone<\/em>.<\/p>\n On the big screen, Kumail Nanjiani will also \u00a0in\u00a0Men in Black: International.<\/i> Men in Black: International\u00a0release date is scheduled for\u00a0June 14.<\/p>\n He will also be seen alongside Dave Bautista in the action-comedy\u00a0Stuber.<\/i><\/p>\n via The Hollywood Reporter<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Pakistani-American actor Kumail Nanjiani is Marvel’s latest superhero prospect. The comedian has been approached to be cast in Marvel Studios\u00a0The Eternals. This is the same film that will mark Angelina Jolie’s first superhero venture. According to the Hollywood Reporter,\u00a0details about the movie and\u00a0Nanjiani and Jolie’s characters are being kept under wraps. ALSO READ Angelina Jolie in Talks for Marvel Superhero […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":220813,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2199,2368,1297],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-220807","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-hollywood","9":"category-tv-movies-music"},"wps_subtitle":"He may just be the second Pakistani-American after Farhan Tahir to star in a Marvel movie.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/kumail-nanjiani-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/kumail-nanjiani-758x424.jpg",758,424,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/kumail-nanjiani.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Ummara Sheraz","categories_name":["Featured","Hollywood","TV & Film"],"title_text":"Pakistani-American Actor to Join Angelina Jolie in \u2018The Eternals\u2019?","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2199,2368,1297&exclude=220807","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220807"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=220807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Kumail Najiani to Play an Eternal?<\/h3>\n
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