Is BLACKPINK's Jennie Joining MCU?

Rumors swirling around on the internet claiming K-pop star Jennie from the group BLACKPINK is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe as part of its first-ever Asian superhero group.

Initial reports suggested the K-pop singer, who most recently appeared in a recurring role in HBO's The Idol, will play Luna Snow in the Agents of Atlas series.

Luna Snow, aka Seol Hee, is a fairly new character in the Marvel realm, having been the result of a collaboration between Marvel Games and Marvel Comics.

No Agents of Atlas project from Marvel Studios has been officially confirmed, but whispers of an MCU TV series centered on the super-powered team have been swirling for a few years now, with Randall Park's Jimmy Woo supposedly as the series lead. 

On Monday, Jennie's agency, YG Entertainment, issued a statement denying the casting rumors surrounding her potential inclusion in a Marvel project.

The agency told Korean news outlet Naver, "Jennie has never received an offer to appear in the Marvel series Team Agents of Atlas," seemingly shutting the door on Kim's purported ties to the MCU project.

For years, an Agents of Atlas series from Marvel Studios has been the subject of much speculation and many an internet thread.

The super-powered team, led by Jimmy Woo in the comics, was originally a band of heroes made up of characters from Marvel's predecessor, Atlas Comics, in the 1950s.

However, the team was revamped in 2019 to feature exclusively Asian and Asian American characters like Shang-Chi, Silk, and Luna Snow.

With more Asian and Asian American representation in the MCU as of late, the project would make perfect sense. Initial reports of an MCU Agents of Atlas project date back to early 2020. Since then, a drip feed of rumors began with nothing substantial ever coming from Marvel Studios on the subject.