Maya Boyd quietly signalled her arrival in the Marvel universe on Saturday, updating her Instagram bio with three lightning bolt emojis just hours after Marvel Studios announced at D23 that she had been cast as Storm in its forthcoming X-Men reboot, due for release on 5 May 2028.
The seemingly throwaway change, spotted almost immediately by fans, was the first public hint of how the Broadway-trained performer intends to embrace one of Marvel's most iconic mutant roles.
