Marvel kicked off 2021 with the unusual and beloved “WandaVision,” then the superhero studio is doing the same in 2022 with the strange “Moon Knight” series. In the comics, there have been many iterations of the Moon Knight character, but in the upcoming Disney+ series, it appears they are merging the best of all worlds of the character: a dark and gritty, street-level vigilante like Batman, an eerie and spectral supernatural element, and the idea of a broken and fractured mental health in a character who’s not entirely in control of himself.
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How does such a character work with the rest of the Marvel Universe? Well, all of that comes later. What’s being introduced now is a character that Marvel chief Kevin Feige has called “brutal” and won’t be pulling his punches; perhaps a more adult version of Marvel.
Here’s the official synopsis:
The series follows Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, who becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life. Steven discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/Marc’s enemies converge upon them, they must navigate their complex identities while thrust into a deadly mystery among the powerful gods of Egypt.
“Moon Knight” stars Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke, and May Calamawy. Mohamed Diab and the team of Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead directed the episodes. Jeremy Slater is the head writer, and Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Brad Winderbaum, Mohamed Diab, Jeremy Slater, and Oscar Isaac are the executive producers. Grant Curtis, Trevor Waterson, and Rebecca Kirsch serve as co-executive producers.
“Moon Knight,” an original Marvel series, premieres exclusively on Disney+ on March 30. Watch the new trailer below.