Hot on the heels of the “Moon Knight” Superbowl spot, a recent interview with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has emerged talking about the upcoming Disney+ series.
Speaking with Empire magazine, Feige says the Oscar Isaac-led series will show the hero being physically ‘brutal’ as a fighter and will mark a tonal shift from what has previously been released on the streaming service to date:
“It’s been fun to work with Disney+ and see the boundaries shifting on what we’re able to do. There are moments [in the series] when Moon Knight is wailing on another character, and it is loud and brutal, and the knee-jerk reaction is, ‘We’re gonna pull back on this, right?’ We’re not pulling back. There’s a tonal shift. This is a different thing.”
Isaac plays Steven Grant/Marc Spector – a mercenary with dissociative identity disorder, a mental health condition in which an individual has two or more personalities with their own histories and traits. He soon becomes a conduit for Khonshu, the Egyptian moon God.
Isaac tells the outlet that the series releasing on Disney+ may be an advantage to its storytelling approach:
“He’s an obscure hero, and the things we’re dealing with are very different. But because it’s a limited series, rather than a movie, the pressure isn’t there to make sure the opening weekend is massive. We’re able to take more risks, to bring that experimental quality on a huge scale.”
“Moon Knight” will begin its six-episode run on Disney+ from March 30th.
Check out Oscar Isaac and Ethan Hawke in all-new photos from Marvel Studios’ #MoonKnight, an Original series streaming March 30, only on @DisneyPlus. [1/2] pic.twitter.com/9etvbANZM1
— Moon Knight (@moonknight) February 13, 2022
Check out Oscar Isaac and Ethan Hawke in all-new photos from Marvel Studios’ #MoonKnight, an Original series streaming March 30, only on @DisneyPlus. [2/2] pic.twitter.com/2oAEk3TsEb
— Moon Knight (@moonknight) February 13, 2022
