What we learnt from the Moon Knight trailer and when is it coming to Disney+?
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe dust has hardly settled on Avengers: End Game, but Marvel is back with another big risk. Boss Kevin Feige has said the company hasn't been “pulling back” on this “boundary shifting” series with Disney+.
Moon Knight is a fictional character from the MCU universe. This nocturnal vigilante isn't a cookie cutter hero. In fact, “he's brutal”, Feige told Empire, who attributed Disney to giving them freedom to expand and experiment with what an MCU story can be. Read more:Obi-Wan Kenobi release date on Disney+ and what to expect from the series “It’s been fun to work with Disney+ and see the boundaries shifting on what we’re able to do,” he said. “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?’ No.
We’re not pulling back. There’s a tonal shift. This is a different thing. This is Moon Knight.” This limited series follows Moon Knight as he tries to make sense of his Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Oscar Isaac, who plays the lead role, admitted that this is risky. He’s an obscure hero, and the things we’re dealing with are very different,” Feige added, referring to how they will sensitively portray the character's mental health. “But because it’s a limited series, rather than a movie, the pressure isn’t there to make sure the opening weekend is massive.
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