ECHO Head Writer Confirms The Marvel Series Has Been Hit With What Sounds Like A Significant Delay

ECHO Head Writer Confirms The Marvel Series Has Been Hit With What Sounds Like A Significant Delay

There have been rumblings online about Echo having some production issues, but the show's Head Writer has now confirmed that the Disney+ series is facing a delay of at least six months. Check it out...

By JoshWilding - Dec 14, 2022 09:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Echo
Source: The Cosmic Circus

While Alaqua Cox did a fantastic job as Maya Lopez in Hawkeye, it's always been a little hard to figure out why the character needs her own Disney+ series. While the MCU is a great way to boost Disney+ subscriber numbers, it's beginning to feel like more Special Presentations would be a better idea instead of stretching these stories out for six weeks at a time. 

Following rumors that Echo has faced some production issues, those reports appear to have been confirmed thanks to comments from the show's Head Writer. 

Talking on a newly released edition of The Writers Panel podcast (via The Cosmic Circus), Marion Dayre said she expects Echo to premiere "probably a year from when this [podcast] comes out." While it had previously been announced for a Summer 2023 debut, it now looks like the series will land much later in the year, likely November or December. 

While not outlining any specific problems with Echo, Dayre would go on to say that joining the MCU was something of a "crash course." She'd add, "I came in as a [co-executive producer] and that changed a little bit. I didn’t start there at the ground level, but [it was] really like shifting and changing a process to work with deadlines."

"'Better Call Saul' very much uses a brick-by-brick process where we essentially break each episode three times. You do sort of a general overall break, and then we lay out some arcs, and then we go back in and brick by brick."

"So it was really about finding a process in the moment that allowed me to get to some deadlines and be a little more flexible than I would have been if I had all the time in the world. I would have done it a little bit differently.”

There's already been chatter online about Marvel Studios delaying or scrapping a number of upcoming projects in order to get back to a quality-over-quantity approach to storytelling. While we don't anticipate Echo being scrapped, we can't help but wonder whether it's being reshaped, possibly as a Special Presentation or a much shorter TV series. 

It could be a while before we learn about concrete premiere plans for the Hawkeye spin-off, but with Vincent D'Onofrio set to return as The Kingpin, it looks likely to be a pivotal chapter in the wider MCU mythos heading into Daredevil: Born Again

Stay tuned for updates on Echo as we have them. 

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Thing94
Thing94 - 12/14/2022, 9:12 AM
Just cancel it
supermanrex
supermanrex - 12/14/2022, 9:26 AM
@Thing94 - looking for attention?
JDL
JDL - 12/14/2022, 9:38 AM
@supermanrex - He's right. This is going to be mediocre at best.
bobevanz
bobevanz - 12/14/2022, 9:59 AM
@supermanrex - Echo isn't worth her own show. NOT EVERY SIDE CHARACTER NEEDS THEIR OWN SHOW
Fogs
Fogs - 12/14/2022, 10:22 AM
@Thing94 - see, I also have zero expectations for this one.

That said, I also thought a Loki series was a stupid idea and it's my favorite D+ MCU thing to this day.
SeanMPC
SeanMPC - 12/14/2022, 9:17 AM
Sorry, I didn't realise a Better Call Saul writer was the Head writer for this show... that's kind of great news? AND a delay means only more time to work on it. Both good things.
NotchJohnson
NotchJohnson - 12/14/2022, 9:17 AM
I'll watch it because I watch it all but they really need to pump the breaks and reign some of this back in. Just feels rudderless.
NotchJohnson
NotchJohnson - 12/14/2022, 9:28 AM
@NotchJohnson - Or brakes. Either/or.
Vigor
Vigor - 12/14/2022, 9:37 AM
@NotchJohnson - if there is a throughline to these stories, i.e.

Hawkeye -> echo -> daredevil
Wandavision -> Agatha-> visionquest

Then I would actually prefer what they're doing here. It breaks the mold. Telling a stories over 3 seasons which each season focusing on the POV of a different character to progress the arcs. Sounds genius (and bold/risky) but I can see how when you're in the beginning stages it appears rudderless
NotchJohnson
NotchJohnson - 12/14/2022, 9:45 AM
@Vigor - Honestly I just think this and Agatha's show is pushing it. Idk. I'll be happy to be wrong. I'm not rooting against it, it just feels blah to me.

I really think Thor LaT broke a part of me. I've been curmudgeonly about it all since then.
Vigor
Vigor - 12/14/2022, 9:55 AM
@NotchJohnson - no I hear you. I enjoyed LaT but lets be honest, that was a blunder and harmed the MCU brand. We should all be taking a wait n see approach to the next few movies
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 12/14/2022, 9:22 AM
I wouldn’t be surprised if that Agatha show gets dumped. This and Agatha never really made sense to be developed
FilmGuy7878
FilmGuy7878 - 12/14/2022, 9:22 AM
Don't get me wrong, I really liked Maya's character in Hawkeye but I feel like they could have just thrown her in Daredevil: Born Again or give Hawkeye a second season ('cause it deserves it, it's the best D+ in my opinion) to continue her arc. But I really don't feel like she needs a whole ass series. Same with Agatha, if anything, Coven of Chaos should be a Special Presentation.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 12/14/2022, 9:25 AM
@FilmGuy7878 - I would also add Vision Quest to the list of shows that might work better as a special. Same with the Wakanda and Shang-Chi spin-off shows.

And I saw someone suggest making Special Presentations about Silver Surfer and Nova as well, which is something I'm also in favor of.
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