ECHO Promo Begins The Two Week Countdown To The HAWKEYE Spin-Off's Disney+ Premiere

ECHO Promo Begins The Two Week Countdown To The HAWKEYE Spin-Off's Disney+ Premiere

Yes, we are indeed only two weeks away from Echo's five-episode premiere on Disney+ and Marvel Studios has just released a new promo teasing Maya Lopez's unexpected reunion with the Kingpin of Crime...

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By JoshWilding - Dec 27, 2023 05:12 AM EST
Filed Under: Echo

With just two weeks to go before Echo premieres on Disney+ - all five episodes are set to be released on the same day - Marvel Studios has shared a new promo counting down to January 10.

There's not a tonne of new footage to be found here, though we get to see plenty of Vincent D'Onofrio's Kingpin of Crime after he miraculously survived the events of Hawkeye. In that series, Maya Lopez gunned him down, though it seems the only thing Wilson Fisk lost was his eye...and a little bit of pride. 

Recently, Echo executive producer and director Sydney Freeland shared new details on how this spin-off series will explore Maya's past. 

"In Hawkeye, she had a very close relationship with her father, but we're going to expand on that and show the relationship she has with the rest of her family: her mother, her grandmother, her other relatives," Freeland explains. "And also, within Native culture and Native societies, 'family' can have different meanings. You can have someone you're close to, and you're not biologically related, but that's my brother or that's my sister."

"I've probably got five moms. I've got one biological mom, but I've got four others that are also 'my mom,'" she continued. "And so I think between that and the Kingpin relationship, it's all going to be about exploring the definition of family. What does it mean to be related to somebody?"

Freeland also praised Alaqua Cox's work as the title character. "I'm so excited for people to see what she can do. Yes, we've got fight sequences, but one of the things I'm most proud of from this series is how emotional it is. Alaqua is just the beating heart of this show."

Check out that new Echo promo in the X/Instagram posts below. 

The five-episode streaming event spotlights Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox) as she is pursued by Wilson Fisk's (Vincent D'Onofrio) criminal empire. When the journey brings her home, she must confront her own family and legacy.

Echo also stars Chaske Spencer (Wild Indian, The English), Graham Greene (1883, Goliath), Tantoo Cardinal (Killers of the Flower Moon, Stumptown), Devery Jacobs (FX's Reservation Dogs, American Gods), Zahn McClarnon (Dark Winds, FX's Reservation Dogs), Cody Lightning (Hey, Viktor!, Four Sheets to the Wind) and Vincent D’Onofrio (Hawkeye, Godfather of Harlem).

The series is directed by Sydney Freeland (Navajo) and Catriona McKenzie (Gunaikurnai).

All five episodes of Echo will premiere on Disney+ and Hulu on January 10.

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lazlodaytona
lazlodaytona - 12/27/2023, 5:23 AM
5 moms? Dang Hawkeye, dude hooked up with 5 chicks at the same time.
noahthegrand
noahthegrand - 12/27/2023, 5:53 AM
I’ve been reading Echos comic appearances in advance for this.I liked her storyline during the Bendis run of Daredevil the most and don’t really like her turn as the Phoenix. It feels like missed potential. I haven’t read her most recent team up series with Daredevil yet
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 12/27/2023, 7:22 AM
@noahthegrand - Do prefer the idea of her getting powers related to her culture rather than the Phoenix force if going there with an uprade from just Taskmaster type powerset.

It makes sense to do some sort of upgrade as being deaf is not as easy to pull off long term in live action compated to in print. DD being blind not so much a live action issue as not got the communication obstacle and his echo location is better than normal vision anyway.

Will depend on what powers she gains obviously and how they work, ie are they ever present or called upon when the story requires or not and if they are well balanced or OP.

If she has to call upon powers as a character that brings in the what if for story reason is unable to do so at any given point and/or can discover new powers from differing ancestors if needed which narratively tends to work better than perma OP types.
noahthegrand
noahthegrand - 12/27/2023, 10:30 AM
@Apophis71 - I think that Phoenix is a power set that makes her too powerful when she was originally meant as a street level character. While I like her as someone with photographic reflexes because that makes her more street level and more on par with Daredevil if she had to have powers I guess tying it to her culture would make some sense since her second storyline dealt a lot with that. If she has to have powers I don’t think they should be flashy and the Phoenix is overkill. I think tying it into her culture on one hand makes sense but on the other hand might be overkill and the downside is if not handled properly it would lessen her complexity.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 12/27/2023, 10:43 AM
@noahthegrand - Yeh I'm thinking in the main just enhanced animal like strength, endurance and reflexes type stuff would make sense. Nothing too OP but connecting it to the animal spirits would fit and if she can only use one at a time...

...keeps it more street level esp if tapping into something like a Falcon power only gave her temp sight from above for scouting not actual flight, wolf scent for tracking kind of things and again most those just activating one tattoo at a time for short duration.

MOST the time however just her prior fighting skills and photographic memory alone should carry the bulk of the story telling.
StSteven
StSteven - 12/27/2023, 10:39 PM
@Apophis71 @noahthegrand - Yeah, I'm totally agreeing with where you guys are going with this, and let me add a little more: I think that she's probably going to do one of those "spirit quest" things by a camp fire with a side of peyote (maybe/maybe not given it's Disney) where she's going to revisit the battles/conquests/victories of her ancestors. Keep in mind that (at least according to my admittedly limited knowledge of the Native American culture) they have a great respect for nature and their environment and often have names like "Chief Runningbear" and such, my guess is that when Echo takes her "spirit quest" she will gain powers associated with her ancestors' names, i.e. she'll end up with a tattoo of a bear that when activated (however that happens) will allow her to run super-fast. And along with that I do agree that she'll probably only be able to use one at a time, which makes sense so that she's not OP and also has to tactically decide which power to use in a given situation, which could be fun to watch.

One last point that I'll make (and this also applies to G'iah in "SW"): folks need to remember that unless it's a canon characteristic of a character (i.e. Matt's blindness, Frank's family is killed by mobsters, etc.) that define that character, Marvel can giveth and Marvel can taketh away. So we don't really know how permanent changes to a particular character's powers are. It may in fact turn out that G'iah's Super Skrull abilities were short-lived. And the same could be true with whatever new abilities Echo gets in that show.

As a real-life case in point: if I slam a 4-pack of Rockstar energy drinks and knock out all my yard work then clean my garage, then power wash my patio, then have crazy hot sex with my wife, sooner or later that juju is going to wear off and I'll be back to "Doing the best he can and at least he's trying" StSteven. Jus' sayin' 😉
tb86
tb86 - 12/27/2023, 6:25 AM
Even though I know nothing about this character outside of her appearance in Hawkeye this is a little intriguing.
marvel72
marvel72 - 12/27/2023, 6:46 AM
I keep forgetting about this show,I'll watch the first episode if it doesn't grab with the first then I won't continue watching, I will catch the best bits on YouTube.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 12/27/2023, 7:36 AM
Marvel Studios Echo premieres on Disney+ going be a Party. Great way for Marvel Studios to Kickoff 2024.

bobevanz
bobevanz - 12/27/2023, 11:05 AM
After all the delays and such, I'm hoping this is the first great content we get since Endgame. Money talks and they miss all the easy money
CaptainCheese
CaptainCheese - 12/27/2023, 12:20 PM
It could be premiering tonight and no one will be watching it. Even if it had a Daredevil cameo in the red suit. The show is D.O.A.
CaptainCheese
CaptainCheese - 12/27/2023, 12:24 PM
Did you have to justify Luke Skywalker's abilities? Captain America? Spiderman? Do you even hear yourself? This is just another comic show without any real drive.
Apophis71
Apophis71 - 12/27/2023, 2:29 PM
@CaptainCheese - Who are you talking to with this comment as seems totaly random and unrelated to anything in the article or even any comments about the article.

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