After the superhero film The Batman was popular, now it's Marvel's turn to start preparing to release their project. On March 30, 2022, the new superhero series, Moon Knight, by the Marvel Cinematic Universe will air soon. From the title, of course, many people are not familiar with this white-costumed superhero.
The Moon Knight series has indeed received quite a lot of enthusiasm from Marvel fans. No kidding, the studio brought in famous actor Oscar Isaac to star in this series. Not to mention, this series will be fully directed by Egyptian director, Mohamed Diab.
Character background
Every superhero certainly has its own background that shapes its story. Especially for Moon Knight,h is real name is Marc Spector. Marc is a man with a fairly ideal height, has martial arts skills, and is also very adept at using various languages.
Before becoming Moon Knight, Marc Spector himself had worked as a CIA agent. He then decided to leave the intelligence organization due to differences of opinion. He then chose to become a mercenary and was involved in several government cases using his superhero identity.
Focusing on mental health issues
Moon Knight itself has a story from a unique character. This was revealed directly by the actor, Oscar Isaac. In an interview, Oscar said that the Moon Knight series focuses quite a bit on mental health issues that are currently being widely discussed these days.
It is known that the character he plays has an unstable personality. Marc is known to have severe depression and suffers from a mental illness called DID. This is what is then explored in this series and becomes its main dish.
Has a variety of brutal actions
Many people say that Moon Knight is very similar to Batman. Because, Moon Knight is a superhero who has extraordinary powers when under the moonlight. He mostly operates against crime at night.
In addition to having extraordinary physical abilities, Moon Knight himself has magical powers that can suck the life out of people with just a physical touch. Because of this extraordinary ability, Moon Knight is quite feared by the villains in the Marvel universe.
New theme for Marvel Cinematic Universe
Moon Knight is the only series that takes ancient Egypt as its story material. This is what then prompted Marvel Studios to bring in director Mohamed Diab to work on this series. Elements of ntal health, action, and also mystical things will come together and become an interesting spectacle.
In addition, the Moon Knight series itself may be an ode to actor Gaspard Ulliel. It is known that he played a character in this series before finally passing away on January 21, 2022 yesterday due to an accident.
Those are some interesting facts about the Moon Knight Marvel series that will be released this month. For those of you who are interested in watching, don't forget that Moon Knight will air via the Disney+ streaming channel on March 30, 2022.