MOON KNIGHT Enlists CLASH And CAIRO 678 Filmmaker Mohamed Diab As Director

MOON KNIGHT Enlists CLASH And CAIRO 678 Filmmaker Mohamed Diab As Director

Hot on the heels of the news that Oscar Isaac (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) is in talks to play Marc Spector in Moon Knight, reports are coming in that Mohamed Diab will helm the Disney+ series...

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By MarkCassidy - Oct 27, 2020 04:10 PM EST
Filed Under: Moon Knight

We only just found out that Oscar Isaac is in final talks to play the lead role of Marc Spector in Disney+'s Moon Knight, and it's now being reported that the highly-anticipated Marvel series has found a director.

According to Deadline, Egyptian filmmaker Mohamed Diab has been tapped to helm the show. The trade doesn't specify how many episodes he'll direct, however. 

Diab garnered great acclaim for his directorial debut Cairo 678 and its follow-up Clash, which both focused on elements of political and cultural unrest in his home country. His next film, Amira, is scheduled to be released in 2021.

Jeremy Slater (The Umbrella Academy; The Exorcist) will serve as showrunner, and is leading the show's writing team.

No official synopsis for Moon Knight has been revealed yet, but the small-screen adaptation is expected to stick pretty close to the basic premise of the comic, with Marc Spector, a highly skilled mercenary who has numerous alter egos, channelling the power of the Egyptian moon god Khonshu to fight crime in LA.

We still don't have a timeframe for the start of production, but with a star and director now in place, it shouldn't be too much longer before we begin to get some official updates.

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cerrone6
cerrone6 - 10/27/2020, 4:39 PM
I can't wait to see how he acts with the multiple personalities
KWilly
KWilly - 10/27/2020, 4:39 PM
It'll be interesting to see how this bright white costume translate onto the small screen.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 10/27/2020, 4:46 PM
Most anticipated Phase 4 project
MrPositive
MrPositive - 10/27/2020, 4:47 PM
Wonder if we will get this

Or this


Or both
soberchimera
soberchimera - 10/27/2020, 5:48 PM
@MrPositive - It would be neither if Scott Buck were showrunner.
heyy1
heyy1 - 10/27/2020, 5:53 PM
@MrPositive - Homemade

then the final hero suit
PantherKing
PantherKing - 10/27/2020, 4:48 PM
Marvel Disney+ is in full swing. I just need them to announce that nick fury series.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 10/27/2020, 4:59 PM
very smart going with an egyptian director, it helps bring some legitimacy to the admittedly bonkers background of the character.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 10/27/2020, 11:30 PM
@Spidey91 - Moon Knight reminds me a lot of Iron Fist in that they're both characters fundamentally about cultural appropriation. In 2020, there's a lot that could be said and explored about it with a critical lens, but also I'm pretty sure Marvel (Studios or TV) really aren't all that interested in it.

Casting non-white makes the sidestep less egregious in this case, but I do wish (or hope?) there's a desire to peel back some layers here. Black Panther wasn't afraid of pushing into some sharp territory, and people dug it. Some of these characters have social commentary in DNA, and some invite it because of the nature of their creation.

More than fighting aliens and saving the world, I'm more and more convinced that it's these stories (especially dealing with identity) that elevate superheroes to being worth a damn as cultural artifacts.
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 10/27/2020, 11:38 PM
I want to be extra clear here. When I say "cultural appropriation", I don't just mean it in the negative colonial sense. Adopting another culture or converting to a new religion isn't necessarily a patronizing thing (but there may well be elements of condescension in the way these characters were created and presented in media).

This is why I want people smarter than me who have more to say about the issue to explore it.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 10/27/2020, 5:01 PM
I just realized this is the second Marvel character with an egyptian background Isaac is playing and I feel like an Slowpoke for doing it so late :p
mrbaconsock
mrbaconsock - 10/27/2020, 11:17 PM
@Spidey91 - He also played a Jewish man (Joseph, Jesus’ dad) in The Nativity Story
OmegaDaGrodd
OmegaDaGrodd - 10/27/2020, 5:07 PM
Getting someone from 'Umbrella Academy' takes this up 20 notches for me. We're really getting a legit MOON KNIGHT show
heyy1
heyy1 - 10/27/2020, 5:26 PM
Ayyy, arabic talent can't wait for how amazing Egypt is gonna look, like they have to show egypt, itspart of his origin.


Jojo has has the best protrayl of Egypt ngl.
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