MOON KNIGHT Star Oscar Isaac Explains Why The Miniseries Is Able To "Take More Risks" Than An MCU Movie

Fingers crossed! Wanda and Loki were fire so

This is the series that needs to prove Disney+ can produce the darker Netflix style series, the other series were all connected to the Marvel movies in some shape or form, they couldn't go full on adult dark, but Moon Knight has no connection to the MCU, other than living in the same universe. I loved all the other Disney+ series, but none of them have hit the heights of Daredevil at its best (and I rewatched the whole thing recently, so it's fresh in my memory). We shall see in the next few months)

He isn't "obscure". Just because some Hollywood types never heard of him before last week.

Hope for some good plots fighting bad guys and not too much "unhinged is it real or not" time wasting.

Issac is a pretty solid actor so I'm definitely excited to see how he balances the multiple personalities of the character.

So I was going to comment on this in the previous Moon Knight article, but the post got totally bogged down with a (relatively civilized) argument over whether or not this series is the time to introduce Mr. Knight. Very briefly, I'll say this: bottom line, let's sit tight on this and see how they handle it before getting the torches and pitchforks. Marvel is aware of the history of the character and the fans' concerns regarding the characters, so either they're going to introduce Mr. Knight in a different way, or they're going to introduce him at the very end of the series as perhaps a new persona that surfaces as a result of the events of the series, or they're going to do something else that I'm not thinking of. So let's just sit tight and see how they handle him, and THEN we can either complain or complement (or likely both). Okay? :) I said that was going to be brief and apparently I lied.

Anyhow, the thing that I wanted to point to was from the previous article where Kevin said “He’s brutal,” Feige says of the titular character. “It’s been fun to work with Disney+ and see the boundaries shifting on what we’re able to do. 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.”

That's a pretty strong statement and, like the rest of you, I'll believe it when I see it, but it does sound like Kevin is pushing for that Netflix-level of brutality with MK. We'll see how close it gets, but this statement from Kevin definitely has increased my anticipation for this show (not that I wasn't highly anticipating it already). AND, I think that this is a sort of test on Marvel's part to see if they can pull this off because that could set precedent for future darker shows/movies going forward. It makes perfect sense: try it out with a lesser known character and if it works, then great, apply the same formula to other dark characters like GR, et. al. If not, well then at least they're not taking the risk of damaging one of their more mainstream characters. Maybe I'm giving Marvel/Kevin too much credit here, but if I'm right then well played, Marvel, well played.

I’m looking forward to this more than any of the other D+ series.

Can't wait