MOON KNIGHT Finds Its Lead In X-MEN: APOCALYPSE & STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Star Oscar Isaac

MOON KNIGHT Finds Its Lead In X-MEN: APOCALYPSE & STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Star Oscar Isaac

Hot on the heels of wrapping one blockbuster franchise, Oscar Isaac is stepping into an even bigger one, as the Golden Globe-winner has just signed on to headline Marvel Studios' Moon Knight!

By RohanPatel - Oct 26, 2020 10:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Moon Knight
Source: Deadline

Breaking news out of Marvel Studios to kickstart the week, as it's being reported that Golden Globe-winner Oscar Isaac (DuneX-Men: Apocalypse; Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) has signed on for the lead role in Marvel's upcoming Disney+ series, Moon Knight.

He will portray the one-and-only Marc Spector, an elite soldier and mercenary who decides to fight crime after he becomes the human avatar of Khonshu, the Egyptian god of the moon.

Jeremy Slater (The Umbrella Academy; The Exorcist) has been tapped as showrunner, and with a star in place, Marvel Studios is now shifting their attention to finding a director for the series. A production start date has yet to-be-determined, but it seems quite possible that cameras could roll before the end of next year if everything falls into place.

Isaac is the latest in a growing line of major castings for Marvel Studios this fall, joining Primetime Emmy-winner Tatitana Maslany (Orphan BlackPerry Mason) as She-Hulk and newcomer Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel. The casting of Kate Bishop for Hawkeye is presumably still underway, with Academy Award-nominee Hailee Steinfeld (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseDickinson) long rumored to be favorite.

However, unlike Maslany and Vellani, this isn't Isaac's first venture into the world of Marvel Comics, having previously played the titular villain in 2016's X-Men: Apocalypse - although it seems likely his trip into the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be much better received. He also voiced Spider-Man 2099 in the post-credits scene for the Academy Award-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, a role he's expected to reprise in the 2022 sequel. 

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RageDriver2401
RageDriver2401 - 10/26/2020, 10:15 AM
Wow. Good choice. Noice.
mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 10/26/2020, 10:43 AM
@RageDriver2401 - Agree, he's a great actor. Kinda sad, for his acting calibre I thought he'd wait for a "theatrical solo" instead of a show. I wonder how relevant these shows are going to be to the MCU? Hopefully they aren't sidelined like AoS and Marvel Netflix.
Goldboink
Goldboink - 10/26/2020, 10:46 AM
@RageDriver2401 -
They needed a heavyweight to pull it off and I think he is a great choice. He will have to turn on a dime from Marc Spector to Khonshu to whatever other personalities are lurking in there.

Awesome!
cerrone6
cerrone6 - 10/26/2020, 11:07 AM
@mastakilla39 - well these shows Will coincide with the mcu movies and stars of the shows will be in the mcu movies as well
tmp3
tmp3 - 10/26/2020, 10:16 AM
Lets [frick]ing go
Roodi
Roodi - 10/26/2020, 10:16 AM
Oscar Isaacs is good with Disney again I guess lol.
Spidey91
Spidey91 - 10/26/2020, 11:08 AM
@Roodi -

"Disney: I sleep
Kevin Feige: REAL SH*T"

-Oscar Isaac, probably.
soberchimera
soberchimera - 10/26/2020, 12:40 PM
@Roodi - This is what happens when you don’t shit talk the studio that put you in Star Wars haha. *cough*Boyega*cough*
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 10/26/2020, 1:07 PM
@Roodi - Wait, was he ever not good with Disney? I must have missed it.
tmp3
tmp3 - 10/26/2020, 1:18 PM
@Spock0Clock - He wasn't good with Rise of Skywalker. He's said multiple times he was unhappy with it and how the Mouse treated representation in the new Star Wars films.
OmegaBlack13
OmegaBlack13 - 10/26/2020, 4:33 PM
@soberchimera - Lol I don’t think Boyega cares much
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 10/27/2020, 12:21 AM
@tmp3 - Oh, okay. Thanks. I didn't think that was the kind of thing to burn any bridges, so I thought there may have been something else.
Skrull
Skrull - 10/29/2020, 3:44 AM
@soberchimera - Iger and others at Disney tweeted support for Boyega even after he criticized the way Finn's story was handled. They know how badly JJ & Kennedy shit the bed.
Matador
Matador - 10/26/2020, 10:16 AM
LOL there goes Josh's fake news
Manmarvel
Manmarvel - 10/26/2020, 10:39 AM
@Matador - lol he said in "a" lead role. I didn't even click on the article, I have learned to read the headings very closely to see if it is even click bait worthy enough of my time 🙃
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