We’re able to take more risks, to bring that experimental quality on a huge scale.” Still, from the launch of Iron Man, to the assembling of The Avengers, to the double-whammy of Infinity War and Endgame, something has become clear: when Marvel takes risks, they tend to succeed in a major way. But because it’s a limited series, rather than a movie, the pressure isn’t there to make sure the opening weekend is massive. “He’s an obscure hero, and the things we’re dealing with are very different. But it’s also a show that looks set to deal sensitively with its central character’s mental health condition. It’s not just Moon Knight’s bloodied fists that mark a departure for the MCU – for one, his power-set is linked to a bird-skulled Egyptian deity known as Khonshu. its the same portal that you start the garden of salvation raid, but thats about 20 or so. There are moments 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. about 60 or so while on patrol, reload the area to get another wave. “It’s been fun to work with Disney+ and see the boundaries shifting on what we’re able to do. “He’s brutal,” Feige tells Empire, citing the streaming service as a space to expand what an MCU story can be. There’s a harder edge to Moon Knight – aka Steven Grant, aka Marc Spector – that Marvel boss Kevin Feige isn’t shying away from. The upcoming Disney+ MCU series – starring Oscar Isaac as the nocturnal vigilante with dissociative identity disorder and a penchant for Egyptology – is a show that, in all senses, doesn’t pull its punches. No, it’s that if you look at his knuckles, and on the tips of his crescent moon-shaped weapons, you’ll find dark red blood streaks. It’s not that he’s covered in Ancient Egyptian bandages, or that he’s got hieroglyphic-like symbols on his flowing cape (admittedly not common in the Marvel pantheon). If you look closely at Empire’s shiny new Moon Knight covers, you’ll notice something about him that’s rare for an MCU hero.
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