Ghost Rider, Dane Whitman, and Wong are essentially the most deserving characters to land a Marvel Spotlight sequence.
Marvel’s Echo is the primary venture launched by Marvel Studios to be included within the studio’s Marvel Spotlight banner. Films and tv reveals launched beneath the label, whereas a part of the broader Marvel Cinematic Universe, do not tie into the franchise’s wider storytelling. Echo, as one instance, options Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox) and Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio), two characters who beforehand appeared in Hawkeye, returning to additional their very own storylines whereas not connecting with the Multiverse Saga.
Over the 15 years the MCU has existed, a handful of characters have popped up that deserve their very own present. We’ve compiled a listing of a few character that ought to get their very own Marvel Spotlight entry; a few of them have appeared in initiatives which are definitively within the MCU whereas others appeared in different Marvel-adjacent initiatives.
Wong/Strange Academy
Given that Wong (Benedict Wong) is the Sorcerer Supreme, it is attainable he might be engaged on establishing the MCU’s equivalency of Strange Academy, a Hogwarts-like faculty for the MCU’s studying sorcerers. Since Wong himself is not on the identical journey that Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is with incursions and the multiverse, Wong’s Academy might be a comparatively small-scale, melodramatic tackle coming-of-age sorcery.
Dane Whitman/Black Knight
Dane Whitman (Kit Harington) solely appeared in Eternals as Whitman, and never his superhero alter ego—the Black Knight, frequent Avenger and bonafide superhero. Donning the Ebony Blade, Black Knight has an illustrious historical past within the Marvel Comics supply materials, and a Marvel Spotlight sequence might be the right place to discover the character’s Arthurian origins.
Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider has now appeared in live-action in two iterations: the Nicolas Cage model that appeared in two function movies, and Gabriel Luna’s Robbie Reyes from Agents of SHIELD. The latter of the 2 was set to get his personal sequence on Hulu, although it was in the end canceled when company shuffling precipitated Marvel Television to fold. Ghost Rider additionally occurs to be considered one of Marvel’s hottest characters, with legions of followers clamoring for the character to reappear in some form, approach, or type. Now that everyone knows Marvel Studios is prepared to launch TV-MA content material, tied with the Spirit of Vengeance’s grounded tone, a Marvel Spotlight sequence is ideal for Ghost Rider to look beneath.
Starring Alaqua Cox, all 5 episodes of Echo are actually streaming on each Disney+ and Hulu. The origin story of Echo revisits Maya Lopez, whose ruthless conduct in New York City catches up along with her in her hometown. She should face her previous, reconnect along with her Native American roots and embrace the which means of household and neighborhood if she ever hopes to maneuver ahead. Vincent D’Onofrio will reprise his function as Wilson Fisk / Kingpin, and Charlie Cox will reprise his function as Matt Murdock / Daredevil. Echo can even star Chaske Spencer, Tantoo Cardinal, Devery Jacobs, Cody Lightning, Graham Greene and Zahn McClarnon.
Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Brad Winderbaum, Stephen Broussard, Richie Palmer, Marion Dayre, and Jason Gavin (Blackfeet) are government producers of Echo. Amy Rardin, Sydney Freeland, Christina King (Seminole), and Jennifer Booth are co-executive producers.
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