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Moon Knight is out! Here’s everything you need to know about Oscar Isaac's Marvel superhero
Moon Knight stars Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke, and May Calamawy and is written for television by Jeremy Slater.
Moon Knight is here!
Marvel Studios is back with another action-packed, mind-bending, globetrotting original live-action series to introduce us to a brand-new drama. With its latest hero, Moon Knight the production house that has produced some of the most significant action movie classics in history is taking its fans on a trip of mystery, secrets, and turmoil.
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Details about the Moon Knight team
The series, which is loaded with Egyptian mythology and symbolism and directed by Mohamed Diab and filmmaking duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead, introduces a new type of MCU hero who is vengeful and multifaceted. The series pushes the boundaries of the ever-evolving MCU storytelling with its darker, mature themes. Moon Knight is an intense, intriguing, and conceptually edgy film starring Oscar Isaac, Ethan Hawke, May Calamawy, and others.
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Who is Moon Knight?
The Moon Knight is a vigilante who carries out his retribution on Earth, having been granted by the Egyptian God Khonshu's ceremonial armour, which has been bestowed on all of the God's warriors throughout the millennia. Khonshu's earthly avatar and his fist of wrath have been taken on by him. Khonshu, the Egyptian God of the Moon and self-proclaimed God of Vengeance, bestowed extraordinary powers on the Moon Knight. As he carries out Khonshu's orders and exacts retribution on Earth, the Moon Knight fights all perceived injustices.
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Moon Knight’s entry into Marvel
Moon Knight made his initial appearance in Marvel Comics in "Werewolf by Night" # 32, in August 1975. Dough Moench created the character, which was illustrated by Don Perlin.
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Moon Knight's connection on Earth
Moon Knight's human name is Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee who suffers from blackouts and flashbacks of a previous existence. Following that, he is diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder and is forced to share a body with mercenary Marc Spector. Marc Spector's alter ego, Moon Knight, exists. As Steven and Marc close in on them, they must juggle their dual identities while immersed in a dangerous mystery among Egypt's great gods.