Spoiler warning: This story contains spoilers for Hawkeye.
The Marvel machine never stops turning. Moon Knight is over, Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness is in theaters right now, and Ms. Marvel is waiting in the wings, but Marvel Studios keeps moving forward. Today, it announced that Echo is beginning production, with a planned release in 2023 on Disney+.
The series follows Maya Lopez, the Kingpin enforcer who featured in the Disney+ series Hawkeye. Maya, also known as Echo, is a deaf fighter with photographic reflexes. She was an Enforcer for Wilson Fisk who wanted revenge against Hawkeye for killing her father while in his Ronin persona. Ultimately, she parted ways with Fisk, shooting him towards the end of the series.
The Disney Plus show picks up with Maya in her hometown, when her former criminal activities in New York begin to catch up with her. According to Marvel, Maya has to "reconnect with her Native American roots and embrace the meaning of family and community if she ever hopes to move forward."
As such, the cast is filled out with Native actors, including Twilight and The English actor Chaske Spencer, Stumptown and Killers of the Flower Moon actress Tantoo Cardinal, Reservation Dogs and American Gods actress Devery Jacobs, Hey Viktor! writer and director Cody Lightning, and 1883's Graham Greene. Zahn McClarnon is also reprising his role as Maya's deceased father, William Lopez.
Episodes of Echo will be directed by Sydney Freeland, who previously directed episodes of Reservation Dogs, Rutherford Falls, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds; and Catriona McKenzie, who has directed episodes of The Walking Dead, Supernatural, and Mythic Quest. Both directors are also of Native heritage, with Marvel pointing out that Freeland is Navajo and McKenzie is Gunaikurnai.
Echo looks to tell a mostly original story for the character, whose comic appearances have largely been in the pages of Daredevil and Avengers. Echo moved from being a Daredevil antagonist to a hero in her own right, and currently she's the host of the Phoenix Force.
Echo is coming to Disney Plus in 2023. While we're waiting for that series to drop, Ms. Marvel will be making her presence felt on the streaming service on June 8, 2022. The film side of Marvel Studios will then follow that up with Thor: Love and Thunder, hitting theaters on July 8, 2022.
Mike Williams is a freelance writer at IGN
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The Marvel machine never stops turning. Moon Knight is over, Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness is in theaters right now, and Ms. Marvel is waiting in the wings, but Marvel Studios keeps moving forward. Today, it announced that Echo is beginning production, with a planned release in 2023 on Disney+.
The series follows Maya Lopez, the Kingpin enforcer who featured in the Disney+ series Hawkeye. Maya, also known as Echo, is a deaf fighter with photographic reflexes. She was an Enforcer for Wilson Fisk who wanted revenge against Hawkeye for killing her father while in his Ronin persona. Ultimately, she parted ways with Fisk, shooting him towards the end of the series.
The Disney Plus show picks up with Maya in her hometown, when her former criminal activities in New York begin to catch up with her. According to Marvel, Maya has to "reconnect with her Native American roots and embrace the meaning of family and community if she ever hopes to move forward."
As such, the cast is filled out with Native actors, including Twilight and The English actor Chaske Spencer, Stumptown and Killers of the Flower Moon actress Tantoo Cardinal, Reservation Dogs and American Gods actress Devery Jacobs, Hey Viktor! writer and director Cody Lightning, and 1883's Graham Greene. Zahn McClarnon is also reprising his role as Maya's deceased father, William Lopez.
Episodes of Echo will be directed by Sydney Freeland, who previously directed episodes of Reservation Dogs, Rutherford Falls, and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds; and Catriona McKenzie, who has directed episodes of The Walking Dead, Supernatural, and Mythic Quest. Both directors are also of Native heritage, with Marvel pointing out that Freeland is Navajo and McKenzie is Gunaikurnai.
Echo looks to tell a mostly original story for the character, whose comic appearances have largely been in the pages of Daredevil and Avengers. Echo moved from being a Daredevil antagonist to a hero in her own right, and currently she's the host of the Phoenix Force.
Echo is coming to Disney Plus in 2023. While we're waiting for that series to drop, Ms. Marvel will be making her presence felt on the streaming service on June 8, 2022. The film side of Marvel Studios will then follow that up with Thor: Love and Thunder, hitting theaters on July 8, 2022.
Mike Williams is a freelance writer at IGN
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