One of the unique aspects of Moon Knight is how it introduces even more mythological deities to the MCU. There was even almost a reference to an upcoming mythological MCU movie, Thor: Love and Thunder, that was ultimately scrapped.
In an interview with The Direct, Moon Knight head writer Jeremy Slater revealed that at one point, the Disney Plus series would have referred to events in Thor: Love and Thunder. Specifically a line about Gorr the God Butcher, a villain played by Christian Bale in the fourth Thor movie.
However, the ambiguity over the release timing for Moon Knight ultimately ended in taking the reference out.
“When we started working on [Moon Knight], we didn’t know when we were debuting. We always sort of assumed it would be later down the road, and we would sort of be coming out in fall of 2022, and we thought we would probably be following Thor [Love and Thunder]. But at that time, Thor didn’t necessarily have a concrete release date either, everything was sort of up in the air, and it’s like we might be ahead of Thor, or we might be finishing up," Slater revealed.
This meant that some references to Thor were cut given that Moon Knight premiered ahead of the upcoming movie. "So there were different versions of the script where the Gods would sort of talk about, ‘This thing with Gorr the God Butcher just happened, and now we’ve got this new problem.’ And then there were other versions of the script where they sort of talked about, ‘We’re hearing rumors [that] Gods are dying, this is not the right time to get involved.’ Like we tried to have our cake and eat it too.”
Moon Knight expands the MCU's pantheon of gods by introducing the Egyptian Gods of Khonshu, Ammit, Taweret, and the Ennead. The MCU already features some very prominent Norse mythology figures across its various Thor films, gods and goddesses such as Odin, Thor, and Loki, and is set to introduce the Greek gods in Love and Thunder with the introduction of Zeus, played by Russell Crowe.
Thor: Love and Thunder is inspired by the 2012 comic by Jason Aaron and Esaid Ribic, and will include the comic's villain Gorr, The God Butcher. As implied in his namesake, the character holds a single-purpose grudge against all Gods in the adapted comic and is dedicated to eradicating them all.
Moon Knight also nearly featured a cameo by The Eternals, specifically Kumail Nanjiani's Kingo but alas that too didn't work out, making Moon Knight one of the most standalone shows in the MCU. Check out IGN's review of Moon Knight season 1 for our take on the full season.
Christian Angeles is a Freelance Writer for IGN.
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In an interview with The Direct, Moon Knight head writer Jeremy Slater revealed that at one point, the Disney Plus series would have referred to events in Thor: Love and Thunder. Specifically a line about Gorr the God Butcher, a villain played by Christian Bale in the fourth Thor movie.
However, the ambiguity over the release timing for Moon Knight ultimately ended in taking the reference out.
“When we started working on [Moon Knight], we didn’t know when we were debuting. We always sort of assumed it would be later down the road, and we would sort of be coming out in fall of 2022, and we thought we would probably be following Thor [Love and Thunder]. But at that time, Thor didn’t necessarily have a concrete release date either, everything was sort of up in the air, and it’s like we might be ahead of Thor, or we might be finishing up," Slater revealed.
This meant that some references to Thor were cut given that Moon Knight premiered ahead of the upcoming movie. "So there were different versions of the script where the Gods would sort of talk about, ‘This thing with Gorr the God Butcher just happened, and now we’ve got this new problem.’ And then there were other versions of the script where they sort of talked about, ‘We’re hearing rumors [that] Gods are dying, this is not the right time to get involved.’ Like we tried to have our cake and eat it too.”
Moon Knight expands the MCU's pantheon of gods by introducing the Egyptian Gods of Khonshu, Ammit, Taweret, and the Ennead. The MCU already features some very prominent Norse mythology figures across its various Thor films, gods and goddesses such as Odin, Thor, and Loki, and is set to introduce the Greek gods in Love and Thunder with the introduction of Zeus, played by Russell Crowe.
Thor: Love and Thunder is inspired by the 2012 comic by Jason Aaron and Esaid Ribic, and will include the comic's villain Gorr, The God Butcher. As implied in his namesake, the character holds a single-purpose grudge against all Gods in the adapted comic and is dedicated to eradicating them all.
Moon Knight also nearly featured a cameo by The Eternals, specifically Kumail Nanjiani's Kingo but alas that too didn't work out, making Moon Knight one of the most standalone shows in the MCU. Check out IGN's review of Moon Knight season 1 for our take on the full season.
Christian Angeles is a Freelance Writer for IGN.
Continue reading...