Actor Ethan Hawke — most recognized for his work in indie and horror films like Sinister, The Purge, Daybreakers and Earlier than Dawn — has lastly joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe, in accordance with reviews. Hawke has closed a deal to hitch Oscar Isaac in Marvel’s Moon Knight sequence for Disney Plus, according to The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline on Friday.

Hawke will reportedly play the lead villain. Regardless that the the identify of the character Hawke would play continues to be underneath wraps, within the Marvel comics Moon Knight’s oldest nemesis is a nasty man named Raoul Bushman, one other mercenary who betrays Moon Knight for Egyptian gold.

Isaac plays the lead character of Marc Spector whose superhero name is Moon Knight. The MCU superhuman crimefighter and former mercenary/CIA agent has a number of personalities and was granted powers from the Egyptian god Khonshu.

Actor May Calamawy (Hulu’s Ramy) was introduced this week as a part of the solid as properly. The character Calamawy will play within the new sequence has but to be revealed. 

Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead have joined the sequence as administrators, together with the Egyptian filmmaker Mohamed Diab. Umbrella Academy’s Jeremy Slater has been employed as head author.

Moon Knight was first announced at D23 in August 2019. The present is anticipated to start taking pictures in Budapest beginning in March, however there isn’t any phrase but when the brand new sequence will debut on Disney Plus. 

Disney and Marvel did not instantly reply to a request for remark.

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