MCU Phase 4: 15 Essential Rumours & Theories You Need To Know
8. Moon Knight Could Potentially Play A Role
Marvel Comics
The Rumour:
Moon Knight is a street-level vigilante who, despite starting out as a Batman analogue of sorts, has developed into one of Marvel's most compelling comic book properties. That recent success on the page has prompted discussions about his future off of it, with Kevin Feige even mentioning prior to the release of Avengers: Infinity War that the hero was one of many discussed on the studio's "character cards."
The Response:
Although Moon Knight is one of those Marvel characters difficult to see working on the big screen, it seems as though there's a lot of love for him within the company's halls of power. MCU scribes Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely have previously said they want someone to make "a really cool" Moon Knight film, and actor Ross Marquand - who played the Red Skull in Infinity War - even stated that he'd fancy portraying the anti-hero if the opportunity was ever made available.
How Marvel reconcile the darker tone of the character's story with the decidedly less grim MCU (ignoring the deaths of trillions in Infinity War for just a second) remains to be seen, but it seems as though the studio are telegraphing his introduction pretty blatantly, whether that comes on the small screen in Disney+, or on its silver counterpart.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
