'Moon Knight' Very Nearly Had a Big MCU Crossover
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Moon Knight spoilers follow.
There's no doubt that Moon Knight is a Marvel series drawing from Marvel Comics material, but any connection the show might have to the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe remains unclear.
And that was very much a deliberate choice, director Mohamed Diab has revealed.
Following Moon Knight's season one finale, Diab admitted that initial plans for the Oscar Isaac-led series did feature a crossover in "the very first scene... and the very end scene" – until the team realized that neither scene was really necessary.
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Speaking to Variety, the director explained that Marvel and Disney+ had given Moon Knight "the freedom" to place the mystery MCU crossover wherever they liked.
"We had the freedom to place it whenever. I want to tell you the very first scene, there was a crossover, and the very end scene, there was a crossover. But as the story developed and we kept changing the scripts, we felt like, 'We don't need that'," Diab said.
"All of us. It was a collective decision."
Despite thinking that some kind of scene connecting Moon Knight to the MCU was "a rule" at first, Diab came to realize that the show's central "surprise" could be that there isn't that connection.
"I think they decided, 'You know what? The surprise is that there isn't, and what's going to make this show unique is it doesn't need anything else'," he continued.
Despite the Marvel Comics mythology, the super powers, and the captivating character development fans have come to expect from the MCU, Moon Knight isn't positioning itself as an official entry.
"The best compliment we get on the show is when people tell us, 'This doesn't feel like a Marvel show. It feels like a standalone show that feels more dramatic, more dark, grounded'," Mohamed added.
"I feel like we succeeded in bringing Marvel more to our corner. So, so proud and happy."
Perhaps there's room for an MCU cameo in season two, though, eh?
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