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Actor Oscar Isaac of Star Wars, X-Men and Ex-Machina fame is negotiating to lead the Marvel series Moon Knight for Disney+.
Moon Knight is a fictional hero of the Marvel Universe that appeared for the first time back in 1975 but which has never made it as the Avengers in television nor the big screen.
That’s about to change. With Issac as Moon Knight, the superhero who displays multiple personalities will be joining the so-called “Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.” Moon Knight is a mercenary-turned-crime-fighter whose real name is Marc Spector. As he faced death in an adventure in the Land of the Pharaohs, Spector is brought back by the Egyptian moon god Khonshu.
Isaac’s negotiations were first reported by the trade publication The Hollywood Reporter.
If the deal is signed, Moon Knight could become one of the few superheroes played by a Latino actor. Isaac is Guatemalan-American. In fact, it has been reported that Marc Spector, a Jewish-American character, would be presented instead as a Latino. As Mr. Knight, Spector dresses in an all-white business suit, gloves, and mask and collaborates with New York police to fight crime in the Big Apple. The superhero is often compared to Batman, the Dark Knight as he is also a millionaire and uses gadgets in his fight for justice.
Isaac is an award-winning actor with more than 40 acting credits under his belt, including the dramatic film Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), for which he received a Golden Globe Award nomination and and the HBO miniseries Show Me a Hero (2015) that which earned him the Golden Globe Award for best actor in a miniseries or television film.
