Did ‘Moon Knight’ Director Aaron Moorhead Risk His Job Tweeting About Oscar Isaac?
If you’ve paid attention to the rumor mill at any point in recent weeks, you’ve likely heard the alleged news that Oscar Isaac has been as Marvel superhero Moon Knight in the upcoming Disney+ series.
This made Marvel fans across the world swoon with delight. However, when one of the series directors, Aaron Moorhead, announces the news, it was never followed by an official announcement. Now, fans are left wondering whether Moorhead made a mistake that could cost him his job.
Who is Moon Knight?
According to Marvel’s official website, Moon Knight is a man who was born Marc Spector. Spector was a jack-of-all-trades — a boxer, a Marine, and a CIA operative. However, after getting fed up with what the government did to his brother, Spector grew jaded. On top of that, the constant stream of government overthrows and assassination attempts carried out by him began to wear.
After chasing a terrorist named Bushman into the desert, however, Spector was left to die. Clinging to life, he made his way to an Egyptian tomb, where a god named Khonshu breathed new life into him and helped him find his way. Moon Knight was officially born. After defeating Bushman, however, he went back to the States. There, he realized that redemption came with a cost. He now had several personalities.
This final detail helps make Moon Knight a hit with fans. He’s not a perfect person who can wiggle out of every situation. He’s a complicated man with severe mental health issues. In many ways, he’s the ideal character for Oscar Isaac to sink his teeth into. However, nothing has been confirmed yet other than a single tweet.
What do we know?
According to Bloody Disgusting, Moon Knight has never appeared in a live-action feature, show, or short. Despite premiering in 1975, he’s never found the same amount of international success that other staples of the genre found. This provides directors Moorhead and Justin Benson with an opportunity to expand on issues of mental health outside of Hulk and brief glimpses in other characters. Kevin Feige spoke on this with Emmy magazine.
“It’s been a while since we’ve had an action hero who jumps out of buildings and gets into fights,” Feige told Emmy Magazine. “The mental illness is a unique aspect of the program.”
While the series will, undoubtedly, bring these poignant themes that audiences can resonate with, they also provide a fascinating narrative that could make it an instant classic. Feige elaborated on this with Emmy.
“Bringing a whole new different vibe to the MCU…The character Moon Knight is a complex vigilante who suffers from dissociative identity disorder,” Feige said. ” These multiple identities who live inside him are very distinct characters in the series. The backdrop of our story is an incredible Egyptian iconography. Egyptology is something the world’s always been fascinated by, and we’re going to tap into it in a fun and bold way.”
However, don’t get your hopes up picturing Oscar Isaac as the character. Not yet, at least.
Is its future in danger?
Aaron Moorhead turned some heads when he welcomed Oscar Isaac aboard the show. This is nothing new. Since the beginning of the MCU, Twitter has been a place for actors, directors, writers, and creators to tease cryptic announcements before Disney swoops in and makes things official. The only problem with this one, however, is that Disney never swooped in afterward.
This led some fans on Reddit to wonder if Isaac ever was officially announced or if Moorhead may have jumped the gun. After user u/shogi_x pointed out the NDA’s that Disney uses to help keep things under wrap, many fear that Moorhead may have violated trust. Put bluntly, as u/ajdsmia did, “hopefully [Moorhead] didn’t just tweet himself out of a job.”
Time will tell if this becomes the case or merely a matter of the inevitable creeping toward reality. However, for a tight-lipped ship like Marvel to run, they expect a little secrecy from those who make it happen.
