Echo: What To Expect From The MCU's Hawkeye Spin-Off Show
Disney+ is in the developmental stages of the Marvel Echo show, a spin-off series of Hawkeye. Echo, real name Maya Lopez, appeared in Hawkeye alongside the titular Avenger as a sympathetic antagonist. A new character to the MCU, Echo’s introduction in Hawkeye only serves as the initial foundation for further character development in her spin-off.
Echo's development falls in line with Marvel's current trajectory in expanding the Marvel Cinematic Universe into television. At San Diego Comic-Con in 2019, Marvel executive Kevin Feige explained that Phase 4 of the MCU would include numerous TV shows on lesser-focused-on counterparts to the heroes seen in blockbuster films, such as Scarlet Witch and Vision in WandaVision. These shows have been available to stream on Disney+, and they've so far featured a more diverse class of heroes than previously seen on the big screen. Ms. Marvel, She-Hulk, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Moon Knight all star women or people of color — positive steps toward inclusion in the MCU.
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Maya Lopez fits well within this tonal shift for Marvel, and the series could also provide fans with a different kind of angst. Echo's father was an enforcer under iconic MCU villain Kingpin and was killed carrying out his deeds, and as a result, Maya became a surrogate daughter to Kingpin. She carried out evil deeds on his behalf and was manipulated by Fisk into believing Daredevil killed her father. She eventually learned that Kingpin was her father's killer, then returned home to learn about her Indigenous culture to honor her father. Given her traumatic past, Disney+'s Echo show will likely explore Maya's complicated relationship to heroism, villainy, and
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