Moon Knight’s Place In MCU Timeline Confirmed By Disney+
With its official addition to Disney+, Moon Knight’s place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline is confirmed. Moon Knight is the MCU’s first original series of 2022, and its titular hero is a new addition to the franchise's roster. Moon Knight is a mercenary named Marc Spector (Oscar Isaac) who has dissociative identity disorder, causing him to develop different identities. Marc’s body can also belong to Steven Grant, a giftshop employee who's far from prepared to be a vigilante, as he struggles to reconcile dreams with the true reality he seems to experience when Marc is in control of his body.
Most of Moon Knight episode 1 was set up for the larger story that the series will tell over its six-episode run. With practically no reference to the known MCU, Moon Knight opted to start by introducing Steven Grant and the villain of the series, Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke). With the story of Moon Knight bringing Egyptian mythology into the MCU fold, it makes sense that viewers are wondering where Moon Knight fits in the MCU timeline since the history of Egypt is new territory for the franchise.
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With the release of episode 1, Disney+ has officially confirmed Moon Knight's chronological relationship to the rest of Phase 4. The streaming service's Marvel page contains a feed called "Marvel Cinematic Universe in Timeline Order," which allows users to watch the movies and TV series in the order they take place, rather than by their real-world release dates. Moon Knight is listed right after Hawkeye, the most recent Disney+ original series.
Sometimes, Marvel Studios releases its films and series out of chronological order, such as with Black Widow, which was released in
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