Why Moon Knight Didn't Feature Marvel's Werewolf By Night
Writer Jeremy Slater explains why Disney+'s Moon Knight series didn't feature Werewolf by Night and how the team got around introducing him. The show marked the Marvel Cinematic Universe debut of Marc Spector, a mercenary living with dissociative identity disorder who shares his body with multiple alters, including the mild-mannered gift shop employee Steven Grant and a ruthless, mysterious figure named Jake Lockley. Spector finds his life thrown into turmoil when he is chosen to be the human avatar of Egyptian moon god Khonshu and defend the world against religious zealot Arthur Harrow, who seeks to unleash the goddess Ammit.
Oscar Isaac led the cast of Moon Knight as the titular hero alongside Ethan Hawke as Farrow, May Calamawy as Layla El-Faouly/Scarlet Scarab, Karim El Hakim, Ann Akinjirin, David Ganly and F. Murray Abraham as the voice of Khonshu. Having premiered in March, the series received generally positive reviews from critics and audiences alike for its shift towards a darker tone and independence of ties from the larger MCU and Isaac and Hawke's performances. Given Moon Knight's comic book history largely connected him to the realm of monsters, some expected the series to introduce other key figures from this area of the comics, though it appears one may have never been on the table.
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With the finale now aired for the series, writer Jeremy Slater caught up with ComicBook.com to break down the secrets of Moon Knight. When asked about the theories regarding Werewolf by Night's introduction, Slater confirmed that there weren't explicit discussions to include him in the show, but that the creative team did have to work around
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