Moon Knight 2022 Synopsis Teases Major Changes To The Marvel Superhero!

The revised synopsis, as revealed by Marvel, states, “Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, is afflicted by blackouts and flashbacks of a past life in this series. Steven learns he suffers from dissociative identity disorder and is forced to share a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As Steven/foes Marc’s close in on them, they must juggle their dual identities while immersed in a dangerous mystery among Egypt’s mighty gods.”

The plot of Moon Knight has traditionally followed the mercenary Marc Spector as the main character, but the series has chosen to focus on the British-accented Steven Grant, who suffers from a dissociative identity disorder. This is a significant shift in the Moon Knight mythos, implying that the program will begin up after Marc has been abandoned in the desert and has made a contract with the Egyptian moon deity Khonshu to spare his life and therefore become his representative on Earth.

With the far more mild-mannered Steven at the helm, it’s plausible that Marc slipped into this other personality, forgetting about his contract with Khonshu, and is now being pursued by him, with the deity insistent that Steven/Marc keep his word. This would explain part of the material featured in the recent trailer, as well as why Steven has become so separated from his waking and dreaming lives.

 

The most recent synopsis emphasises the mystery, but a previous logline defined the series as being about a war. The old synopsis says, “A new globetrotting action-adventure series featuring a multifaceted vigilante who suffers from dissociative identity disorder.” “Against the backdrop of modern and ancient Egypt, the numerous identities that reside within him are thrown into a deadly gods’ conflict.”

Aside from the focus being shifted away from Marc, Steven has undergone significant modifications, with the character now being a gift shop employee rather than a millionaire businessman. Steven is from jolly old England, as evidenced by the trailer, with Oscar Isaac showcasing an accent that has been compared to Dick Van Dyke’s Mary Poppins performance and Don Cheadle’s performance in Ocean’s Eleven. With Steven Grant and Marc Spector already set to appear in the Moon Knight Marvel series, and the character’s dissociative identity disorder being a major plot point, other personalities are expected to emerge as Steven tries to make sense of his life.

Marvel Moon Knight is directed by Mohamed Diab, Justin Benson, and Aaron Moorhead, and written by Jeremy Slater. Oscar Isaac plays Steven Grant/Marc Spector AKA Moon Knight, alongside Ethan Hawke as Arthur Harrow, Gaspard Ulliel as Anton Mogart / Midnight Man, and May Calamawy in an unspecified role. Moon Knight will now premiere on Disney+ on March 30th.