In three weeks time, Marvel’s Echo series will make its manner over to Disney+ and Hulu. The massive hook of the present isn’t simply giving Alaqua Cox’s titular character (and Hawkeye antagonist) a highlight of her personal: in contrast to the opposite Disney+ Marvel reveals, this one is aiming to be a crunchier, extra violent present just like Daredevil. And whaddya know, it additionally plans to have the actual Daredevil for no less than one combat scene.
Set someday after Hawkeye, which ended with Echo happening the run after resigning from being an enforcer for Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio), the present’s latest trailer is clearly evoking the former Netflix series. We bought necks snapping, splashes of blood, and folks getting the hell overwhelmed out of them—both by Echo’s palms or that of her surrogate daddy. Marvel undoubtedly is aware of who it’s attempting to attraction to in calling this the franchise’s “most intense sequence but”—hopefully it takes a web page out of Daredevil’s guide and matches a one-take hallway combat in some unspecified time in the future throughout its five-episode run
Echo may even function the launch level for Marvel Studios’ new “Spotlight” banner: for all intents and functions, it’s a solution to justify the present’s particular person TV-MA ranking whereas additionally connecting it to the extra PG-13 antics of the usual MCU. Marvel desires “Highlight” reveals to have the ability to stand on their very own two toes, and beforehand stated reveals beneath this banner can have “street-level stakes” and be character-driven, all however confirming Daredevil: Born Again will wind up right here as properly.
All 5 episodes of Echo will drop on Disney+ and Hulu on January 9, with the precise time date of 6 PM PT. Search for io9’s ideas on the present nearer to its launch.
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