The launch date of has almost arrived on Plus, and excitement is building up amid the release of reviews as audiences prepare to meet a brand new superhero in the MCU.
, a Jewish-American mercenary who has dissociative identity disorder, one of his other identities being that of a British museum gift shop worker .
Marc becomes a conduit for the , through which he becomes the masked hero Moon Knight.
Moon Knight is the latest release to add to the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s grand catalogue, which consists of movies and TV shows going all the way back to Iron Man in 2008.
Here’s how you can watch Moon Knight.
What time does Moon Knight come out on Disney Plus?
The first episode of Moon Knight will drop at 8am BST on Wednesday March 30 on Disney Plus, in line with the previous Marvel and Star Wars releases on the streaming platform.
This will mean the premiere can be watched from 3am Eastern Time and and from midnight Pacific Time in the US.
The episodes are likely to come out at the same time every week, after which they’ll be available to watch at the leisure of Disney Plus subscribers.
How many episodes are there?
There are going to be six episodes in total for Moon Knight, with one episode coming each week.
In the past, the Marvel shows released on Disney Plus have varied when it came to the length of the seasons, with WandaVision consisting of nine episodes, the first two of which came out on the same day.
The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, Loki and Hawkeye all had six episodes, whereas animated show What If…? featured nine episodes in its first season
Who’s in the cast?
Oscar leads the cast as Marc and Steven, with the two personalities worlds away from one another.
In the original Marvel comics, Marc’s powers include exhibiting enhanced strength when there is a full moon, as well as having the ability to drain other people’s life energy through touch.
One of Marc’s other identities is Steven Grant, a British museum gift shop worker who starts out knowing nothing about Marc nor his double life.
Ethan Hawke stars in the series as antagonist Arthur Harrow, a cult leader who serves the Egyptian goddess Ammit.
May Calamawy also joins the cast as Layla El-Faouly, an adventurer who has a connection to Marc’s past.
F Murray Abraham voices Khonshu, whose towering physical presence is portrayed by Karim El-Hakim.
The late Gaspard Ulliel also stars as Anton Mogart, also known as Midnight Man, while Antonia Salib plays Egyptian goddess Taweret, Rey Lucas portrays Marc’s father, Elias Spector, and Fernanda Andrade stars as Wendy Spector, Marc’s mother.
Moon Knight premieres on Wednesday March 30 on Disney Plus with new episodes released weekly.
