What Is Marvel Spotlight and Which Other MCU Projects Could Be Part of It?

Did you think the MCU was confusing enough? Well, think again because Marvel Studios has just found a way to make our understanding of the ever-growing Multiverse Saga even more difficult, even if it was done with the best of intentions. Say hello to the studio’s brand new lineup Marvel Spotlight flag, debuting with echo.

From what we can gather, Marvel Spotlight covers those MCU projects that are mostly standalone and don’t require much franchise homework to watch and enjoy. This is despite echo be a clear sequence that Hawkspiritual successor to Netflix’s Daredeviland part of Matt Murdock’s big return to the MCU that started Spider-Man: There’s No Way Home and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. But it doesn’t matter, it seems to be standalone.

“Marvel Spotlight gives us a platform to bring more original, character-driven stories to the screen, and where echo, focusing on street-level engagements across the larger MCU continuity,” is how Marvel Head of Streaming Brad Winderbaum summed it up. This begs the question, then, which other upcoming MCU projects—whether on Disney Plus or maybe even on the big screen—will be released under the Marvel Spotlight brand?

Daredevil: Born Again

Of course, if echo Marvel Spotlight is the next show on the way that we want to be a part of Daredevil: Born Again. Like the series Maya Lopez of charge. Born Again It’s sure to be a “grounded, character-driven” piece, regardless of whether Marvel ends up retooling the project after the page one revamp. As much as we’d like to see it, it’s unlikely that the Hell’s Kitchen hero will ever join the ranks of the Avengers, right? So his adventures will probably be more linked to Spotlight than Multiverse Saga.

Moon Knight season 2

As a result of the Marvel Spotlight announcement, fans are wondering what earlier Phase Four and Five projects might have been under the banner had they existed at the time, or could have been retroactively rebranded as part of . Moon Knight It’s one of those at the top of the list because of how self-contained the Oscar Isaac vehicle is. It always looks like Marvel will do a second season at some point, so maybe that will officially canonize Khonshu’s avatar as a Spotlight character.

Ghost Rider

So, here’s something else Winderbaum said about the Marvel Spotlight brand. “Just like fans didn’t have to read the Avengers or Fantastic Four comics to enjoy the Ghost Rider Spotlight comic,” he said, “our audience doesn’t have to have seen other Marvel series to understand what is happening in Maya’s story.” Hmm, you could pick any character to reference there, Brad, and you went with Johnny Blaze? Is this a hint that the rumors are new Ghost Rider a project being developed that was for the money?

Wonder Man

With echo being Marvel Spotlight, and giving the words of Winderbaum, we can perhaps conclude that the flag is specifically for the lesser known characters that do not have the same kind of brand recognition as the ones of the universe. If that is the case then Wonder Man certainly fit that bill, as the comedy series will show Aquamanand Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as B-list hero Simon Williams, an actor who shines as a superhero. This is assuming the show ever happens, of course, amid concerns that it’s canned.

Blade

Again, we’re not entirely clear on the specific parameters of Marvel Spotlight, so it’s unknown if it will only apply to the Disney Plus series. If it can also be used for movies, however, then Blade certainly ripe to fall under the flag. Sure, Mahershala Ali got an audio cameo in Eternalbut we all expect the beginning of MCU the Daywalker stand out from the threat of Kang the Conqueror and the road to Secret Wars. Perhaps re-conceptualizing the film as a Spotlight project would help the film finally get off the ground.