Oscar Isaac is hosting the new episode of Saturday Night Live this weekend with musical guest Charli XCX, who is finally getting her moment in the spotlight.
14.02.2022 - 03:15 / variety.com
Wilson Chapman editorGet ready to meet the many, many sides of Marc Spector.During the Super Bowl, Marvel Studios unveiled the second trailer for “Moon Knight,” the Oscar Isaac-starring limited series premiering March 30 on Disney Plus.The Marvel Cinematic Universe series stars Isaac as Moon Knight, a character first created by Doug Moench and Don Perlin in 1975 for the comic series “Werewolf by Knight.” In most depictions of the character, Moon Knight is the secret identity of Marc Spector, a former CIA operative turned mercenary who dies during a job in Sudan but is revived and turned into the conduit of the Egyptian moon god Khonshu, becoming a Batman-esque vigilante. One of the character’s most notable traits is his dissociative identity disorder, which manifests in several distinct personas with defined personalities.
The first trailer for “Moon Knight” showed Isaac as Steven Grant, one of Spector’s many alternate identities, along with the mysterious cult leader Arthur Harrow (Ethan Hawke), and a first look at the show’s version of the Moon Knight costume. The new trailer features more scenes with Isaac and Hawke, while Moon Knight takes flight and throws some signature crescent darts at foes.In addition to Isaac and Hawke, “Moon Knight” will also feature the late Gaspard Ulliel, who portrays the villain Anton Mogart, aka Midnight Man.
This was one of the final roles for the French actor, who died in a skiing accident in January after the series had completed production. May Calamawy will also appear in an undisclosed role.
The series is created and written by Jeremy Slater (“The Umbrella Academy”), with Mohamed Diab (“Eshtebak (Clash)”) and Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (“Synchronic”) directing. The series is
.Oscar Isaac is hosting the new episode of Saturday Night Live this weekend with musical guest Charli XCX, who is finally getting her moment in the spotlight.
Oscar Isaac is heading to for the first time, and he's bringing some of his famous character work and accents to the table.In promos released by NBC on Thursday, Isaac was joined by musical guest Charli XCX and castmember Aidy Bryant on the Studio 8H stage, and the actors were enchanted by the singer's English accent.«Yeah, I might try talkin' like you this week,» Bryant said, putting on an over-the-top, cartoonish cockney accent.«Oi, yeah! That'd be a crackin' good time, yeah!» Isaac added, affect an equally unrealistic caricature.«Guys, that's really not how I sound,» the singer shot back, trying to get them to just knock it off to no avail as the pair just switched to even more outlandish attempts at an impression.«Yeah, that's spot on. Well done,» and annoyed Charli said, giving up on trying to correct them as Isaac and Bryant high-fived excitedly.ET's Nischelle Turner spoke with Isaac on the red carpet at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild last Sunday and he opened up about making his hosting debut.«It's very nerve wracking, but I'm very excited about it though,» Isaac shared enthusiastically.
Dune and Moon Knight star Oscar Isaac and Saturday Night Live cast member Aidy Bryant had a jolly good time during this week’s SNL promo.
Oscar Isaac has certainly risen to the cream of the crop in Hollywood. The 42-year-old actor, who was born in Guatemala, has made his mark in Tinseltown with such gigantic blockbusters as the new Star Wars trilogy, X-Men: Apocalypse, and Dune. He’s also won accolades for his work in smaller films such as Inside Llewyn Davis, Ex-Machina and The Card Counter. Next up, he takes on the role of brooding Marvel superhero Moon Knight in the titular series coming to Disney +.
Oscar Isaac had a night on the town with his wife Elvira Lind during SAG Awards weekend!
Oscar Isaac and his wife Elvira Lind hitting the red carpet together!
Global’s “Saturday Night Live” will return in March with Oscar Isaac and Zoë Kravitz as hosts.
Oscar Isaac and Zoe Kravitz are taking over hosting duties!
Saturday Night Live has set two new hosts for its opening March shows and has rescheduled a musical performance by Charli XCX.
Wilson Chapman editorOscar Isaac and Zoë Kravitz will host “Saturday Night Live” this March, NBC announced Thursday. Isaac will host the upcoming March 5 episode of the NBC variety comedy series. The award winning actor, who had a busy 2021 with projects such as “The Card Counter,” “Dune” and “Scenes From a Marriage,” is set to star in the upcoming Disney Plus Marvel television series “Moon Knight,” which premieres March 30.
Warner Bros/Legendary Pictures’ Dune has hit a new milestone, crossing the $400M mark worldwide. Through Monday, the international box office cume is $292.3M with $107.8M from domestic for a an estimated global haul of $400.1M so far.
Without a doubt, Oscar Isaac is one of the best actors working today. So, when it was announced that he would be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe in “Moon Knight,” fans were excited to see what Isaac would bring to the character and the MCU, in general.
Zack Sharf With its Super Bowl teaser earning over 3 million views and counting in less than a day, all signs point to “Moon Knight” being one of the biggest television series of the spring. The show marks Oscar Isaac’s introduction into the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Marc Spector, a former CIA operative turned mercenary who dies during a job in Sudan but is revived and turned into the conduit of the Egyptian moon god Khonshu. Isaac recently told Empire magazine that “Moon Knight” is a character study the likes of which the MCU has rarely seen.“Often on these big movies it can feel like you’re building the plane on the runway,” Isaac said.
Over the weekend, a brand new teaser for Marvel’s Moon Knight, starring Oscar Isaac, debuted.
that was released earlier, this new spot for the third film in the “Jurassic World” trilogy (directed by Colin Trevorrow). Of course, in keeping with the general Super Bowl commercial emphasis on nostalgia, much of the spot focuses on the returning face of the franchise – Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neill. Life, uh, finds a way this summer.This is our best look yet at the new Marvel Studios Disney+ series, coming in late March – Oscar Isaac plays the title character.
The chaos of “Moon Knight” is coming, and it’s going to be epic.
series of Disney+ dropped during Super Bowl LVI on Sunday, and fans are getting an better look at the titular vigilante.With even more of the Egyptian imagery that plays such a key role to the story, to more, increasingly unsettling looks at the madness that plagues Oscar Isaac's troubled hero, this spot whets the appetite for the forthcoming series while still keeping the mystery shrouded and shadows and chaos.Moon Knight is secretly Marc Spector, a mercenary who may or may not be infused with powers from Khonshu the Moon God after being left for dead in the Egyptian desert.However, it may all be in his head, as he also suffers from dissociative identity disorder. In the comics, Spector has used his various identities to fight crime, but they've also been one of his biggest obstacles for obtaining any sort of normal life.Ethan Hawke, meanwhile, appears to play something of a long-haired messianic figure with kneeling acolytes.
Marvel kicked off 2021 with the unusual and beloved “WandaVision,” then the superhero studio is doing the same in 2022 with the strange “Moon Knight” series. In the comics, there have been many iterations of the Moon Knight character, but in the upcoming Disney+ series, it appears they are merging the best of all worlds of the character: a dark and gritty, street-level vigilante like Batman, an eerie and spectral supernatural element, and the idea of a broken and fractured mental health in a character who’s not entirely in control of himself.