The producer of Echo explained how the series will be different from other stories in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

In an interview with Collider, Stephen Broussard was asked how production is going on the recently delayed Echo series. "[Production] is going well," he answered. "It's very different. Like, talking about Werewolf By Night to this. It's a very different tonal sort of thing. I don't want to say too much because there's not a whole lot out there in the world, but it feels very grounded, it feels very spiritual in ways that feel fresh for us. [Alaqua Cox] as the lead is incredibly compelling. I'm sort of hard-pressed to think of something that it feels like outside in the broader realm of the MCU, let alone within what we've done here. So stay tuned on that really cool stuff."

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Spinning off from 2021's Disney+ series Hawkeye, Echo will follow Cox as Deaf assassin Maya Lopez as she leaves New York to return to her hometown in Oklahoma and reconnect with her Native American roots. Also starring in the series will be Zahn McClarnon returning as Maya's late father, William Lopez, and Chaske Spencer, Tantoo Cardinal, Reservation Dogs' Devery Jacobs, Cody Lightning and Graham Greene in undisclosed roles. Echo will also feature Charlie Cox and Vincent D'Onofrio reprising their roles as Matt Murdock/Daredevil and Wilson Fisk/Kingpin, respectively, before the two square off on Daredevil: Born Again. Marion Dayre will act as head writer for the series with Sydney Freeland and Catriona McKenzie on the directing team.

The Future of Marvel TV

Werewolf By Night premiered in October 2022 as the first Special Presentation in the MCU. The program was notable for its retro-horror aesthetic, reminiscent of Universal monster movies and Hammer Film productions. Broussard has promised that like Echo's grounded story, horror is an avenue the MCU will continue to explore in the future. "I will say that we're starting to introduce some cool characters that are in the darker side, the more monster side and the supernatural and the occult in a very organic way as you're seeing these characters pop up," he explained. "I think in very organic ways, it feels like there could be ways to continue those stories in ways that feel very fresh and new and keeping our toe in that horror side of things."

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Before Echo's release, Marvel Studios' TV slate will see the debut of new series Secret Invasion and Ironheart, the latter of which will be a spinoff of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. There will also be sophomore seasons for What If...? and Loki. After Echo's debut, the House of Ideas is set to release another TV spinoff, Agatha: Coven of Chaos, which will see Kathryn Hahn reprise her WandaVision role as the centuries-old witch Agatha Harkness.

Echo is expected to release in late 2023 on Disney+.

Source: Collider