Moon Knight Guide: News, Easter Eggs, Reviews, Theories and Rumors

WARNING: The following contains constantly updated spoilers for Moon Knight, premiering March 30, 2022, on Disney+.

Based on the comic book hero of the same name, Moon Knight is the newest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Oscar Isaac (from the upcoming Metal Gear Solid movie) stars as Marc Spector, who takes on the hero alias "Moon Knight" after he dies in front of the statue of the Egyptian moon god Khonshu. Khonshu resurrects him, laying upon him the burden of becoming the "moon's knight," protector of the innocent. Moon Knight marks the character's Marvel Cinematic Universe debut.

Marvel fans are excited to see how the MCU tackles Moon Knight, who's one of Marvel's more obscure heroes, as well as how the show will address the character's Dissocative Identity Disorder (DID). Whether viewers are watching for the superhero sequences or the mysteries that surround the protagonist, the show should have a lot to offer. There's also a lot to learn, so find the latest Moon Knight news, theories and all the important details herein.

Moon Knight's Crew and Cast

Kevin Feige heads the production of Moon Knight as executive producer alongside Louis D'Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Grant Curtis, Brad Winderbaum, Jeremy Slater, Isaac and Mohamed Diab. Diab is especially notable because Moon Knight has strong Egyptological roots and Diab is an Egyptian director. Many of his previous works focus on Egyptian societal issues, so Diab can be expected to bring a level of authenticity and representation that is needed for a series like this. He directs four out of the six Moon Knight episodes, with Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead directing the other two.

As previously stated, Oscar Isaac stars as main protagonist Moon Knight/Marc Spector. Ethan Hawke plays Arthur Harrow, the antagonist of the series who is a cult leader and zealous follower of the god Ammit. May Calamawy co-stars as Layla El-Faouly; not much is known about her character thus far, as she isn't featured in the Moon Knight comics. It's clear from the trailer that she's a person from Marc's past, but nothing further has been revealed.

Also starring in the series are Gaspard Ulliel as Midnight Man/Anton Mogart, Loic Mabanza as Raoul Bushman, F. Murray Abraham as Khonshu the Moon god and Lucy Thackeray as Donna, a coworker of Marc's. For more insight on the cast and crew of Moon Knight, follow the links to these articles:

Moon Knight's Story

So far, Episodes 1, 2 and 3 have been released. The first episode introduces Marc Spector through his alter, Steven Grant, a mild-mannered, kind Brit who works at the British Museum’s gift shop. He believes he suffers from a sleep disorder due to his vivid nightmares, when in reality, he’s dissociating every night. During these dissociative episodes, Marc takes over their body, venturing out to do Khonshu’s dirty work.

Steven finds a cell phone hidden in a wall in his apartment. To his surprise, he receives a call immediately after he turns it on. The caller is Layla, Marc’s wife, whom Steven is completely unaware of. Their call is interrupted as a very confused Steven starts hearing Khonshu’s voice and eventually comes face-to-face with the menacing god in his apartment hallway.

Oscar Isaac as Steven Grant in Moon Knight

Thoroughly freaked out, Steven goes into work the next morning where he’s cornered by Arthur and his followers. It turns out that Steven had come into possession of a sacred scarab during one of Marc’s missions. He escapes the group, but that’s only the beginning of this day’s troubles. Late that night, after the museum’s closed, Steven is attacked by a vicious creature. Hiding in the bathroom, Marc appears to him in the mirror, urging him to hand over the body. Steven relents, and Marc suits up as Moon Knight, defeating the creature.

Episode 2 sees Layla tracking down Marc in London. However, Layla doesn’t know about his DID, so when she meets Steven, she thinks Marc is playing with her and won’t drop this “Steven” character.

Shortly after, Steven is captured and taken to Arthur’s village, an idyllic place where everyone seems to live in harmony. The cult leader acts kindly towards Steven, trying to persuade him to hand over the scarab. Marc urges Steven not to, but Layla appears, announcing to all that she has the scarab. The two run away and are cornered in a room by a jackal. Oddly enough, Layla can’t see this creature, but Steven can. It breaks down the door and charges Steven who falls out of the window, but lands on the ground as Mr. Knight. Eventually, Steven gains control of their body suited as Moon Knight and defeats the jackal. But unfortunately, Arthur regains the scarab.

Episode 3 sees Marc go to Cairo to search for Arthur and stop him from resurrecting Ammit. While there, Khonshu summons Marc to a meeting of the gods inside the Great Pyramid of Giza. The gods don’t make a physical appearance, instead speaking through their avatars. Khonshu yells back at the gods, speaking through Marc. He summons Arthur, trying to tell the other deities that the avatar is trying to release Ammit, to which he denies. Arthur then tells the gods that Marc is extremely unwell, saying that Khonshu is taking advantage of him. The gods then ask to speak only to Marc, at which time Khonshu leaves his body. Marc admits that, yes, he’s suffering, but also doesn’t agree with what Arthur is doing. But Arthur has already discredited him, so the meeting concludes and everyone leaves. However, avatar Yatzil stays behind. She tells Marc to find medjay Senfu’s sarcophagus which will help him find the tomb.

Layla and Marc then go to to the residence of Anton Mogart, a man who Layla believes might be of use to them. While Layla distracts Anton and his guards, Steven guides Marc in decoding the messages on the sarcophagus. Soon, Anton realizes what they are doing, but before a fight breaks out, Arthur and his followers enter the scene. He stirs up drama, telling Layla that Marc is hiding something regarding her father’s death, then makes a swift exit. That’s when Marc suits up as Moon Knight and he and Layla take on Anton and escape.

Layla is a relic hunter in Moon Knight like Killmonger

The two then drive out into the desert where Layla begs Marc to let Steven take over so he can help them piece together their stolen constellation map. Steven and Layla share a sweet moment together, and Layla seems to really enjoy his company.

Khonshu appears to them, painting the sky appear exactly as the map reads. He knows, however, that when he does this, the gods will imprison him, so he tells Steven to tell Marc to free him. Steven becomes Mr. Knight as he and Layla watch the swirling sky, deciphering the constellations before Khonshu disappears, now frozen in a tiny sculpture inside the Pyramid of Giza.

Episode 4 sees Steven and Layla arrive at Arthur's camp at Ammit's tomb. The heroes face a new challenge as their stripped of Marc's Moon Knight abilities, being that Khonshu was captured by the gods after rearranging the sky.

At the tomb, Steven and Layla share their first kiss, further complicating their love triangle. Marc isn't too happy about this and punches Steven/himself in the face.

The pair belay into the tomb, and once inside, they make their way through the tunnels until they come upon a sacrificial alter, still fresh with blood. A mummy enters the room, dragging one of Arthur's goons with him to gut and mummify the poor guy. However, the mummy spots Layla, and she and Steven are forced to split up to escape.

Layla ends up in a cavern where she fights and defeats another mummy, but she's not in the clear yet. Arthur then appears to her, and reveals Marc's secret -- he had been there the night Layla's father died.

Meanwhile, Steven/Marc are in another corridor, tampering with the tomb of Alexander the Great. Steven opens the tomb, uncovers the skull, reaches his hand inside and pulls out a small Ammit statue similar to the one Khonshu was trapped in at the end of Episode 3.

Soon, Layla finds Steven with the tomb. Holding the tiny statue, he tells her excitedly how he found it. But she is still reeling after the news about her father and demands to speak to Marc. Marc then regains control of his body from Steven and he admits that he was present the night her father died. He tries to explain that he was on a mission and his partner "got greedy," killing everyone at the dig site. Marc tried to stop him and was shot by the partner. Layla is furious and hurt -- how could her husband have kept this from her for so long?

They aren't able to finish the conversation, however, as Arthur and his followers appear in the room. Marc tells Layla to hide and confronts Arthur alone. Marc attacks the group but is shot by Arthur, falling back into a watery canal, appearing to flow down into its dark depths.

The audience is then brought to what appears to be a psychiatric hospital. An old movie with a Steven Grant character is playing, possibly revealing how Marc obtained his Steven alter. Marc is seen confined to a wheelchair, half-sedated and very out of it. Layla bounces over to him, flitting about in a manner quite unlike her usual self, and steals his bingo card from him. The next scene shows Marc in an appointment with a psychiatrist, who turns out to be Arthur. Marc starts to come out of his daze, saying, "You shot me," to Arthur. It now appears that this might be an alternate reality that Arthur has somehow trapped them in.

Marc escapes out of Arthur's office and ends up into another room, where a sarcophagus rests. Hearing pounding coming from within, Marc opens it. Out pops none other than Steven himself. Somehow, Steven and Marc now have their own bodies, and they're as shocked as the audience is.

The two of them dash down the hallway, trying to make a plan of escape, but run straight into a hippo standing on its hind legs, dressed in traditional anciet Egyptian garb. The three stare at each other until the hippo starts to scream. Then, they're all screaming, and the episode ends.

The fifth episode picks up right where the fourth one left off, with Taweret, goddess of women and children. She's there to guide Steven and Marc in the afterlife, because news flash, they're dead -- and the psychiatric hospital isn't real at all. However, in order to get to the Field of Reeds, Taweret needs their scales to balance, and Marc and Steven, they're not balanced.

She suggests they find a way to balance the scale, by going though their memories. This requires going back into Marc's memories, facing the people he's killed as Konshu's avatar, as well as the moment he became that avatar. It also requires facing the real reason Steven was created, to protect Marc from an abusive mother and the guilt of losing his brother. Steven was meant to be the one that was happy, the one who didn't get to suffer.

Unfortunately, Marc's mother recently died, which led to the walls between Steven and Marc fracturing. To cope with the pain, Marc became Steven. In the moment, as both Marc and Steven realize this, something big happens -- Steven tells Marc he isn't to blame. For his brother, or for his mother. Steven esentially forgives Marc, ergo Marc forgives himself.

It isn't enough to balance the scales, however, and Taweret tells them that they're doomed to end up in the duat, aka the Underworld. Steven, however, saves Marc from the zombie-like figures that want to drag them both to the underworld, realizing that if Marc is capable, so is he. However, Steven is ultimately unable to save himself, and as he turns into a zombie sand creature himself, Marc's scales finally balance and he is allowed into the Field of Reeds, which is where the episode ends.

Oscar Isaac as Marc Spector in Marvel Studios' Moon Knight.

Moon Knight’s final episode picks up with Arthur and his followers heading out into the Egyptian desert after having just shot Marc. Layla hides in the back of one of their cars, bent on avenging her deceased husband and stopping Arthur and Ammit. As she approaches Arthur, dagger drawn, Taweret speaks to her through a dead body on the ground, telling her not to do it, that she cannot stop Arthur on her own. Taweret asks her to break Khonshu’s statue so Marc can be freed, and that Layla can be her avatar. But Layla declines, continuing to follow Arthur and the others, saying she’ll do it on her own.

Arthur leads them back to the Great Pyramid of Giza, the meeting place of the gods, seen in Episode 3. The other avatars confront Arthur and his disciples, but he’s too powerful for them. He defeats them easily, then breaks Ammit’s statue, freeing her to assume her full, menacing form. She makes Arthur her official avatar.

In the shadows, Layla finds Khonshu’s statue and breaks it, freeing him. Khonshu tries to persuade her to become his new avatar. She firmly declines, even when Khonshu says Arthur can only be defeated by another avatar.

Khonshu (voiced by F. Murray Abraham) in Marvel Studios' MOON KNIGHT,

Back in the afterlife, Marc and Taweret stand in the glorious Field of Reeds. As enticing as an eternity of peace seems, Marc can’t bear to leave Steven in the Duat. He turns back, going to free Steven as the Field disappears.

Finding Steven frozen in the sand, he shares an emotional moment with his alter, thanking him for saving him, for protecting him from his traumatic childhood. Steven returns and the two embrace. As the gates open, they make a dash for them, returning themselves to their earthly body.

Back in the Pyramid, Khonshu and Ammit battle it out. Layla emerges from the shadows, helping one of the struggling avatars to safety. She urgently asks him how they can defeat Ammit, and he tells her that they must imprison her in an earthly form — “a body instead of a statue.” He tells them they need more avatars before falling dead himself. Realizing what she must do, she prays to Taweret, asking to become her avatar. Taweret, incredibly excited by the proposition, grants her wish, and Layla becomes a powerful superhero herself.

Layla becoming Scarlet Scarab in Moon Knight

Layla flies through the Egyptian night sky into the city, saving Marc from Arthur. Marc is surprised to see her in this new form, and Steven says she looks amazing, telling her he’s excited to show her the new skills they have. Moon Knight and Layla then jump into action battling Arthur and his followers as Khonshu battles Ammit in the distance.

Just when Arthur seems to have won, Marc blacks out. When he wakes up, Arthur’s body in his hands, and several of his disciples lie dead around him.

Marc and Layla take Arthur’s body into the Pyramid and recite a spell to trap Ammit inside his body. Khonshu is then at their side, urging Marc to kill him. But Marc says no, telling the god to release them. “As you wish,” the god says, and in the next instant, Steven and Marc are back in the psych hospital with Dr. Harrow. As Arthur walks his office, he leaves bloody footprints and asks, “Why am I bleeding?” Steven tells him he doesn’t know as much as he thinks he does, and he closes his eyes, waking up back in his London flat. Both he and Marc are free of Khonshu.

Jake Lockley entered Moon Knight's finale

Or so it seems. In the post-credit scene, Arthur is now the one in the hospital. A mysterious man pushes his wheelchair outside, putting him in the back of a car. Sitting in front of him is Khonshu himself, and the mysterious man is Jake Lockley, another one of Marc’s alters. Jake is presumably the one who takes over when Marc/Steven “black out” and wake up to a bloodbath. Jake then shoots Arthur, and the season is over.

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Moon Knight Easter Eggs and References

Several Easter eggs have been spotted throughout the first three episodes of Moon Knight. In Episode 1, the name "Duchamp" on Marc's flip phone hints that Jean-Paul "Frenchie" Duchamp may appear later in the series. The living statue that Steven sits next to is Crawley, who, in the comics, served as an informant for Marc. And there's a QR code on the museum wall that links to a digital copy of Marvel's Werewolf by Night #32, possibly confirming fans' speculations that Disney+ will create a Werewolf by Night adaption this Halloween.

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Moon Knight Theories and Rumors

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The MCU fandom is as quick to theorize as it is to finding Easter eggs. Theories regarding Moon Knight are plentiful. Some center around May Calamawy's Layla El-Faouly and who she might actually be. Others try to parse out where the series fits into the MCU timeline. Additionally, there's rumors about fan-favorite characters making cameos and speculation on who the real villain of the series is. There's also a theory that Moon Knight was foreshadowed in Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

A theory that spawned from observations of Episode 1 points out similarities between the methods of Hydra scientist Arnim Zola and Arthur Harrow, disciple of Ammit. Zola develops Project Insight, an algorithm that determines whether or not a person could be a potential threat to Hydra. Harrow, on the other hand, uses power from the god Ammit to judge a person's "goodness" to determine whether they live or die. There's also a theory from Episode 1 on what exactly the creature who attacked Steven is.

Episode 3 contains signs pointing to another one of Marc's alters, Jake Lockley. There are moments in the episode when Marc blacks out and neither him nor Steven knows what happened, alluding to the idea that someone else had taken over. Marc also slips into a very subtle Chicago accent. This is solid evidence for the appearance of Jake, as Chicago is where he's from in the comics.

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