Oscar Isaac Set to Star in Disney+ Moon Knight Series, Marvel Confirms

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Oscar Isaac is gearing up to be the next Marvel star!

The actor, 42, was confirmed Thursday as the lead in the upcoming Disney+ series Moon Knight.

"'WE ARE MOONKNIGHT; - Oscar Isaac #MoonKnight," Marvel Studios tweeted Thursday, sharing a photo of the top half of Isaac's face in front of several Moon Knight comic pages.

The posters show Isaac's character, Marc Spector, who Entertainment Weekly describes as a "wealthy vigilante with dissociative identity disorder," flying around in front of both full and crescent moons.

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Variety reported that Spector develops his different personalities after becoming the embodiment of the Egyptian god Khonshu.

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Moon Knight will also star Ethan Hawke, Entertainment Weekly reported, with Mohamed Diab, Justin Benson, and Aaron Moorhead serving as directors and Jeremy Slater leading the writer's room.

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It's not Isaac's first foray into the Marvel universe; in 2016, he appeared in X-Men: Apocalypse. The casting news is also the latest in a number of projects for the Star Wars star, including roles in Dune (which is scheduled for release in October after a COVID-19-related delay), Metal Gear Solid, and the upcoming movie about the making of The Godfather.

Moon Knight is the latest series in the works at Disney+ set in the MCU, following Loki, What If…?, Ms. Marvel, Hawkeye, She-Hulk, Secret Invasion, Ironheart, and Armor Wars as well as the already-released WandaVision and Falcon and the Winter Soldier.