While we're all waiting for the second episode of #MoonKnight to drop, I've been trying to think of some fun, non-spoilery details I can share here.
How about some backstory on the creation of that incredible costume? 1/8
How about some backstory on the creation of that incredible costume? 1/8
My very first idea for the show was a scene where Steven was trapped in a bathroom by a monster, only to be saved by the man in the mirror.
So right from the beginning, I knew his suit would need to be supernatural. 2/8
So right from the beginning, I knew his suit would need to be supernatural. 2/8
(It wouldn’t make sense for Steven to be wearing a bulky costume beneath his clothes, after all, or for Marc to always have to fetch his costume from some hiding spot.)
So we knew the suit would need to be conjured into existence somehow. We just didn’t know how. 3/8
So we knew the suit would need to be conjured into existence somehow. We just didn’t know how. 3/8
Enter Nick Pepin.
Nick was one of our two Marvel producers, and part of his job included supplying us with every piece of Moon Knight reference material on the planet. Every inch of our writers room was papered with incredible comic art. 4/8
Nick was one of our two Marvel producers, and part of his job included supplying us with every piece of Moon Knight reference material on the planet. Every inch of our writers room was papered with incredible comic art. 4/8
And one of those pieces of artwork was this UNIVERSE X version of Moon Knight, created by Alex Ross, Doug Braithwaite and Jim Krueger.
Look at that thing. Tell me that’s not awesome. 5/8
Look at that thing. Tell me that’s not awesome. 5/8
We realized if the suit was conjured into existence *like the bandages on a mummy,* it would feel visually distinct from all the Stark/nanotech suits that currently populate the MCU.
At this point we assumed his costume would be some variation on the traditional comic look. 6/8
At this point we assumed his costume would be some variation on the traditional comic look. 6/8
We pitched the “summoning” idea to Kevin Feige using the Universe X costume as a visual aid. He loved it… but wanted us to take it a step further. It was Kevin’s idea to combine the modern Moon Knight look with the Universe X mummy bandages. 7/8
The end result is one of the coolest costumes we’ve ever seen in the MCU, brought to brilliant life by Marvel’s team of artists and designers.
And it all started with a 20-year-old piece of comic art pinned to a whiteboard. 8/8
And it all started with a 20-year-old piece of comic art pinned to a whiteboard. 8/8
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