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In three weeks time, Marvel’s Echo collection will make its means over to Disney+ and Hulu. The large hook of the present isn’t simply giving Alaqua Cox’s titular character (and Hawkeye antagonist) a highlight of her personal: in contrast to the opposite Disney+ Marvel reveals, this one is aiming to be a crunchier, extra violent present just like Daredevil. And whaddya know, it additionally plans to have the precise Daredevil for at the very least one battle scene.
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Set someday after Hawkeye, which ended with Echo happening the run after resigning from being an enforcer for Kingpin (Vincent D’Onofrio), the present’s latest trailer is clearly evoking the previous Netflix collection. We obtained necks snapping, splashes of blood, and folks getting the hell overwhelmed out of them—both by Echo’s palms or that of her surrogate daddy. Marvel positively is aware of who it’s making an attempt to enchantment to in calling this the franchise’s “most intense collection but”—hopefully it takes a web page out of Daredevil’s guide and matches a one-take hallway battle in some unspecified time in the future throughout its five-episode run
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Echo will even function the launch level for Marvel Studios’ new “Highlight” banner: for all intents and functions, it’s a technique to justify the present’s particular person TV-MA score whereas additionally connecting it to the extra PG-13 antics of the usual MCU. Marvel needs “Highlight” reveals to have the ability to stand on their very own two toes, and beforehand mentioned reveals underneath this banner may have “street-level stakes” and be character-driven, all however confirming Daredevil: Born Once more will wind up right here as effectively.
All 5 episodes of Echo will drop on Disney+ and Hulu on January 9, with the precise time date of 6 PM PT. Search for io9’s ideas on the present nearer to its launch.
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