Marvel has been on a less than heroic run ever since Tony Stark made audiences cry in Avengers: Endgame, with the studio struggling to find anyone of box office value aside from Spider-Man. But despite an avalanche of misfires, one show that nailed it was 2022’s Moon Knight, starring Oscar Isaac. Contrary to surface level popcorn flicks, the show veered into much more psychological territory, as it follows a man (Isaac) with dissociate identity disorder who tries to uncover a secret mystery of the Egyptian gods.
And now it’s just been announced that Marvel Studios has an exciting new idea for Moon Knight season 2. According to Alex Perez, a reliable Marvel source at The Cosmic Universe, season 2 is guaranteed, and fans will be happy with what happens, but that’s all that has been revealed as of yet.
Thanks to the surprising success of Season 1 (objectively, unless you’re well versed in comic book lore, the character is rather obscure, and not one that frequently rose to the surface in the heyday of superheroes), Isaac has been very vocal about how eager he is to find Moon Knight in additional MCU projects. He mentioned that he wanted his mummified hero going head to head with motorcyclist of the underworld, Ghost Rider (Ryan Gosling once mentioned that should he ever play a superhero, the skeletal stuntman would be his preference, but those dreams and rumours have reportedly drowned).
Earlier this year, Isaac mentioned that he hopes Moon Knight would appear in a Midnight Sons project, yet another superhero team consisting of Ghost Rider, Blade, and Morbius. But ever since the mocking Morbin’ time memes inflamed the internet after Jared Leto’s disastrous take in 2022’s Morbius (which currently boasts 15% on rotten tomatoes), perhaps this character can be replaced with someone cooler. Also, doesn’t Blade hunt vampires? That makes for an interesting dynamic, one with an abundance of fangs, garlic and sunscreen.
While Marvel has yet to confirm an official Midnight Sons project, there are reported rumours that such a project is in fact in development, so whether or not Moon Knight joins them remains to be seen. The first season was directed by Egyptian screenwriter/filmmaker, Mohamed Diab, and considering the success of season one, especially its authentic homage to ancient Egypt, one can only assume that he will return for season 2.
With two time Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali confirmed for Blade in 2025, one must remain optimistic that the MCU succeeds with leather clad vampire hunter, as he is one of the remaining characters with enough lore and dedicated fan base to fill seats in a theatre. Assuming that Morbius is axed for the foreseeable future, Ghost Rider has not been touched since 2011, and the acrid stench of the those two Nicolas Cage stinkers (Ghost Rider, 2007; Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, 2011) has long since left the public, and deserves another shot. Could we see Moon Knight, Ghost Rider and Blade join forces soon? We’ll see. Maybe the MCU has some magic left after all.
