Marvel has unveiled new footage from the “Hawkeye” spinoff series “Echo” that acts as an appetizer for the highly-anticipated series “Daredevil: Born Again” set to debut sometime in 2025.
“Echo” features many firsts for the Marvel Studios being the first show that will debut simultaneously on streaming platforms, the first that will have every episode available to binge at once, the first to receive the rate TV-MAm, and the first superhero series ever to center on a deaf and a Native American character: Maya Lopez (Alaqua Cox).
The series consists of five episodes and follows the origin story of Maya Lopez aka Echo whose ruthless behavior in New York City catches up with her in her hometown.
She must face her past, reconnect with her Native American roots, and embrace the meaning of family and community if she ever hopes to move forward.
Cox made her debut in the MCU as Echo in Marvel’s “Hawkeye” in December 2021 serving as one of Kingpin’s (Vincent D’Onofrio) top lieutenants in the Tracksuit Mafia.
“Echo” features Charlie Cox is back once more as Matt Murdock/Daredevil, Vincent D’Onofiro as Wilson “Kingpin” Fisk, and Zahn McClarnon returning as William Lopez, the dearly beloved father of Maya, who is also a Kingpin associate and former leader of the Tracksuit Mafia.
It also stars Zahn McClarnon (“Dark Winds”), Graham Greene (“Dances With Wolves,” “Wind River”) Tantoo Cardinal (“Killers of the Flower Moon”), K. Devery Jacobs (“Reservation Dogs”), Chaske Spencer (“Wild Indian”) and Cody Lightning (“Hey, Viktor!”).
The featurette shows brief glimpses of the dynamic that will be featured between the two characters once the miniseries premieres, with tensions rising between Fisk and Maya.
“Echo” is directed by Sydney Freeland (Reservation Dogs) and Catriona McKenzie (The Walking Dead).
Executive producers include Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Brad Winderbaum, Stephen Broussard, Richie Palmer, Marion Dayre, and Jason Gavin. Amy Rardin, Sydney Freeland, Christina King, and Jennifer Booth are co-executive producers.
“Echo” premieres on Disney+ and Hulu on January 9.
