Marvel's MOON KNIGHT Series Has Added THE ORIGINALS and THE WITCHER Writer Beau DeMayo to Its Crew

Marvel’s Moon Knight series is slowly but surely coming together. We are still pretty far out from seeing it on our TVs, but any new info we get about the series and who they hire means we are getting closer. This week, Beau DeMayo, the writer known for The Originals and The Witcher, which he also produces, added Moon Knight to his resume. He announced the news on his Twitter description, saying, “Writer on Marvel’s MOON KNIGHT and Netflix’s THE WITCHER. Comics. History. Video Games. Fitness.”

The head of the writing team for Moon Knight, Jeremy Slater (The Umbrella Academy), previously said of the writing team and story:

“I was seven when I bought my first Marvel comic, and my life was changed on the spot. It’s no exaggeration to say that joining the MCU is the single greatest honor of my career. I’m thrilled and terrified and deliriously happy. And while I won’t be able tell you anything in regards to story or casting, I *can* tell that you we’ve assembled a room full of brilliant writers who truly love this character, and we’re all hard at work crafting something special for you. So stick around and stay tuned. Moon Knight is on the way, and it’s going to be one hell of a ride”

That certainly sounds promising and exciting! Here’s a description of the character Moon Knight:

Moon Knight centers on a character named Marc Spector, an ex-Marine turned mercenary doing work for the CIA. While in Egypt, he’s betrayed by an ally and left for dead. He survives by making contact with a forgotten God named Khonshu the Egyptian Lunar-God of Vengeance and Justice. He is resurrected by Khonshun to serve as his "avatar" as he battles the criminal underworld.

One of the most interesting aspects of the character, though, is that he suffers from a mental illness in which he has multiple personalities. Those personalities include a cabbie named Jake Lockley and a millionaire playboy named Steven Grant. He ends up using these personalities as disguises, and they come to take on lives of their own.

It’s awesome that these writers are assembling now and getting the story and script hammered out. It’s probably a long wait before we get to see the finished product, as we don’t have a date yet for the series, but it sounds like it will be an exciting and solid show to watch with a very cool new superhero.