Marvel’s ‘Echo’ First Photo Reveals Alaqua Cox Heading Home in 2023

Echo will hit Disney Plus in 2023, because the Marvel spin-off takes fan-favorite character performed by Alaqua Cox again to her roots.

Cox performs Maya Lopez, a Native American gang chief who’s deaf and joined the MCU within the Disney Plus collection Hawkeye on the finish of 2021. Disney revealed a primary picture and a bit extra details about the spin-off collection on Tuesday.

The image would not give a lot away — besides the forklift flooring ranking within the background — however the synopsis tells us a bit extra. Lopez should face her previous in her residence city, which includes reconnecting together with her Native American roots and embracing household and neighborhood. 

Echo additionally stars Chaske Spencer from Wild Indian and The English; Tantoo Cardinal from Stumptown and Martin Scorsese’s upcoming Killers of the Flower Moon; Cody Lightning from Hey, Viktor! and 4 Sheets to the Wind; Zahn McClarnon and Devery Jacobs from FX’s Reservation Canines; and acquainted face Graham Greene from 1883, Goliath, and Dances With Wolves. A number of of the present’s administrators and producers additionally come from a Native American background, together with Navajo, Gunaikurnai, Blackfeet and Seminole heritage.

In comics, Echo is greatest often known as a supporting character to Daredevil since first showing in 1999. She usually is seen with a white handprint over her face, which refers to a bloody handprint left on her face when she was a baby and her father was murdered.

Echo has begun filming in Atlanta, however Disney has but to substantiate an actual launch date. Within the meantime, Marvel’s streaming lineup for 2022 will see upcoming present She-Hulk and Ms Marvel observe the latest Moon Knight. Different upcoming Marvel exhibits embrace WandaVision spinoff Agatha: Home of Harkness and three new animated exhibits: Marvel Zombies, Spider-Man: Freshman 12 months and a revival of the much-loved Nineties X-Males cartoon.