# Moon Knight Reportedly Being Developed For Netflix **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 14, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/734642 "2015-10-14T16:25:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/734642/1 "2015-10-14T16:25:43Z")
[Moon Knight Reportedly Being Developed For Netflix](http://comicbook.com/2015/10/14/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/)][Moon Knight Reportedly Being Developed For Netflix](http://comicbook.com/2015/10/14/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/) The Punisher and Elektra may not be the only anti-heroes being added to the Netflix corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marc Spector, a.k.a. Moon Knight, may be showing up as well. The news comes from Heroic Hollywood’s Umberto “El Mayimbe” Gonzales, who was a guest on the Collider Heroes video cast. Around the 10 minute mark in the video below, Gonzales and the hosts are discussing what Marvel’s recently announced 2020 mystery movies may be. Moon Knight is mentioned as a possibility, but Gonzales says he’s heard they’re preparing the character for the “back door pilot” treatment on Netflix, similar to the Punisher in the second season of Daredevil. ---
**Author:** ![northporlarbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7bcc69/32.png) [@northporlarbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/northporlarbear)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/734642/2 "2015-10-14T17:21:42Z")
I don’t think Netflix has a good production team. I’ve seen the shows they made, but the momentum seemed flat. It’s not just one thing. It is just the general feeling from how the scenes progress. Like a musician with no rhythm. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/734642/3 "2015-10-14T17:30:49Z")
> [@northporlarbear](#): > > I don’t think Netflix has a good production team. I’ve seen the shows they made, but the momentum seemed flat. It’s not just one thing. It is just the general feeling from how the scenes progress. Like a musician with no rhythm. Yeah, most people disagree with you, hence the immense popularity and critical acclaim for the Daredevil series. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/734642/4 "2015-10-14T17:36:08Z")
> [@northporlarbear](#): > > I don’t think Netflix has a good production team. You are in a minority. _House of Cards_, _Orange is the New Black_, _Daredevil_, and _Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt_have received enormous acclaim. A lot of their other, less wildly popular shows, are still quite watchable. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/734642/5 "2015-10-14T18:04:22Z")
Moon Knight, of all superheroes? Bill Sienkewicz is the only one who really seemed to be able to light that one on fire. Admittedly, I haven’t paid attention in more than twenty years… but every other version I’ve ever seen just came across like a bargain basement Batman. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/734642/6 "2015-10-14T18:19:03Z")
> [@Master\_Wang-Ka](#): > > Moon Knight, of all superheroes? Bill Sienkewicz is the only one who really seemed to be able to light that one on fire. Admittedly, I haven’t paid attention in more than twenty years… but every other version I’ve ever seen just came across like a bargain basement Batman. Not having read Sienkewicz, I had pretty much the same opinion on the character. But Warren Ellis did a run on Moon Knight in 2014 that was really, really good. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/734642/7 "2015-10-14T18:25:17Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > You are in a minority. _House of Cards_, _Orange is the New Black_, _Daredevil_, and _Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt_have received enormous acclaim. A lot of their other, less wildly popular shows, are still quite watchable. House of Cards started strong, but I stopped watching it. Daredevil is a OK adaptation of a third rate comic. ---
**Author:** ![northporlarbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7bcc69/32.png) [@northporlarbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/northporlarbear)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/734642/8 "2015-10-14T18:30:23Z")
Well, I couldn’t watch Office nor Dr. Who neither despite me liking such genres, so. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/734642/9 "2015-10-14T18:43:18Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Daredevil is a OK adaptation of a third rate comic. See, I thought it was a damned good adaptation of a third-rate comic. Even better when you compare it to the Ben Affleck movie. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/734642/10 "2015-10-14T19:27:52Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > See, I thought it was a damned good adaptation of a third-rate comic. > > Even better when you compare it to the Ben Affleck movie. Well, yeah, if you put it\* that\* way. Pure Gold then. 😃 (When people say Marvel makes better films than DC, I ask - “Did ya _see_ the Affleck Daredevil?”) ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/734642/11 "2015-10-14T19:44:52Z")
Whoa. Of all the Superheroes left in the Marvel universe- um, I guess that the only non-Spidey, non-Mutant related are pretty much just about Moon Knight or Cloak and Dagger, come to think about it, so not that surprising. I hope they go for the Ultimate version. That one had a murderous Supervillain as one of his personalities. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/734642/12 "2015-10-14T19:51:34Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > (When people say Marvel makes better films than DC, I ask - “Did ya _see_ the Affleck Daredevil?”) Do they respond with “Not made by the folks making Marvel movies, so not at all relevant. Wanna talk about Howard the Duck too?” Moon Knight is a hard character to do because he is essentially a cut-rate Batman with an awkward split-personality mechanic. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/734642/13 "2015-10-14T20:09:33Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > Moon Knight is a hard character to do because he is essentially a cut-rate Batman with an awkward split-personality mechanic. But with superstrength when you want to do a story with superstrength – and none when you want to do a story _without_ superstrength. I’ve seen worse hooks. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/734642/14 "2015-10-14T20:45:34Z")
I think Moon Knight would be an awesome character IF they play him as hopelessly schizophrenic and have the Egyptian god talking to him be totally his imagination. That would be awesome. ---
**Author:** ![ElderSign](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eldersign/32/8263_2.png) [@ElderSign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElderSign)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/734642/15 "2015-10-14T21:58:41Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > Whoa. Of all the Superheroes left in the Marvel universe- um, I guess that the only non-Spidey, non-Mutant related are pretty much just about Moon Knight or Cloak and Dagger, come to think about it, so not that surprising. Assuming Fox has FF rights to Black Panther and The Inhumans, Namor is in legal limbo, and Netflix can’t do Blade, Punisher, Ghost Rider or other Marvel movies: She-Hulk, Nova, Warlock, Ms. Marvel, Cap Marvel, Wonder Man, Hercules, Cap Britain, Alpha Flight, Thunderbolts, Wasp, Giant Man, Sentry, Black Knight, Quasar, Great Lakes Avengers, [and more](http://marvel.com/universe/Category:Heroes). ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/734642/16 "2015-10-14T22:12:25Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > (When people say Marvel makes better films than DC, I ask - “Did ya _see_ the Affleck Daredevil?”) If that’s the only Marvel movie you’ve seen one might have that opinion. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/734642/17 "2015-10-14T22:29:43Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > If that’s the only Marvel movie you’ve seen one might have that opinion. Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Fantastic Four 2015, Howard the Duck, Hulk… ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/734642/18 "2015-10-14T22:37:27Z")
> [@ElderSign](#): > > Assuming Fox has FF rights to Black Panther and The Inhumans, Namor is in legal limbo, and Netflix can’t do Blade, Punisher, Ghost Rider or other Marvel movies: > > She-Hulk, Nova, Warlock, Ms. Marvel, Cap Marvel, Wonder Man, Hercules, Cap Britain, Alpha Flight, Thunderbolts, Wasp, Giant Man, Sentry, Black Knight, Quasar, Great Lakes Avengers, [and more](http://marvel.com/universe/Category:Heroes). The Black Panther movie is due out from Marvel in 2017. The Inhumans movie the year after, but they’re already a major plot point in _Agents of Shield_. Punisher is going to be in _Daredevil_’s second season. Captain Marvel is due in 2019, having just been pushed back again. Wasp was in this year’s _Ant-Man_, in a flashback, and will share title billing in _Ant-Man and Wasp_ in 2018. There’s also rumors of a Ms. Marvel TV series on ABC. Also, the Nova Corps and Adam Warlock’s cocoon both made appearances in _Guardians of the Galaxy_, and technically, having Hank Pym in _Ant-Man_ means that Giant Man was in it too, but it doesn’t appear that MCU Hank ever found the “reverse” switch on his Pym Particles. ---
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/734642/19 "2015-10-14T22:42:04Z")
> [@ElderSign](#): > > Assuming Fox has FF rights to Black Panther and The Inhumans, Namor is in legal limbo, and Netflix can’t do Blade, Punisher, Ghost Rider or other Marvel movies: Marvel’s already announced plans for movies of Black Panther and The Inhumans (and Black Panther’s apparently in _Captain America: Civil War_) and Punisher’s in season 2 of _Daredevil_. Marvel’s apparently still deciding what to do with Blade, so he could turn up on Netflix yet. [Edit: Nuts.] ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/734642/20 "2015-10-14T22:46:45Z")
Wesley Snipes claims he’s talked to Marvel about reprising Blade. But Wesley Snipes is also kinda insane, so grain of salt, and all that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-knight-reportedly-being-developed-for-netflix/734642.md?page=2)