Marvel’s Echo: Release date, cast and latest news for Hawkeye spin-off
Alaqua Cox returns for her Hawkeye spin-off series Echo focusing on Maya Lopez.
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Hawkeye.
We finally have a release date for Echo, the Hawkeye spin-off coming to Disney Plus!
The upcoming series, which stars Alaqua Cox as Echo, the MCU's first deaf superhero, is also unique in that it will be Marvel's first series to drop all at once, meaning fans will not have that excruciating wait to find out what happens next.
The new series will continue the story of Echo/Maya Lopez, the adoptive daughter of Kingpin, who was last seen seeking bloody revenge on him for his involvement in the death of her biological father.
"What a journey this has been. This is only the second role I’ve ever had," Cox said on stage at D23 when a trailer was first unveiled, adding: "This is such an amazing feeling. To only be my second lead. It’s great."
Joining Cox in Echo are Vincent D’Onofrio as Wilson Fisk/Kingpin, Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock AKA Daredevil, Zahn McClarnon as William Lopez, and Devery Jacobs as Julie.
Read on for everything you need to know about Marvel's Echo.
Marvel's Echo release date
Echo will hit Disney Plus on 10th January2024
It's a little later than expected given that fans were hoping for a summer then a November 2023 release, but here's hoping it will be worth the wait!
Marvel’s Echo cast
The following cast members have been confirmed for Echo.
- Alaqua Cox as Echo/Maya Lopez
- Charlie Cox as Daredevil/Matt Murdock
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Kingpin/Wilson Fisk
- Zahn McClarnon as William Lopez
- Devery Jacobs as Bonnie
- Chaske Spencer as Henry
- Tantoo Cardinal as Chula
- Cody Lightning as Cousin Biscuits
- Graham Greene as Skully
Alaqua Cox will reprise her role as Echo/Maya Lopez from Hawkeye in the new spin-off series.
Meanwhile, it was also confirmed at San Diego Comic-Con that Vincent D'Onofrio will reprise his role as her surrogate father, Kingpin/Wilson Fisk after their scenes in Hawkeye.
Fisk's nemesis, Daredevil/Matt Murdock, will also appear in the series, with Charlie Cox reprising the role, having appeared in both Spider-Man: No Way Home and She-Hulk: Attorney At Law prior to this.
Other cast members confirmed to be starring in the series include Chaske Spencer (The English), Tantoo Cardinal (Killers of the Flower Moon), Devery Jacobs (Reservation Dogs), Cody Lightning (Hey, Viktor!), Graham Greene (Wind River) and Zahn McClarnon (Westworld), reprising his role as Maya's deceased father, William Lopez.
Jacobs is set to play a new character named Julie, but little is known about her role besides the name.
Despite the dramatic events of the Hawkeye season 1 finale, Fra Fee is keen to return as Maya's former friend and fellow Tracksuit Mafia member Kazimierz "Kazi" Kazimierczak, who tragically died by her hand.
He told RadioTimes.com earlier in December 2021: “I mean, are you kidding? Of course, I would love to be part of it. But my phone is on at the moment, and there hasn’t been a phone call just yet. We’ll just have to wait and see. Who knows?”
We should also not rule out cameos from fellow Hawkeye cast members Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner), Kate Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld) and Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh).
Marvel’s Echo plot speculation
A synopsis for the series states that the series will tell "the origin story of Echo" and will revisit "Maya Lopez, whose ruthless behaviour 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."
We suspect that while the Echo series will pick up after the events of Hawkeye, it will have plenty of flashbacks to Maya's life before she went on her quest for revenge against Ronin, especially given McClarnon's return as Maya's father, who died before the events of Hawkeye.
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The series will likely continue to focus on Maya's relationship with the Kingpin and her criminal connections, even if she is attempting to forge a new destiny.
The final episode of Hawkeye saw Maya turn her back on the Tracksuit Mafia and lose her beloved best friend Kazi.
Confronting a wounded Fisk in her final scene, Maya pointed her gun at the man responsible for the death of the two most important people in her life and Fisk tried to talk his way out of it.
The camera panned upwards as we heard a shot ring out and the sound of a body dropping down.
Did Maya really kill the Kingpin? It seems not considering D'Onofrio will be portraying Fisk in the series.
We will be sure to update this page as soon as official details emerge.
Is there a trailer for Marvel's Echo show?
A trailer was shown at Marvel's D23 panel in September 2022, but the footage is yet to be released online.
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