Marvel Revisits Moon Knight’s Egyptian Mythology in New Video
A new Marvel compilation returns to Moon Knight’s mythological side, where Steven Grant and Marc Spector face a question that powers alone cannot answer: can their god be trusted?
The short answer: A new Marvel compilation returns to Moon Knight’s mythological side, where Steven Grant and Marc Spector face a question that powers alone cannot answer: can their god be trusted?
The gods are part of the problem in Moon Knight—not simply the backdrop. Marvel’s new video, “Moon Knight's Mythological Characters | Compilation,” published October 22, 2026, turns attention back to the Egyptian mythology at the heart of the series. It is a world where divine power raises a very human question of trust.
The way into that world begins with Steven Grant, a gift-shop employee troubled by blackouts and memories of another life. Steven discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector. As enemies close in, Steven and Marc must navigate their identities while becoming entangled in a deadly mystery involving Egypt’s gods.
Can a god be trusted?
An Entertainment Tonight interview with Ethan Hawke explored that tension through his character, Arthur Harrow, and Harrow’s plan to resurrect Ammit. Discussing the first two episodes, the article also examined Khonshu’s control over his human avatar. Hawke framed Marc and Steven’s struggle as a question of how to use their powers—and whether to trust the god behind them.
And so, I think one of the struggles that Marc/Steven has to figure out, as he understands his role and these powers that he has, is how to use them and can his god be trusted? Ethan Hawke, speaking to Entertainment Tonight
Giving Steven and Marc distinct identities also shaped Oscar Isaac’s work on set. In a March 2022 interview with OutNow, Isaac recalled filming one character before switching to the other during the day. His brother, also an actor, stood in for the character opposite him, helping make those interactions more manageable.
For Isaac, the Egyptian dimension of Moon Knight extended beyond its gods. In the same interview, he said the producers had brought in Egyptian filmmaker Mohamed Diab to help ensure cultural authenticity. Isaac described his own focus as more on the culture than the mythology, drawing a distinction between the supernatural story and the cultural setting around it.
Diab described his own way into the project in an April 2022 interview with TheWrap: a 200-page visual pitch he assembled with his wife, a producer and co-writer. He said the drama shared themes with his smaller films, while its action, comedy and horror offered territory he wanted to explore. He also welcomed the chance to make Moon Knight as independent of wider MCU connections as possible—a story with room to establish its own characters and conflicts.