Echo trailer focuses on the TV-MA Marvel series’ connection to Kingpin and Daredevil

The Echo character’s connection to Kingpin and Daredevil is the focus of the latest trailer for the Marvel series

Marvel’s Echo series marks the launch of the company’s Marvel Spotlight banner, which will be their platform for “more grounded, character-driven stories” that don’t require a knowledge of “larger MCU continuity” – although the show does serve as a follow-up to the Hawkeye series and has ties to the Netflix Daredevil show and the upcoming Disney+ show Daredevil: Born Again. All of these connections are made clear in the most recent trailer for Echo, which uses stock footage from Hawkeye and Daredevil up front. You can watch it in the embed above.

The Echo character was introduced in the pages of the Daredevil comic book back in 1999, so it’s fitting that her show will have firm ties to Daredevil.

All five episodes of Echo will be available to watch on Disney+ as of January 9th, but subscribers will have to set their Disney+ profile to TV-MA to be able to access the show. Created by Marion Dayre, Echo has the following set-up: After the events of Hawkeye in New York City, Maya Lopez is being pursued by Wilson Fisk’s organization, leading her to return to her hometown in Oklahoma, where she must come to terms with her past, reconnect with her Native American roots, and embrace her family and community.

Alaqua Cox stars as Maya Lopez / Echo and is joined in the cast by Chaske Spencer, Tantoo Cardinal, Devery Jacobs, Zahn McClarnon, Cody Lightning, and Graham Greene, with Vincent D’Onofrio as Wilson Fisk / Kingpin and Charlie Cox showing up as Matt Murdock / Daredevil.

Dayre served as head writer with Amy Rardin, with other writers including Josh Feldman, Steven P. Judd, Ken Kristensen, Ellen Morton, Jason Gavin, Shoshannah Stern, and Chantelle Wells. The episodes were directed by Sydney Freeland and Catriona McKenzie. Some reactions to the first two episodes of the Echo series can be read HERE.

I’m a fan of the Echo character and enjoyed seeing Alaqua Cox play her in Hawkeye, so I’m looking forward to watching the Echo show. What did you think of the Kingpin / Daredevil trailer? Will you be watching Echo next week? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

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Some kids want to be outside, riding bikes and playing sports. When he was a kid, Cody Hamman preferred to stay indoors, reading novels and comic books or watching movies and TV shows. A passionate fan of the horror genre since the age of 3 (which was way back in the 1980s), Cody is now a news editor and film critic for Arrow in the Head, the horror arm of JoBlo.com, and writes scripts for videos that are released through the JoBlo Originals and JoBlo Horror Originals YouTube channels. In his spare time, he’s a globe-trotting digital nomad, runs a personal blog called Life Between Frames, and writes novels and screenplays. So basically, he’s usually busy writing something, and when he’s not writing he can probably be found watching or reading something. He can tolerate spending some time outdoors, but soon enough he’ll be eager to get back to typing on the keyboard.