Marvel's 'Eyes of Wakanda' Changes Streaming Premiere Date
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Marvel fans anxious to see the new animated anthology series "Eyes of Wakanda" aren't going to have to wait as long. Entertainment Weekly reports that the series, previously slated for an August 27 release, will now stream on Disney+ as soon as next Friday, August 1.
All four episodes of the series will stream on Disney+ on the premiere date.
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The news comes from "Eyes of Wakanda" director and showrunner Todd Harris, who spoke to EW about the show just before San Diego Comic Con got underway.
Disney+'s "Eyes of Wakanda."
Disney+'s "Eyes of Wakanda."
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"My goal for the whole show was to do the thing that a movie has trouble doing, which is making the world bigger," Harris told EW. "It is a nation with multiple zip codes."
"It was mostly just expanding the backdrop of the world that [Ryan Coogler] was able to establish, with just a little bit more time and a few more opportunities at the watering hole. These things have been around for this long, really spreading out the mythology of Wakanda."
Like another recent animated anthology project, Hulu's "Predator: Killer of Killers," the action in "Eyes of Wakanda" jumps across the centuries from one story to the next.
Noni (Winnie Harlow) is the hero of the first episode. She's a former member of the Dora Milaje and now up for a role in the Hatut Zaraze, Wakanda's own covert ops organization.
According to Harris's description, Noni has a bit of a rebellious spirit. He describes her as "a James Bond version of a Dora who just doesn't tow the company line."
Harris says that with "Eyes of Wakanda" he sought to reach "to the weird corners in the Marvel universe to see what we can get away with." One of the things he's gotten away with is bringing the hero Iron Fist into "Eyes of Wakanda," but presumably not the one played by Finn Jones.
In the source material, the Danny Rand version of Iron Fist played by Finn Jones is just one of many heroes who have carried the Iron Fist title. We don't know much about this new Iron Fist yet, but it's possible we could get a Wakandan Iron Fist.
Regardless of where this new Iron Fist is from, fans will be able to find out Friday, August 1 when "Eyes of Wakanda" debuts on Disney+.
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