With Ironheart now streaming in its entirety and The Fantastic Four: First Steps now launching its theatrical run, Marvel Television’s Eyes of Wakanda has moved into the on deck circle. Described as the story of “brave warriors” who “throughout Wakandan history have been tasked to travel the world retrieving dangerous vibranium artifacts,” Eyes of Wakanda “fits right into our sacred MCU timeline continuity,” according to Marvel TV boss Brad Winderbaum, allowing it to reframe the MCU timeline.
This is the history of Wakanda as told through the War Dogs.
-Brad Winderbaum on Eyes of Wakanda
Created under Black Panther franchise writer/director Ryan Coogler‘s Proximity Media banner and directed by Todd Harris, one episode of Eyes of Wakanda, according to reports, is set during the time of the Trojan War. While it seems historians are all over the place when trying to pin down exactly when the Trojan War took place–if at all–an episode set during it would likely take place in the 12th or 11th century B.C., stretching the known timeline of the MCU.
The four-episode series was set to hit D+ on August 27th; however, as revealed by EW, the project will now debut on the streamer on August 1st.
“The highs and lows [of anticipation], when it’s coming out, when we completed it, public perception, when we can talk about all those kinds of things…. There’s been so many ups and downs in the waves of those that I’ve just become numb to it,” series creator Todd Harris told EW about the move.
Marvel Animation’s new action-adventure series Eyes of Wakanda follows the adventures of brave Wakandan warriors throughout history. In this globe-trotting adventure, the heroes must carry-out dangerous missions to retrieve Vibranium artifacts from the enemies of Wakanda. They are the Hatut Zaraze and this is their story.
-Official Synopsis for Eyes of Wakanda
“My goal for the whole show was to do the thing that a movie has trouble doing, which is making the world bigger,” he explained. “It is a nation with multiple zip codes. It was mostly just expanding the backdrop of the world that Ryan 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.”
According to a press release, Eyes of Wakanda will feature the voices of Winnie Harlow, Cress Williams (Black Lightning) as The Lion, Patricia Belcher (Bones), Larry Herron (Hello Neighbor: Welcome to Raven Brooks), Adam Gold, Lynn Whitfield (The Chi), Jacques Colimon (The Society), Jona Xiao (Hightown), Isaac Robinson-Smith (X-Men ’97), Gary Anthony Williams (Batman: Caped Crusader), Zeke Alton (Dungeon Masters), Steve Toussaint (House of the Dragon) and Anika Noni Rose (the voice of Jasmine in the Princess and the Frog).
Source: EW
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