This isn’t entirely the case in the comic books – even though it is Danny Rand who extinguishes the Beast from Matt Murdock in Shadowland – as the mythologies of the Iron Fist and The Hand are rooted in differing cultures respectively. In this year’s New York Comic-Con, it was confirmed in a clip from Iron Fist that the Hand was/is the sworn enemy of the Iron Fist. The tie-in to the Beast I’m referring to comes later in the Iron Fist story, when an eighth city, rumored to be a kingdom ruled by demons, is revealed to secretly exist away from the prying eyes of the Seven Cities. There are seven known kingdoms (or cities as they are referred to in the comics) collectively referred to as the Seven Capital Cities of Heaven, with Iron Fist’s K’un L’un being one of them. The Iron Fist is an example of these weapons, a mantle passed onto generations. Added late to the story in Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker’s character-defining Iron Fist storyline, Immortal Weapons are basically protectors chosen by their respective mystical kingdoms to defend and represent them. Immortal Weapons, like The Beast, are a retroactive addition to Iron Fist mythology. This, of course, is set to get even bigger once Iron Fist premieres, as it introduces dragon-slaying monks, molten fists and living Immortal Weapons to general audiences all of which could potentially tie into this Beast I’m rambling about. Worshipped by the deep cuts Hand sect called the Snakeroot, the Beast is a bit more ambitious in scope compared to the crime bosses we’ve come to familiarize ourselves with but given the recent introduction of mystical ideas from the likes of Doctor Strange, Ghost Rider, and the 2017’s Iron Fist, a grander precedent is clearly being set in the MCU, the likes of which are already evident in the two seasons of Daredevil with undead ninjas and all. Retroactively introduced to the Hand mythos by Frank Miller in 1986, the Beast has often been portrayed an endgame of sorts for the Hand an end to all the violent means.
The monster within sig weaver tv#
If Marvel had to secure the title of the Night Nurse for Rachel McAdams‘ non-existent role in Doctor Strange (a role that is the entire embodiment of Rosario Dawson’s character), what chance does Marvel TV have of securing the dibs on Mephisto, the devil of the Marvel Universe? However, with that being said, I do think she’s playing a demonic entity called The Beast, the demon worshiped by the Hand. Right now, the most common speculation out there is now is that she’s playing Mephisto, an idea I find preposterous for the reason that Mephisto is too much of a major league Avengers-tier villain and a potential Marvel Studios get rather than a Marvel TV one. We know that the Hand is the big bad thanks to the teaser, Elektra’s being resurrected and Stick is a key character in the series. There are a few facts about the show that inform us who Sigourney could end up playing. And one of the biggest questions surrounding that show is who the hell is Sigourney Weaver playing.
And in the middle of all that, we have Sigourney Weaver playing the who-the-hell-knows villain that will unite the four hallway fighters in The Defenders. As a bookend for 2017, we’re going to see Cate Blanchett tear Asgard a new hole as Hela, Queen of Hel when she brings for the twilight of the gods. To kick things off in 2017, we have Elizabeth Debicki’s villainous role of Ayesha as the big bad of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. We’ve seen a handful of them – mostly on TV – in the past but never as abundant as we’re getting in the next year or so.
One of the commendable aspects in this part of the development of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the increasing number of female villains we’re getting.