An upcoming Marvel Studios series is an Oklahoma story.
“Echo,” which stars Alaqua Cox as Native American heroine Maya Lopez, will premiere Jan. 10 on Disney+. The title character is Choctaw and the series is set in Oklahoma and New York.
A special screening event was held when the first two episodes were shown Friday, Nov. 3 — Choctaw Day — at Choctaw Casino & Resort in Durant. The Choctaw language and Choctaw music are utilized in the series.
A pre-screening reception was staged at nearby Choctaw Cultural Center in Calera, where Choctaw chief Gary Batton and executive producer/director Sydney Freeland participated in red carpet interviews. Freeland, whose resume includes directing episodes of the shot-in-Oklahoma series “Reservation Dogs,” attended the “Echo” screening and took part in a Q&A session afterward.
The cast of “Echo” features familiar faces (Vincent D’Onofrio/Kingpin; Charlie Cox/Daredevil) from Marvel projects and Indigenous actors from “Reservation Dogs” and “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
Stories about “Echo” and the special Choctaw event are forthcoming.
