This week, Disney announced that production for the show has begun in Atlanta.
to get to move forward, she must face her past and reconnect with her Native American roots.
Cox herself grew up on the Menominee Indian Reservation in Wisconsin.
Alaqua Cox as Maya Lopez on ‘Echo’.Chuck Zlotnick/Marvel Studios
“We need more real, authentic Native actresses,” Cox told EW last year.
“Now we have more Native American roles in Hollywood.
We’re breaking boundaries, breaking barriers, and to be honest, making history too.
So that’s what is so cool about these shows and being involved in them.”
There’s Native American and Indigenous talent working behind the scenes ofEcho, too.
Episodes of the series will be directed by Sydney Freeland (Navajo) and Catriona McKenzie (Gunaikurnai).
In current continuity, she is even the host for the cosmic Phoenix Force.
Big things are ahead for Maya.
Check out the first look photo above, and get ready forEchoin 2023.
