FIVE NEWS. I HOPE THAT IT'S EXTREMELY PROUD FOR OUR TRIBAL MEMBERS TO SEE OUR CULTURE, OUR HISTORY, OUR LANGUAGE BEING DISPLAYED ON THE BIG SILVER SCREEN. A PROJECT TWO YEARS IN THE MAKING, ABOUT TO BE RELEASED. OKLAHOMANS CAN ENJOY THE LATEST MARVEL SERIES ECHO IN JUST A FEW HOURS. THIS STORY FOLLOWS A YOUNG GIRL WHO'S ON A MISSION TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HER CHOCTAW NATION ROOTS.
MIKE SCHULTZ ABIGAIL OGLE. JOINING US IN STUDIO HERE. AFTER LEARNING A BIT MORE ABOUT THIS SERIES. ABBY. GUYS, IT'S REALLY EXCITING. AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ECHO. IT FOLLOWS MAYA LOPEZ, WHO IS CURRENTLY LIVING IN NEW YORK, BUT RECENT REBELLIOUS BEHAVIOR FORCES HER TO GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH HER NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE. NOW BEHIND THE CAMERA, MARVEL MADE SURE THAT CHOCTAW NATION WAS INVOLVED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS PROJECT, DATING BACK TWO YEARS AGO. THE TRIBE EVEN TOLD KOCO FIVE THAT ANY TIME THERE WAS A SCENE INVOLVING LANGUAGE, FOOD, SONGS, TRADITIONAL DRESS, STICKBALL, SOMEONE FROM THE CHOCTAW NATION WAS THERE IN PERSON TO MAKE SURE THINGS STAYED AUTHENTIC. THIS PUTS OUR CULTURE ON A SCALE THAT IT'S PROBABLY NEVER BEEN BEFORE. ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT REALLY STUCK OUT TO ME IS ON ONE OF THE YOUTUBE VIDEOS. I THINK MAYBE IT WAS THE TRAILER THAT THEY PUT OUT, BUT SOMEBODY EVEN SAID, I'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF THE CHOCTAW PEOPLE. AND YOU THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT AND THE OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS FOR US TO TO SHARE OUR CULTURE NOT ONLY TO TRIBAL MEMBERS, BUT TO NON-TRIBAL MEMBERS ALL AROUND THE WORLD AND MARVEL HAS REALLY OPENED UP THAT DOOR FOR US.
MARVEL STUDIOS SCREENED THE FIRST TWO EPISODES OF ECHO DURING CHOCTAW. NATION'S ANNUAL POWWOW BACK IN NOVEMBER, WHICH FAIRCHILD, WHO YOU JUST HEARD FROM, TOLD US WAS INCREDIBLE. WE DID ASK IF THERE COULD BE ANOTHER SEASON IN THE WORKS. NO COMMENT AT THIS POINT, BUT.