With Disney+ having previously set a January 15th, 2021 debut for the WandaVision series, we’ve been getting a slew of teasers for it. And by teasers we’re talking of the 15-second variety that were hard to distinguish between each other as they focused on small aspects of the property. now, with the show just a week and a half away, Marvel has brought out a new minute-long promo that shows off a lot of new footage and provides a few more hints as to the nature of this project.
The series has Jac Shaeffer as the showrunner with Matter Shakman directing the first episode that Shaeffer wrote. The planned six-episode miniseries has a $150 million budget.
The cast includes:
- Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch:
- Paul Bettany as Vision
- Teyonah Parris as Monica Rambeau
- Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis
- Randall Park as Jimmy Woo
- Kathryn Hahn
While financially I’m sure it’s sucked for Marvel Studios, having an 18-month gap between projects may be the best thing for the studio overall and for the MCU.
Avengers: Endgame was huge and “exhausting” back in April 2019 after following up on Avengers: Infinity War. We then had some smaller lighter fun with Spider-Man: Far From Home in July 2019. If this year had gone with Black Widow in May and I believe Eternals by November, it would have just been the oncoming push of the next phase. And a lot of us would be excited.
But now? Black Widow is surely getting pushed to 2021 as domestic films just aren’t making the coin they need to sustain.
WandaVision will be the only new thing and likely my guess is a Thanksgiving bow or just after to start up after The Mandalorian is at least halfway through its season.
And that’ll be the only project this year. Something small with characters a lot didn’t care for in the film but may check out on the service. And it’s going to deliver the weirdness. It’s a “soft” easing back into the MCU but without the familiar structure and flow of their very polished (and enjoyable) films.
Plot Concept: The series is a blend of classic television and the Marvel Cinematic Universe in which Wanda Maximoff and Vision—two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
WANDAVISION!!! Official D23 poster I had the honor of painting during the early concept phase of preproduction. This @DisneyPlus show is gonna be something totally fresh.. & weird! #ElizabethOlsen #PaulBettany @DisneyD23 #D23Expo #D23Expo2019 #Disney+ @MarvelStudios #WandaVision pic.twitter.com/VJU4p05Pmb
— Andy Park (@andyparkart) August 25, 2019
