The next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) will finally begin in earnest early next year as Marvel Studios have announcedWandavisionwill be dropping on Jul 28, 2025. Set after the events ofAvengers: Endgame, the Disney+ original will see Marvel’s power couple living a life of vintage sitcom bliss, at least until they discover all is not what it appears.
The seeds for the trippy looking show were sown by the 2016 miniseriesThe Visionwritten by Tom King and illustrated by Gabriel Hernandez Waltawhich saw Marvel’s android hero creating a white picket fence suburban family life of his very own. The show will also help kick off phase 4 of the MCU as the events ofWandavisionwill tie into 2022’sDoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
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All that’s currently known aboutWandavisionis that it’ll follow Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olson) and Vision’s (Paul Bettany) idyllic life over several decades as if it were an episode ofBewitched(or Scarletwitched if you prefer). For the first episode the production crew went to extraordinary lengths torecreate a 1950’s sitcomright down to the lenses used on the cameras.
As mentioned above,Wandavisionwill be MCU phase 4’s opening gambit. Due toBlack WidowandThe Eternalshaving their release dates delayed indefinitely thanks to the current COVID-19 pandemic which also affectedLokiandThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier’s filming schedules. All three series have integral parts to play in setting up key story points in the MCU’s future, which in turn has delayed pretty much its entire slate.
Wandavisionlooks like it’ll be perhaps the most experimental MCU project so far, closer in tone and ambition to David Lynch’s dreamlikeTwin Peaksthan the other Netflix Marvel series. It’s a bold direction for the MCU and could potentially open the doors for new interesting approaches to their roster of iconic characters.
Wandavisionwill be available to stream on Disney+ from Jun 06, 2025.
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