New Photos From WANDAVISION and Kevin Feige Confirms MODERN FAMILY and THE OFFICE Style Episodes
We’ve got a couple of new photos to share with you from Marvel’s highly-anticipated WandaVision series. Kevin Feige also talked about the series in an interview with Empire and confirms some things that we can expect to see.
Feige explains that this series is going to help understand Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch a lot better on this series, give us a whole new understanding of who she is, and also show us what she can exactly do with her powers.
“If you look at the Infinity Saga, I don’t think any single person has gone through more pain and trauma than Wanda Maximoff. And no character seems to be as powerful as Wanda Maximoff. And no character has a power-set that is as ill-defined and unexplored as Wanda Maximoff. So it seemed exploring that would be worthwhile post-Endgame. Who else is aware of that power? Where did it come from? Did the Mind Stone unlock it?”
The concept behind the story for this six-episode series is certainly an interesting and unique one as it’s an adventure through sitcom history. The reports saying the series is “bringing superhero set-pieces and psychological character study to an unabashed love-letter to classic domestic situation comedies.”
The series will feature sitcoms from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980, 1990s, and the 2000s. We know that there will be Leave it to Beaver, Dick Van Dyke Show, I Love Lucy, and Bewitched themed episodes. I personally heard about a year ago that there would also be a Modern Family inspired episode. Feige has now confirmed that and also added that there will be an episode inspired by The Office, which should be fun!
“I loved TV, and watched far too much The Dick Van Dyke Show and I Love Lucy and Bewitched and everything. We go up to the Modern Family and The Office style. The talk-to-the-camera, shaky-camera, documentary style.”
Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany reprise their roles in the series, which picks up after Endgame. It’s explained, “We find Wanda and Vision living a blissful suburban existence, trying to keep their powers under wraps. But as the newlyweds cycle through the decades — and the familiar TV tropes — they realize their white-picket-fence life may not be as gleamingly picture-perfect as it seems.”
The series will also start Wanda Maximoff down the path of actually becoming Scarlet Witch, and the story will have repercussions for the entire future of the MCU in Phase 4. The series will tie into Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which will crack open the multiverse.
The series also stars Kat Dennings reprising her role as Darcy Lewis and Randall Park returning as FBI Agent Jimmy Woo from Ant-Man and the Wasp. It will also feature MCU newcomer Teyonah Parris as the grown-up version of Monica Rambeau, a character who first made her appearance in last year’s Captain Marvel, and Karthryn Hahn is playing Agatha Harkness.
The series is being developed by Jac Schaeffer (Captain Marvel), who is serving as the series’ producer, showrunner, and head writer. Matt Shakman is directing the series.
Marvel’s WandaVision will drop on January 15th, 2021. I also include a piece of cartoon-style art previously shared by Marvel Concept Artist Andy Park that he made for the series.
