Witches and Wizards Team Up In Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

With little more than two weeks before the premiere of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Marvel Studios keeps releasing new teasers for fans hungry for new frames to dissect in search of clues about the Multiverse. The latest teaser for the highly-anticipated sequel focus on the alliance formed by Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen), as the two former Avengers get ready to save every possible dimension. The new teaser opens with Stephen underlining how the Multiverse is dangerous. Unfortunately, that never prevented the Master of Mystic Arts from messing around with multiple dimensions, which will lead to time-space breaking down in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

 

That’s why Stephen decides to enlist the help of Wanda, who goes by the moniker Scarlet Witch after the events of WandaVision. The new teaser features plenty of psychedelic images to illustrate how things can get crazy inside the Multiverse. However, a few frames might hide some of the sequel’s secrets. For instance, we see Stephen looking appalled at a brilliant mystic book. Since WandaVision introduced the Darkhold, a powerful piece of literature, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness could be adding new magical artifacts to the MCU. The new teaser also has a scene where Wanda is trapped in what seems to be the mirror dimension. That could mean she’s under attack by Karl Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor), who’s still determined to free the world from wizards. It could also be a nod to the possible conflict between Stephen and Wanda, as previous trailers and posters suggested that the Scarlet Witch might be a villain in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. To prevent the whole reality from collapsing, Stephen will have to find some powerful reinforcements in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Besides counting on Wanda and his brother-in-arms Wong (Benedict Wong), the wizard will also find a new ally in Xochitl Gomez's America Chavez, a heroine capable of jumping through dimensions. All this backup might not be enough, though, as Stephen will need to deal with several menaces besides Mordo, including extradimensional squid monsters, zombies, and even an evil version of himself. Sam Raimi directs Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness from a script by Jade Bartlett and Michael Waldron. Raimi is also known for helming the Spider-Man trilogy starring Tobey Maguire as the Web-Slinger.

Disney+ Confirms Agatha: House of Harkness

During Disney+ Day on Friday, the company confirmed that an upcoming WandaVision spinoff series titled Agatha: House of Harkness is in the works. The brief announcement said that Kathryn Hahn will reprise her role as Agatha Harkness and WandaVision head writer Jac Schaeffer will return as a screenwriter and executive producer on the series, marking his first project since signing an overall deal with Marvel Studios ad 20th Television. Rumors of a WandaVision spinoff series first surfaced in October, when Variety reported that the project was in the works, citing exclusive information from sources. The outlet said that the then-alleged spinoff was “described by sources as a dark comedy.” Disney did not disclose any further details, and it is currently unknown when the Marvel Cinematic Universe series will premiere. At this time, Disney has said the show is “coming soon.”

 

Who’s been hyping up everything? It’s been Disney+ all along… As Disney+ Day continues, we’re getting information about brand new series popping up left, right and centre including a trio of Marvel spin-off series. After being reported about earlier this year, Marvel Studios has confirmed that Kathryn Hahn’s scene-stealing Agatha Harkness (introduced in WandaVision) will indeed be back in her own show and it’ll be called Agatha: House Of Harkness. Cue the spooky music. She’s not the only one getting her own show. Alaqua Cox’s Echo, soon to be introduced in the imminent Hawkeye series, has had her spin-off confirmed too. Also known as Maya Lopez, Echo is a deaf, Native American superhero with impressive acrobatic martial arts skills. And it’s not just the live-action shows getting spin-offs. If you caught What If…? earlier this year, you’ll have seen Marvel Studios bringing zombified versions of its characters to the screen in a pretty gnarly episode, based on the fan-favourite Marvel Zombies comics. Well, zombie-fever is clearly spreading, because an anime Marvel Zombies show is now coming alive and looking for brains. All that, plus we have the previously-announced Moon Knight, She-Hulk, Ms. Marvel, Ironheart, and Secret Invasion series, the second season of What If…?, the animated I Am Groot, plus the very exciting X-Men ’97, and Spider-Man: Freshman Year. Clear your viewing schedules, people.

WandaVision Trailer Reveals Classic Vision Costume

A new look at Marvel Studios series WandaVision reveals synthetic android Vision (Paul Bettany) in a handmade costume inspired by the classic Marvel comic books. The full trailer, premiered on ABC Sunday during the virtual Emmy Awards, is the latest to pay homage to the costumes worn by Vision and lover Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) in the Silver Age comic books. Both looks are presented here as Halloween costumes sported by the suburban couple in their reality influenced by classic television sitcoms, among them The Dick Van Dyke Show and Bewitched.

Marvel Cinematic Universe architect and producer Kevin Feige has "taken such a risk with the show, and the concept of this show," Bettany previously told IMDb of the "beautifully written" and "f—ing bonkers" WandaVision. "I mean it's so out there and nuts, the choices that they are making."

Following a sneak peek at last year's D23 Expo, where Marvel presented a look at WandaVision spliced with footage from The Dick Van Dyke Show, Bettany said the big-budget series developed by Jac Schaeffer (Black Widow) and directed by Matt Shakman (Game of Thrones) is a "sort of six-hour movie that I would never in a million years ... have thought of."

"It's so avant-garde and weird and messed up and then moves seamlessly into more familiar territory," he told MTV News. "But the place that it starts is so odd."

What seems to be a classic-feeling sitcom transforms into something trippy and weird but with the flavoring of a Marvel Studios blockbuster, according to Schaeffer, who also described WandaVision as a big-screen feature split into six parts.

"I mean, first of all, with Marvel doing Disney+, it's not at all the small screen, you know? It's still the big screen, but streaming," she told Variety during D23 Expo. "And so there's still the same sense of grandeur and the same scope and the same opportunities and the same resources, so it just really feels like an enormous movie. We say it's like a run of a comic, which is just really exciting to do."