It’s officially a new year at Disney+. And starting this morning, there are a whole lot of new shows on the streaming app. Disney also launched a fun new trailer for everything coming out over the span of the next 12 months. Perhaps most exciting is the news thatWandaVisionis getting an early 2020 release date instead of its originally announced spring 2021 debut. you may check out the teaser direct from Disney+.
WandaVisionwas officially announced over the summer, with news about the exciting new Marvel TV show dropping between San Diego Comic-Con and Disney’s big D23 expo. What we see in the above trailer is the same concept art that has been previously shown off at these various conventions. It has a very ’60s sitcom vibe, with Vision and Scarlet Witch living an Ozzie and Harriet lifestyle. How is this possible? Especially with the death of Vision inAvengers: Infinity War? We’re not sure yet.
2020 is going to be another big year for Marvel after the blockbuster 2019 they had. This past year saw the release ofCaptain Marvel,Avengers: EndgameandSpider-Man: Far From Home, three of the top ten releases these past 12 months. Now, in the months ahead, we can not only look forward toWandaVision, but we’ll also be getting a second Disney+ TV series inThe Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which was originally supposed to be the onlyDisney+Marvel series coming in 2020.
WandaVision will tie directly into the Doctor Strange sequel, which hits theaters in spring 2021, which was supposed to coincide with the show’s release date. On the movie side of things, 2020 will see Scarlett Johansson in her first standaloneBlack Widowadventure, andThe Eternals, which features an all-star cast taking to the cosmic side of the MCU.
Elizabeth Olsen returns inWandaVisionas Scarlet Witch, akaWanda Maximoff, who has never been called by her superhero alias on screen. That will all change withWandaVision, as the words ‘Scarlet Witch’ will be spoken for the first time. Elizabeth Olsen first played the role inAvengers: Age of Ultronafter the character appeared in the mid-credits scene forCaptain America: The Winter Soldier. Wanda would go onto appear several more times, with featured roles inCaptain America: Civil War,Avengers: Infinity War,Avengers: Endgameand a quick shot inSpider-Man: Far From Home. Elizabeth will continue the character on the big screen inDoctor Strange 2.
Also appearing alongside her inWandaVisionis Paul Bettany, who will reprise his role as Vision. It is not yet clear how he will be resurrected after he died at the hands of Thanos. Also returning from the MCU is Kat Dennings as Darcy Lewis from theThormovies. And Randall Park as FBI agent Jimmy Woo from theAnt-Manfranchise.
WandaVisionis also bringing in Teyonah Parris, a grown-up version of the character first introduced inCaptain Marvel.WandaVisionis currently shooting, though we don’t get to see any footage here. This news comes direct from theDisney+ Twitter.
