Marvel Studios’ Disney Plus streaming series have been rolling out two-episode premieres for quite some time and nothing will change about that when Agatha All Along premieres on September 18th. However, in order to make the Kathryn Hahn-led series the perfect spooky season treat, the studio is making one adjustment to the streaming series’ release schedule.
In Marvel Studios’ Agatha All Along, the infamous Agatha Harkness finds herself down and out of power after a suspicious goth Teen helps break her free from a distorted spell. Her interest is piqued when he begs her to take him on the legendary Witches’ Road, a magical gauntlet of trials that, if survived, rewards a witch with what they’re missing. Together, Agatha and this mysterious Teen pull together a desperate coven, and set off down, down, down The Road…
-Official synopsis for Agatha All Along
Via social media, Marvel Studios revealed the full release schedule for the nine-episode series. In addition to the two-episode premiere, Agatha All Along will also roll out a two-episode series finale, with episodes eight and nine dropping on the night before Halloween!
The nine-episode series was directed by a trio of talent with each responsible for three episodes. In addition to series creator Jac Schaeffer, episodes of Agatha All Along will be directed by Rachel Goldberg (Mayans M.C. and Gen V) and Gandja Monteiro (Wednesday, The Witcher and The Walking Dead: Dead City).
Even though what he does isn’t very nice, Wolverine is, of course, the best there is at what he does. And for two decades, Wolverine was the best there was at carrying Fox’s otherwise unremarkable X-Men franchise on his back with Hugh Jackman carving out an iconic place in film history as Weapon X. Though Jackman thought he’d bowed out of the role following 2017’s Logan, it turned out the actor had one more turn to take, bringing the character into the MCU in 2024’s Deadpool & Wolverine. It’s safe to say that despite the hard work to get back in shape for the role, it was a win for everyone as the film put Marvel Studios back on top at the box office and Jackman admittedly had a great time working with friends Ryan Reynolds and Shawn Levy on the film.
With Deadpool & Wolverine serving as a farewell to the Fox universe and Marvel Studios preparing to move ahead with its own version of the X-Men, rumors have once again begun to fly about who will fill the role of Logan in the MCU. And as word about the roster of the MCU’s team of X-Men hits the web, there is reportedly a leader in the clubhouse to portray Logan…at least in the short term.
According to MCU insider Daniel RPK, Marvel Studios is hopeful that Jackman will stay on as Wolverine, not only for Avengers: Secret Wars but potentially beyond.
The ending of Deadpool & Wolverine seemed to make it fairly clear that the heroic duo’s story had another chapter and rumors about Jackman staying on as Logan for Avengers: Secret Wars have been around for some time. The idea that the star, who is now 55 years old, might stay on beyond 2027 might be a tougher pill to swallow, though he’s seemingly found the fountain of youth. From a storytelling standpoint, having an older, grizzled, Multiverse-saving Logan eventually lead a young team of X-Men in a Wolverine and the X-Men film isn’t honestly as far-fetched as it seems…as long as Jackman is willing to get back in the weight room and don the mask once more.
Marvel Studios used the 2024 summer convention season to highlight its 2025 slates of theatrical and streaming projects. Captain America: Brave New World, Thunderbolts* and The Fantastic Four: First Steps should combine to carry the studio to a very strong box office run next year; however, even with Avengers: Doomsday sure to be a billion dollar blockbuster, the studio’s 2026 slate is otherwise barren, with two as-yet-untitled films scheduled for February 13 and Novemer 6th (and yes, Spider-Man 4 will likely arrive in 2026 but not one one of those dates). With 2025 just around the corner and production dates needing to be set in order to assemble a cast, the studio has to get in gear, especially if it hopes to have a film ready for February 13, 2026…and according to a new report, things might be in motion for one long-anticipated project.
According to Production Weekly (not a rock solid source by any means), Marvel Studios will fill one of those open 2026 dates with a Scarlet Witch solo film starring Elizabeth Olsen. PW reports that WandaVision and Agatha All Along architect Jac Schaeffer and The Marvels scribe Megan McDonnell have teamed up on the script for the untitled feature.
There really is so much more to explore. We still haven’t touched on many of her core storylines from the comics. I don’t know that we saw her under rubble? I saw a tower coming down, and a little red flash. I don’t know what that means.
Though neither the studio nor the Hollywood trades have shared any news about a potential Scarlet Witch film, there might just be some circumstantial evidence to support its existence. After working on Agatha All Along, Schaeffer was dialed in on creating the studio’s Vision Quest series but left the project recently, turning over its development to Star Trek: Picard‘s Season 3 showrunner, Terry Matalas. One might wonder what would take Schaeffer–who created the Wanda/Vision corner of the MCU–away from another series that was her brain child and continued a story she began…and that answer may well be the long-awaited Scarlet Witch solo movie.
Before Marvel Studios’ live-action X-Men reboot hits the screen, the uncanny team of mutant heroes will already have some significant positive momentum. After Fox’s two-decade run of films went out with a whimper, X-Men ’97 led off the all-new, all-different Disney era with a bang, reminding audiences just how exceptional the characters can be with solid storytelling as the foundation. The successful streaming series was shortly followed up by Deadpool & Wolverine which not only brought the two leads into the Marvel Studios Multiverse but also resuscitated interest in seeing Channing Tatum as Gambit after the character’s solo film fell victim to the Disney-Fox merger.
While those projects stood in the spotlight, Marvel Studios continued work on the X-Men project first teased by Kevin Feige at SDCC ’19. With writer Michael Lesslie putting together a script, the studio is closer than ever to putting their own Children of the Atom on screen. Now, a new rumor sheds some light on who will and won’t be on that team.
According to trusted insider Daniel RPK, the first iteration of the MCU’s X-Men will closely resemble the team seen in X-Men ’97…with one notable exception.
While the report doesn’t expand upon which characters from the animated series fans can expect, it seems likely that the following characters would be all but sure bets, should the plan come to fruition.
When the X-Men first appeared in the pages of Marvel Comics in 1963, Charles Xavier’s team consisted of Scott Sommers, Jean Grey, Hank McCoy, Bobby Drake and Warren Worthington III. Obviously, three of those heroes (Scott, Jean and Hank) were featured in X-Men ’97 and should be expected to lead the MCU’s team of mutant heroes.
The Cameo Machine
Kevin Sydney, aka Changeling, aka Morph, doesn’t have the illustrious comic book history that the other X-Men here have; however, as portrayed in X-Men ’97 he offers something no other character can: the potential for limitless cameos which equals the potential for limitless merchandise!
The Giant-Size Additions
In 1975, Len Wein and Dave Cockrum gave the X-Men new life with an all-new, all-different crew that featured Storm, Nightcrawler and Wolverine among others. While Storm and Wolverine are X-Men animated series mainstays, RPK’s report indicates that Wolverine isn’t expected to be part of the new team. That leaves Storm and Nightcrawler to do the heavy lifting which both characters are more than capable of doing.
Dat 90’s Couple, Sugah!
For old-school X-fans, Scott and Jean are the power couple; however, X-Men: The Animated Series offered up a new possibility that has dominated the pages of the comics ever since. Given Channing Tatum‘s performance in Deadpool & Wolverine, it’s almost impossible to imagine that he won’t be back as Gambit. And while fans could debate all day about which character was done dirtiest in Fox’s X-Men movies, if Rogue isn’t near the top of that list, nobody’s listening anyway. These two deserve their time to shine in live-action and Feige may well give it to them.
With the Multiverse Saga still skating on thin ice with fans and the studio reworking its slate on the fly, Marvel Studios has shown no hesitation in making big moves to get fans back in theaters. Deadpool & Wolverine‘s record-breaking box office run showed that the studio does still indeed have a pulse but one big hit won’t convince fans they’re back. The return of Anthony and Joe Russo to direct the next two Avengers films with Robert Downey Jr. set to star in them as Victor Von Doom was certainly a fine next step, even if it wasn’t necessarily as well-received at the time as they had hoped.
The decision to turn to Cretton to helm the next installment of Sony and Marvel Studio’s Spidey franchise isn’t incredibly surprising. Marvel Studios’ Big Cheese, Kevin Feige, clearly has faith in Cretton’s ability to lead a major project such as Spider-Man 4. Cretton was the studio’s original choice to direct Avengers: The Kang Dynasty but as the studio’s vision of the future of the Multiverse Saga evolved, Cretton stepped away. The Kang Dynasty became Doomsday and Cretton went to work on the streaming series Wonder Man and his sequel to 2021’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. And as recently as August 2024, it sounded as though things were progressing nicely on that front according to star Simu Liu. “A lot of it is above my pay grade but it’s definitely happening,” Liu told Press Trust of India. However, the news that Cretton will be sliding into the director’s chair for Spider-Man 4 may change all of that.
Destin is an amazing collaborator who brought a unique perspective and skill to Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings. We had a fantastic time working together on the film and he has so many intriguing ideas for stories to bring to life on Disney+, so we’re thrilled to expand our relationship with him and can’t wait to get started.
-Kevin Feige on Destin Daniel Cretton, December 2021
As rightfully concerned as Disney has been and may remain about the trajectory of the MCU’s Multiverse Saga plans, derailing the sequel to one of the Saga’s most well-received films must be called into question, even when it’s done to get Spider-Man 4 into the good and trusted hands of Cretton. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings stands as one of the studio’s most complete films in the past several years and provided Liu with an opportunity to break out which he has certainly done. As talented as Cretton is, there’s no shortage of other talented directors capable of shepherding the next Spidey film to the screen. Clearly Marvel Studios has MAJOR plans for Spider-Man 4; however, the fact that those plans will come to fruition at the expense of one of the MCU’s more exciting new characters is incredibly unfortunate and something that, for now, we’ll just have to hope the studio remedies.
Andrew Garfield‘s return as Peter Parker/The Amazing Spider-Man in 2021’s Spider-Man: No Way Home was one of the highlights of what is unarguably one of Marvel Studios’ best post-Infinity Saga projects. Garfield showed off his incredible growth as an actor since first taking up the role in 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man by bringing a damaged and reflective Spidey to the screen.
Possibly more enjoyable than his work in the film, however, was his work leading up to it. It was there that Garfield showed his true talents as an actor by denying he had any role in Spider-Man: No Way Home despite plenty of credible intel that he was. In doing so, Garfield joined a long and prestigious list of actors who vehemently denied their roles in Marvel Studios projects. Following the release of the film, Garfield explained that while “the company” made him keep up the lie, “it was kinda fun to do” although it “ruined his reputation” for telling the truth. Now, as rumors continue to swirl that the actor will make another MCU appearance in Spider-Man 4, Garfield is back at work and nobody knows how to take him.
We all came with our own history and with our own relationship to the character in our own films. I think what really was wonderful, and how it unfolded very early on, was Tobey and I felt very aligned and very clear about what our intentions were for being there. Ultimately, it was to serve Tom as an actor and, as characters, serving Tom’s Peter Parker. I think from that place, everything flowed. It enabled Tobey and me to have a bit more fun maybe than we would’ve had if we were the ones fully carrying the story.
-Andrew Garfield on his role in Spider-Man: No Way Home via Marvel.com
During an interview with Indie Wire, Garfield was asked about his potential involvement with Spider-Man 4, which is still in development. “I mean, like the internet is a big place,” Garfield said. “I think there’s a lot of people who will just say anything to get clicks. So you might have been duped, I’m afraid.” Have fans been duped? Or is Garfield once again throwing out the company line?
While the actor’s involvement in Spider-Man 4 is possible, especially given the reception to his return as Spidey in No Way Home, it does seem more likely that he’d return for one or both of the studio’s next two Avengers projects, 2026’s Doomsday and 2027’s Secret Wars. Of course, even set photos of Garfield didn’t convince fans of his role in No Way Home, so until whatever project he’s returning in hits theaters, the actor will be able to continue to have fun deceiving fans.
Ahead of an expected January 2025 start of principal photography, Marvel Studios’ upcoming streaming series, currently referred to as Vision Quest, has begun building out its cast around star Paul Bettany. While there’s still next to nothing known about the project, it’s starting to seem as though the ghostly white rebuilt Vision will have his work cut out for him as he attempts to find his place in a change world.
Just a couple of weeks after it was reported that James Spader had signed on to return to the role of Vision’s daddy robot, Ultron, THR has learned that the synthezoid will also have another villain on his tail in the streaming series. According to Borys Kit, TV vet Todd Stashwick has boarded the project as “an assassin who is on the trail of android and the technology he possesses.“
Stashwick has worked with new Vision showrunner Terry Matalas on both Star Trek: Picard and the SyFy series 12 Monkeys which likely means Matalas wrote the part of the mysterious villain with the actor in mind. Stashwick’s resume as a TV actor extends into the previous century and includes work on series such as Heroes, Justified, FX’s The Riches and Fox’s Gotham, where he played Richard Sionis, aka The Mask.
After being destroyed by Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War, Vision’s shell was confiscated by S.W.O.R.D.. Under the supervision of Marvel Studios’ worst villain ever, Tyler Hayward, Vision was reassembled and reactivated as part of Project Cataract in the streaming series WandaVision. After interacting with Wanda’s Hex version of Vision, the new White Vision left Westview and the next chapter of his story will be told when the Vision Quest series hits Disney Plus, presumably in 2026.
Though there’s been no official word from Marvel Studios that they intend to begin work on the project, Marvel Television head man Brad Winderbaum has been willing to at least confirm that they are working on a Nova series. Now, in a new interview with Phase Zero, Winderbaum revealed which of the two characters who have gone by the name of Nova in the pages of Marvel Comics will lead the show.
After once again confirming to Phase Zero’s Brandon Davis that Nova remains in development, Winderbaum went on to tease what fans can expect from the streaming series. While addressing how Marvel Television might go about bringing a character with such a large collection of Cosmic stories in his background to Disney Plus, Winderbaum revealed that Nova is being developed as “an amazing ensemble piece” before explaining that fans of the comics will know “how heated that Richard Rider kind of world can get.“
And it doesn’t really get any clearer than that, folks…
While the inclusion of Rider as the series’ presumed lead does not preclude the inclusion of Sam Alexander, it would be in the best interest of the studio’s pursuit of longform storytelling to be patient. The studio has previously shown no compunction in choosing to skip over OG comic book heroes in order to put legacy characters front and center in different projects. Winderbaum’s comments seem to indicate that in the case of Nova, the studio will put its greatest Cosmic hero in the spotlight first while likely still leaving room for an understudy to fill the helmet down the road.
Though it has been mildly criticized for doing so, Deadpool & Wolverine took full advantage of the nature of The Void to add some seasoning to the buddy comedy. And while Chris Evans, Jennifer Garner, Daphne Keen and Wesley Snipes each added their own flavor to the mix as part of The Resistance, nobody spiced up the screen as much as Channing Tatum.
After years of trying to bring Gambit to life, Tatum’s portrayal of the Cajun mutant took general audiences by storm as he took on Cassandra Nova and her cronies. Tatum’s Remy LeBeau stole nearly every scene in which he was featured and became a social media darling following the film’s release. Tatum’s character did indeed make a name for himself, so much so that many–including the film’s star Ryan Reynolds–have called for a continuation of Remy’s story in the MCU. In the days following the release of Deadpool & Wolverine, eagle-eyed fans believed they had spotted a way that might allow for that possibility and now Reynolds has confirmed those theories.
A month after the film’s July 26th theatrical release, Reynolds took to social media to share a deleted scene from Deadpool & Wolverine that featured Tatum’s Gambit. Set in The Void following the escape of Wade and Logan, the scene shows Gambit become aware of a magical portal–which Reynolds calls a Marvel Sparkle Circle–opening behind him.
Though it is a deleted scene, Reynolds confirmed that a version of the scene was indeed rolling on a background monitor on the TVA, providing hope that Gambit did escape The Void and could pop up again down the road. With Avengers: Secret Wars set to close the Multiverse Saga and Marvel Studios already hard at work on their own plans for the X-Men, there’s no reason to close the sparkle circle on the possibility of an MCU future for Gambit.
When Marvel Studios WandaVision debuted on Disney Plus in January 2021, fans bemoaned the short runtime of the series episodes. While the early episodes were intentionally short to mimic the runtimes of the classic sitcoms to which the series paid homage, only the fifth episode and final two episodes stretched beyond thirty minutes, credits not included. While it made for easily digestible content, WandaVision’s episode length kicked off the great MCU runtime fiasco that has yet to abate. However, it turns out the studio may have learned something from WandaVision…
In Marvel Studios’ Agatha All Along, the infamous Agatha Harkness finds herself down and out of power after a suspicious goth Teen helps break her free from a distorted spell. Her interest is piqued when he begs her to take him on the legendary Witches’ Road, a magical gauntlet of trials that, if survived, rewards a witch with what they’re missing. Together, Agatha and this mysterious Teen pull together a desperate coven, and set off down, down, down The Road…
-Official synopsis for Marvel Studios’ Agatha All Along
Whether it was always the plan or not, WandaVision spawned a pair of spinoffs in Agatha All Along and the as-yet-untitled Vision series. The first of those series, the nine-episode Kathryn Hahn-led Agatha Harkness series, will debut on Disney Plus in mid-September and has already been screened by some members of the press. And while plot spoilers have remained sealed away, some information on the series has escaped Marvel Studios’ protective hex.
Via Scarlet Witch Updates, the runtimes for the first four episodes of Agatha All Along have made their way online. While none of the episodes will approach an hour, the runtimes all exceed thirty minutes and each is significantly longer than any of the first four episodes of WandaVision.
With Agatha All Along continuing the pattern of Disney Plus series debuting with two episodes, fans will be treated to over an hour of witchy content when the show premieres on September 18th.
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