After a long summer and winter and summer and winter again, we finally returned to the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Disney+’s WandaVision, the first MCU release since Spider-Man: Far From Home over a year ago.
Picking up after the events of Endgame, WandaVision follows Wanda Maximoff (also known as Scarlet Witch and played by Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) as the couple enact various sitcoms from the 1950s onward. The series unfolds like a mystery box. Questions are raised and raised… and raised, until episodes reveal the sleight of hand behind early season magic. (There’s even an actual magic show to reinforce how meta everything already is: we’re watching Vision and Wanda; we’re watching others, like spectators and SWORD scientists, watch Vision and Wanda, etc.)
As expected, there’s much speculation on how WandaVision will fit into the next phase of the MCU. The series has already introduced two future Young Avengers with Billy and Tommy. It’s brought in characters from Ant-Man and the Wasp, Thor, and Captain Marvel, and may soon connect the series to the Doctor Strange franchise and the upcoming Disney+ series, Hawkeye. So while the conceit of WandaVision is sitcom, the structure of MCU properties remains expansive comic book.
All that said, will WandaVision live on as its own series with future seasons, or is it merely a prelude to the next stage of the MCU?
Is WandaVision getting a season 2?
There’s no word yet from executives at Disney or Marvel on a possible WandaVision season 2. When asked about season 2 in an interview with Elle, however, Elizabeth Olsen did hint at future developments. “The reason it’s a sitcom shows itself later in the show. When Kevin [Feige] told me, it didn’t feel so bizarre. It felt like a great way to start our story.”
Whether she means “start our story” as in prelude the developments of the first season or set up future seasons—that important distinction—is still unclear. What does seem clear, however, is that WandaVision won’t be a wait-and-see decision for Marvel; with every franchise so meticulously crafted, either season 2 is already in the works, or it will not exist.
What will WandaVision season 2 be about?
Regardless of whether or not WandaVision sees another season, its storyline will ultimately continue. Olsen will appear in the upcoming MCU film Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, currently filming in London and directed by horror and superhero veteran Sam Raimi. Maybe WandaVision takes us there, maybe that film brings us back for a Season 2, but it’s hard to say for sure as of now.
What makes Marvel properties unique is there aren’t rigid barriers between franchises. So while WandaVision may not continue the sitcom shenanigans, we won’t necessarily be done with its many characters—and certainly not with the consequences of its storyline. Twins Billy and Tommy, for instance, are likely to appear in the next MCU phase of films, and, with them, more Scarlet Witch.
Though, there is one character we may have to truly say goodbye to after WandaVision: Vision. He is, you know, dead dead. We’ll see how the season plays out, but it’s not looking promising. Like Wanda, at least we had a season of television with him to bid farewell.
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