You think there’s a lot of Marvel programming out there now? Just you wait. Even with the unceremonious cancellation of Daredevil, the slightly more ceremonious cancellation of Iron Fist, and the inevitable cancellations of The Punisher and Jessica Jones (look, we’re not happy about it, either), there will be plenty of Marvel TV coming your way. Indeed, like HYDRA, cut off one Marvel TV show and two more shall take its place. Or in this case, one with two leads.
The first batch of Marvel TV shows on the upcoming Disney Plus streaming service will include Vision And Scarlet Witch, a series about the unlikely pairing of an android and a mutant (?) magic user/probability manipulator. Well, it’s not that unlikely to long time Marvel Comics fans, as Vision and Scarlet Witch were a staple of Avengers comics for many years, and even supported a limited series that detailed their domestic bliss.
Anyway, surprise! We now know that both Vision and Scarlet Witch will be in one piece at the conclusion of Avengers: Endgame, because Marvel and Disney are actively developing this series, hiring Jac Schaeffer (who worked on the Captain Marvel screenplay) as showrunner (via THR). It’s expected to see Paul Bettany and Elizabeth Olsen reprise their big screen roles.
In fact, all of these new Marvel TV shows are set to have more in common with their big screen counterparts than the soon-to-be dearly departed Netflix shows, with bigger budgets and the same marquee stars running wild. Other shows include a Tom Hiddleston fronted Loki series, and Sebastian Stan and Anthony Mackie in a Winter Soldier and Falcon series. You can see how each of these three shows checks a particular Marvel box, from the sci-fi possibilities of Vision and Scarlet Witch to the fantasy elements of Loki, and the action/espionage of Winter Soldier and Falcon.
Disney Plus will launch at some point in 2019, and will likely lead with Star Wars live action series The Mandalorian before we get to one of the Marvel efforts. But as soon as we know any other details, we’ll let you know.