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VisionQuest Needs To Fix the MCU’s Biggest Loose End Ahead of ‘Avengers: Doomsday’
Marvel Studios once again dominated Hall H at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, unveiling a slate of announcements that included Ryan Gosling as Ghost Rider and David Jonsson taking up the mantle of Black Panther for Black Panther 3. What fans might have missed was the fact that Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige confirmed that VisionQuest, which centers on Paul Bettany‘s Vision, is slated for release on October 14. It’s also the final release before Avengers: Doomsday hits theaters, meaning that it’s the final chance for the Marvel Cinematic Universe to address one of its long-standing mysteries.
VisionQuest has been billed as the final part of a “trilogy” that encompasses the first MCU television series, WandaVision, and its sequel, Agatha All Along. WandaVision focused on the love story between Vision and Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen), aka the Scarlet Witch; the downside was that Wanda was using her powers to enslave the town of Westview and resurrect the Vision after his death in Avengers: Infinity War. Eventually, a new version of the Vision was formed, eventually regaining the original’s memories but lacking his emotions, and Wanda would eventually perish at the end of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. It’s this death that VisionQuest needs to address, especially considering the story it’s telling with Vision.
‘VisionQuest’ Should Address Vision’s Reaction to Wanda’s Death
One of the elements that drew fans to WandaVision, other than its clever concept of placing superheroes in sitcoms, is the idea of Wanda and Vision striving to have a married life. That includes living in a house together and having children in the form of twins Tommy and Billy. Even though Wanda constructed a false world to live in, the memories she shared with the real Vision are still intact. It’s this attempt to rediscover his emotions that fuels VisionQuest, according to Bettany’s comments during a panel at last year’s New York Comic Con.
“What’s different about Vision right now is that Red Vision gave [White] Vision all of his memories, including the memories from within the Hex, but White Vision is having real difficulty sort of connecting to them. So he has the memories, but he doesn’t have the emotion and the feelings. White Vision’s journey during the show is about his attempt to connect to those memories of who he was — but with lasers.”
Those emotional bonds are set to be tested throughout VisionQuest, as Vision is set to encounter his “father,” Ultron (James Spader), and a grown-up version of Tommy (Ruaridh Mollica), who was resurrected by Billy following the events of Agatha All Along. The series should go the full mile and showcase how Vision reacts to Wanda’s death, since his love for her was a major factor in his developing emotions. Since the WandaVision trilogy is no stranger to emotionally devastating viewers, and showrunner Terry Matalas has proven that he can deliver some compelling genre fare thanks to his work on Star Trek: Picard, VisionQuest has a chance to deliver some of the most compelling moments in the MCU if it plays its cards right.
‘VisionQuest’ Could Potentially Address an ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ Fan Theory
Prior to the VisionQuest news at Marvel Studios’ Hall H panel, the Scarlet Witch was the focus of discussion for entirely different reasons. At Marvel’s booth on the SDCC con floor, there was a series of costumes from Avengers: Doomsday, including the “Latverian Witches,” who seemingly aid Doctor Doom (Robert Downey Jr) in his goals. Each of the Latverian Witches had a different colored robe, making fans think that one of them would have a red robe and therefore leading to Wanda Maximoff making her surprise return. It’s not a stretch to imagine that VisionQuest could touch on this in some way; perhaps the end of the series will reunite Wanda and Vision. After all, it’s hardly the first time a character who seemingly died in the MCU came back to life.
VisionQuest is also making its debut at a strange time, as Marvel Television’s slate is winding down with the surprise cancellation of Wonder Man. In many ways, it isn’t just ending an unofficial trilogy of series, but a whole era at Marvel Television, and it needs to address Wanda’s death before the curtain falls.
VisionQuest premieres on Disney+ on October 14, 2026.
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Disney+
- Directors
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Christopher J. Byrne, Gandja Monteiro
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Marvel Cinematic Universe
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