'WandaVision' Trailer: Marvel Flips Through Different Era Of Classic Television For Trippy New Disney+ Series

Set after the events of “Avengers: Endgame,” Disney+‘s “WandaVision” focuses on the heroes Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) as they settle down in the small suburban town of Westview. There’s one problem. The Vision died in the previous film “Avengers: Infinity War.” So how is is that this android humanoid still alive? Well, that’s what audiences hope to find out in “WandaVision,” and it may very well have to do with , who plays Wanda, and her vague comments about “mental illness” and how they may apply to the story.

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The story seems to be center on their suburban lives and hiding their superpowers from neighbors. However, things aren’t as they appear, however. As the couple warps through different decades and their affected TV tropes, Wanda and Vision suspect there’s something illusory going on and begin to peel away the veneer of their sitcom-like domestic idyll. This is where the real story will emerge.

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Other minor characters from recent Marvel films return, too, and new ones with indirect connections to Marvel franchises. Randall Park is back as FBI agent Jimmy Woo from the “Antman” films, Teyonah Parris plays a grown-up Monica Rambeau from “Captain Marvel,” and Kat Dennings is a former intern for Jane Foster, the former love interest of “Thor.” Kathryn Hahn, also appears as the mysterious character Agnes, who may or may not be a Marvel villain from the comics.

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The show’s initial run is only six episodes but has a $150 million budget, a colossal amount for a TV show. The show also weds style and atmosphere from sitcoms old and new with faithful retellings of storylines straight from the comics.  

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Head writer Jac Shaeffer also wrote “Captain Marvel” and the still-in-limbo “Black Widow,” while director Matt Shakman has experience directing all kinds of different TV shows.  

Kevin Feige and company must have a lot of confidence in “WandaVision” if such an off-beat project is on the frontlines for Phase 4, much less one debuting on a relatively new platform like Disney+. . Audiences find out how special it is on Friday, January 15, 2021, when “WandaVision” premieres.