Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige has spearheaded the Marvel Cinematic Universe for the reason that starting and was additionally largely liable for its creation. After being the reigning king of Hollywood, Marvel Studios has forayed into tv with WandaVision.
WandaVision brings again Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff and Paul Bettany’s Vision from MCU motion pictures and throws them into basic sitcom-like conditions to some actually weird outcomes.
Jac Schaeffer is the showrunner and Matt Shakman has directed the episodes of WandaVision. Teyonah Parris, Kathryn Hahn, Kat Dennings and Randall Park additionally star.
During the worldwide press convention concerning the present, Kevin Feige revealed that Wanda and Vision going small-screen was to do one thing that was not potential on the large display. Only the tv format might accommodate WandaVision’s elaborate settings and themes.
“This was Marvel Studios’ first TV show with the cast and amazing characters that we’d seen in movies. And the idea always was, to do something that could not be done as a feature,” Feige mentioned. “That plays with the format and plays with the medium. And there were a lot of meetings before people actually sort of understood what we were trying to go for, and we’re only sitting here because Jac and Matt did. And we’re able to turn a whacky idea into a spectacular show.”
And WandaVision is whacky certainly. As already talked about, the present and its comedic and bizarre facets take inspiration from basic sitcoms. But what in regards to the darker stuff within the present?
Feige defined, “Well, we often talked about, when we were in our period sitcoms, that when something shifted from say a Dick Van Dyke or an I Love Lucy style into something that was outside of that, it was going into kind of a Twilight Zone. You know, we were thinking about what were the period shows that addressed the odd and the strange, and how could we embrace that?”
WandaVision premieres on January 15 on Disney+ Hotstar Premium with two episodes.
