Summary

  • Vision Quest is a new Marvel Studios Disney+ show following the events of WandaVision.
  • Schitt's Creek star Emily Hampshire joins the cast as the AI system E.D.I.T.H.
  • The series will include returning villains Ultron and Raza, as well as the AI character Jocasta.

Despite somewhat diminishing returns, Marvel Studios continues plowing forward with original Disney+ shows set in the MCU. One of the biggest series coming down the pike is the WandaVision spinoff, currently shooting under the working title Vision Quest, and it just cast a beloved sitcom star.

2021's WandaVision was the first original series Marvel Studios ever produced for Disney+, and it was a runaway success. Many fans believe it is still the best television show the MCU has released (with all due respect to Loki and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, of course). As such, it already has one nearly-as-beloved spinoff in 2024's Agatha All Along and a second one, Vision Quest, on the way as well. Created by Terry Matalas, a man best known for his work on beloved sci-fi series such as 12 Monkeys and Star Trek: Picard, Vision Quest will follow Paul Bettany's titular Avenger after the events of WandaVision. Now, a Schitt's Creek star is joining the MCU for some superheroic shenanigans.

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Deadline is reporting that Emily Hampshire of Schitt's Creek fame is set to join Vision Quest as E.D.I.T.H., the augmented reality tactical defense AI system created by Tony Stark in the event of his death. E.D.I.T.H. Was last seen as a major player in 2019's Spider-Man: Far From Home when gifted to Peter Parker and was voiced by Dawn Michelle King. Given what is known about Vision Quest, it comes as no great shock that E.D.I.T.H. Would be involved in the show somehow. However, Hampshire's casting suggests a more important role for the character going forward.

Schitt's Creek Star Emily Hampshire Is Joining Marvel Studios' Vision Quest As E.D.I.T.H.

The last time Marvel fans saw Vision, it was at the end of WandaVision, where the resurrected, all-white version of Paul Bettany's character flew into the sky after all the crazy events involving Wanda Maximoff in Westview, New Jersey. Even the most casual of Marvel fans will remember Vision being murdered by Thanos at the end of Avengers: Infinity War for the Mind Stone in his forehead. S.W.O.R.D. Reassembled his body and used some of Wanda's Chaos Magic to bring him back to life, albeit with no memories of his past life. After battling the Vision that Wanda created in Westview with Chaos Magic, the resurrected Vision's memories were restored, and off he flew.

Details regarding the overall plot of Vision Quest are scant, but Marvel Studios began shooting the series back in March, and some exciting particulars have come out about the show. For example, we have two returning villains to look forward to: James Spader's Ultron from Avengers: Age of Ultron and Faran Tahir's Raza from Iron Man. Additionally, T'Nia Miller of Foundation and The Haunting of Bly Manor fame is joining the cast as Jocasta, a complicated AI originally created by Ultron in Marvel Comics back in the late 1970s. Jocasta has worked both with and against the Avengers over the years and has a lengthy, on-and-off relationship with the Machine Man.

Things are shaping up quickly for Vision Quest. With a main cast that includes Bettany, Spader, Miller, Hampshire, Tahir, and beloved character actor Todd Stashwick, MCU fans have a lot to look forward to.

Source: Deadline