MarvelBlog News for October 31st, 2022
We’ve got exciting news about a second WandaVision sequel and another Venom film in the latest MarvelBlog News.
Vision Quest
Photo: Marvel Studios
No, we aren’t talking about an obscure Matthew Modine movie or a rite of passage for adolescents trying to become adults.
Instead, Vision Quest is the preliminary name for a recently confirmed Marvel series on Disney+.
As you might imagine from the name, the story centers on the Avenger, The Vision. However, it’s not the one you think.
Photo: Marvel Studios
Warning: I’m about to spoil the finale of WandaVision. So, if you haven’t watched it yet, you should skip to the Venom 3 section. Also, you should watch WandaVision!
Still here? Great! The knock-off name for Vision Quest explains the story more. It’s the White Vision project.
Obviously, Disney cannot call it that because yikes! However, you can guess which character comes to the forefront here.
As a reminder, we learned during the events of WandaVision that Vision had died. I mean, we knew that from Avengers: Infinity War. It was pretty memorable…and brutal.
The early marketing for WandaVision created an air of mystery about whether he had already reanimated, though. For an android like Vision, that’s not outside the realm of possibility.
However, during the course of the series, we realized that the combination of an evil witch and an even more horrifying spell book had broken Wanda.
The combined effect of those two forces somehow led her to recreate a version of Vision who wasn’t quite himself.
Vision couldn’t remember things because Wanda blocked out his memories of the bad stuff.
Paul Bettany as Silver The Vision. Photo: Marvel Studios
Because Vision is such an intelligent and noble Avenger, he eventually put two and two together on some stuff.
He was dead, Wanda knew he was dead, and yet she built an imaginary family with him…including twins who also weren’t real.
Double Vision
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During the climactic events of the season, Vision encountered something different, something dramatically more important for the MCU’s future.
Vision encountered the so-called White Vision, a character from the comics. However, Marvel vastly modified the backstory.
When S.W.O.R.D. received word that Thanos had killed Vision, they did what any amoral military organization would. They retrieved the body and performed scientific experiments.
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In the process, S.W.O.R.D. nearly succeeded where Wanda Maximoff could not. It almost brought White Vision (back?) to life.
The procedures hadn’t succeeded until the events of WandaVision, during which Wanda cast a drone out of Westview.
The chaos magic Wanda unintentionally imbued in this drone proved the missing link to awaken White Vision.
Photo: Esquire
That character performed his mission directive of entering Westview and trying to neutralize Wanda and Walking Dead Vision.
During the face-off between the two Visions, the not-alive one imparted some wisdom on his suddenly sentient friend.
In the process, White Vision gained the memories of Wanda’s lover. Now, this character considers himself the true vision.
Photo: Marvel
When that moment happened, everyone expected Marvel to capitalize quickly on the premise.
Notably, that didn’t happen immediately, as Marvel understandably prioritized Agatha Harkness, the breakout character of the Disney+ MCU to date.
Now, Disney has formed a writer’s room to create a Disney+ series based on White Vision.
Photo: MarvelBlog.com
In the series, the character will try “to regain his memory and humanity.” And yes, Paul Bettany will return in the role.
Deadline and some other sites speculate that Elizabeth Olsen will appear as well. I presume that’ll happen as a cameo at some point.
Source: Marvel Studios
If Olsen signs on, Vision Quest becomes the de facto sequel to WandaVision, even over Agatha: Coven of Chaos, especially since WandaVision’s Jac Schaeffer is creating this project, too.
Let the Mephisto rumors begin anew!
More Venom
Source: Sony/ Marvel
Folks, you know about Morbius, a project that failed so badly that it became a wildly popular meme.
The ubiquity of the meme somehow led to a re-release of the movie, which – you guessed it! – bombed again.
My point here is that Sony’s Spider-Man Universe hasn’t done well outside of two titles. One is obviously Spider-Man, while the other is the Venom franchise.
Source: Sony/ Marvel
To the surprise of absolutely no one, Venom 3 pre-production is underway. Sony just chose a director for the project.
Kelly Marcel, the screenwriter for the first two Venom films, has earned the gig.
Marcel is actually a Disney favorite, having written Saving Mr. Banks and Cruella. One of those is a live-action reboot of the villainess from 101 Dalmatians.
Photo: Sony Pictures
The other is a Disney story about Walt Disney. Obviously, an intense vetting process occurred behind the scenes for that project.
So, Marcel’s bona fides are impressive. However, she has never directed a movie before.
The first two Venom movies cost more than $100 million each to produce. It’s a big ask for a first-time director to helm a project that massive in scale.
Sony desperately needs the third Venom film to be a blockbuster and also earn a lot of money.
Photo: Sony Pictures
I say this because the non-Venom/Spider-Man movies in Sony’s version of the MCU have struggled in terms of box office and production turmoil.
I’m a fan of Marcel, who created and wrote Terra Nova, a Fox series about scientists thrust back into the age of the dinosaur.
Venom 2: Let There Be Carnage. Photo: Sony Pictures
The show was MUCH better than it had any right to be, given Fox’s track record at the time. So, I really like this hiring.
Overall, this is a very good week for Marvel fans with two extremely welcome updates.
