Agatha Harkness Series: Wanda Vision Spin-Off Arrives: What We Know About The Series Dedicated To Agatha Harkness

The 2021 Emmy Awards may have snubbed the Wanda Vision miniseries, but Disney has realized the potential of one of the first Marvel series to land on its proprietary Disney + platform. After months of rumors and fan requests, the long-awaited confirmation has arrived from the same actress Kathryn Hahn: yes, Agatha Harkness will have a series dedicated to her on Disney +. 

The confirmation (arrived during an interview with the actress) is official and not only: the project seems already in progress . In fact, Disney would have already outlined the structure of the production and decided to allocate it to Disney +: it will therefore in all probability be a new miniseries, along the lines of what has been seen for Loki. Not bad for Agatha Harkness, the Marvel comic book character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in the 1970s who, prior to 2020, was mostly known only to avid US comics readers.

An important milestone also for the interpreter Kathryn Hahn , who has experienced a great wave of popularity thanks to Wanda Vision (and her singing hit Agatha All Along ). Who knows if this announcement is a prelude to the possibility of seeing Agatha also in the cinema, in an MCU film. 

What Do We Know About The Wanda Vision Spin-Off Series 

The production, still without an official title, should have a serial nature and be presented on Disney+. At the center of the project should be actress Kathryn Hahn, nominated for an Emmy this year for the role of Agatha. The interpreter is expected to reprise her iconic role as the sorceress and villain of the Marvel world. 

As well as Wanda Vision, the spin-off dedicated to Agatha Harkness will not be the “usual” Marvel series divided between action and super heroism. The protagonist of the series called it a black comedy: considering the experimental nature of Wanda Vision, it is likely that even its rib will have an unexpected tone and characteristics. Regarding more specific details on the plot, however, everything is still top secret.

Given the nature of Agatha’s character, at the moment the most likely option is a series focused on the character of the sorceress, who maybe tells her story before the events of Wanda Vision, a bit like Loki, the only other series (for now) dedicated to a villain among those arriving on Disney+. All roads are still open: the series could take a completely different direction, perhaps linking directly to the fourth phase of the Marvel universe and to the upcoming films. 

Jac Schaeffer Will Write The Spin-Off About Agatha Harkness

Jac Schaeffer will write the series: Disney has therefore opted for an approach based on the “team that wins you don’t change”. Jac Schaeffer was in fact the showrunner of WandaVision , as well as having made her bones at Disney and then Marvel by writing female characters in comic or superhero contexts. It has in fact contributed to the scripts of two films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Captain Marvel and Black Widow in both cases, however, does not appear in the credits principali. La his brilliant signing and comic vein had already been felt in those Persuaders (2019 ), a female remake of Two sons of …, starring Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson as two scammers competing with each other. 

Schaeffer will be part of the project as both lead screenwriter and producer: this is the first title child of the contract that the writer signed with the entertainment giant and with 20th Television last May.

When We See The Agatha Harkness Spin-Off

So the Agatha Harkness series is going to happen, but when? This remains the main stumbling block and the point on which neither Schaeffer nor Hahn wanted to comment. The panorama of Disney + miniseries at the moment – between upcoming titles and series in progress – is really crowded, not to mention that with the resumption of theatrical distribution, the link between series and MCU films will probably become closer again. 

Not only that: Emmy nominee Kathryn Hahn’s schedule is also pretty crowded at the moment. In the coming months, in fact, work will begin on a series for Showtime in which the actress will play the comedian Joan Rivers, just announced by the broadcaster. Hahn also already has an Apple-branded series entitled The Shrink Next Door on his agenda , without forgetting that he will be one of the many stars of the very large cast of the second Knives Out film, also directed by Rian Johnson. In short: for the moment we know that a series on Agatha Harkness will be made, but to see it arrive in streaming the times could also be very long.