Disney Plus to get two Marvel TV shows this year, after WandaVision release date moves up
WandaVision joins The Falcon and the Winter Soldier this year
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WithThe Mandalorian season 2’s release date confirmed for fall 2020, theDisney Plusline-up for 2020 is starting to take shape. Now, Disney has revealed that MCU spin-offWandaVisionis releasing in 2020, having previously been earmarked for an early 2021 release.
This was confirmed in a Disney Plus trailer that teases the streaming service’s 2020 line-up. You don’t get any footage of WandaVision, or the other MCU show we knew was coming this year, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, but you do get to see what Bucky and Sam’s new superhero costumes look like. Check it out:
Is this not what 2020 vision means? From #ToyStory 4 and Aladdin to #LizzieMcGuire and WandaVision, here’s a look into our future at the blockbusters and Originals coming to #DisneyPlus this year. pic.twitter.com/QHGMHat89nJanuary 1, 2020
The previously announced release window had The Falcon and the Winter Soldier down for late 2020 and WandaVision for early 2021. Disney hasn’t articulated exactly how the schedule will change, but it’s likely we’ll see WandaVision right near the end of 2020, if we assume the Captain America-themed series is still coming first.
The MCU expands
WandaVision will have deep connections with the upcomingDoctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madnessmovie (along with the separate Loki series). Elizabeth Olsen will reprise her role as Wanda Maximoff in that movie.
WandaVision will have something of a 50s sitcom style, at least visually inspired byThe Vision comicfrom a few years ago, where Vision tries to start a life in the suburbs with his family of androids. It’ll still feature the huge-scaleMarvelaction we’re used to, though. These series are rumored to have budgets of up to $25 million (£18.9 million / AU$35.7 million) per episode too.
We’d guess the show will be focusing on how Wanda is dealing with her grief towards Vision’s death at the end of Avengers: Infinity War. In the comics, Wanda has reality-altering powers that the MCU films haven’t really explored yet, and it’s possible this sitcom setting will be a manifestation of that. No doubt we’ll see more of WandaVision as we get deeper into the year, with its next showing likely to be at San Diego Comic Con in July.
The line-up of MCU shows coming to Disney Plus is pretty exciting, if you can’t get enough of this universe. Alongside WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, you’ve also got animated series Marvel’s What If? (mid-2021), which features the voices of MCU cast members, as well as Loki (early 2021) and Hawkeye (late 2021). Further off, you can expect live-action shows based on Ms Marvel, Moon Knight and She-Hulk.
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Samuel is a PR Manager at game developer Frontier. Formerly TechRadar’s Senior Entertainment Editor, he’s an expert in Marvel, Star Wars, Netflix shows and general streaming stuff. Before his stint at TechRadar, he spent six years at PC Gamer. Samuel is also the co-host of the popular Back Page podcast, in which he details the trials and tribulations of being a games magazine editor – and attempts to justify his impulsive eBay games buying binges.
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