Posted on Monday, May 3rd, 2021 by Hoai-Tran Bui
WandaVision was originally building up to a major cameo in the finale. And no, it wasn’t Mephisto.
According to a new interview with Rolling Stone, Marvel Studios chief
Kevin Feige revealed that the cameo was going to be
Benedict Cumberbatch‘s Doctor Strange. And Feige also explained why the Sorcerer Supreme was written out of the buzzy Disney+ series.
WandaVision was a hot bed of fan theories and speculation throughout its short but bright nine-episode run. Who was behind this strange sitcom-homaging town? Who is Agatha Harkness? Is anyone actually Mephisto? And what was up with those mysterious fictional commercials?
Doctor Strange Was Written Out of WandaVision
Doctor Strange Was Written Out of WandaVision
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige revealed plans for Benedict Cumberbatch to appear in WandaVision and explained why those plans were scrapped.
Doctor Strange nearly came to Disney+ in 2021.
WandaVision arrived like a balm to soothe the ache of comic book franchise fans reeling from a 2020 without a single new entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as the ongoing pandemic pushed release dates for theatrical features
Black Widow,
The Eternals into 2021, and interrupted the filming of TV s
The first Disney+ series tied directly to the MCU quickly became appointment television, with dozens of fan theory videos popping up on YouTube each week as viewers tried to decipher the show s many mysteries. Major speculation surrounded a big cameo teased by Paul Bettany, aka The Vision, which turned out to be a jokey reference to his own dual performances as separate versions of his synthezoid
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Each of the sitcom-inspired episodes of “WandaVision” has included commercials alluding to past events from the Marvel Cinematic Universe or hinting at ideas from Marvel comic books. (That these clues come in the form of commercials is a little suspect, though. Wanda’s exposure to TV sitcoms seems to have come predominantly from DVD boxed sets, which generally don’t involve commercial breaks.)
All signs point to a big showdown and new revelations in Friday’s “WandaVision” finale. Until then, here’s a breakdown of the key references contained in each of the show’s fake commercials.
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