Marvel has just unveiled the final trailer for VisionQuest, the new MCU series due on Disney+ on 14 October. It's a chance to round off the trilogy that began with WandaVision in 2021 and continued with Agatha All Along in 2024, and to finally offer some answers about Vision's fate after the events of WandaVision. Because, as a reminder, following his death in Avengers: Infinity War, Vision was brought back to life in an entirely white form in WandaVision. This new version of the character eventually recovered his memories by the end of the series, before vanishing without us ever really learning what became of him. VisionQuest will answer precisely that question, following the character as he tries to work out who he now is.
One Vision (Queen)
What the VisionQuest series tells us is that our artificial intelligence is now living in hiding and seeking answers from the various AIs present in his system, among them J.A.R.V.I.S., F.R.I.D.A.Y., E.D.I.T.H. and, above all, Ultron. It's obviously the latter who threatens to complicate matters considerably, but the delicious part is that James Spader is reprising his role as Ultron, in both robotic and human form. And the latest trailer shows he's lost none of his ambition. Vision explains that he has the memories of the old Vision, the one who was an Avenger, but not necessarily his qualities. That identity crisis will give Ultron the chance to play on his doubts and try to carve out a place for himself in the real world once more.
Ultron also has a particularly effective bit of leverage: Thomas Shepherd, a young boy who could be Vision's son. For viewers who followed WandaVision and Agatha All Along, his identity is obviously anything but incidental. Billy Maximoff had already found his brother Tommy's soul in Agatha All Along, where it had taken possession of the body of a teenager named William Kaplan. VisionQuest will of course complete the pair with Thomas Shepherd this time, played on screen by Ruaridh Mollica, who finds himself at the heart of the plot alongside his father (?) Vision.
The series will also introduce several characters tied to Tony Stark's technological universe. Emily Hampshire voices E.D.I.T.H., Orla Brady plays F.R.I.D.A.Y. and James D'Arcy returns as J.A.R.V.I.S., while Henry Lewis and Jonathan Sayer play DUME and U, two robotic assistants from Stark's lab. T'Nia Miller, meanwhile, plays Jocasta, a robot driven by a desire for revenge, while Todd Stashwick plays Paradin, a bounty hunter on Vision's trail. Faran Tahir will also make his MCU return as Raza, the Ten Rings leader who appeared all the way back in Iron Man in 2008.
For the record, VisionQuest is developed by Terry Matalas and the series runs to 8 episodes of 30 to 45 minutes. The first two will be available on 14 October on Disney+, followed by weekly releases every Wednesday until the final episode, slated for 25 November. The series will also be the MCU's last outing on Disney+ before Avengers Doomsday, which gives it a special place in what comes next for the Marvel universe. Leaks have suggested that Vision will mainly feature in Avengers Secret Wars.
