VisionQuest showrunner Terry Matalas has described the conversation he had with Jac Schaeffer before taking over the Marvel series, telling TheWrap ahead of the launch that his main goal was to show his respect for the creator of WandaVision. The new show premieres on Disney+ on 13 October and completes a trilogy that began with WandaVision and continued with Agatha All Along, both of which Schaeffer created and ran.
VisionQuest was first announced in 2022 with Schaeffer attached to lead it. Repeated delays then created a scheduling clash, because she could not oversee both VisionQuest and Agatha All Along at the same time, and Matalas was brought in to take charge. Schaeffer backed the handover and remains credited as an executive producer on the new series. The change meant the final part of the trilogy would be shaped by a different showrunner from the first two.
Matalas said the two had only one substantial conversation, and that he used it mainly to thank her for the chance to continue the story. “I wanted to, first of all, pay my respects,” he said. He added that Schaeffer made it clear she would not interfere with his plans, recalling that she told him she did not want to have any creative conversations with him, which effectively gave him full control of the show. Matalas said the exchange was mostly a chance to express his admiration for her work and his gratitude for inheriting the story.
The showrunner said he came to the project as a devoted fan of WandaVision and watched every episode twice when it first aired in 2021. That series ended with a new version of Vision, rebuilt by S.W.O.R.D. as a weapon, regaining his memories and flying away as the White Vision, and the character has not been seen in the years since. VisionQuest marks his first appearance since that 2021 finale.
VisionQuest picks up that thread and follows the character as he tries to understand who he is and to account for where he has been. Paul Bettany returns in the lead role, with James Spader and Ruaridh Mollica also in the cast. Early reactions to the series have described it as terrific and trippy, and TheWrap’s own review praised Bettany’s performance in what it called a silly but worthy conclusion to the WandaVision saga.
