Marvel Studios has released a new featurette for VisionQuest, and in it, all Ultron wants is his freedom! The Avengers: Age of Ultron villain insists that Vision free them both from his Mindscape, all so the heroic android can reunite with his own offspring, Tommy Shepard.
Elsewhere, we get a new look at Vision's battle with Jocasta, more of Tommy—better known to comic book fans as the Young Avenger, Speed—and Lisa Molinari, aka Coat of Arms (in the MCU, it seems her powers are Extremis-based).
Billed as the conclusion to the WandaVision trilogy, VisionQuest will finally address Ultron's status. However, it's also setting the stage for Billy and Tommy to reunite and seek out their mother, the Scarlet Witch, as we head into Avengers: Doomsday and Secret Wars.
"I think the show is first and foremost a drama," VisionQuest showrunner Terry Matalas recently told Polygon. "It's an adventure. It's a mystery. But it's also surreal and very funny. Some of the actors involved just have incredible comedic timing, so we leaned into that. It kind of has its own tone, but I think it fits very nicely within the MCU."
Asked about the difference between this world and Star Trek, he added, "They both ask similar questions about humanity and feelings. So there are definitely touchstones, with Data specifically. But in a lot of ways, our new Vision is kind of an anti-Data. Where Data was always striving to be more human, this Vision's not entirely sure that's a good idea. So they both share elements that are cut from the same cloth."
Marvel Studios has also released a brief promo for the series as marketing begins ramping up with a little over two weeks to go until VisionQuest premieres on Disney+.
Check out this new look at VisionQuest in the players below.
In VisionQuest, Vision, rebooted and having escaped from those who sought to weaponise him, has been in hiding. Searching for new meaning, he consults the AI personas embedded in his programming, including F.R.I.D.A.Y., E.D.I.T.H., J.A.R.V.I.S., and the infamous Ultron.
His discreet existence ends when a bounty placed on his head thrusts him on the run with Thomas Shepard, a mysterious boy who may be Vision's son, reincarnated. As Vision evades capture, he must confront his nature, resist Ultron's influence, and unravel the enigma that is his young companion if he’s to survive.
VisionQuest stars Paul Bettany, James Spader, Ruaridh Mollica, Todd Stashwick, T'Nia Miller, Lauren Morais, Orla Brady, Diane Morgan, Polly Frame, Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, with Emily Hampshire and James D'Arcy.
The series is directed by Christopher J. Byrne, Gandja Monteiro, Vincenzo Natali, Terry Matalas, and written by Terry Matalas, Cindy Appel, Christopher Monfette, Nicole Falsetti, and Matthew Okumura.
VisionQuest is created for television by Terry Matalas, based on the Marvel Comics. The executive producers are Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Brad Winderbaum, Mary Livanos, Terry Matalas, Jac Schaeffer, and Christopher J. Byrne, and the producer is Roopesh Parekh.
The series premieres on Disney+ on October 14.