New promo art for VisionQuest raises some interesting questions about the upcoming Disney+ series. For starters, a closer look at the T-shirt Tommy Maximoff wore in the trailer has been revealed, and it reads, "Get A Grip Don't Believe The Blip."
This seems to imply that not everyone believes The Blip—Thanos snapping half the universe out of existence for five years—happened as they've been told. Is Tommy a conspiracy theorist? Given his bizarre childhood, it makes sense that he's sceptical about the world around him.
We also have a sign for "Vision Speed Racing," which could be where Tommy gets his superhero moniker from. The third and final piece is currently the biggest talking point among fans.
That shows a very old design sketch for J.I.M., a "Joule Individual Machine Head Assessment." This is almost certainly a glimpse at how Jim Hammond, the original Human Torch, was created during World War II by Professor Phineas T. Horton. If J.I.M. was the world's first android/AI, then it stands to reason that he'll factor heavily into VisionQuest.
Talking to SFX Magazine, VisionQuest showrunner Terry Matalas explained that he didn't approach the show as the conclusion of a trilogy.
"I would say, if anything, it’s definitely more of a sequel to WandaVision in a lot of ways," he said of following WandaVision and Agatha All Along. "But it really exists on its own. It’s more the Vision story, just because we’re going to dig into so much of who he is in ways that the films and WandaVision couldn’t, including some deeper parts of his origin that may go back even further than what we believed."
"So it's very much its own entity, but it does obviously touch upon what has come before for this guy," Matalas continued. "The second we wrapped, Paul, James, and I were immediately ready to go into 10 more seasons of whatever this could be. But that's up to Marvel Studios and the television gods as to what happens."
He also reiterated that Elizabeth Olsen does not appear as the Scarlet Witch. "There’s a moment late in the season that we were running towards, but we didn’t know exactly how we would get there. Paul had an amazing idea for the kind of scene it should be. Who he is within that particular scene is kind of amazing, and that we were able to pull that off."
Matalas added, "I want to make sure that people don’t think I’m teasing Wanda, because I’m not teasing Wanda."
Check out this new VisionQuest promo art in the X posts 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.