Though WandaVision ended together with her trapped in her TV character persona, it was a provided that we’d ultimately see Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha Harkness once more someplace within the MCU. Busy as Hahn’s been lately with Glass Onion, she’ll have the highlight all to herself with Agatha: Coven of Chaos.
Forward of the present’s manufacturing beginning subsequent week, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed extra of the present’s supporting solid, all of whom beforehand appeared in WandaVision correct. Returning for the brand new collection are Kate Forbes (Evanora Harkness, Agatha’s mom), Asif Ali (Abilash Tandon/”Norm”), David Lengel (Harold Proctor/”Phil Jones”), Amos Glick (“Dennis”), David Payton (John Collins/”Herb”, and Brian Brightman (Sherriff).
The WandaVision veterans are joined by the present’s high-profile newcomers Aubrey Plaza, Joe Locke, and Patti LuPone. And amongst these additions comes extra new blood within the type of Miles Gutierrez-Riley (The Wilds), Okwui Okpokwasili (Bronx Gothic), and Maria Dizzia (The Staircase). The roles of all three actors—like with Plaza, Locke, and LuPone—are at the moment underneath wraps.
It was additional revealed that behind the scenes, Rachel Goldberg has been tapped as certainly one of Agatha’s administrators. Goldberg lately directed episodes of Peacock’s A Pal of the Household and Netflix’s one-season Resident Evil collection. She’s joined by showrunner and lead author Jac Schaeffer (who beforehand wrote and ran WandaVision) and Wednesday director Gandja Monteiro. Late final 12 months, it was reported that Coven can be 9 episodes lengthy, so three administrators apiece is sensible. And it’s additionally notable since its predecessor WandaVision solely had a single director for its nine-episode run: Matt Shakman, who’s at the moment locked in for Unbelievable 4.
Agatha: Coven of Chaos is predicted to launch on Disney+ later this 12 months.
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