WandaVision was a great Marvel Cinematic Universe show, but one element needed fixing, and the future of the franchise is doing exactly that. The ending of WandaVision marked a bold new step for Marvel Studios in 2021, ushering in the MCU’s TV era. To this day, apart from Loki, WandaVision is considered one of the best MCU TV shows.
It had a great mystery, outstanding production quality, all the MCU Easter eggs one could need, and promised a strong future for movies and shows beyond it. However, there was one element of WandaVision that has become a harsh reality over the years. Thankfully, though, this element is being fixed in the MCU, thanks to one specific upcoming Marvel movie.
WandaVision Did A Multiverse Bait-And-Switch On MCU Fans
Evan Peters in WandaVision
The element in question was WandaVision’s complete bait-and-switch concerning the MCU multiverse. Given that WandaVision was the first installment in the MCU’s Multiverse Saga, and Scarlet Witch, a character capable of traversing the multiverse and shaping reality in the source material, was at its center, audiences assumed this would be the beginning of the concept.
This belief was even further solidified when Evan Peters, the actor who played Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch’s brother in the X-Men movie timeline, appeared in WandaVision episode 5. Peters turned up as the “Fake Pietro” of Wanda’s sitcom, brought to life by her magic abilities. Many assumed that Wanda’s immense power had literally pulled Peters’ version of the character from the X-Men franchise.
This was not the case, though; instead, Peters played Ralph Bohner, a local of Westview who had no connection to the X-Men timeline whatsoever and was just a meta casting joke from Marvel Studios. By the time WandaVision wrapped up in episode 9, no multiversal elements were involved in the show at all.
Spider-Man: No Way Home Was The True Start Of The Multiverse Saga
Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield suited up and smiling as Peter Parker in Spider-Man No Way Home
Eight months after WandaVision’s debut, Spider-Man: No Way Home proved it was the true start of the Multiverse Saga, despite the belief that the former would be. The entire plot of Spider-Man: No Way Home surrounded the multiverse, with villains and heroes from other Spider-Man movie timelines being pulled into the MCU after a Doctor Strange spell went wrong.
In many ways, this is exactly what audiences were expecting from WandaVision, especially after Evan Peters’ appearance. WandaVision proved those expectations were unfounded, however, allowing Spider-Man: No Way Home, and later Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, to overshadow the MCU’s first Disney+ show as true multiversal narratives.
Avengers: Doomsday Is Finally Bringing The Fox X-Men Into The MCU’s Multiverse
James Marsden aka Cyclops’s chair in the Avengers Doomsday cast announcement
Although WandaVision disappointed fans with its multiversal promises that were cruelly snatched away, Avengers: Doomsday’s story will fix that mistake. The cast list announced for Avengers: Doomsday includes actors like Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn, Alan Cumming, and Kelsey Grammer, reprising their roles as Magneto, Professor X, Cyclops, Mystique, Nightcrawler, and Beast, respectively.
Finally, WandaVision’s false promise will become an MCU reality, with several X-Men heroes being a part of the Multiverse Saga. This was the case to an extent with Deadpool & Wolverine, alongside a few other X-Men cameos in Doctor Strange 2, but Avengers: Doomsday will be the first true realization of this fan theory.
The X-Men will officially team up with The Avengers and The Fantastic Four to battle Doctor Doom. Marvel’s bait-and-switch with Evan Peters promised similar, if on a lesser scale. In December 2026, over five years after WandaVision’s release, this promise will become an actuality with Avengers: Doomsday, when the latter fixes the former’s biggest MCU mistake.
Release Date
2021 – 2020
Showrunner
Jac Schaeffer
Directors
Matt Shakman
