VisionQuest releases its first trailer at New York Comic Con. The upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe show follows White Vision (Paul Bettany) after the events of WandaVision and features the return of Ultron. Filming concluded in July 2025.
Ultron was last seen in Avengers: Age of Ultron, where Vision was the one to ultimately destroy him. Before the Avengers intervened, Vision was meant to be the superior version of Ultron, but the supervillain’s plan never came to fruition before his destruction.
A decade after Ultron’s MCU story seemingly ended, he is seen haunting Vision in the first VisionQuest trailer. Ultron tells Vision that the titular character has become “a ghost haunting your footsteps.” The trailer also includes Vision imagining other familiar characters and events inside his head. Check out the footage description below:
Vision no makeup, surreal house. Stark Industries. JARVIS – the actor from Agent Carter. FRIDAY is a person. EDITH crashes through the skylight. All happening inside Vision’s head. “You’re a ghost haunting your footsteps” -Ultron. Ultron appears as James Spader. “I had a family” – Tommy Maximoff
It was explained by Bettany during the NYCC panel that Red Vision gave all of his memories, including his memories from inside WandaVision’s hex, to White Vision. In the upcoming show, White Vision is having a difficult time connecting all these memories together and is on a journey to find his true self.
The trailer teases what this struggle will be like for Vision. The human Edwin Jarvis (James D’Arcy) was the basis for the J.A.R.V.I.S. artificial intelligence created by Tony Stark that played a vital role in Vision’s creation. This truth becomes muddled in Vision’s current memories, though, as do his memories with the AI F.R.I.D.A.Y. and E.D.I.T.H. and his son Tommy.
It was emphasized at the panel that VisionQuest marks the end of the trilogy that also includes WandaVision and Agatha All Along, which makes the inclusion of Tommy all the more important. Tommy’s brother, Billy, had his story explored further in Agatha All Along.
As for Ultron’s line, it suggests that he is more than a memory in VisionQuest’s story. Ultron’s understanding of what is happening to Vision indicates that the villain has truly returned and will play an important part in Vision’s journey to connecting his memories.
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Similar to some of MCU’s best TV episodes, including in WandaVision, the trailer confirms that there will be a surreal quality to VisionQuest. Part of this will be Bettany appearing as Vision and Spader appearing as Ultron in human form instead of as their android selves.
While the full details of Ultron’s return have yet to be revealed, it is poised to bring Vision’s story full-circle. Ultron was instrumental in Vision’s creation, even though it didn’t go as planned for the villain, and now he will be instrumental in shaping who White Vision will become.
With filming already completed, and the panel confirming that VisionQuest will debut in 2026, more information about the series and Ultron’s part in it will likely be revealed soon.
Network
Disney+
Showrunner
Terry Matalas
Directors
Christopher J. Byrne, Gandja Monteiro
Writers
Terry Matalas