Paul Bettany to return as Marvel’s Vision in newly greenlit Disney+ series

Paul Bettany is set to return to screens as Marvel Studios’ Vision in a newly greenlit Disney+ series.

Variety reported yesterday (May 23) that the as-yet-titled series will be helmed by showrunner Terry Matalas, who led the recent seasons of Star Trek: Picard as executive producer. It is currently earmarked for a 2026 release.

The report states that Matalas was brought in by Marvel after being impressed by his work on Star Trek: Picard, which has seen Marvel alumni Patrick Stewart heading his first Star Trek outing since 2002 film Star Trek: Nemesis.

Bettany last played Vision in the 2021 Disney+ series WandaVision, where the character was resurrected and revamped into White Vision following his death in 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War.

That year, Bettany revealed in an interview that his contract with Marvel had expired, stating: “I guess it would be difficult to introduce White Vision and not deal with him in some way, but we have not discussed that.”

In 2022, Variety reported that a Vision spinoff series was in development by WandaVision creator Jac Schaeffer, who is currently preparing the September 2024 release of Disney+ series – and fellow WandaVision spin-off – Agatha All Along.

Earlier this month, Disney CEO Bob Iger announced that there will be fewer new entries in the near future for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He added the plan includes “probably about two TV series a year” instead of four.

The first two episodes of Agatha All Along will be released on September 18, with its subsequent episodes issued weekly until its November 6 season finale.

The only new film in the MCU in 2024 is set to be Deadpool & Wolverine, which is out on July 26. Rumours are currently rife about a possible Taylor Swift appearance in the film. Ryan Reynolds has since responded that “anything can happen” and that “surprises are the essence of Deadpool.”

One actor who will apparently not appear is Josh Brolin, who expressed his disappointment in an interview, saying that he “so wanted to be in that movie”.