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Agatha All Along: "Rewinding WandaVision" Helps You Connect The Dots
A new featurette for Showrunner Jac Schaeffer's Kathryn Hahn-starring Agatha All Along shows how the spinoff series connects to WandaVision.
With only slightly more than two weeks to go until Showrunner Jac Schaeffer's Kathryn Hahn-starring Agatha All Along, we're getting a chance to take a trip down memory lane – and for a very good reason. First off, if you have the time then you should probably treat yourself to a rewatch of Disney+'s Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany-starring WandaVision. Let's say you find yourself running out of time, but you just need a quick refresher on how the original series and spinoff connect. Well, look no further than the "Rewinding 'WandaVision'" teaser that was released earlier today – showing how the threads connect while also teasing what's to come.
Here's a look at Hahn hosting a rewind of the original series, followed by some previously released looks at what's to come with Marvel Television's Agatha All Along:
In a featurette released by Marvel Television, we get a look at what Patti LuPone, Sasheer Zamata, Ali Ahn, Aubrey Plaza, and Debra Jo Rupp are bringing to the game – along with some perspectives from Schaeffer and the cast. Following the "Meet the Witches" featurette, we have a look at Hahn, Locke, LuPone, Zamata, Ahn, Plaza, and Rupp performing the original song "The Ballad of The Witches' Road" during Disney's D23 fan expo. Marvel Television's Agatha All Along is set for a two-episode premiere on September 18th:
In a previous interview with Empire, Schaeffer offered some insights into the "disparate, mixed bag of witches" that viewers can expect – including Patti LuPone's Lilia, Sasheer Zamata's Jennifer, Debra Jo Rupp's Sharon, and Ali Ahn's Alice. "What they have in common is that they're covenless witches. Witches are defined by deception, treachery, villainy, and selfishness. What do you do when you have a group of witches who [demonstrate] those notions, and you need them to work together?" A whole bunch of chaos magic, you'd expect," Schaeffer shared.
In terms of the music that viewers can expect from "Agatha All Along" songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, Schaeffer notes that a number of aspects of witch lore will be targeted. "[Where] 'WandaVision' played with the form of classic TV sitcoms, [here] we do a lot of playing with what the assumptions about witches are. Like, what are the shorthand visuals for witches?" And what about our lead witch? Should we expect her wicked ways to get even more wicked? It looks like we're going to get a chance to see some other side of Agatha. "We certainly didn't want a one-dimensional nasty witch. We will have moments where we see Agatha's true heart," the series creator added.
In addition to Kathryn Hahn, Showrunner Jac Schaeffer's Agatha All Along also stars Joe Locke, Sasheer Zamata, Ali Ahn, Maria Dizzia, Paul Adelstein, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, and Okwui Okpokwasili – with Debra Jo Rupp, Patti LuPone, and Aubrey Plaza. The executive producers are Kevin Feige, Louis D'Esposito, Brad Winderbaum, Mary Livanos, and Schaeffer – with Schaeffer, Rachel Goldberg, and Gandja Montiero directing.