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Guess It Really Was "Agatha" All Along: Another Name-Change (Maybe?)

Based on the Disney+ website, Marvel Studios and Disney+'s Kathryn Hahn-starring series Agatha has apparently lost its "Darkhold Diaries."

We've got from "House of Harkness" and "Darkhold Diaries" to "WandaVision 2: Witchy Boogaloo" (okay, we made up that last one) – but it turns out it really was Agatha all along… maybe? If you've been following what's been going on with Marvel Studios & Disney+'s Kathryn Hahn-starring Agatha: Darkhold Diaries, then you know that the "WandaVision" has been going through a kind of "identity crisis" in that it's rumbled through a couple of names. But if you head over to the Disney+ website (not the streaming service), you will notice that the key art posted simply lists "Agatha" as the title. Of course, this could also be one of those "breather" moments before rolling out a new title – if the show isn't hitting screens until Halloween season as rumored, then there is still a ton of time to keep the "name game" going.

Agatha: Darkhold Diaries(?) Overview Offers Interesting Details

Last month, we had some very interesting intel to pass along from the professional website of a production designer (and an art director on WandaVision) who is working on the series. What follows is a summary that offers some very interesting details on what viewers can expect when the series premieres later this year – you've been warned: "When a new series of tragedies strike the city of Westview again, the newly reformed Agatha Harkness will be forced to join forces with the reincarnation of her former enemy's son, Billy Kaplan, to discover what force from the past is causing chaos in Westview as she seeks redemption for her mistakes of the past." While there's a chance that it might not be "official" official, the fact that it was listed by someone working directly with the production made it worth sharing

Patti LuPone was a guest on the You and Me Both with Hillary Clinton podcast with Hillary Clinton & Amber Ruffin. Covering the award-winning icon of stage & screen's career, LuPone discussed what a bonding experience it was filming the series – especially how close she and Aubrey Plaza became. During the conversation, LuPone revealed that filming the series was finished just before the SAG-AFTRA strike kicked in and that it's set to be released around Halloween 2024 release (with LuPone adding a great line about needing a walker by then). Here's a look at the entire episode – with LuPone discussing the Marvel Studios & Disney+ series around the 34:05 mark:

Sasheer Zamata Discusses Playing Jennifer Kale

Actress & comedian Sasheer Zamata (Woke, Home Economics, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur) discussed the MCU series during a pre-SAG-AFTRA & WGA strikes interview with Mashable. With the topic of witches & witchcraft being one that's fascinated her for some time (including helping to inspire her stand-up special The First Woman), Zamata explained that getting the role of sorceress Jennifer Kale just felt right. "I had already written material for ['The First Woman'] before I went through the audition process. It felt magical that I got to be in a show about witches. I talk about it so much in my special," Zamata shared.

Though her character has a number of past connections to popular Marvel Comics characters (Man-Thing, Howard the Duck, Doctor Strange, and others), the actress shared that her take on the Steve Gerber & Rich Buckler-created character will be "very different" from what comics fans might be expecting. "I definitely did do as much [comic book] research as I could, but the way we formed this character is very different from what I think people expect," Zamata added. And from how she describes it, the vibe on the set seemed to fit perfectly with what she was hoping for. "[Filming 'Agatha'] was so magical and ethereal. It brought that out of everyone on set. There were crystals and candles everywhere. We saged and cleansed the stage all the time. It was the perfect environment for me," Zamata explained.

Joining Hahn on the "WandaVision" spinoff are Aubrey Plaza, Patti LuPone, Debra Jo Rupp, Joe Locke, Sasheer Zamata, Emma Caulfield Ford, David Payton, David Lengel, Asif Ali, Amos Glick, Brian Brightman, Kate Forbes, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Okwui Okpokwasili, and Maria Dizzia. In addition, head writer & executive producer Jac Schaefer is directing several episodes, with Gandja Monteiro (Netflix's Wednesday) and Rachel Goldberg (Peacock's A Friend of the Family) helming.

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