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  • - The Marvel Cinematic Universe is getting a sitcom?

  • (audience laughing)

  • Hi, I'm Jenny Lorenzo.

  • (laughs) That's right, I've decided to pronounce my name

  • with a hard G instead of a soft J going forward.

  • (audience laughing)

  • It's been a banner year for Marvel announcements

  • after being practically radio silent

  • for the past few years on upcoming MCU projects.

  • Kevin Feige and company finally laid out

  • all their cards on the table

  • about the future of Marvel movies

  • and their characters.

  • And while there were plenty of rumors and inside gossip

  • about some of the upcoming projects,

  • fans were delighted to get the official word

  • and details about some of these properties

  • at this year's Comic Con.

  • One of them most notably being the Disney Plus series

  • about Elizabeth Olsen as being Wanda Maximoff,

  • AKA Scarlet Witch, and Paul Bettany as The Vision,

  • called WandaVision, especially since

  • the last time we saw Vision,

  • ew, he was suffering from the world's worst migraine

  • at the hands to Thanos at the end of Avengers Infinity War.

  • (audience groaning)

  • But this is comic books, baby!

  • You think you're gonna let a little thing like death

  • stop Vision from staring in a tele-Vision show?

  • (audience laughing)

  • While we didn't learn the specifics

  • on how Vision will appear in the series,

  • we did get a bunch of other tidbits about WandaVision

  • at that info dump that was D23 this past weekend.

  • And one of the details revealed

  • was possibly the most shocking of all,

  • that WandaVision will be Marvel's first ever sitcom.

  • (audience laughing)

  • Well, hold on, hold your horses.

  • Because we're going to break all of this down right now.

  • First off, the series got this really cool poster

  • that actually has quite a few hints hidden beneath

  • the quaint Americana on the surface.

  • The warped edges of the frame,

  • the shadows on the wall,

  • and the ominous red glow from the television set

  • really hint that all is not well,

  • despite the smiling faces.

  • In fact, if you want all the details on this poster,

  • check out the break down of it over at nerdist.com.

  • The next clue we got was in the form of a teaser,

  • or rather a not-teaser, shown at D23.

  • The WandaVision team put together clips

  • of Wanda and Vision from existing Marvel movies

  • that were cut around scenes from the classic '60s sitcom,

  • The Dick Van Dyke Show.

  • It was also revealed that this old black and white sitcom

  • was a huge influence on the 1950s inspired WandaVision,

  • which honestly led to more questions

  • than answers at the time.

  • Lucky for us, this was partially cleared up

  • when the folks over at Yahoo got a hold

  • of the series stars Bettany and Olsen

  • to ask if this was, indeed, Marvel's first sitcom?

  • And they responded with, "Yes, it is.

  • "We can confidently say we're allowed to say it is."

  • Woo, well now wow.

  • We aren't used to actually getting straight answers anymore

  • with everything so shrouded in secrecy.

  • Maybe the joke is on us.

  • (audience laughing)

  • Olsen even said that the producers are still deciding

  • whether the show will have a laugh track.

  • (crickets chirping) That's weird.

  • Who does that?

  • Of course, there's an even bigger twist to all of this.

  • Bettany went on to say,

  • that is how it begins, and it moves

  • into more familiar, epic territory later,

  • but it's absolutely a mashup of sitcoms.

  • If this is, indeed, a mashup of different sitcoms,

  • which ones could we see pop up in WandaVision?

  • It seems safe to say that the Dick Van Dyke Show

  • will get an homage, but we're betting

  • that we could also see jokes and references

  • to sitcoms across TV history.

  • From The Honeymooners to Cheers,

  • to Seinfield, and even Friends.

  • But how does the currently deceased Vision

  • play into all of this, huh?

  • Obviously, Scarlet Witch is going to try

  • to recover Vision somehow,

  • and if the poster is any hint,

  • create a perfect life for them to share.

  • We think the answer has to do

  • with Scarlet Witch's comic book powers

  • of reality and probability warping,

  • and will definitely draw inspiration

  • from several comic storylines,

  • name the '80s West Coast Avengers run

  • that had Wanda use her powers to warp reality

  • in order to have children with Vision.

  • 2015's The Vision, which had Vision creating

  • his own family in order to try and live

  • in idyllic suburban life,

  • and potentially the House of M mini series,

  • which saw Wanda warp all of reality

  • while dealing with the loss of her children.

  • (audience awing)

  • And guess what?

  • None of those things turned out too well for the heroes,

  • which paves the way for Bettany's statement

  • that the series starts as a sitcom

  • and moves into more familiar superhero territory

  • as the show goes on.

  • Also, with the show set to tie

  • into the Doctor Strange sequel,

  • Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,

  • which will also feature Scarlet Witch,

  • another piece of the puzzle, tink,

  • falls into place.

  • That's me putting a puzzle piece back.

  • (audience laughing)

  • This could also just be in another universe.

  • That or Wanda's constant messing with reality

  • and probability could lead to a crisis

  • that stretches across the multiverse, bummer.

  • (audience awing)

  • We'll just have to see how and if this all happens

  • when WandaVision comes to Disney Plus sometime in 2021.

  • But what do you folks think?

  • Are you ready for Marvel's first sitcom?

  • Do you think it should have a laugh track?

  • Haha, and what sitcoms would you

  • wanna see referenced in WandaVision?

  • If we don't get at least one homage to The Office, we riot!

  • - I'm gonna kill myself!

  • - Let's discuss.

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