‘Agatha: Coven of Chaos’ announces filming date, directors and cast for spin-off, which will also feature songs

Despite rumors pointing to several delays in upcoming Marvel Studios productions, ‘Agatha: Coven of Chaos’ already has everything ready to start filming. The long-awaited spin-off of ‘Scarlet Witch and Vision’, in which Kathryn Hahn will once again play the role of the witch Agatha Harkness, production officially begins Tuesday, January 17 in Atlantaas confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter.

With the filming date also comes the list of filmmakers who will go behind the scenes to direct the series, as well as other supporting cast members who hadn’t been announced yet. ‘Agatha: Coven of Chaos’ presents once again Jac Schaeffer, showrunner of ‘Scarlet Witch and Vision’, as writer and main producer of the spin-off series, and will also direct several episodes this time. The other directors of the series are Gandja Monteiro (“Wednesday”) e Rachel Goldberg (‘Resident Evil’). That means, The series will be entirely directed by women..

As for the cast, ‘Agatha: Coven of Chaos’ will star David Payton, David Lengel, Asif Ali, Amos Glick, Brian Brightman and Kate Forbes, returning performers after appearing in “Scarlet Witch and Vision”. take part Emma Caulfield and Debra Jo Rupp, who also return as Wanda’s neighbors in Westview. By the end of “Scarlet Witch and the Vision,” Agatha has been trapped as Agnes in said city by Wanda’s spell, so the cast is nothing more than final confirmation that we’ll be returning to the suburbs in the spinoff.

Secondly, Miles Gutierrez-Riley (‘The Wilds’), Okwui Okpokwasili (‘I Am Legend’) and Maria Dizzia (‘Martha Marcy May Marlene’) join the cast., whose characters are kept under wraps for now. Also under lock and key are the character identities of Aubrey Plaza and Joe Locke, previously announced as part of the cast, although the former is said to be a villain and the ‘Heartstopper’ actor has all the votes to be the teenage version. of one of Wanda’s sons, Billy Maximof, aka Wiccan.

The series will have a musical component

‘Scarlet Witch and Vision’ ushered in Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in early 2021, and to this day it continues to be for many among the best Marvel has given us in recent years. The series surprised by its format (which skipped a decade in each episode to take a ride in the history of the American sitcom) and triggered the popularity of Kathryn Hahn. Agatha won us over for many things, including the song ‘Agatha All Along’ (written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, composers of ‘Frozen’), with which the witch revealed that she was the one pulling the strings behind all the chaos.

He also recently joined the cast Patti LuPone, Broadway legend whose casting has led to speculation whether ‘Coven of Chaos’ will again have a musical moment. And pay attention to what Hahn has to say (via Deadline), because it sounds like he does: “Who knows, there might be a song here or there… but nobody talks about it. Certainly not me!”.