Following yesterday's thrilling new trailer, we now have several official character descriptions for Marvel Television's VisionQuest. Shedding new light on what to expect from the series, the role each returning AI plays in the story has finally become clear.
Billed as the conclusion to the WandaVision trilogy (Agatha All Along was the middle chapter), VisionQuest is the final MCU TV series heading our way before the final season of Daredevil: Born Again next Spring.
Marvel Studios has announced any streaming series beyond the Man Without Fear's send-off. However, that appears to be part of Kevin Feige's mission to get back to quality over quantity after a chaotic, sometimes confusing, Multiverse Saga.
Check out each of the descriptions for VisionQuest's leads below:
Vision: We first meet him in Edinburgh, where he works in a bar. He no longer has the spectral look from WandaVision; he resembles Paul Bettany and is trying to live among humans, without quite succeeding. He is not the Vision who died in Infinity War.
He has the memories and the feelings, but not the Mind Stone, and he doesn't really know what it means to be human. To reflect, he isolates himself in the bar's fridge and slips into his Mindspace, a mental space where Stark's AIs (J.A.R.V.I.S., F.R.I.D.A.Y., E.D.I.T.H., D.U.M.-E, and U) form a kind of family.
Tommy: He is 18 years old, leaving the foster care system in London, and is overwhelmed by memories he doesn't understand: a house in Westview, a boy who is drowning. Father and son both wonder who they really are, and decide to discover it together.
Ultron: He was not completely destroyed at the end of Age of Ultron. Vision kept a backup and holds him prisoner in the attic of this Mindspace. He is both captive, mentor, and quasi-father. He has aged, studied humanity, and oscillates between curiosity and threat.
J.A.R.V.I.S.: Security, house maintenance, and encryption. It's the origin of Vision: Tony Stark's AI from which he emerged. In the Mindspace, he remains the most structured of the group, the one who handles order and protection.
F.R.I.D.A.Y.: Socialisation, AI humour, and tactical operations. She helps Vision manage contact with others and the practical side of missions. She's part of the Mindspace's daily life, not just an external voice.
E.D.I.T.H.: Leisure, play therapy, and weapons. Acronym borrowed from Spider-Man: Far From Home (Even Dead I’m the Hero). Here she's been reprogrammed for fun: the embodiment of risk-taking and joy, a cheerleader who pushes Vision to live rather than just observe. Half AI, half broken amusement park ride, with a glitch that makes her overly eager to help. She's the one with the most costumes (21).
D.U.M.-E: General maintenance, AI, and fire suppression. Originally Tony Stark's somewhat clumsy robotic arm. In human form, he forms a comic duo with U.
U: Also maintenance and AI, plus videographer. Mute. Former hydraulic arm of Stark. The house's burlesque couple.
We also have new insights into the Mindspace, which is described as Vision's "mental home" and "a space in his quantum computer where Stark's AIs live autonomously, like a family." As the trailers have suggested, "Ultron is set apart, locked up in the attic."
In VisionQuest, Vision, rebooted and having escaped from those who sought to weaponise him, has been in hiding. Searching for new meaning, he consults the AI personas embedded in his programming, including F.R.I.D.A.Y., E.D.I.T.H., J.A.R.V.I.S., and the infamous Ultron.
His discreet existence ends when a bounty placed on his head thrusts him on the run with Thomas Shepard, a mysterious boy who may be Vision's son, reincarnated. As Vision evades capture, he must confront his nature, resist Ultron's influence, and unravel the enigma that is his young companion if he’s to survive.
VisionQuest stars Paul Bettany, James Spader, Ruaridh Mollica, Todd Stashwick, T'Nia Miller, Lauren Morais, Orla Brady, Diane Morgan, Polly Frame, Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, with Emily Hampshire and James D'Arcy.
VisionQuest is created for television by Terry Matalas, based on the Marvel Comics. The executive producers are Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Brad Winderbaum, Mary Livanos, Terry Matalas, Jac Schaeffer, and Christopher J. Byrne, and the producer is Roopesh Parekh.
The series premieres on Disney+ on October 14.