Marvel Studios has shared a special look at the VisionQuest Official Podcast, which arrives tonight at 7 PM MST, the same moment the series finale begins streaming on Disney+. The episode brings together Paul Bettany, James Spader, Ruaridh Mollica and showrunner Terry Matalas, and it will be available to watch on Disney+ and Marvel's YouTube channel or to hear wherever podcasts are available. Check out the official post down below:
What The Podcast Preview Shows
The preview cuts between the guests sitting on a leather couch in front of a red curtain with the VisionQuest Official Podcast logo in the corner. The co-hosts are Iman Vellani, who plays Kamala Khan in the MCU, and podcaster and comedian Frank Alvarez.
The clips tease conversations about the actors playing synthezoids and juggling multiple characters, with Bettany joking about a stuntman and how many lines he had to learn. Mollica appears in several shots, laughing as he is told "as if you haven't heard enough," and the preview is intercut with footage from the series, including Vision in a dark suit and tie and a scene featuring Wanda's red costume.
Vellani and Alvarez were first paired up for Marvel's 5-part Countdown to Doomsday podcast leading into Avengers: Doomsday, and the VisionQuest Official Podcast is their first follow-up project together. Marvel has not said whether the VisionQuest Official Podcast is a single special or the start of a longer series.
The Finale Launch Event
Marvel also celebrated the end of the series with a Finale Launch Event in New York City last night. The cast and showrunner posed on a VisionQuest carpet and held a panel conversation on stage in front of an audience. Marvel shared photos from the night:
The finale, titled "Forever," streams tonight at 7 PM MST. Marvel has been promoting it heavily with the line "There's no getting rid of Ultron," and an earlier teaser promised "One Vision. One moment. One final surprise." Marvel is also billing the episode as "the epic conclusion of the visionary trilogy," which began with WandaVision and continued with Agatha All Along.
Vision, Ultron And The MCU
VisionQuest follows a rebooted Vision who has escaped from those who sought to weaponize him and has gone into 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 Ultron. His quiet existence ends when a bounty is placed on his head, sending him on the run with a mysterious boy named Tommy, who may be Vision's reincarnated son.
Bettany and Spader share a long history in these roles. Bettany voiced J.A.R.V.I.S. for years before Vision was born in Avengers: Age of Ultron, the same movie where Spader first played Ultron. Bringing both actors back together puts the creator and creation from that story face to face again, with Ultron living on inside Vision's mind.
Avengers: Doomsday opens in theaters on December 18, a little over 5 weeks after the VisionQuest finale, and Marvel has not yet said where Vision goes from here once the series wraps up tonight.
The cast also includes Todd Stashwick, T'Nia Miller, Lauren Morais, Orla Brady, Diane Morgan, Polly Frame, Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, Emily Hampshire and James D'Arcy. Matalas, who previously ran Star Trek: Picard Season 3 and 12 Monkeys, serves as showrunner.
Comicbookmovie has covered the finale in Does Tonight's VisionQuest Finale Have A Post-Credits Scene? Here's What You Need To Know and VisionQuest: Marvel Studios Releases First Clip From Next Week's Season Finale.
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