SCARLET WITCH Rumored To Be Closing In On A Director; HAWKEYE Season 2 Reportedly Features Familiar Setting

SCARLET WITCH Rumored To Be Closing In On A Director; HAWKEYE Season 2 Reportedly Features Familiar Setting

According to a new rumour, Marvel Studios is finally on the hunt for a Scarlet Witch director. We also have news on Hawkeye season 2, including when it will be set and early plans for Barney Barton...

By JoshWilding - May 30, 2024 08:05 AM EST
Filed Under: WandaVision

In WandaVision, Wanda Maximoff finally became the Scarlet Witch. However, her evolution ended on a tragic note when she was forced to drop the Hex around Westview and bid farewell to The Vision and her children, Tommy and Billy. 

When we caught up with Wanda in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the Darkhold had corrupted the Avenger and she went on a rampage through realities to find Variants of her twin boys. 

Verging on being a full-blown villain by the time all was said and done, Wanda eventually saw the error of her ways and appeared to bury herself beneath Wundagore. However, that was only after she'd used her powers to destroy every possible copy of the Darkhold in the Multiverse.

It's widely believed that Wanda found a way to survive and there's been chatter online about a Scarlet Witch movie for several months. 

Today, scooper @MyTimeToShineH has shared an update claiming Marvel Studios is now looking for a director. That presumably means they have a script, and it's previously been reported that the plan is to get this project into theaters before Avengers: Secret Wars.

For now, though, Elizabeth Olsen seems eager to take a break from the MCU. "Specifically in the last four years, my output has been Marvel," she said last year. "I don’t want...it’s not that I don’t want to be associated as just this character. But I really feel like I need to be building other parts back up for balance."

"I so much want to do films right now. And I hope some of them come together in the way I feel like they can. But yeah, that’s something that I need. I just need other characters in my life," Olsen added. "There’s no longevity in one character."

Chances are that if the Scarlet Witch movie doesn't serve as Olsen's farewell to the character, then one of the next Avengers movies will.

We also have a Hawkeye season 2 update; apparently, the plan is for the story to once again take place during Christmas. The hope is to cast a "big name" to play Clint Barton's brother Barney (who is better known in the comics as Trickshot). 

Back in February, Jeremy Renner addressed his MCU return when he said, "I'm always game. I'm gonna be strong enough, that's for sure. I'll be ready."

You can read more MCU rumours - including Sydney Sweeney's possible role - by clicking here.

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