When the first announcement and concept art was released for Marvel Studios’ upcoming TV series, “WandaVision,” there was talk about how the show was going to capture the look and feel of classic sitcoms. Of course, even when that was revealed, there were some that didn’t believe the entire show would replicate the sitcom style. But, as the folks involved with the series revealed to EW, that’s exactly what happened, right down to the live studio audience.
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“WandaVision” follows the events of “Avengers: Endgame” and catches up with the story of Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and her android beau, Vision (Paul Bettany). But this isn’t your typical superhero story, as the duo find themselves married and living in the type of idyllic suburb that would have been featured in a ‘50s sitcom. And apparently, the premiere episode wants to capture that look and feel so much that it’s filmed in black and white and in front of a real live studio audience.
“The show is a love letter to the golden age of television,” said “WandaVision” head writer, Jac Schaeffer. “We’re paying tribute and honoring all of these incredible shows and people who came before us, [but] we’re also trying to blaze new territory.”
If people are curious where the inspiration for this story came from, it would seem as if you can partly blame Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige.
“I would get ready for the day and watch some old sitcom because I couldn’t take the news anymore,” Feige said. “Getting ready to go to set over the last few years, I kept thinking of how influential these programs were on our society and on myself, and how certainly I was using it as an escape from reality where things could be tied up in a nice bow in 30 minutes.”
But don’t forget, “WandaVision” is a superhero show after all, and not everything about their perfect sitcom life is as it seems. After the events of “Avengers: Infinity War,” Vision was seemingly killed. And the last we saw Wanda, she was still dealing with the trauma of her lover’s death. So, there’s definitely some shenanigans at play.
“We find Wanda and Vision living a blissful suburban existence, trying to keep their powers under wraps,” Schaeffer said.
There’s no release date set for “WandaVision,” though we know it’s coming in the winter, whether that’s December or possibly the beginning of 2021. We’ll just have to wait and see. You can see new images from the show below.
