Paul Bettany is teasing some details about his next Marvel series, marking his return as Vision for the show that's reportedly coming to Disney+ in 2026.
Bettany reprises his role as the android who fell in love with Scarlett Witch (played by Elizabeth Olsen) and was later destroyed by Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War. In WandaVisionhe returned via magic and the power of pain, but also as a reconstructed android, now ghostly white.
At the Los Angeles premiere of his new film Here Friday, Bettany said The Hollywood journalist that the show will begin filming next year and “we're cooking up something that I'm really excited about,” joking he couldn't reveal more because “spies end up in ditches.”
The actor also offered his thoughts on the streaming currently underway Agata alwaysA WandaVision spin-off series following Kathryn Hahn's Agatha Harkness.
“I love it. I love it and I'm so proud of it [showrunner] Jac Schaeffer and I will watch again because there is so much to learn moving forward in my contribution,” Bettany said.
The as-yet-untitled Vision series will also see the return of James Spader's Ulton, a sentient being created by Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, to serve as a defense program but who instead turned against humanity, as seen in the film . Avengers: Age of Ultron. Star Trek: Picard'Terry Matalas is the showrunner.
For now, Bettany appears alongside Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Kelly Reilly and Michelle Dockery in Robert Zemeckis' film Herea single-shot film that takes place entirely in one room and follows multiple generations of families.
The star said he had never read a script like that, and “as I read it, I start to realize that I'm playing Tom Hanks' father, and there's this thing that goes through my head: 'How's it going?' will it work? They'll find out!' And Bob Zemeckis understood it. And then we got to play and have a blast chewing on my son Tom Hanks. He is the father of America and I am the grandfather of America.