The thought for the primary episode of Agatha All Along got here from an axed WandaVision pitch.
Agatha All Alongside is the brand new MCU sequence that debuted its first two episodes on Disney+ final week. The sequence sees Kathryn Hahn reprise her function as Agatha Harkness, whereas Jac Schaeffer serves as showrunner.
Schaeffer, who additionally directs three episodes of Agatha All Alongside, beforehand created 2021’s WandaVision for Marvel Studios.
What did Jac Schaeffer say about Agatha All Alongside’s first episode?
Chatting with Variety, Schaeffer mentioned that her unique pitch for WandaVision, which was made earlier than the sequence even had a writers’ room, was to incorporate a “CSI episode” mimicking a basic TV police procedural.
When the thought to make WandaVision be about household sitcoms got here alongside, the CSI episode pitch fell to the wayside; nevertheless, when she signed on to make Agatha All Alongside, Schaeffer introduced the thought again.
“I believe that’s what WandaVision followers love, that absolutely immersed feeling within one thing that’s so acquainted and expensive to them,” Schaeffer mentioned. “I really like gritty drama, homicide thriller stuff, however I don’t ever do it as a result of I don’t just like the lifeless lady tropes. I don’t like how exploitative they typically are. So it was such a cheat for me to be like, ‘I’m gonna placed on this costume, and faux that I’m doing considered one of these reveals.’”
She added, “Agatha delights in seeing darkness in others, in seeing folks be egocentric and self-serving and nefarious,” she says. “So I imagine that she would love the true crime style — not as a viewer, however as a result of I believe she would suppose it factors to the ugliness in folks.”
Marvel‘s Agatha All Alongside additionally stars Joe Lock as Teen, Debra Jo Rupp as Sharon Davis, Aubrey Plaza as Rio Vidal, Sasheer Zamata as Jennifer Kale, Patti LuPone as Lilia Calderu, and extra.
The primary two episodes of Agatha All Alongside, together with all eight episodes of WandaVision, are presently streaming on Disney+. New episodes of Agatha All Alongside will proceed to be launched on Wednesdays, with the ultimate two episodes dropping on October 30, 2024.
