Background In March 2009,
Marvel Studios hired writers to help come up with creative ways to launch its lesser-known properties, including
Vision.
Paul Bettany was cast as the
Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) incarnation of
the character for the film
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). This version of the character is partially created from the
artificial intelligence (AI)
J.A.R.V.I.S., who was voiced by Bettany in earlier
MCU films. Following Vision's death in the film
Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Bettany was revealed to be portraying a reassembled and reactivated version of Vision in the
Disney+ series
WandaVision (2021). This version was referred to as "White Vision" or simply "The Vision", and has an all-white appearance, similar to when the comic book character was resurrected with an all-white body and no memories or emotions. In May 2021,
WandaVision head writer Jac Schaeffer signed a three-year overall television deal with Marvel Studios to develop additional Disney+ projects for the studio. By October 2022, they were developing a television series called
Vision Quest, which would center on Bettany's "White Vision". Schaeffer was set as head writer after working on another
WandaVision spin-off series,
Agatha All Along (2024). Development of a Vision-centric series had been rumored as early as March 2021. The name "Vision Quest" was previously used for a
Marvel Comics storyline in
West Coast Avengers vol. 2 #42–45 (1988–89), although it was unclear if the series would be a direct adaptation of that comic. A
writers' room was set to be formed in early November 2022, to include Peter Cameron,
Megan McDonnell, and Eileen Shim; Cameron and McDonnell worked on
WandaVision,
Agatha All Along, and other MCU media.
Vision Quest was expected to follow "White Vision" as he attempts to regain his memories and humanity, with potential for
Elizabeth Olsen to reprise her MCU role as Vision's wife
Wanda Maximoff / Scarlet Witch.
Development was hired to redevelop the series by May 2024. By October 2023, Marvel Studios shifted its creative philosophy to a more traditional television development process, moving away from head writers and beginning to hire dedicated
showrunners for its series. Schaeffer was no longer developing
Vision Quest by May 2024 due to her focus on making
Agatha All Along, and
Terry Matalas was redeveloping the series and set as its showrunner. Marvel Studios hired Matalas after being impressed with his work on the
third season of
Star Trek: Picard (2023), with Marvel Studios president
Kevin Feige being a particular fan of the
Star Trek franchise. Matalas was also set to direct for the series, alongside Christopher J. Byrne,
Vincenzo Natali, and
Agatha All Along episodic director Gandja Monteiro. Matalas met with Schaeffer upon joining the project, and Marvel Studios executive
Brad Winderbaum said it would be a "love letter" to the work Schaeffer had done, while being unique to Matalas. The series was still being referred to by Marvel as
Vision Quest, but
The Hollywood Reporter noted that this was not its official title; Disney was referring to the series as simply
Vision by May 2025, though
Variety noted that an official title had yet to be announced. The title was officially announced as
VisionQuest in October 2025, and the series was confirmed to be the final installment of the trilogy that began with
WandaVision and continued with
Agatha All Along. Marvel Studios's
Mary Livanos, who worked on the first two series, returned as an executive producer, alongside Trevor Waterson and Byrne, while Roopesh Parekh was a producer. The series is being released under Marvel Studios' "
Marvel Television" label.
Writing A writers' room opened during the week of May 20, 2024, featuring Cindy Appel,
Michael Taylor, Christopher Monfette, Nicole Falsetti, and Matthew Okumura, alongside Matalas. The series is set after the events of
WandaVision, and focuses on the various AIs in the MCU, many of whom appear in
human form within Vision's mind as part of his attempts to re-connect with his memories. Bettany explained that the AIs inhabit Vision's mind because he had "been saving and copying and pasting them to keep them alive" within him; one such AI is the villainous
Ultron, who Bettany said "has to be kept behind a pretty impressive
firewall because he's a psychopath. But he's a clever one." The series continues the
WandaVision trilogy theme of exploring parenthood, specifically fatherhood. Winderbaum said
VisionQuest was about three generations, a grandfather, father, and son, and would explore if a man who had an abusive father could be a good father himself. Bettany added that
VisionQuest explored
intergenerational trauma with fathers and sons, similar to how
WandaVision explored grief, as well as about "denial of pain, and denial of your own truth, and coming to terms with who and what you are, and what you could be". He also found an important aspect of Vision was that he was "always in a state of flux, [but that] he can change". Matalas said each episode of the series feels like a different kind of film, similar to how each episode of
WandaVision pays homage to a different era of American
sitcoms. Winderbaum said Matalas "knows the lore" of the MCU and the series would be rewarding for fans who had followed the franchise for years; Matalas described one scene in the finale as "a Marvel dream".
Casting Bettany was confirmed to be reprising his MCU role as Vision in the series with the news of its redevelopment in May 2024. In August,
James Spader was set to reprise his role as Ultron from
Age of Ultron.
Todd Stashwick, who previously worked with Matalas on the television series
12 Monkeys (2015–2018) and
Picard, joined the cast a month later. In January 2025,
Faran Tahir was revealed to be reprising his role as
Raza from the first MCU film,
Iron Man (2008).
Ruaridh Mollica joined the cast a month later as a character referred to as "Tucker", and
T'Nia Miller was cast in the leading role of the robot
Jocasta in May. Soon after, star
Emily Hampshire was revealed to be portraying the key role of
E.D.I.T.H., an AI introduced in the MCU film
Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) where she was voiced by assistant editor Dawn Michelle King. Matalas revealed in August 2025 that Stashwick was playing the comics character
Paladin, and that
Picard star
Orla Brady was portraying the AI
F.R.I.D.A.Y., replacing
Kerry Condon who voiced the character in several MCU projects.
Mary McDonnell was revealed as part of the cast the next month. In October, several more cast members were revealed:
Henry Lewis and
Jonathan Sayer as
D.U.M.-E and
U, respectively, two robots seen in the MCU films; and
James D'Arcy as J.A.R.V.I.S., the AI originally voiced by Bettany in the MCU films. D'Arcy previously portrayed
Edwin Jarvis, the human inspiration for the AI J.A.R.V.I.S., in several MCU projects. Additionally, Mollica was revealed to be portraying
Tommy Maximoff / Speed and
Thomas Shepherd, taking over from
Jett Klyne who portrayed Tommy in
WandaVision and the MCU film
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). In November,
Lauren Morais and
Diane Morgan were revealed to be respectively portraying
Lisa Molinari and an associate of Paladin. In April 2026, Cristian Lavin was revealed to have been cast in the role of a mercenary.
Design Will Hughes-Jones was the production designer for the series, with Sarah Young as the costume designer after previously working as assistant costume designer on
Age of Ultron.
Filming Principal photography began by March 14, 2025, at
Pinewood Studios in London, under the
working title Tin Man, with Byrne, Monteiro, Natali, and Matalas directing.
Christopher Ross,
Ben Smithard, and Neville Kidd were the cinematographers.
Location shooting took place in and around London. Filming
wrapped in late July 2025, and completed in August, when Matalas indicated that production spanned seven months.
Post-production Amelia Allwarden is editing the series after working on the Marvel Studios series
Echo (2024).
Music Mick Giacchino, the son of frequent MCU composer
Michael Giacchino, was revealed to be composing the series' score in March 2026. == Marketing ==