Viewers of Avengers: Infinity War (2018) will recall that Vision (Paul Bettany) dies, not once, but twice. However, he, and his lover, the...

Viewers of Avengers: Infinity War (2018) will recall that Vision (Paul Bettany) dies, not once, but twice. However, he, and his lover, the superpowerful Wanda Maximoff aka Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), are back in WandaVision. The nine-episode series will be streamed in India on Disney+ Hotstar Premium from January 15.
How is Vision’s return possible? Among other powers, Scarlet Witch can warp reality and create new worlds. Set after the events of Infinity War, WandaVision follows Vision and Scarlet Witch hopping through decades of American sitcom-style universes, trying to pursue a normal life that is uninterrupted by the inter-dimensional catastrophes that the Avengers frequently tackle.
The comedic tone of WandaVision continues “only till a point, and then it has more effects shots than Avengers: Endgame”, Bettany promised in an interview with Scroll.in.
WandaVision has been written by Jac Schaeffer (Captain Marvel, Black Widow) and directed by Matt Shakman, whose credits include the irreverent comedy series It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia as well as Game of Thrones. Edited excerpts from an interview.
You are a British man paying tribute to American sitcoms from different decades.
When I grew up in Great Britain in the 1970s, we were inundated with American television in the weekends until football came in. We saw The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Brady Bunch. I was familiar with that, but not the ones that came after,...