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The long awaited return of Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) is over with the arrival of Agatha All Along, the witch’s solo series that branches off of Marvel’s WandaVision.

But Agatha can’t walk the Witches’ Road alone. Though she betrayed her own coven ages ago, she summons up a new “circle sewn with fate” to tackle the gauntlet, that will give any witch the object she most desires. The coven makes up a good chunk of the Agatha All Along cast, but several other familiar faces from Wanda’s Westview reprise their neighborly roles — like Norm (Asif Ali), Herb (David A Payton) and Phil Jones (David Lengel) and more.

Find those that make up Agatha’s coven as well as other familiar faces viewers may recognize below:

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Agatha All Along is the latest offering from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, taking viewers on an epic ride through a dark and magical side of the franchise as Kathryn Hahn's iconic witch takes center stage after her spotlight-stealing debut in 2021's WandaVision. The new Disney+ series centers on Agatha Harkness after her defeat at the hands of the Scarlet Witch three years earlier. Without the magic that once made her so powerful, Agatha is forced to rely on a new coven of witches (and one overly enthusiastic teenager) to help her walk the Witches' Road and get her abilities back. However, she and her friends are pursued by several mysterious forces, including the horrific Salem Seven and the powerful Rio Vadal, played by Aubrey Plaza.

At the beginning of Agatha All Along,...

Spoiler Warning: This story discusses plot developments in the first episode of “Agatha All Along,” currently streaming on Disney+.

Turns out, it was Agatha all along.

On Wednesday’s premiere of “Agatha All Along” — Marvel Television’s sequel series to the critically acclaimed “WandaVision” — audiences got to see a lot of star Kathryn Hahn, who made a bit of cheeky Marvel history. Although Marvel hasn’t shied away from showing male butt cheeks — Hulk in “Thor: Ragnarok,” Thor in “Thor: Love and Thunder” — Hahn is the first woman to show her bare butt in a Marvel Studios project.

“Well, I came up with it,” Hahn explains to Variety. “I thought it was good to see her as stripped down, literally, as we possibly could, which spoke into her powerlessness at the present moment.”

The series follows the infamous Agatha Harkness after a suspicious goth known as Teen (Joe Locke) helps...

Marvel Studios held a launch event for Marvel Television's Agatha All Along at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood last night, and Disney+ has now shared some photos and video from the purple carpet.

Stars Kathryn Hahn, Joe Locke, Sasheer Zamata, Ali Ahn, Maria Dizzia, Paul Adelstein, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Okwui Okpokwasili, Debra Jo Rupp, Patti LuPone, Aubrey Plaza, Emma Caulfield, David Anthony Payton and Elizabeth Anweis were all in attendance, along with creator, showrunner, director and executive producer Jac Schaeffer, executive producers Louis D’Esposito, Brad Winderbaum and Mary Livanos, directors Rachel Goldberg and Gandja Monteiro.

Special guests Amy Poehler and Adam Scott also joined Hahn and Plaza for a Parks and Recreation reunion.

The first reactions to the WandaVision spin-off have been mostly very positive (more later), and you can find out what I made of the first four episodes below.

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The first teaser trailer for ‘Agatha All Along’ has been released, offering a glimpse into the magical new installment in the MCU. The show will follow Agatha Harkness as she attempts to reclaim her magic after being imprisoned by the Scarlet Witch.

To achieve this, she must navigate the perilous Witches’ Road and recruit new witches to her coven. The teaser provides a preview of what’s to come and includes several Easter eggs. If you missed any, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered!

There are numerous references to Westview

‘Agatha: All Along’ is a ‘WandaVision’ spinoff, so it’s no surprise that the trailer includes several nods to the original show. The first detective Agatha meets in the teaser is played by David A. Payton, who also portrayed Herb, Wanda’s and Vision’s neighbor in ‘WandaVision.’ They examine a body resembling Wanda, wearing jeans and a...

‘Agatha All Along’ recently released its first teaser trailer showcasing a magical new installment in the MCU. The show is set to follow Agatha Harkness as she tries to reclaim her magic following her imprisonment at the hands of the Scarlet Witch. To do that, she will have to go through the Witches’ Road – one very dangerous journey that includes recruiting new witches to her coven.

The teaser showcased what to expect, but it also featured quite a few easter eggs summarized in a few minutes, if you didn’t catch them all, no worries, we have you covered!

There are quite a few Westview references

‘Agatha: All Along’ is ‘WandaVision’ spinoff, so we expected quite a few nods to the show to appear in the trailer. The first detective that Agatha meets in the teaser is played by David A. Payton aka Herb from ‘WandaVision’ who was Wanda’s and Vision’s neighbor.

The first trailer for Agatha All Along was released yesterday, a surprise when this year's San Diego Comic-Con is right around the corner.

Regardless, the series, which premieres on September 18, picks up with Agatha Harkness after the events of WandaVision and the Scarlet Witch's apparent death in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Many fans have questioned why Marvel Studios is telling this story and there are some big clues in the first sneak peek.

In this feature, we're rounding up some of the biggest Easter Eggs, story reveals, and possible plot spoilers. From the characters joining Agatha on her journey down the Witches' Road to what all this means for the wider MCU, we have you covered here. 

So, to learn more about what's to come in Agatha All Along, click on the "Next"/"View List" buttons below!

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Marvel Studios' upcoming Agatha: Coven of Chaos will return to Westview, as the town deals with the legacy of the Scarlet Witch after WandaVision. The McU's Phase 4 kicked off with WandaVision on Disney+, which saw Elizabeth Olsen return as Wanda Maximoff, a.k.a. the Scarlet Witch, imprisoning the entire community of Westview, New Jersey in her grief-stricken, sitcom-style alternate reality. WandaVision's first spinoff, Agatha: Coven of Chaos, is set to release as part of the McU's Phase 5 slate, reintroducing the world to Kathryn Hahn's Agatha Harkness, an original Salem witch, who is set to be freed from the spell cast upon her by the Scarlet Witch in the WandaVision finale.

Even though the Scarlet Witch removed her Hex at the end of WandaVision, and freed Westview's residents, her legacy will surely be one of trauma and pain, which is something that Agatha: Coven of Chaos can explore.

Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is about to get underway this year with the release of three new tentpole films and twice as many Disney+ shows. Bringing up the rear on the TV side of things is "Agatha: Coven of Chaos," which rolls cameras in Atlanta next week and is due for a late 2023 release

Ahead of its production start, "Agatha: Coven of Chaos" (formerly titled "Agatha: House of Harkness") has now locked in its directors, according The Hollywood Reporter.

A spin-off of Marvel's very first Disney+ series, "WandaVision," "Agatha: Coven of Chaos" centers on Kathryn Hahn's character, Agatha Harkness, who spent much of her previous screen time disguising herself as Wanda's nosy neighbor, Agnes. It was only toward the end of the seventh episode of "WandaVision" that viewers learned Agnes/Agatha's true witchy nature, to the tune of the Emmy-winning, retro-sitcom jingle "Agatha All Along.

The WandaVision spinoff series, Agatha: Coven of Chaos, gets a filming start date as well as a trio of directors. As Phase 5 is getting kicked off next month with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, other Marvel Cinematic Universe projects are getting ready to roll the cameras. One of the most anticipated projects is Agatha: Coven of Chaos, which will see the return of Kathryn Hahn as the fan-favorite MCU villain from WandaVision. Her solo show is a direct spinoff from WandaVision, as it will continue her journey in the MCU. WandaVision head writer Jac Schaeffer is headlining the dark Disney+ comedy as Agatha: Coven of Chaos is expected to premiere in late 2023.

It appears that Agatha: Coven of Chaos is finally ready to get production underway. The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that the Hahn-starring series will officially start filming on Tuesday, January 17, in Atlanta. Agatha: Coven of Chaos will...

Marvel Studios is about to unleash chaos.

Agatha: Coven of Chaos, the spinoff of Marvel’s Emmy-winning WandaVision that stars Kathryn Hahn, begins production Tuesday in Atlanta, having lined up its directing talent and supporting cast members.

Jac Schaeffer, who is serving as head writer and executive producer on the show, has stepped up to act as a director of multiple episodes. Joining her are Gandja Monteiro, hot off of directing one of the biggest shows of 2022 in Wednesday, as well as Rachel Goldberg, who counts Peacock’s A Friend of the Family and Netflix’s Resident Evil series among her recent credits.

The expansive cast includes Aubrey Plaza, Heartstopper breakout Joe Locke, stage star Patti LuPone, comedian Sasheer Zamata, former Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress Emma Caulfield and That ’70s Show motherly mainstay Debra Jo Rupp.

Plot details are being kept in the cauldron, but the show centers on Agatha,...

"WandaVision" takes "Twin Peaks" and sticks it in the MCU. The result is that a lot of things don't make sense. Why is Herb (David Payton) using his hedge trimmers to cut through a concrete wall? Why don't Vision (Paul Bettany) and Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) remember when they were married? Why is Wanda suddenly four months pregnant? Why does Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) disappear from a hospital and then reappear five years later? Oh right, we know the answer to that one -- Thanos! Infinity Stones! Exposition!

That's the thing: "WandaVision" is a mash-up of various modes of storytelling. As a result, it's sometimes hard to tell if things don't make sense because of...

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“WandaVision” has the chance to dominate the 2021 Emmy nominations judging from its submissions on this year’s Emmy ballots. The show has 45 entries across categories — 46 if you count Best Documentary/Nonfiction Special contender “Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of WandaVision.” Scroll down to see the list.

This is the first TV series set fully in the Marvel Cinematic Universe — as opposed to Netflix shows like “Jessica Jones” and ABC’s “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” which were more tangentially connected to the MCU. So it has the chance to do for this blockbuster movie franchise what “The Mandalorian” did for “Star Wars” last year when it won seven Emmys out of 15 nominations.

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“WandaVision” can probably be expected to do well in craft categories for bringing its movie-quality sci-fi action to the small screen. But don...

After the largely saccharine nature of the ‘80s episode last week, a pitch-perfect ’90s pastiche of “Malcolm in the Middle” (which actually premiered in 2000) in the sixth episode of “WandaVision” gave way to an eerie atmosphere of mystery and dread as Vision (Paul Bettany) struck out on his own and attempted to figure out what was going on in Westview while Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) and Pietro (Evan Peters) supervised Tommy and Billy, who’ve begun to exhibit the powers of their comic book counterparts, during Halloween. It was another example of the show’s impressive ability to balance its many stylistic and narrative elements, especially when you consider the seamless transition to the S.W.O.R.D. action going on outside of Westview as well.

As Vision headed toward the town limits where Wanda’s influence meant people were largely static bodies — meant to give off an illusion of...

This article contains WandaVision episode 3 spoilers.

WandaVision Episode 3

As we saw at the end of last week’s two-episode premiere of WandaVision, Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) had decided to avoid some troubling cracks in her black-and-white sitcom world (like that eerie beekeeper) by sprucing the place up with some color. In episode 3, WandaVision fully embraces the 1970s TV comedy esthetic, complete with crazy hairdos and outfits, brightly lit sets and even a new theme song and credits sequence that all look like they arrived fresh from a Brady Bunch audition.

And let’s also not forget that Wanda is now pregnant, and as episode 3 progresses, so does her pregnancy at alarming speed. As the show opens, Wanda and Vision (Paul Bettany) are finishing up a home visit from the rather obnoxious Dr. Stan Nielsen (Randy Oglesby), who explains that everything seems fine despite Wanda rather abruptly looking like she’s four months pregnant.

Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched Season 1, Episode 3 of Disney Plus’ “WandaVision.”

The curtain has finally lifted on “WandaVision” — and it’s left us with even more questions. In the final minutes of Episode 3, Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) risked blowing her cover as Geraldine to connect with Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen), only to have Wanda seemingly blow Monica out of their sitcom bubble and into the real world. Now we know definitively that Westview really is some kind of militarized simulation, surrounded by some kind of Marvel-y energy field and whole lot of soldiers. Who is running it and why Monica tried to infiltrate it, however, remains tantalizingly out of reach.

This week’s episode stepped into the 1970s kitsch-y modernism of shows like “The Brady Bunch” without seeming to miss a beat from last week, when Wanda discovered she was suddenly and quite noticeably pregnant.

If I were Marvel’s Kevin Feige, I would have launched “WandaVision” with the first three episodes rather than just the two we saw last week, because this week’s ’70s-themed episode, which saw Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) give birth to twins Billy and Tommy less than 24 hours after becoming pregnant, peeled back the facade of a perfect suburban existence to hint at something larger and more serious going on. But before I get into all that, let’s talk about the twins and what this might mean.

Who are Wanda and Vision’s twins, Billy and Tommy?

In the comics, Billy and Tommy were born in “The Vision and the Scarlet Witch”, but because Vision (Paul Bettany) is, you know, not actually human and therefore cannot have children, the boys were magical constructs created by Wanda that had souls formed from a part of the demon Mephisto (don’t ask). Unfortunately,...