Did you know it’s been nearly two years since there were reports that Marvel Studios was developing a series surrounding the return of Vision, played by Paul Bettany. At the time, it was another series from “WandaVision” head writer, Jac Shaeffer, and seemed to be on the fast track to happening. But then, nothing. Not only did we not hear anything about the series for months, but there was also news that Disney CEO Bob Iger was quietly canceling Marvel projects behind the scenes.

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Grief and trauma are often so unbearable, so emotionally devastating, to survive, sometimes one has to escape reality and transform life into a… stylized situation comedy coping mechanism. That appears to be the linear way of explaining Marvel Studios’ “WandaVision,” a new romantic comedy mystery limited-series about loss, mental fragility, and anguish—the first of its kind for Disney+, in what promises to be a long line of further-connected Marvel storytelling.

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Set after the events of “Avengers: Endgame,” Disney+‘s “WandaVision” focuses on the heroes Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) as they settle down in the small suburban town of Westview. There’s one problem. The Vision died in the previous film “Avengers: Infinity War.” So how is is that this android humanoid still alive?

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Before her role in Marvel Studios’ writers’ group, Jac Schaeffer was probably best known for being the writer-director behind the 2009 rom-com “Timer.” Since then, she recently had another script for “The Hustle,” which starred Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson, arrive in theaters. And now, she’s the woman who wrote the script for the highly anticipated Marvel film, “Black Widow.” But as she explained in a recent interview with Inverse, she’s not interested in writing your typical superhero film that is beholden to decades-old canon.

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