Agatha: Coven of Chaos Conjures Up Its Directors and Supporting Cast

Even although WandaVision ended along with her trapped in her TV character persona, it was a on condition that we’d see finally Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha Harkness once more someplace within the MCU. Busy as Hahn’s been not too long ago with Glass Onion, she’ll have the highlight all to herself with Agatha: Coven of Chaos.

Ahead of the present’s manufacturing beginning subsequent week, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed extra of the present’s supporting solid, all of whom beforehand appeared in WandaVision correct. Returning for the brand new collection are Kate Forbes (Evanora Harkness, Agatha’s mom), Asif Ali (Abilash Tandon/”Norm”), David Lengel (Harold Proctor/”Phil Jones”), Amos Glick (“Dennis”), David Payton (John Collins/”Herb”, and Brian Brightman (Sherriff).

The WandaVision veterans are joined by the present’s high-profile newcomers Aubrey Plaza, Joe Locke, and Patti LuPone. And amongst these additions comes extra new blood within the type of Miles Gutierrez-Riley (The Wilds), Okwui Okpokwasili (Bronx Gothic), and Maria Dizzia (The Staircase). The roles of all three actors—like with Plaza, Locke, and LuPone—are presently below wraps.

It was additional revealed that behind the scenes, Rachel Goldberg has been tapped as one among Agatha’s administrators. Goldberg not too long ago directed episodes of Peacock’s A Friend of the Family and Netflix’s one-season Resident Evil collection. She’s joined by showrunner and lead author Jac Schaeffer (who beforehand wrote and ran WandaVision) and Wednesday director Gandja Monteiro. Late final 12 months, it was reported that Coven could be 9 episodes lengthy, so three administrators apiece is smart. And it’s additionally notable since its predecessor WandaVision solely had a single director for its nine-episode run: Matt Shakman, who’s presently locked in for Fantastic Four.

Agatha: Coven of Chaos is anticipated to launch on Disney+ later this 12 months.

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