Overview
- Marvel and Disney confirmed a revised U.S. premiere for VisionQuest on Oct. 13, 2026 at 6 p.m. PT / 9 p.m. ET, with international windows on Oct. 14 and an eight-episode limited run that opens with a two-episode launch.
- The series follows S.W.O.R.D.’s reconstructed Vision, played by Paul Bettany, who houses multiple Stark-era AIs inside his mind — including a returning Ultron voiced and played by James Spader — and is forced on the run alongside Thomas Shepherd, a teenager who may be the reincarnation of Vision’s son Tommy.
- Early reviews provided to critics are mixed, with widespread praise for Bettany and Spader’s performances and the show’s visual design and emotional aims, while several critics fault the series for pacing issues and what they describe as narrative thinness over eight episodes.
- VisionQuest is written and overseen by showrunner Terry Matalas and foregrounds themes of identity, artificial consciousness, and family grief, using Vision’s internal ‘mindspace’ populated by J.A.R.V.I.S., F.R.I.D.A.Y., E.D.I.T.H. and others as a central storytelling device.
- Beyond resolving the WandaVision/Agatha arc, the series explicitly positions Tommy and other elements as potential seeds for future MCU projects such as a Young Avengers strand, and its reception could shape how Marvel approaches character-focused limited series going forward.