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Kevin Feige Confirms the Return of Another Major ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ & ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Star

Originally posted on Murphy's Multiverse
By Charles Murphy | Last updated Aug 2, 2024 8:45 AM ET

With the Multiverse Saga in danger, Marvel Studios turned to its big guns to save it. To end its Hall H panel at SDCC ’24, the studio brought Anthony and Joe Russo on stage and announced that the brothers were returning to the fold to direct the next two Avengers film, Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. Then, as an intended cherry on top, the Russos revealed that Robert Downey Jr., the actor behind the greatest hero of the Infinity Saga, was set to join them in returning to the MCU, this time to play Victor Von Doom.

It remains to be seen how the move to bring Downey back as a villain will be received. It’s not yet entirely clear whether he’s playing Victor Von Doom or a Tony Stark Variant gone rogue. If it is the latter, however, it turns out Downey won’t be the only actor putting a new spin on his MCU character.

In an interview with Inverse, Marvel Studios One Above All, Kevin Feige, confirmed that the studio is working with Star Trek: Picard show runner Terry Matlas to develop a Vision streaming series for star Paul Bettany.

A Vision-centric series has been reported to be in the works since 2022 with WandaVision and Agatha All Along creator Jac Schaeffer developing the streaming series. In May 2024, Variety reported that Matlas had taken over for Schaeffer as the show runner with an eye on a Fall 2024 start of production on the UK.

Despite the trade reports over the years, the project had never been publicly discussed by Feige until recently when he confirmed Matlas was working on the series. In an interview with Inverse, Feige revealed he turned to Matlas to develop the series after having seen Season 3 of Star Trek: Picard.

“That’s how I got to know him,” said Feige of Matlas “It was from his amazing [work on Picard Season 3. I said: This is incredible. I don’t know how this exists. Let me find the person who made this.”

It’s no secret that Feige is a Star Trek fan; now, his love for that universe has brought the show runner of one of Star Trek’s most highly-acclaimed series to the MCU to help craft a new path forward for one of the Infinity Saga’s mightiest heroes.

Though no mention of the Vision series was made at SDCC, one might expect some information to be shared during D23.

Source: Inverse

This article first appeared on Murphy's Multiverse and was syndicated with permission.

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