Scarlet Witch: Elizabeth Olsen’s MCU Return Teased by Fantastic Four Director

WandaVision director Matt Shakman has finally addressed the possibility of the Scarlet Witch‘s potential return in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. For his work on the acclaimed Disney+ series, Shakman received two Emmy nominations including Outstanding Directing and Outstading Limited or Anthology Series.

This comes after over three years since Elizabeth Olsen’s fan-favorite character seemingly died at the end of Sam Raimi’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Since then, Marvel Studios has been silent about their future plans for the Scarlet Witch, leading fans to think that Wanda Maximoff might be really gone from the MCU.

WandaVision director teases Scarlet Witch’s potential return

During a recent interview with ScreenRant, when asked if he believes that Olsen’s Scarlet Witch is really dead, Shakman gave a hopeful response by revealing that “Wanda’s never gone.” This seemingly hints at the possibility of the complex character’s return in future MCU projects.

In addition, Shakman also shared the similarities between his experiences working on WandaVision and directing Marvel Studios’ upcoming The Fantastic Four: First Steps. He explained that he was able to experiment in both projects’ style and tone, which was something he loved as a filmmaker.

“They’re both so joyful. I think of these two as the highlights of my directing career,” he revealed. “Working on WandaVision was amazing. That world, the cast is incredible. Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Kathryn Hahn, (everybody). We had so much fun, and it was very specific, and we had a lot of rehearsal before we started, because I wanted everybody to understand the sitcom realities and tone and style that we were in.”

Shakman continued, “It was similar here (The Fantastic Four: First Steps). We had three weeks of rehearsal before we started shooting, because we were building a very specific world. We had to build a family that felt lived in, that felt real, and we had to build this ’60s world that had a coherence to it in terms of aesthetics, but also style, tone, and how you approach the movie. So, both of them were stylistic and tonal experiments, which I love doing as a filmmaker. (They’re) very different, but [there were] some lessons learned between the two.”

(Source: ScreenRant)

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