Joe Locke is becoming a member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in WandaVision spin-off Agatha All Alongside. (Disney/Getty)
After a number of identify modifications and a delay because of final yr’s actors’ strike, Joe Locke’s new Marvel collection Agatha All Alongside is lastly coming – and it’s a musical, in response to Patti LuPone.
The WandaVision spin-off collection, which focuses on Wanda Maximoff’s (Elizabeth Olsen) arch nemesis Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn) is ready to lastly premiere on Disney+ on Wednesday 18 September.
The primary two episodes will drop on 18 September, with the remaining seven episodes releasing weekly till mid November. Which means Agatha All Alongside will coincide properly with the discharge of Heartstopper season three on 3 October, giving Joe Locke followers a double dose of their favorite star this autumn.
Locke is rumoured to be enjoying homosexual teen Billy Kaplan, aka Wiccan, the son of Olsen’s character Wanda. He’s more likely to have a number of run ins with Hahn’s Agatha Harkness, then – although footage from the collection shared earlier this yr seems to indicate the pair as buddies.
The White Lotus star Aubrey Plaza will star as Rio Vidal, and Broadway legend and LGBTQ+ ally Patti LuPone will play Lilia Calderu: each might be witches in Agatha’s coven.
Talking on the purple carpet at a Disney upfront presentation occasion on 14 Could, LuPone seemingly let slip a serious element about Agatha All Alongside: it’s a musical.
Requested what they’ll spill concerning the upcoming miniseries, Hahn mentioned that “the coven is robust” and that the collection is “hilarious and deep, and I used to be moved and honoured to work with these individuals daily”.
Leaning in so as to add a spicy further spoiler, LuPone then appeared to verify “it’s a musical”, with Locke and Hahn expressing shock on the revelation.
It’s lengthy been recognized that there would doubtless be music in Agatha All Alongside, contemplating that was a component in its predecessor WandaVision. In actual fact, “Agatha All Alongside” was a much-loved track carried out by Hahn within the collection.
If the collection does turn into a full-scale musical affair, Locke might be alright – he’s simply completed his first Broadway run in Sweeney Todd.
Dropping additional particulars concerning the Marvel miniseries, Hahn went on to laud the manufacturing group, with LuPone including that all of them “burst into tears” once they noticed how “lovely” the set is.
“The factor about this present that I believed was so thrilling,” Hahn mentioned, “it was essential… that there be as minimal CGI [as possible]. There may be little or no that’s not sensible magic or simply our magic.”
Agatha All Alongside is the fifth and ultimate title for the brand new collection, after it was beforehand referred to as Agatha: Home of Harkness, Agatha: Coven of Chaos, Agatha: Darkhold Diaries, and Agatha: The Mendacity Witch with Nice Wardrobe.
After the Mendacity Witch title was teased earlier this week, followers caught on that maybe the actual title can be Agatha All Alongside. Clearly, somebody at Marvel put their advertising and marketing diploma to werk.
Agatha All Alongside begins streaming on 18 September.