James Spader is returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The Emmy-winning actor is ready to reprise his position because the voice of robotic villain Ultron in Marvel Studios’ untitled Imaginative and prescient sequence, the follow-up sequence to its acclaimed WandaVision present. He first performed the position in 2015’s Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Paul Bettany is reprising his position as Imaginative and prescient, the android who fell in love with the Scarlett Witch after which was destroyed by Thanos in Avengers: Infinity Battle. In WandaVision, he returned through magic and the ability of grief but in addition as a rebuilt android, now ghostly white.
Terry Matalas, the much-heralded showrunner of Star Trek: Picard, is spearheading the brand new present, which has been known as Imaginative and prescient Quest, though that’s not its official title, and which tackles white Imaginative and prescient’s seek for a brand new goal in life.
Including to the present’s mythological combine is Ultron, who, as Marvel followers know, was a sentient being created by Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, to behave as a protection program however that as an alternative turned towards humanity. Ultron then created his personal sentient being, who occurred to be Imaginative and prescient, as a way to have assist in destroying the human race, however fortunately for earthlings, this “son” turns towards his “father” to assist the Avengers defeat the dangerous man. (Received all that? If not, simply rewatch Avengers: Age of Ultron.)
Ultron was seemingly destroyed on the finish of the film, so it’s unclear how he would return and what sort of relationship he would have with Imaginative and prescient.
The sequence is supposed to be the third a part of a trilogy that began with WandaVision and continues in Agatha All Alongside, which debuts in September on Disney+. The brand new present is eying a shoot in England in early 2025.
Spader is a longtime actor whose profession has straddled each movie and TV. Films reminiscent of Intercourse, Lies and Videotape and Fairly in Pink established him for the ’80s era, whereas starring in Boston Authorized earned him awards and TV bona fides. He did a stint on The Workplace and spent 10 seasons creepily starring on NBC crime present The Blacklist, which aired from 2013 to 2023.
The actor is repped by CAA.