Paul Bettany is teasing a couple of particulars about his upcoming Marvel collection, marking his return as Imaginative and prescient for the present reportedly set to reach on Disney+ in 2026.
Bettany is reprising his position because the android who fell in love with the Scarlett Witch (performed by Elizabeth Olsen) after which was destroyed by Thanos in Avengers: Infinity Struggle. In WandaVision, he returned by way of magic and the facility of grief but in addition as a rebuilt android, now ghostly white.
On the L.A. premiere of his new film Right here on Friday, Bettany informed The Hollywood Reporter that the present will begin capturing subsequent 12 months and “we’re cooking up one thing that I’m actually enthusiastic about,” joking he couldn’t reveal extra as a result of “snitches find yourself in ditches.”
The actor additionally provided his ideas on the presently streaming Agatha All Alongside, a WandaVision spinoff collection that follows Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha Harkness.
“I like it. I like it and I’m so pleased with [showrunner] Jac Schaeffer and I’m going to look at once more as a result of there’s a lot for me to be taught shifting ahead into my contribution,” Bettany stated.
The untitled Imaginative and prescient collection will even see the return of James Spader’s Ultron — a sentient being created by Tony Stark, a.ok.a. Iron Man, to behave as a protection program however that as an alternative turned in opposition to humanity, as seen within the film Avengers: Age of Ultron. Star Trek: Picard’s Terry Matalas is serving as showrunner.
For now, Bettany is showing alongside Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Kelly Reilly and Michelle Dockery in Robert Zemeckis’s Right here, a single-shot movie that takes place solely in a single room and follows a number of generations of households.
The star stated he’s by no means learn any script prefer it, and “as I’m studying it, I’m starting to determine that I’m taking part in Tom Hanks’ dad, and there’s this factor happening in my head going, ‘How’s that going to work? They’ll determine it out!’ And Bob Zemeckis figured it out. After which we acquired to play and have a lot enjoyable chewing out my son Tom Hanks. He’s America’s dad and I’m America’s granddad.”