Marvel Moves VisionQuest Premiere to October 13 on Disney Plus

Marvel Studios has moved the premiere of VisionQuest to October 13, 2026, bringing the next chapter of its interconnected television storyline to Disney+ one day earlier than originally planned. The eight-episode series follows Vision's continuing struggle with his identity and reunites Paul Bettany's synthetic Avenger with James Spader's Ultron before Avengers: Doomsday arrives in December.

Marvel Studios announced the revised schedule in a post on its X account on October 12, according to coverage published by Yahoo and TV Guide. The original Wednesday release plan would have started October 14 and concluded November 11, but the updated schedule shifts the episodes to Tuesdays and moves the finale to November 10.

The premiere will feature two episodes, No Strings and Theseus. Two additional episodes will arrive each week for the following two weeks, before the series moves to a single-episode release for its final installments.

The complete release schedule lists Reboot and Malware for October 20, Firewall and Deadlock for October 27, Immolation for November 3, and Forever for November 10.

VisionQuest completes a television storyline that began with WandaVision in 2021 and continued with Agatha All Along in 2024. The new series also serves as the final major Marvel Cinematic Universe project scheduled to debut before Avengers: Doomsday.

Vision's restored memories form the emotional foundation of the story, but remembering his past has not necessarily restored his feelings. Speaking to TV Guide, Bettany described the character's unresolved relationship with his emotions.

"Vision has had his memories restored, but he seems unable or perhaps unwilling to allow feelings to be attached to them, so I sort of played with the idea that he was denying those feelings." Bettany said.

The character's changing identity has given Bettany new dimensions to explore throughout his time in the Marvel franchise. He said the series also introduces emotional reactions that audiences have rarely seen from Vision.

"That's the thing that I have always loved about this character; that the contract with the audience remains the same. He is always in a state of change. Every time, there has been a new iteration and it feels like we've had something fresh to say about him.

This is the first time you really see Vision angry, Vision scared. We don't often see that stuff, but to see a vengeful Vision, I thought that would be fun." Bettany said.

Series creator and showrunner Terry Matalas developed the story around a mental landscape where Vision encounters familiar artificial intelligence characters from across the franchise. The setting provides a way to examine his identity crisis following the events of WandaVision and revisit his history with Ultron.

Matalas explained to TV Guide that the idea grew from the final encounter between Vision and Ultron in Avengers: Age of Ultron, released in 2015.

"We knew from the end of WandaVision this guy was going to go through an identity crisis, and I asked myself, 'Well, we don't have Wanda anymore, so who is he talking to?' And I went to that last scene in Age of Ultron — it's my favorite scene, with Vision and Ultron — and how much I wanted another three hours of just that. And then I had to ask, well, if it's Ultron, is he living in his head?

And then I had this image of a house filled with AI. But in the attic, there's this prisoner, and it turns out he showed mercy to Ultron." Matalas said.

The filmmaker also questioned whether Ultron's apparent death definitively ended the character's story. His return allows the series to revisit the relationship between the two artificial beings while exploring how their past continues to influence Vision.

"I think when you cut away when somebody dies in film or television, there's a chance, and they cut very deliberately. But also, was that a download [occurring]? Was that something else?

And so that was the sort of beginning of the mindspace; it was all kind of connected to characters and who I wanted to see." Matalas said.

The mental landscape includes JARVIS, FRIDAY, DUM-E, U, and EDITH, portrayed through human avatars by James D'Arcy, Orla Brady, Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer, and Emily Hampshire, respectively. The characters support Vision while providing different forms of assistance within the unusual environment.

Hampshire described EDITH's role as distinct from the other artificial intelligence characters, whose functions include security and social interaction.

"It really feels like a family, and like DUM-E and U are like the pets. And for EDITH, I found it really interesting in the way that FRIDAY is socialization and JARVIS is security, and those are really important things, but EDITH's thing is like 'fun.' And you know, in school, that's the first thing they get rid of — like get rid of art, get rid of gym — and so she's just desperately trying to demonstrate value." Hampshire said.

Spader returns as Ultron after his previous appearance in Avengers: Age of Ultron. He told TV Guide that Matalas's approach persuaded him to take the role despite being on an extended break from acting.

"Terry called, and I met with him, and here it was! It was so much later, and it was such a surprising idea that I just took to it immediately." Spader said.

Bettany welcomed the decision to bring Ultron back, seeing an opportunity to explore themes of parenthood and the relationship between fathers and sons through Vision's connection to his creator.

"That's it, because it can be about fathers and sons now. And it can have really male energy, but a show with really positive male energy and male energy in a non-toxic way, which I don't know that we're getting to see enough narratives around. I really liked that." Bettany said.

VisionQuest also raises questions about Wanda Maximoff's potential involvement following the events of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Elizabeth Olsen's participation has been a point of interest for fans, while the series' position immediately before Avengers: Doomsday has fueled speculation about possible connections to the upcoming crossover film.