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Who’s working in development over at Disney+? If these reports are any indication, it’s been Agatha all along. The WandaVision spinoff series, Agatha: Coven of Chaos, is moving along. The series stars Kathryn Hahn as her character from WandaVision. Jac Schaefer returns as executive producer and head writer, too. The show will Additionally, we know now that Coven of Chaos will be part of the MCU’s Phase 5 and will arrive, tentatively, in winter 2023.
Schaeffer recently signed an overall deal with Marvel Studios and 20th Century, both of which are under the Disney umbrella, so it’s not surprising at all that she’s back onto an MCU project so soon. And, of course, that it’s centered on the biggest breakout character to come out of MCU’s Disney+ catalog. This will mark Schaeffer’s third MCU project in the last few years, as she also co-wrote the story for Black Widow.
We also now know that a familiar WandaVision face will return to star in Agatha: Coven of Chaos. Emma Caulfield Ford will reprise her role as Dottie for the Disney+ show. Dottie, of course, was one of the women that Wanda trapped in her Westview fantasies. Additionally, Variety has reported that Heartstopper‘s Joe Locke has joined the cast in an undisclosed role. Deadline reports Aubrey Plaza is in the series, potentially as a villain opposite Agatha and Locke’s character.
Agatha first appeared on the series as Wanda and Vision’s nosy neighbor in Westview, New Jersey. “Agnes” always appears at the right time to help Wanda, complain about her husband, Ralph, and throw around some period-appropriate slang. But, of course, everything was not as it seemed… in more ways than one. Wanda’s confidant actually wanted to get close to Wanda to get ahold of her powers. In the comics, Agatha isn’t just a cut and dry foe to Wanda. In fact, she’s often a pretty positive presence. But that doesn’t mean we didn’t love her delightfully wicked turn in WandaVision. Will she take on the role of friend or foe in this spinoff? We will just have to see. Personally, we’d like to keep a blend going. Antiheroes always deliver. We also can’t help but wonder if we will see Wanda at all in this new show.
When we last saw the iconic witch, she’d faced off against Wanda and wound up trapped in her Agnes persona. We can imagine in the series Agatha must break out of her Agnes trap. And not to totally get into conspiracy territory, but given Agatha’s comics history, this could make for a great way to introduce one heroic foursome. We couldn’t say exactly what lies in wait for the witch. But whatever comes next, we feel nothing but excitement for this Agatha Harkness spinoff.
Originally published on November 11, 2021.
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Who’s working in development over at Disney+? If these reports are any indication, it’s been Agatha all along. The WandaVision spinoff series, Agatha: Coven of Chaos, is moving along. The series stars Kathryn Hahn as her character from WandaVision. Jac Schaefer returns as executive producer and head writer, too. The show will Additionally, we know now that Coven of Chaos will be part of the MCU’s Phase 5 and will arrive, tentatively, in winter 2023.
Schaeffer recently signed an overall deal with Marvel Studios and 20th Century, both of which are under the Disney umbrella, so it’s not surprising at all that she’s back onto an MCU project so soon. And, of course, that it’s centered on the biggest breakout character to come out of MCU’s Disney+ catalog. This will mark Schaeffer’s third MCU project in the last few years, as she also co-wrote the story for Black Widow.
We also now know that a familiar WandaVision face will return to star in Agatha: Coven of Chaos. Emma Caulfield Ford will reprise her role as Dottie for the Disney+ show. Dottie, of course, was one of the women that Wanda trapped in her Westview fantasies. Additionally, Variety has reported that Heartstopper‘s Joe Locke has joined the cast in an undisclosed role. Deadline reports Aubrey Plaza is in the series, potentially as a villain opposite Agatha and Locke’s character.
Agatha first appeared on the series as Wanda and Vision’s nosy neighbor in Westview, New Jersey. “Agnes” always appears at the right time to help Wanda, complain about her husband, Ralph, and throw around some period-appropriate slang. But, of course, everything was not as it seemed… in more ways than one. Wanda’s confidant actually wanted to get close to Wanda to get ahold of her powers. In the comics, Agatha isn’t just a cut and dry foe to Wanda. In fact, she’s often a pretty positive presence. But that doesn’t mean we didn’t love her delightfully wicked turn in WandaVision. Will she take on the role of friend or foe in this spinoff? We will just have to see. Personally, we’d like to keep a blend going. Antiheroes always deliver. We also can’t help but wonder if we will see Wanda at all in this new show.
When we last saw the iconic witch, she’d faced off against Wanda and wound up trapped in her Agnes persona. We can imagine in the series Agatha must break out of her Agnes trap. And not to totally get into conspiracy territory, but given Agatha’s comics history, this could make for a great way to introduce one heroic foursome. We couldn’t say exactly what lies in wait for the witch. But whatever comes next, we feel nothing but excitement for this Agatha Harkness spinoff.
Originally published on November 11, 2021.
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Since she first appeared in Andor as a rebel leader of the Aldhani operation, we’ve been wondering just what Vel Sartha’s connection is to the nascent rebel power structure was. Well, in episode nine of Andor we found out. It turns out that Vel, played by Faye Marsay, is the cousin of Mon Monthma herself. And thus, she is also from a wealthy elite family on Chandrila. In the previous episode, another character said that Vel “was a rich girl, trying to run away from her family.” Now we know just how prominent that family is.
Vel seems to have a somewhat icy (but still loving) relationship with her cousin Mon, but in her own words, “the Rebellion comes first.” Mon’s husband chastised her for not being married, as on their world, betrothal as teenagers is common. They tend to marry young—Mon got married as a teen. Mon privately expresses doubts to Vel about the extreme measures the rebels have taken in recent days. But Vel reminds her of why they are doing all of this. “We’ve chosen a side. We’re fighting against the dark.” And nothing is as dark as Palpatine’s reign.
Mon Mothma gives Vel a piece of advice. She tells her to “be a spoiled rich girl for a while.” Basically, she’s telling her to take some notes from Batman’s playbook. In other words, play the part of the ultra-rich playgirl. Play it so well that no one will clock her as someone fighting in the trenches for freedom. Pretending to be selfish is the perfect cover. Especially with the ISB out for blood after the events of the past few episodes. We’ll have to see if Vel Sartha takes that advice in future episodes of Andor. Being a part of the Rebellion is a very dangerous business. And as Rogue One showed us, not everyone makes it out alive.
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Yes, the cage fungus smells like rotting flesh, but it does so on purpose. The stench attracts flies, which the fungus needs in order to reproduce. Not only does the brown slime that drips inside the lattice stink, it’s also full of the mushroom’s spores. This stinky oozing substance is gleba, which is a term you may know thanks to an episode of Friends. Rachel is convinced that Emma’s first word is “gleba” and looks it up in the dictionary. When she reads the definition that it’s “the fleshy spore-bearing mass of a certain fungi,” Ross is convinced Emma is going to be a scientist. The short, visceral video below about this stinky fungus will have you rattling off fun facts and using obscure words like a scientist in no time.
The explainer video, which we first saw on Boing Boing, is from KQED, a PBS station in San Francisco. Videos on their Deep Look YouTube channel include other fun facts about the world around us. For instance, that water bugs that breathe out of their butts and barnacle penises are eight times as long as their body. There’s a lot of gross insect content, so this fungus and fly friendship fits the theme.
In the case of cage fungi, the flies its stench attracts are essential to moving spores to new places so the fungus can spread. Each one of these brightly colored mushrooms emerges from the ground and opens within only a few hours. It also dries out and closes again after only about a day. But that’s just what you see on the surface. Like most fungi, there’s a whole network under the ground.
Scientists are studying how the mycelial network works, signaling when and where the mushrooms should emerge above ground. Do fungus have a language? If so, what is the cage fungus’ word for gleba?
Melissa is Nerdist’s science & technology staff writer. She also moderates “science of” panels at conventions and co-hosts Star Warsologies, a podcast about science and Star Wars. Follow her on Twitter @melissatruth.
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