much like how Wanda Vision According to Entertainment Weekly, each new episode will take on a different sitcom format Agatha has always Different images of witches in pop culture will be played on. However, according to showrunner Jac Schaeffer, “We’re a little weird about it.”
The Entertainment Weekly article explains that after Agatha (Kathryn Hahn) broke free from the spell Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) used to bind her at the end of the movie, Wanda Visionshe forms a clique with “divination witch Lilia Calderu” played by Patty LuPone; Sasheer Zamata’s potions expert Jennifer Kale; Alice Ann’s protective witch, Alice Wu-Gref; Aubrey Plaza’s witch warrior Leo Veda; and Debra Jo Rupp’s Westview resident Mrs. Hart . Hart), walk the Witches’ Road, a “mysterious realm that presents visitors with a series of trials,” similar to the Yellow Brick Road. The Wizard of Oz. If Agatha’s coven fails these tests, they will die – but if they succeed, their “deepest wishes” will be granted. Talk about high risk, high reward, right?
Since “Witches” also has a sense of humor, each “Trial” will see our offbeat Marvel heroes don new costumes that reflect the different witches on stage and screen. According to Schaefer, in one episode, the coven dressed up as a “Fleetwood Mac-style band.” How can she prove this, you ask? Well, “We’re shooting something like ‘Season of the Witch.’ It doesn’t have the same clear leads, but our system is able to bring that fun into the show.”
Later in the article, Schaefer revealed that another episode will pay tribute to practical magicnoted, “This is my personal brand of ladies who dress in coastal grandma fashion, backstab, duplicity, and fight for a spot in a private school. Those are witches. That’s a coven.”
If the visual homage to Stevie Nicks and Nicole Kidman seems to have you nervous about your definition of “witch,” the outlet promises a separate trial featuring the cast dressed as ’80s summer campers , playing with a Ouija board in their bunkhouse, which is more like…
Schaeffer’s self-described “system” for determining which witches were referenced “cast a wider net than she originally intended.” “The world-building keeps expanding. The first idea was that they were going to have these trials as witches,” the showrunner explains. “Early on, testing was kind of like, there’s fire testing, there’s water testing. But, how do we bring fantasy into that? How do we bring pop culture into that? Honestly: How do we get wardrobe and product design? So that’s Tips and guiding lights.
I think we’ll see what she means Agatha has always Premieres on September 18 on Disney+.
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