David Bridges
Witches are by nature mysterious—and that carries over into Marvel’s WandaVision spin-off, Agatha All Alongside, which can comply with Kathryn Hahn’s breakout character as she assembles a coven to accompany her on a darkish quest. However how does Agatha get motivated to embark upon her mission? Look to Joe Locke‘s character, who’s simply as mysterious as the remainder of this.
In a brand new Empire Journal characteristic, showrunner Jac Schaeffer describes Locke’s position as a, sure, “mysterious goth teen” who provides Agatha the concept to take the Witches’ Highway in a bid to regain her magic powers. Locke himself says his identify within the script is actually simply “Teen,” within the grand custom of Marvel protecting sure twists near the vest till it’s time to disclose them.
Since Locke was introduced for the collection, Marvel followers have speculated that he’s taking part in Wiccan–aka Billy Kaplan–the magical Younger Avenger who’s in reality the re-incarnated soul of certainly one of Wanda and Imaginative and prescient’s twin sons. Within the comics, each Billy and Tommy have been produced from items of Mephisto’s soul when Wanda created them, ultimately re-incarnating after the twins have been erased from existence as new beings who grew up in separate solely unaware of their connection to Wanda, even after they re-developed their superpowers. So even when “Teen” actually is Billy, there’s a very good probability he nonetheless wouldn’t know by the point of Agatha All Alongside.
“He’s a well-recognized; he’s just like the assistant to the coven,” Locke informed the journal. “Teen is an enormous fan of witchcraft and witches, so for him to be taken beneath Agatha Harkness’ wing and type a coven and go down the Witches’ Highway is his dream. He’s fanboy-esque, and in his component. Which could be very enjoyable—as a result of I used to be [too]!”
He additionally introduced up a comparability that feels surprising, given what we’ve seen of Agatha All Alongside thus far: “Jac despatched [Marvel boss] Kevin Feige an image of the Witches’ Highway set and he replied, ‘Oh my God, we’re making The Goonies.’That’s what I’d been saying—that we have been making this journey collection.”
Witches plus superpowers plus The Goonies plus (rumor has it) musical numbers? Agatha All Alongside can’t get right here quickly sufficient—and we gained’t have for much longer to attend. It arrives on Disney+ September 18 with a two-episode premiere.
Need extra io9 information? Take a look at when to count on the most recent Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s subsequent for the DC Universe on movie and TV, and every thing it’s worthwhile to learn about the way forward for Physician Who.
Ethan Carter
Brandon Fletcher
