This text accommodates spoilers for “Agatha All Alongside.”
Jac Schaeffer’s 2024 TV collection “Agatha All Alongside” stars Kathryn Hahn as Agatha Harkness, a depraved sorceress who serves as a nemesis to the Scarlet Witch. The present is a direct spinoff of 2021’s “WandaVision,” the place the character was first launched. The brand new collection noticed Agatha forming a brand new coven of witches in order that they alongside along with her new teenage sidekick Teen (Joe Locke) may face the trials of the Witches’ Highway, a mysterious course of that grants its survivors any want they need. Agatha misplaced her witch powers, so she very a lot wish to have them again. The collection additionally featured Aubrey Plaza because the Rio Vidal aka Dying (who was Agatha’s ex-girlfriend), in addition to residing legend, Patti LuPone, Sasheer Zamata, Ali Ahn, and Debra Jo Rupp.
The exhibits from throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe have been a bit irritating to viewers, as one can by no means ensure if they’re meant to be long-running collection with new seasons on the horizon, or in the event that they had been designed to be encapsulated miniseries with a particular endpoint. Usually, a Marvel present will not be outlined as a collection or a miniseries till close to the tip of its first season, and even then, a curious seeker must search for its entry on Wikipedia simply to make sure. As of this writing, “Ironheart,” “Echo,” “Secret Invasion,” “She-Hulk: Lawyer at Legislation,” “Ms. Marvel,” “Moon Knight,” “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier,” and “WandaVision” are described as miniseries. Solely “Loki,” “What If…?,” and “Daredevil: Born Once more” rely as ongoing exhibits. Different upcoming exhibits stay up within the air.
“Agatha All Alongside” was additionally declared a miniseries, implying that no “second season” will ever be nigh. This wasn’t a “season one.” This was a nine-episode TV particular. The miniseries was, nevertheless, well-received. “Agatha All Alongside” obtained usually constructive evaluations, with many responding cheerfully to the present’s flippant humor and queerness. Some have even posited that the nice evaluations would possibly result in a brand new season or a miniseries sequel.
Thus far, nevertheless, a follow-up “Agatha” collection stays within the realm of conjecture.
Why hasn’t an announcement for a follow-up to ‘Agatha All Alongside’ occurred?
The rankings for “Agatha All Alongside” had been very excessive. Varied ranking reviews acknowledged that it was the highest-rated present on Disney+ when it was being launched, and that social media engagement was excessive. It was additionally, not like another Marvel exhibits, fashionable all over, retaining the best variety of viewers from the beginning. Everybody’s social media feed is totally different, after all, so it is onerous to just accept a present has excessive social engagement if you happen to do not personally see folks speaking about it, however the numbers had been certainly there.
Critics additionally like “Agatha All Alongside,” and the present obtained an 83% approval ranking on Rotten Tomatoes primarily based on 207 evaluations. That is the same approval as “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” and the unique 1992 “X-Males” animated collection. It is also a sight higher than exhibits like “Iron Fist,” “Secret Invasion,” and “Inhumans,” which had been all panned.
It is troublesome to say what numbers Marvel executives have to greenlight second seasons, or what sort of summary qualities a present should possess with a view to be worthy of a follow-up, however no matter these are, “Agatha All Alongside” should not have it. The one trace audiences may need for a follow-up collection is that the present’s makers submitted “Agatha All Alongside” to numerous awards our bodies as a “collection” and never a “restricted collection.” The previous time period implies that the door is open for extra, however it could be associated to the very fact it is a spin-off immediately linked to “WandaVision” which makes the definition of “restricted collection” a bit messier.
With none announcement, although, that is all anybody has to go on.
What has Brad Winderbaum stated a couple of follow-up to ‘Agatha All Alongside?’
The top of streaming for Marvel Studios, a person named Brad Winderbaum, famous on Twitter/X that he would certainly be excited about a second go-round for “Agatha All Alongside,” saying that “I believe all of us wish to see extra adventures in Westview,” the city the place “Agatha” takes place. Though he’s in command of streaming, it isn’t his job to greenlight new exhibits, so his assertion was extra an expression of curiosity than any form of official assertion.
Speculations have begun to rise, after all, positing that among the present’s supporting characters could flip up in future Marvel tasks. Sadly, nobody’s contracts have been revealed, and no press releases have been given. Audiences are at present within the “what if” part, permitting them to invent thrilling new exhibits of their head.
Though the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to be planning on many movies and TV exhibits for its future, there is a basic sense that the celebration is over. Superhero motion pictures are, on the whole, bombing extra usually than hitting, and the dialog is not being led by the style as a lot because it was about 4 or 5 years in the past. Certainly, ever since “Avengers: Endgame,” increasingly more MCU motion pictures have been tanking or merely getting dangerous evaluations. The large success of “Deadpool & Wolverine” is now the exception, not the rule. In such an surroundings, releasing “Agatha All Alongside” was a threat to start with. The truth that it was mildly profitable and comparatively well-reviewed was a “thank our fortunate stars” second, and never a “we’d like this to proceed” second.
The environment on the whole means that there will likely be no extra Agatha, until she seems in a distinct MCU challenge.