Todd Stashwick, who played a key role season three of Star Trek: Picard, has joined Paul Bettany and James Spader in Marvel Studios’ untitled Vision series, the follow-up series to its Emmy-winning WandaVision.
The actor is reuniting with Terry Matalas, the much-heralded showrunner Picard, who is spearheading the new show that has sometimes been referred to as Vision Quest, although that is not its official title.
Bettany is reprising his role as Vision, the android who fell in love with the Scarlett Witch and then was destroyed by Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War. In WandaVision, he returned via magic and the power of grief but also as a rebuilt android, now ghostly white.
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Spader is reprising his role as Ultron, a sentient being created by Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, to act as a defense program but that instead turned against humanity, as seen in the movie Avengers: Age of Ultron. Ultron then had a hand in the creation of Vision, his “son,” so to speak. It’s unclear whether Ultron will be returning as a robot or in human form.
The show is tackling Vision’s search for a new purpose in life, and sources say Stashwick will play an assassin who is on the trail of android and the technology he possesses.
The series is meant to be the third part of a trilogy that started with WandaVision and continues in Agatha All Along, which debuts in September on Disney+. The new show is eying a shoot in England in early 2025.
On Picard, Stashwick played Starfleet Captain Liam Shaw, who was a foil and obstacle for Jean-Luc Picard. The actor also worked with Matalas on 12 Monkeys, Syfy’s series adaptation of the Terry Gilliam thriller on which the showrunner was a co-creator. On that show, Stashwick played the leader of a vicious group of scavengers.
The actor has racked up credits on shows such as 9-1-1: Lone Star, S.W.A.T., Disney Channel’s Kim Possible movie, and CW series The Originals, among numerous others. He is repped by Meghan Shumacher Management.
