Agatha: Coven of Chaos Adds Patti LuPone to MCU Spinoff

Marvel Studios has a plethora of new series in development that they will be releasing on Disney+ like Echo, Ironheart, Daredevil: Born Again and a WandaVision spinoff focusing on Agatha Harkness (Kathryn Hahn. Agatha: Coven of Chaos will bring back the beloved villain, played yet again by Hahn, as well as bring in some new blood like Aubrey Plaza, Emma Caulfield Ford, Sasheer Zamata, Ali Ahn, Maria Dizzia and Joe Locke. Now it seems that the cast has added one more actress to its roster. According to Deadline, Patti Lupone is set to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe spinoff in an undisclosed role. The trade also notes that LuPone could be playing a witch in the series. Plot details for Agatha: Coven of Chaos are being kept under wraps, but WandaVision creator Jac Schaeffer is set to write and executive produce the MCU series.

The studio recently unveiled their plans for the next three years, with two new Avengers movies being announced. Avengers: The Kang Dynasty and Avengers: Secret Wars will both make their way into theaters in 2025. One thing that wasn’t announced on the slate was a third Black Panther movie. Even though it’s all but guaranteed that fans will receive a third Black Panther movie, Marvel producer Nate Moore revealed during a recent interview that the studio and Ryan Coogler both want to see the fan response to the highly-anticipated sequel before agreeing to do a third film in the franchise. 

“That’s a great question. To be honest, this is not me trying to not answer the question,” Moore said. “We really want to see how audiences receive the film, and I think Ryan’s really interested to see how the film plays before we decide. There are certainly ideas we’ve floated around of what a third film could be if we get to make it. But until the movie comes out, we’re a bit superstitious in that way. We don’t want to count our chickens, because you never know what’s going to happen.”

The most recent Marvel Studios film to hit theaters was Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. In the sequel, Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira) and the Dora Milaje (including Florence Kasumba), fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. As the Wakandans strive to embrace their next chapter, the heroes must band together with the help of War Dog Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) and Everett Ross (Martin Freeman) and forge a new path for the kingdom of Wakanda.

Introducing Tenoch Huerta as Namor, king of a hidden undersea nation, the film also stars Dominque Thorne, Michaela Coel, Mabel Cadena and Alex Livanalli. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is exclusively in theaters now!

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