Agatha: Coven of ChaosConjures Up Its Directors and Supporting Cast

Even thoughWandaVisionended with her pin down in her TV character reference role , it was a give that we ’d finally see Kathryn Hahn’sAgatha Harknessagain somewhere in the MCU . Busy as Hahn ’s been recently with Glass Onion , she ’ll have the public eye all to herself withAgatha : Coven of Chaos .

Ahead of the show ’s production starting next week , The Hollywood Reporterhas revealed more of the show ’s supporting cast , all of whom antecedently seem in WandaVision proper . Returning for the new series are Kate Forbes ( Evanora Harkness , Agatha ’s female parent ) , Asif Ali ( Abilash Tandon/”Norm ” ) , David Lengel ( Harold Proctor/”Phil Jones ” ) , Amos Glick ( “ Dennis ” ) , David Payton ( John Collins/”Herb ” , and Brian Brightman ( Sherriff ) .

The WandaVision veterans are joined by the show ’s high - visibility newcomersAubrey Plaza , Joe Locke , andPatti LuPone . And among those additions comes more new blood in the flesh of Miles Gutierrez - Riley ( The Wilds ) , Okwui Okpokwasili ( Bronx Gothic ) , and Maria Dizzia ( The Staircase ) . The roles of all three actors — like with Plaza , Locke , and LuPone — are presently under wraps .

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It was further revealed that behind the scenes , Rachel Goldberg has been tapped as one of Agatha ’s director . Goldberg recently directed episodes of Peacock ’s A Friend of the Family and Netflix ’s one - time of year Resident Evil series . She ’s joined by showrunner and lead-in writer Jac Schaeffer ( who previously wrote and run WandaVision ) and Wednesday director Gandja Monteiro . Late last class , it was report that Coven would benine episode long , so three directors apiece make sense . And it ’s also notable since its predecessor WandaVision only had a single director for its nine - episode run : Matt Shakman , who ’s presently locked in for Fantastic Four .

Agatha : Coven of Chaos is expected to release on Disney+ later this year .

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