The MCU has taken something of a beating in recent years, but it's had a remarkably strong 2026. Spider-Man: Brand New Day was the biggest movie of the summer, Wonder Man was critically acclaimed (if prematurely canceled), and, of course, Avengers: Doomsday is still to come. Then there's VisionQuest, the third and final entry in the "WandaVision trilogy," which has continued the franchise's impressive run of so far having a full year of well-received projects.

Over at the Distinguished Competition, however, things are not looking so rosy. The news that James Gunn and Peter Safran are on the outs at DC Studios has left Marvel's rival superhero cinematic universe in dire straits for the second time this decade. As the DCU enters yet another period of upheaval and uncertainty, in a bit of awkward timing, Marvel has just released the VisionQuest series finale, featuring a jaw-dropping post-credits scene that inadvertently highlights DC's shortcomings.

The departures of co-studio heads James Gunn and Peter Safran might kill Warner Bros.' rebooted DCU less than two years after it began.

The super-sized VisionQuest finale — it clocks in at 72 minutes — mostly stuck the landing for what has been an entertainingly quirky and intelligent series. Not only did it wrap up the plot threads of this particular show, it also lived up to its status as the concluding chapter of the storyline that began with WandaVision by calling back to that beloved Disney Plus series in various ways. Vision traps Ultron in a hokey sitcom simulation at one point and, in a follow-up to Agatha All Along , Joe Locke returns as Billy Maximoff and Vision gets to reunite with both his long-lost sons.

Source link