Aubrey Plaza Cast in Agatha: Coven of Chaos

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Janet Snakehole is dabbling in witchcraft. Variety’s sources tell them that Aubrey Plaza will appear in the upcoming Disney+ Marvel series Agatha: Coven of Chaos. A spinoff of WandaVision, Coven of Chaos stars Kathryn Hahn as Agatha Harkness, the villain of WandaVision (aside from Wanda). Emma Caulfield Ford (nee Emma Caulfield, alias Anyanka/Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins/Aud) will also return as Dottie, one of Wanda’s victims wacky neighbors. Not much is known about the series, including who Aubrey Plaza will be playing, but Jac Schaefer, WandaVision’s showrunner, will fill that role for Coven of Chaos too. Agatha: Coven of Chaos will arrive on Disney+ in the winter of 2023.

That’s fine, I guess. I like Aubrey Plaza quite a bit, but it’s hard to get excited about her joining a Disney+ Marvel show. I assume she’ll be playing some witch who becomes a part of Agatha’s coven (of chaos). I suppose this show has a slight chance of being good because I mostly enjoyed WandaVision. If that quality holds up, Plaza should fit right in. Variety reminded me of Kathryn Hahn’s character on Parks and Recreation; as always, she was hysterical, but I don’t think she and Plaza had many scenes together if they even had any. I’d love to see them pair up; I’m just not sure I would wish a Marvel show on them. One interesting tidbit is Emma Caulfield’s return. I assumed this series would be a prequel that showed Agatha during the time of the Salem Witch Trials, which was a rumor at one point, but if Dottie is in it, it’ll almost certainly take place in the present. That’s probably for the best; maybe Agatha will escape her mind-control confines and put a new coven together to take on Wanda (who totally isn’t dead). If that’s the case, I can see Dottie and some other Westview residents eagerly signing up with her. Of course, they’ll end up portraying them as evil, despite everything Wanda did to them, but in theory, it’s a good idea.

Are you glad Aubrey Plaza is joining Agatha: Coven of Chaos? Does the show interest you at all? Will the Coven of Chaos and the Multiverse of Madness collide and create a Plane of Pandemonium? Let us know in the comments, and stick around Geeks + Gamers for more MCU inductees!