Marvel’s VisionQuest series dropped this week on Disney+, and the second official trailer is the best preview of where the visual effects are headed. Paul Bettany returns as Vision for the final chapter of the trilogy that started with WandaVision and continued with Agatha All Along. The trailer packs in digital mind palaces, a returning Ultron and a new wave of androids, which makes it worth a close look before you start episode one.
The trailer arrived on October 1, as AWN reported, two weeks ahead of the premiere. Here is what you need to know about the show and the studios behind its effects.
VisionQuest at a glance
- Showrunner and creator: Terry Matalas
- Episodes: 8, with Matalas writing episodes 1, 2 and 8 and directing the last two
- Other directors: Christopher J. Byrne, Gandja Monteiro and Vincenzo Natali
- Cast: Paul Bettany as Vision, James Spader as Ultron, Ruaridh Mollica as Thomas Shepherd, Todd Stashwick as Paladin, T’Nia Miller as Jocasta
- Platform: Disney+, premiering October 14, 2026
The story picks up with a rebooted Vision who has escaped the people trying to weaponize him. He turns to the AI personas inside his own programming, including F.R.I.D.A.Y., E.D.I.T.H., J.A.R.V.I.S. and Ultron. A bounty on his head sends him on the run with Thomas Shepherd, a boy who may be his reincarnated son.
What the trailer shows on the VFX side
The biggest visual idea is a mansion that, as Empire describes it, appears to be a digital projection of Vision’s mind. That is where he meets Ultron, sometimes in human form with a bushy beard, and James D’Arcy’s Jarvis. Expect a lot of set extension and digital environment work to make that inner space feel both real and slightly wrong.
Then there are the bodies. Alongside Vision, the trailer adds new synthetic threats. ComicsBeat points to T’Nia Miller’s android Jocasta, Lauren Morais as the cybernetic Lisa Molinari, also known as Coat of Arms, and Stashwick’s masked mercenary Paladin in the action beats. Characters like these usually mean digital limbs, face replacements and energy effects layered over practical costumes.
Vision also looks back on family moments from WandaVision, so watch for callbacks to that show’s sitcom look. If you want a refresher on how practical and digital work combine in shots like these, our What is VFX guide is a good starting point.
The VFX studios behind VisionQuest
According to The Art of VFX, John Haley is production VFX supervisor and Tricia Pifer is production VFX producer. Ten vendors are listed on the show:
- Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)
- Framestore
- FOLKS
- SSVFX
- El Ranchito
- Raynault VFX
- Base FX
- Anibrain
- Cantina Creative
- Dark Red Studios
AWN’s credits also name Clear Angle Studios and Gentle Giant Studios, two companies known for scanning actors and props so digital doubles match the real thing. Cantina Creative is a familiar name to Marvel fans for screen graphics and heads-up displays, so its work may show up in Vision’s AI interfaces. Studios have not yet broken down which vendor handled which sequences, so treat any split as guesswork until the breakdown reels arrive.
How to watch and what comes next
The series starts streaming today on Disney+. The show was filmed at Pinewood Studios in London in 2025 under the working title Tin Man, per Wikipedia. If you need to catch up, Marvel made the first episode of WandaVision free to watch for a limited time when the trailer dropped.
Once the season wraps, vendor breakdowns from studios like ILM and Framestore should follow, and we will cover them as they land. Until then, browse our Trailers category for more previews worth a frame by frame look.
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