Marvel has unveiled a new TV spot for its highly-anticipated TV series WandaVision, which features parts of the original theme song by Frozen Oscar winners Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez.
The series follows Wanda Maximoff a.k.a. Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) as they try to live their best lives in the idyllic suburbs, though their lives are changing around them in bizarre ways.
The show depicts this couple in various different eras, including the 1950s, with the TV spot featuring a glimpse at Lopez and Anderson-Lopez’s 1950s theme song, while the couple spoke more about the project with Rolling Stone.
Theme song: Marvel has unveiled a new TV spot for its highly-anticipated TV series WandaVision, which features parts of the original theme song by Frozen Oscar winners Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Best lives: The series follows Wanda Maximoff a.k.a. Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) as they try to live their best lives in the idyllic suburbs, though their lives are changing around them in bizarre ways
They TV spot shows the title couple in their typical 1950s home, as Wanda reveals they don’t have their own song, or even wedding rings.
Vision uses his unique powers to conjure a pair of wedding rings as she says ‘I do’ and the studio audience applauds.
The trailer then reveals parts of the theme song, quite reminiscent of a typical 1950s sitcom, revealing they’re a ‘typical couple who just moved to town, a regular husband and wife.’
Typical couple: They TV spot shows the title couple in their typical 1950s home, as Wanda reveals they don’t have their own song, or even wedding rings
Put a ring on it: Vision uses his unique powers to conjure a pair of wedding rings as she says ‘I do’ and the studio audience applauds
Things start to unravel, though, when Wanda finds a color helicopter in their black-and-white world, as Wanda adds, ‘This place… I don’t understand what’s happening.’
The couple watch as a man in a large hazmat suit climbs out from the manhole in their street, before the action switches to an 80s-style show.
Kathryn Hahn’s character Agnes – dressed in full 1980s workout gear – calls Wanda, ‘the star of the show,’ as both Wanda and Vision appear quite confused.
Hazmat: The couple watch as a man in a large hazmat suit climbs out from the manhole in their street, before the action switches to an 80s-style show
80s style: Kathryn Hahn’s character Agnes – dressed in full 1980s workout gear – calls Wanda, ‘the star of the show,’ as both Wanda and Vision appear quite confused
A voice is heard coming from somewhere asking, ‘Wanda? Wanda can you read me?’ as the trailer comes to an end.
Lopez also spoke with Rolling Stone, calling WandaVision, ‘such a cool, strange, one-of-a-kind project.’
‘When the director, Matt Shakman — an old friend from my college days — pitched it to us, we didn’t have to think about it,’he said.
One-of-a-kind: Lopez also spoke with Rolling Stone, calling WandaVision, ‘such a cool, strange, one-of-a-kind project’
‘We loved the bright feeling of American sitcoms mixed with the deep sense of unease the story had, and it was a really inviting challenge to help set that tone,’ the composer added.
His wife, Anderson-Lopez, who have been married since 2003, added, ‘I grew up in the Eighties watching shows from every decade on the networks all day long.’
‘Episodes from I Love Lucy, Brady Bunch, and Family Ties shaped who I am and how I move through the world. So this project was a dream come true,’ she added.
Bright: ‘We loved the bright feeling of American sitcoms mixed with the deep sense of unease the story had, and it was a really inviting challenge to help set that tone,’ the composer added
80s: His wife, Anderson-Lopez, who have been married since 2003, added, ‘I grew up in the Eighties watching shows from every decade on the networks all day long’