Okay Marvel fans, THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
We’ve got fresh intel that Marvel Studios is actively developing a solo Scarlet Witch project, and honestly, it’s about damn time. After watching Wanda Maximoff go through absolute HELL for the past several years only to seemingly die under a pile of rubble in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, she deserves her own spotlight more than pretty much any other MCU character.
According to insider Daniel Richtman (who’s been right about a LOT of Marvel stuff in the past), the studio is working on a Scarlet Witch project that will drop after the Multiverse Saga wraps up with Avengers: Secret Wars in December 2027. And here’s the really interesting part: the project is reportedly coming as Marvel shifts its focus to mutants, which means we might FINALLY get to explore Wanda’s connection to the X-Men side of things that the MCU has been dodging for years.
This news comes after months of Kevin Feige basically telling us Wanda’s coming back without actually saying it outright. The Marvel boss said before Agatha All Along premiered that the studio is “excited to find out when and how Scarlet Witch can return.” Not IF. WHEN AND HOW. That’s not vague corporate speak for “maybe someday.” That’s “we’ve already got this planned, just wait.”
And let’s be real, did anyone actually think Wanda was dead? This is the MCU we’re talking about. They brought back Loki after Thanos snapped his neck. They brought back Vision after he got the Mind Stone ripped out of his head. They brought back literally HALF THE UNIVERSE after the Blip. A pile of rocks was never going to be the end of the Scarlet Witch’s story, especially when we never even saw a body.
The timing of this report is PERFECT because Marvel Comics just announced a new “Sorcerer Supreme” series starting in December 2026 where Wanda takes over Doctor Strange’s role as the main magical protector. While the movies don’t copy the comics exactly, Marvel definitely coordinates this stuff. When they’re pushing a character hard in comics AND movies at the same time, it means they’ve got big plans.
Kevin Feige Basically Confirmed This Already
Like I said, Feige has been dropping hints about Wanda’s return for MONTHS now. During press for Agatha All Along, he made those comments about being excited to figure out “when and how” Scarlet Witch comes back. That phrasing is SO specific. Marvel doesn’t talk like that about characters who are actually dead for good.
Compare this to how they handled Tony Stark’s death in Endgame. Robert Downey Jr. is coming back to the MCU, but as Doctor Doom, not Iron Man. Marvel made it crystal clear that Tony Stark’s story ended with his sacrifice, and they’ve stuck to that. When they want a character permanently gone, they make it obvious.
But with Wanda? They’ve left the door WIDE open. No body shown. Death happened off-screen. Kevin Feige making comments about her return. Elizabeth Olsen has been cagey in interviews but never ruled it out. All the signs point to “this character is coming back, we’re just making you wait for it.”
And honestly, Wanda NEEDS to come back because her arc in Multiverse of Madness was kind of a mess. She went full villain because of Darkhold corruption, did a bunch of terrible things, then sacrificed herself to destroy the Darkhold across all universes. That’s redemption through death, which is fine, but it’s not as satisfying as redemption through actually living with what you did and becoming a hero again.
How Did Wanda Even Survive?
The big question everyone’s been asking since Multiverse of Madness: how the hell did Wanda survive Mount Wundagore collapsing on top of her? Because if Marvel’s planning her return, they need an explanation that makes sense.
Fan theories have been WILD. One of the most popular ones involves the Time Variance Authority pulling Wanda out of her timeline right before she got crushed. We know the TVA can do that because we’ve seen them yank people from specific moments throughout time. Maybe they decided the Scarlet Witch was too important to let die, so they grabbed her and she’s been chilling somewhere in the TVA or another timeline this whole time.
Another theory points to America Chavez, who can literally punch holes between universes. Maybe she opened a portal at the last second and Wanda jumped through to another reality without anyone knowing. This theory gets extra interesting because in the comics, there’s this storyline called “The Children’s Crusade” where Wanda ends up in Latveria living near Doctor Doom. And guess who Robert Downey Jr. is playing in the next Avengers movies? DOCTOR DOOM. The pieces are RIGHT THERE.
Or maybe Wanda just used her chaos magic to shield herself from the collapsing temple because she’s literally one of the most powerful beings in the entire MCU. She created an entire town full of mind-controlled people in WandaVision. She dreamwalked across universes in Multiverse of Madness. Protecting herself from some falling rocks doesn’t seem like that big of a stretch for her power level.
Honestly, Marvel can pick whatever explanation they want because Wanda’s powers are vague enough that pretty much anything works. Chaos magic doesn’t have hard rules, which gives the writers a lot of flexibility.
She’s Skipping Doomsday But Showing Up Big for Secret Wars
Here’s what we know about Wanda’s return timeline: she’s NOT going to be in Avengers: Doomsday when it drops in May 2026. Reports say both Scarlet Witch and Spider-Man are sitting that one out. But they’re both supposedly getting major roles in Avengers: Secret Wars in December 2027.
This actually makes a ton of sense from a storytelling perspective. Doomsday already has a MASSIVE cast. We’re talking Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Sebastian Stan as Winter Soldier, and like 30+ other heroes from across the multiverse. Throwing every single character into one movie would be absolute chaos where nobody gets enough screen time.
By saving Wanda and Peter Parker for Secret Wars, Marvel ensures that movie has its own big moments and emotional beats instead of just feeling like “Doomsday Part 2.” Wanda showing up in Secret Wars after sitting out Doomsday could be one of the film’s HUGE moments, especially if she comes back fully redeemed and ready to fight on the hero side again.
Plus, Spider-Man is getting his own movie (Brand New Day) in July 2026 between the two Avengers films, so his story gets to develop separately before he jumps into the multiversal war. Maybe Wanda needs similar breathing room to process everything that happened and figure out who she is post-Darkhold corruption before she’s ready to join another massive battle.
The timing works out perfectly if Marvel wants to use Secret Wars as Wanda’s big return moment and then launch her solo project shortly after.
The Mutant Connection is HUGE
The part of this report that has me MOST excited is that Wanda’s solo project is coming as “mutantkind finally takes the spotlight” in the MCU. This is MASSIVE because Wanda has been completely disconnected from the X-Men side of Marvel during her entire MCU run so far.
In the comics, Wanda is Magneto’s daughter. She’s a mutant. She has this whole complicated history with the X-Men including that infamous “No More Mutants” moment in House of M where she wiped out most of the world’s mutant population. The MCU has ignored ALL of that because Disney didn’t own the X-Men rights until recently, so they had to establish Wanda and Pietro as products of Hydra experiments with the Mind Stone instead.
But now? Now Disney owns everything, and the X-Men are FINALLY coming to the MCU. And if Wanda’s solo project is dropping as mutants become the focus, that means Marvel is probably going to retroactively connect her to mutantkind somehow.
Here’s where it gets REALLY interesting: what if Marvel inverts the “No More Mutants” storyline? Instead of Wanda eliminating mutants, what if SHE’S the reason mutants suddenly exist in the MCU? Imagine Wanda standing in the aftermath of Secret Wars and saying four simple words: “Let there be mutants.” BOOM. Instant explanation for why mutants are suddenly everywhere when they haven’t been around before, PLUS it gives Wanda this incredible redemptive arc where she creates an entire population instead of destroying one.
This would position Wanda as like, the godmother of mutants in the MCU. She’d be connected to the X-Men, Magneto could be revealed as her real father, she might meet variants of her brother Pietro (maybe Evan Peters comes back?), and her entire character gets this whole new dimension that the MCU has been avoiding for years.
What Could a Solo Project Even Look Like?
So what would a Scarlet Witch solo project actually BE? Movie? Disney= series? Something else entirely? We don’t know yet, but the possibilities are ENDLESS.
A movie would obviously be huge and give Wanda the big-screen treatment she deserves. She’s never had her own solo film despite being one of the MCU’s most powerful and compelling characters. A two-hour movie could dive deep into her processing everything she did while Darkhold-corrupted, explore her connection to mutants, and set up her role in whatever comes after the Multiverse Saga.
A Disney+ series would give more time to really develop her story and explore side characters. WandaVision proved that Wanda works incredibly well in the streaming format, and a follow-up series could answer questions that show left hanging. What happened to White Vision? Could Billy and Tommy exist somewhere? How does Wanda move forward after everything?
Either format could explore Wanda taking on a leadership role in the magical community, especially with Doctor Strange notably absent from the Avengers: Doomsday cast announcement. (Side note: Benedict Cumberbatch not being in Doomsday is WEIRD and nobody’s really explained why yet.)
The project could also dive into chaos magic and really define what Wanda’s powers actually ARE beyond “she’s really strong and can do red magic stuff.” WandaVision and Multiverse of Madness introduced concepts like the Scarlet Witch being a mythical being and chaos magic being this ancient force, but they never fully explored what that means.
And if this is coming after Secret Wars when mutants are the focus, the project could show Wanda navigating her place in a world suddenly full of other powered people who are genetically similar to her. Is she a mutant? Is she something else? How does she relate to the X-Men and their mission?
Marvel Comics is Pushing Wanda HARD Right Now
The timing of Marvel Comics launching a “Sorcerer Supreme” series with Wanda in December 2026 is NOT a coincidence. Marvel coordinates their comic book releases with movie/TV plans all the time to create synergy across platforms.
The new series by Steve Orlando and Bernard Chang puts Wanda in Doctor Strange’s role as the main magical protector after Doctor Doom’s defeat leaves the position open. The Vishanti (these mystical beings who traditionally pick the Sorcerer Supreme) refuse to recognize Wanda and appoint Agatha Harkness instead, so Wanda has to prove she deserves the title.
While the MCU won’t adapt this storyline exactly, the THEMES could definitely carry over. Wanda fighting to prove herself worthy of leadership? Wanda clashing with Agatha over magical authority? Wanda dealing with cosmic forces that don’t trust her after what she did? All of that could work really well in a movie or series.
The fact that Marvel is pushing Wanda as Sorcerer Supreme in comics while reportedly developing her solo MCU project while having her return in Secret Wars all happening around the same time period means this character is about to be EVERYWHERE. Marvel doesn’t do that unless they’ve got major plans.
Mark Ruffalo Drama Proved Nothing is What It Seems
Quick side note: remember when everyone thought Mark Ruffalo got fired from Marvel after his Golden Globes speech where he called Trump “the worst human being in the world”? Yeah, that was COMPLETELY made up. The Hulk isn’t in Avengers: Doomsday, but that’s a creative decision, not because Disney fired him for politics.
This is relevant because it shows that character absences from specific movies don’t mean what fans think they mean. Ruffalo’s still confirmed for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Benedict Cumberbatch not being in Doomsday doesn’t mean Doctor Strange is done. And Wanda sitting out Doomsday absolutely doesn’t mean she’s not coming back.
Marvel makes decisions about which characters appear in which projects based on story needs and character arcs, not just “throw everyone in everything all the time.” Sometimes less is more, and saving characters for specific moments creates bigger impact.
This is the Redemption Arc Wanda Deserves
Look, Wanda Maximoff has been through HELL since she joined the MCU. She watched her brother die in Age of Ultron. She accidentally killed people in Civil War and got treated like a villain for it. She watched Vision die TWICE in Infinity War. She dealt with grief by creating an entire fake reality in WandaVision that trapped a whole town. Then she got corrupted by the Darkhold and went full villain in Multiverse of Madness before sacrificing herself.
That’s a LOT of trauma and tragedy for one character. And while her sacrifice at the end of Multiverse of Madness was emotionally powerful, it felt like she deserved better than redemption through death. Wanda should get the chance to actually LIVE as a hero again, to process what she did, to make amends, and to find peace.
A solo project after Secret Wars could give her exactly that. Let her come back, let her be a hero, let her help establish the mutant presence in the MCU, let her find her place in this new era of the franchise. Elizabeth Olsen has done INCREDIBLE work with this character, and Wanda’s story deserves a proper conclusion that isn’t just “she died heroically under some rocks.”
The MCU has a saying that nobody stays dead except Uncle Ben and Gwen Stacy, and even Gwen came back recently in the comics as Gwenpool. If Marvel can bring back literally anyone, they can (and should) bring back Wanda Maximoff.
Are you hyped for Scarlet Witch’s return or are you still mad about what they did to her in Multiverse of Madness? What do you want to see in her solo project? Drop your thoughts in the comments because the Wanda stans have been WAITING for this news and we need to celebrate!
