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PitchingWandaVision
The basic premise forWandaVisionwas conceived by Marvel chief creative officer and MCU mastermind Kevin Feige.
But given the genre-fluid nature ofWandaVisionshe wanted a mix of voices and POVs.
The balance of Marvel obsessives versus non-Marvel obsessives was also pretty evenly split.
The writers in my room were all Marvel fans to varying degrees, Schaeffer says.
[I brought on] Bobak Esfarjani, who is a writer onManifest, she explains.
Peter Cameron worked onCarnival Row.
That was a conscious choice.
Its just an opportunity to tell more of a story.
Theyre applying the same amount of energy and dedication and budget to do the series as to the features.
The writing process, however, is not the same as it was on the movies.
Its an opportunity to tell an expanded story, Schaeffer says.
That was very different.
Throughout my life I also was an avid sitcom watcher, she says.
The days of the week were defined by what shows were on that evening.
Tuesday isWhos the BossandGrowing Pains, Thursday isThe Cosby Show it was all so important to me.
One line in particular from that pre-finale What is grief if not love persevering?
causeda bit of a stironline.
Like everything in this hybrid-focused project, the lines inspiration came from multiple sources.
I knew immediately that that was it.
I didnt at all expect it to be called out.
A pandemic is not a gift.
Its not something that we want and no one is happy about it, she says.
But there is some bizarre and beautiful symmetry and serendipity to how the show debuted.
My response to that is: Go sit down and watchI May Destroy You.
