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* Bobak Esfarjani

* [[Megan McDonnell]]

| producer = [[Jac Schaeffer]]

| music = {{Work by author|"[[Voodoo Child (Slight Return)]]"|[[the Jimi Hendrix Experience]]}}

| photographer = [[Jess Hall]]

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== Production ==

=== Development ===

By October 2018, [[Marvel Studios]] was developing a limited series starring [[Elizabeth Olsen]]'s [[Wanda Maximoff (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Wanda Maximoff]] and [[Paul Bettany]]'s [[Vision (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Vision]] from the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] (MCU) [[List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films|films]].<ref name="Disney+SeriesSep2018" /><ref name="ScarletWitchVision" /> In August 2019, [[Matt Shakman]] was hired to direct the miniseries.<ref name="Shakman" /><ref name="EmmyDec2020CoverStory" /> He and [[head writer]] [[Jac Schaeffer]] executive produced alongside Marvel Studios' [[Kevin Feige]], [[Louis D'Esposito]], and [[Victoria Alonso]].<ref name="Shakman" /><ref name="ExpandingUniverse" /><ref name="EmmyDec2020FullCoverStory" />{{rp|50}} Feige described the series as part [[sitcom]], part "Marvel epic".<ref name="D232019" /> The fourth episode, "We Interrupt This Program", was written by Bobak Esfarjani and [[Megan McDonnell]], and shifts the series' perspective to outside the sitcom reality of the previous episodes.<ref name="Writers" /><ref name="EWRecap" /> Schaeffer originally [[Pitch (filmmaking)|pitched]] it as being similar to an episode of ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'', in order to shift the series to a new genre after taking influence from sitcoms for the first three episodes.<ref name="SchaefferNYTimes" />

=== Writing ===

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<ref name="EWRecap">{{Cite magazine |last=Holub |first=Christian |date=January 29, 2021 |title=WandaVision recap: A very special announcement |url=https://ew.com/tv/recaps/wandavision-season-1-episode-4/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129175734/https://ew.com/tv/recaps/wandavision-season-1-episode-4/ |archive-date=January 29, 2021 |access-date=January 29, 2021 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref>

<ref name="AVClubReview">{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Stephen |date=January 29, 2021 |title=WandaVision returns with a wallop to the Marvel Cinematic Universe proper |url=https://tvwww.avclub.com/wandavision-returns-with-a-wallop-to-the-marvel-cinem-1846154232 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129192619/https://tv.avclub.com/wandavision-returns-with-a-wallop-to-the-marvel-cinem-1846154232 |archive-date=January 29, 2021 |access-date=January 29, 2021 |website=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref>

<ref name="DenOfGeekReview">{{Cite web |last=Bojalad |first=Alec |date=January 29, 2021 |title=WandaVision Episode 4 Review: We Interrupt This Program |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/wandavision-episode-4-review-we-interrupt-this-program/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129205905/https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/wandavision-episode-4-review-we-interrupt-this-program/ |archive-date=January 29, 2021 |access-date=January 29, 2021 |website=[[Den of Geek]]}}</ref>