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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 ===