Superhero fatigue: whether or not it’s a thing, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has certainly slowed its breakneck pace of late, with just one movie landing this year – newly anointed members of the universe proper, Deadpool & Wolverine . But as Ryan Reynolds’ Merc with a Mouth and his adamantium-skeletoned X-Man chum (Hugh Jackman) usher in a new mutant era for the big-screen MCU, along comes a witch to cast a fresh spell on viewers of the small screen – in the shape of Kathryn Hahn’s Agatha Harkness. "The show is our examination of what it means to be a witch," says creator Jac Schaeffer, also responsible for 2021’s Disney + show WandaVision from which Harkness’ solo outing spins off.
She’s speaking to Total Film in one of her first interviews promoting Agatha All Along and admits she’s just learning the boundaries as she negotiates spoiler territory. "[The series] is about survival. It is about community.
And even though we were having fabulous costumes and crazy practical effects and all the witchiness that you can shake a stick at, we were always very mindful of the emotional and thematic truth of what we were doing." Agatha All Along – which has had a rotation of intentionally morphing titles because, well, Agatha is just so tricksy – couldn’t come at a better time. There’s a witchy revival brewing – audiences enchanted by Hocus Pocus 2 have been charmed by news of a Practical Magic sequel in the works, while The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina .