Marvel Retcons Avengers: Age Of Ultron's Ending With New Iron Man Sequel
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Key Points:
- Marvel Studios has retconned the ending of Avengers: Age of Ultron through the new series VisionQuest, revealing that Vision only destroyed Ultron's body but saved a copy of his code, contradicting the previous belief that Ultron was permanently dead.
- VisionQuest explores Ultron as a digital prisoner inside Vision's mind, locked away yet accessible, providing new narrative opportunities to examine Tony Stark's AI legacies and Ultron's continued influence.
- Showrunner Terry Matalas explained that Vision's reluctance to kill Ultron in Age of Ultron inspired the idea of Ultron's backup surviving, likening Ultron's confinement to Hannibal Lecter in an attic-like Mindspace.
- The series has been well-received by critics and fans, integrating quietly into the broader MCU with references to past Avengers films, but it remains uncertain if characters from VisionQuest will appear in the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday movie.
