First Look At James Spader’s Ultron Return In VisionQuest Reveals Marvel Villain’s Human Form

Published Aug 14, 2026, 1:46 PM EDT Felipe Rangel is a Movie and TV Journalist ScreenRant. He has been writing about movies and TV since 2021. Felipe joined ScreenRant in 2022, working across different teams, covering everything from breaking news to features to reviews and more. Felipe is a writer who is an avid film and TV fan, with superhero movies and series being his biggest passion. He graduated from college in 2019, having studied Journalism. Before college, he spent a month studying at the Oxford English Centre. His superhero knowledge expands to the comics, with his undergraduate thesis being "Politics Reflected In American Comics." Sign in to your ScreenRant account This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available.Ultron comes back with a major change in VisionQuest. VisionQuest is the third and final release in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's WandaVision trilogy. That road started with the 2021 series, which is widely regarded as one of the best MCU TV shows on Disney+, if not the very best, and continued through 2024's Agatha All Along, which brought back Kathyn Hahn's Agatha Harkness as an anti-hero. VisionQuest will build on WandaVision's ending, focusing on Paul Bettany's White Vision as he wrestles with memories of a past life he does not fully understand. This makes the Marvel project the perfect place for a massive MCU return. On X, @PoppedNews shared the first look at James Spader's Ultron return, with half of his face machine and half human, at Marvel Television’s VisionQuest booth at 2026's D23. Ultron's new MCU appearance should spotlight his role as Vision's father, in a way, given that he was responsible for the creation of the body of the Marvel hero played by Bettany. WandaVision featured Vision in human form a lot of the time, and so seeing what Ultron looks like in that form continues that thread. Additionally, since the upcoming Marvel series focuses on Vision's psyche, Ultron's new look will be impactful.