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Terry Matalas Didn’t Shoot That ‘VisionQuest’ Doctor Doom and Scarlet Witch Scene, So Who Did?

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Few MCU stingers have been guarded as tightly as the Doctor Doom and Scarlet Witch post-credits scene in ‘VisionQuest‘. It wasn’t included in the screeners sent to press, not even for reporters conducting early interviews with showrunner Terry Matalas. That secrecy is a big reason it hit so hard when the finale arrived on Disney+ on 10 November.

In the scene, Robert Downey Jr.’s Doom lifts the rubble off a seemingly dead Wanda Maximoff and tells her to awaken. Her eyes shoot open, and the scene cuts to black. It also arrived with very little explanation, since Matalas never mentioned the Doom scene in his Entertainment Weekly interview.

That naturally raises the question of who actually made it. Matalas wrote and directed ‘Forever’, but he wasn’t personally behind the camera for that particular sequence. In a conversation with Gold Derby, he said “that line was designed for this moment, specifically,” though he declined to explain how the scene was constructed so he wouldn’t give anything away.

Matalas hasn’t named anyone. ComicBookMovie has speculated that the Russo brothers shot it on the set of ‘Avengers: Doomsday‘, though that remains unconfirmed. The Russos are the film’s directors, and ‘Doomsday’ sees multiple realities collide, with three teams of heroes facing the growing threat of Victor von Doom.

The showrunner has been far more open about the other credits scene. He has said he directed the last episode and that the Ultron stinger was his and the writers’ idea, not Marvel’s, and that he shot more footage than made the cut. By contrast, he hasn’t made a similar statement about the Wanda scene.

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Matalas has been clearer about the creative logic. According to Gold Derby, the writers discussed having Wanda appear in a dreamlike way, but doing so at the wrong time would have made the episode about her. The finale needed to stay focused on Vision, which made the end credits the perfect place to address her.

That fits with his pre-release messaging. Ahead of the premiere, Matalas confirmed that the Scarlet Witch would not appear in the Disney+ series. Technically, he kept that promise, because the stinger plays out after the story proper.

The payoff is significant for the wider MCU. Wanda hasn’t been seen since ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’, and the scene appears to confirm that Elizabeth Olsen will return in ‘Avengers: Doomsday’. Pairing her with Doom also makes sense, since the character has strong ties to Doctor Doom in the comics, including a complicated romantic entanglement.

The footage leaves plenty open. Nothing in it establishes whether Doom intends to control Wanda, siphon her magic or pursue another plan. There’s also the question of how the scene ties into the Latverian Witches tease from San Diego Comic-Con.

Then there’s the voice. Matalas has confirmed that it’s Downey, which rules out a stand-in or a hint of another variant, though it’s still unclear why Doom sounded different to some viewers. Downey’s accent was already a talking point, since its first appearance in an ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ trailer proved divisive among fans.

What we do know is that Matalas has confirmed the post-credits scene will flow into ‘Avengers: Doomsday’, which is due in theaters on December 18. Whoever was behind the camera, the scene now carries real weight for what comes next. Until Marvel says more, the mystery of who shot it is part of the fun.

Who do you think directed the Doctor Doom and Scarlet Witch post-credits scene in VisionQuest?

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