Every episode of What If…? season 2 was launched throughout 9 days on Disney+ final month, and whereas it featured loads of memorable new spins on acquainted characters, there weren’t any main cameos to talk of. Spider-Man, for instance, was M.I.A. after beforehand taking centre stage in season 1’s standout “What If… Zombies?!”
Marvel Studios introduced the X-Males again into the fold when the Disney/Fox merger went by means of and X-Males: The Animated Collection follow-up X-Males ’97 will premiere on Disney+ later this 12 months. So, why did not we see any mutants in What If…?‘s second season?
“They had been just about off the desk,” director Bryan Andrews tells ComicBook.com (by way of Toonado.com). “They’re like, ‘We received to do it first in reside motion and you then get to do it.’ And we’re like, ‘Ah, man!’ We might’ve liked to have performed with every kind of toys. However there’s limitations.”
We’re not shocked to listen to characters like Wolverine and Magneto weren’t allowed to be folded into What If…?, particularly because the present is ready within the MCU’s Multiverse and having them seem in animation first would certainly reduce the affect of a future live-action look (and doubtlessly confuse informal followers).
The distinction with X-Males ’97 is that it is a direct sequel to X-Males: The Animated Collection, explaining why Marvel Studios has been pleased to maneuver ahead with that revival with out it negatively impacting what we see on the live-action entrance.
Andrews was additionally requested about What If…? season 3’s launch schedule after the prolonged hole between season 1 and season 2, and appeared to verify it will not premiere on the streaming platform till 2025.
“They transfer stuff round. Each time I assumed it was like, ‘Oh, it is going to be this!’ It is like, ‘It is going to transfer just a little bit!'” he explains. “So, even I’d hate to say one thing and have folks’s hopes come up after which have them be dashed due to the beast of manufacturing and when issues transfer round.”
“I assumed that it may come out on the finish of the 12 months in 2024 probably, however that will be tight.”
“There’s another group of individuals which are masterminding when issues [release] they usually’re shifting issues on the board, and I do not know the place we exist on that at this second, in addition to [Marvel Zombies],” he continued. “Zombies, I am nonetheless engaged on on the similar time, and that is going to be loopy and that is popping out, however that retains shifting round too, proper? So I want I may make it easier to however I am unable to!”
Marvel Studios may get What If…? season 3 on Disney+ in time for the vacations once more, however primarily based on Andrews’ feedback, it merely will not be prepared in time.
As all the time, keep tuned for updates as we have now them.
