Marvel’s “What If…?” Series Works For Both MCU Diehards & Casual Fans
The premise of Marvel’s latest Disney+ series, What If…? is catnip for Marvel fans. Narrated by a celestial being called the Watcher (voiced by Jeffrey Wright, no less), the series asks us to consider what might have happened in the Marvel Cinematic Universe had different decisions been made at crucial moments by the characters we have come to know over the last 12-years. Based on a Marvel comic series of the same name (which remixed moments in the comics canon),
New “What If…?” Featurette Teases The Watcher’s Unparalleled Visibility Into The MCU
“Reality is not a straight line,” Jeffrey Wright’s The Watcher says at the top of this new What If…? featurette. “Every passing moment is a chance for a new offshoot. A new variation. In fact there are more realities than you can possibly fathom.”
This is as good a synopsis as any we’ve heard about Marvel Studios’ first-ever animated series What If…?, which was inspired by a line of comics of the same name that explored alternate realities within the Marvel comics universe.
New “What If…?” Clip Re-Imagines Peggy Carter as the First Avenger
Yesterday we shared the latest What If…? teaser, which gave us a fresh glimpse at Marvel Studios’ first-ever animated series. Today, Marvel has revealed a clip from the first episode, which is centered on Captain Peggy Carter, a new spin on the Agent Peggy Carter we all know (and Steve Rogers very much loved) from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The clip reveals Captain Carter leading her Howling Commandos on a charge during World War II.
A New “What If…?” Teaser Reveals Marvel’s Mind-Bending New Disney+ Series
What if you combined The Twilight Zone with Marvel Studios and remixed some of the most iconic moments in the latter’s history with the exploratory chutzpah of the former? That’s roughly what Marvel’s new series What If…? offers viewers, and a new teaser asks us to imagine a world where, say, T’Challa (Black Panther to the uninitiated) arrives in Star-lord’s mask and the villain Killmonger is a force for good. Such is the world that What If…?
