Official What If...? Season 1 Thread

[Bigbigguy]

We have exclusively learned that Marvel Studios will be producing a new television series for the Disney+ streaming service based on the popular What If comic book series. The new animated show will be overseen by Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios, but the stories will not be canon in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Hit the jump to learn more about the What If TV series.


What If TV Series Coming To Disney+
Like the comics, this animated anthology series will provide stories that explore how the Marvel Cinematic Universe might have unfolded if key moments in its history had not occurred as they did in recognized canon. For example, one of the episodes will adapt What If? Vol.1 #47, which explored the idea of “What if Loki had found the hammer of Thor?”


The idea is that they could potentially have some of the main actors from the live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe movies reprise their roles in the animated series, which would imagine alternate possibilities from another dimension. The time commitment for voice acting is a whole lot less than for live-action productions, which could accommodate some of the biggest Marvel talent. The series would function as an anthology, just like the comic book series, with each episode tackling a different premise.

I have confirmed the information above with three separate sources. Currently, it’s unclear if they will use any other storylines from the comics for inspiration other than the one mentioned above. It’s possible that many of the scenarios will be entirely new, and we know that they will be based on what we have seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and not the comic canon.

Exclusive: Marvel Studios Producing 'What If' TV Series For Disney+

 

[parallax]

Aww shyt. A what if series could be very dope.

 

[steadyrighteous]

Is this the Marvel version of DC's Flashpoint concept/universe?

Forgive me for not knowing this stuff, I'm not up on comics like that.

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Is this the Marvel version of DC's Flashpoint concept/universe?

Forgive me for not knowing this stuff, I'm not up on comics like that.

No, completely different


Martha

 

[Swiggy]

Is this the Marvel version of DC's Flashpoint concept/universe?

Forgive me for not knowing this stuff, I'm not up on comics like that.

Just dope ass one-offs asking... What If?


Also, sold on D+ if this is piff

 

[verbalkint]

lol...Mouse not even playing fair at this point.

 

[Won Won]

Cool idea as long as the animation is better than the shows they have now

 

[parallax]

Is this the Marvel version of DC's Flashpoint concept/universe?

Forgive me for not knowing this stuff, I'm not up on comics like that.

No, they are one shot concepts that usually take the road opposite the way it went down in comics, or just out there stories, like what if the punisher kept the symbiote, what if the punisher killed spiderman, what if storm was the wielder if mjolnir, and what if: civil war that takes multiple looks at how civil war could have ended. There's a shyt ton of them

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Is this the Marvel version of DC's Flashpoint concept/universe?

Forgive me for not knowing this stuff, I'm not up on comics like that.

DC does Elseworlds' stories which is the same concept basically, that's what apparently the Joker movie is going to be. DC's Flashpoint concept is that there are different universes/timelines and that's something Marvel has as well, seen in Spiderverse.

Both are just alternative to what's canon.

 

[2 Up 2 Down]

Cool idea as long as the animation is better than the shows they have now

And if the target age is in the teens and up. Was a fan of the series in the 90s and just last week I bought some of the classic What If trades

 

[acri1]

Great idea for a series.

Hopefully they do it justice. Between this and Clone Wars it's looking like Disney+ will be the shyt.

 

[Phillyrider807]

This single handily has me ready to give disney my 10$ a month. This is dope as shyt.

 

[parallax]

And if the target age is in the teens and up. Was a fan of the series in the 90s and just last week I bought some of the classic What If trades

I would assume they would be. Quite a few of them have fukked up premises or dark endings

 

[acri1]

This single handily has me ready to give disney my 10$ a month. This is dope as shyt.

First time in years I'm legit thinking about paying for a streaming service other than Netflix.

 

[Bathing Ape]

I love marvel's what if stories so I'm in.