"Marvel's What If...? (Disney+)" News & Discussion Thread, Part 2 (Spoilers)

[RoyalRubble]

Welcome to the second installment of the What If...? News and Discussion Thread, here on the Marvel Animation Forum! Keep up to date with news about this animated series, and use this thread to discuss them in a civilized manner!

Marvel's What If...?
New episodes premiere Wednesdays on Disney+
*Season One ends on October 6, 2021

Series Description:

“What If…?” flips the script on the MCU, reimagining famous events from the films in unexpected ways. Marvel Studios’ first animated series focuses on different heroes from the MCU, featuring a voice cast that includes a host of stars who reprise their roles. Directed by Bryan Andrews with AC Bradley as head writer, “What If…?" launches exclusively on Disney+ on August 11, 2021.

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"Marvel's What If?" (Disney+ Animated Series) News & Discussion Thread (Spoilers)
"Marvel's What If...?" Season One Talkback (Spoilers)

Continuing from the previous thread, here are a poster and an article about Season 1, Episode 7 premiering on 09/22/2021.

 

[Frontier]

Time to ponder more of the question...What If ?

 

[Rick Jones]

Whenever I see or hear Party Thor, my mind goes to that Australian kid who threw the house party that inspired that Project X movie.

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[RoyalRubble]

09/21:
Another interview with Seth Green.

09/24:
I haven't listened to it yet, but A.C. Bradley was a guest on the "Hero Nation" Podcast. Some possible Spoilers in there, but they also apparently discuss season 2 of What If...?.

09/27:
A poster for this week's episode.

Spoiler

 

[SweetShop209]

Here's an article which mentions a statement from AC Bradley. In regards to complaints about the runtime, two points stand out:

1. The What If comics are in a similar vein of having rather abrupt endings.

2. There was enough content to make the episodes 45 minutes long, but the pandemic threw a wrench into things, and the episodes had to be shortened.

What If...? Episodes Are Shorter than Planned Because of COVID

What If...? head writer A.C. Bradley says the Marvel animated series was meant to have longer episodes, but the pandemic forced them to change course.

www.cbr.com

 

[Frontier]

Here's an article which mentions a statement from AC Bradley. In regards to complaints about the runtime, two points stand out:

1. The What If comics are in a similar vein of having rather abrupt endings.

2. There was enough content to make the episodes 45 minutes long, but the pandemic threw a wrench into things, and the episodes had to be shortened.

What If...? Episodes Are Shorter than Planned Because of COVID

What If...? head writer A.C. Bradley says the Marvel animated series was meant to have longer episodes, but the pandemic forced them to change course.

www.cbr.com

It makes me wonder if that might change in future seasons...

 

[RoyalRubble]

Another article about the show. (Both this and the one posted earlier are basically covering stuff from the Podcast I linked to before).

Of note, in regards to season 2-

Season 2 is currently in "the animatics stages on a lot of the episodes," each of which take a year to fully animate, per the head writer. "Therefore, the first and second drafts of the scripts are already done," she continued. "We're knee deep in production and design."

 

[Magmaster12]

So I guess this means we probably won't get what-ifs based around Shang Chi or Eternals.

 

[RoyalRubble]

Unless the staff knew about the next few MCU movies in advance and managed to come up with some scripts that weren't too similar to the actual movies. Otherwise I guess projects like Eternals could be covered in future seasons, if the show gets renewed beyond season 2.

 

[Frontier]

It'll be interesting to see what they come up with...

 

[RoyalRubble]

Sneak peek at this week's episode and some comments from the crew about the "bigger plan" for the season finale. Potential Spoilers.

 

[bigdaddy313]

I knew tomorrow’s episode is about the future where Ultron won.

 

[Frontier]

Sneak peek at this week's episode and some comments from the crew about the "bigger plan" for the season finale. Potential Spoilers.

What If...Age of Ultron was literal .

 

[RoyalRubble]

A Gamora poster was released for the season finale.

 

[Frontier]

A Gamora poster was released for the season finale.

So we are getting Thanos!Gamora...curious how much they go into her .

 

[RoyalRubble]

10/04:
I think they will at least bring up

Spoiler

Ultron sliced her dad in two halves in the previous episode.

10/05:
Teaser and article about the season finale. Possible Spoilers.

10/21:
Minor but here are some comments from Brian T. Delaney.

10/27:
Trailer for the "Assembled" documentary for What If...?.

 

[Frontier]

10/27:
Trailer for the "Assembled" documentary for What If...?.

I love that concept art .

 

[Rick Jones]

It never dawned on me that they would have an episode for What If...? I'll enjoy seeing this.

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[Roxas_Sora]

I hope Season 2 won't take too much to come out.

 

[RoyalRubble]

It's a minor thing, but Screen Junkies posted an "Honest Trailer" for the show. Note that it's slightly NSFW at times.

Spoiler

Pretty good timing for the "every franchise would be better without Chris Pratt" gag.