What If…?

Summary

Marvel Studios will be make for its animatedWhat If … ?series to an end after its upcoming third season . Set next to the primary timeline of theMCU , and releasing after the destruction of the Sacred Timeline inLokiseason 1,What If … ?provided the arrant opportunity for alternate story to be told and variant fiber to be introduced to the MCU . Two season ofWhat If … ?have presently unloosen on Disney+ , but despite the serial publication ' Brobdingnagian popularity , What If … ?season 3is expected to be the last .

So far , What If … ?has introduced the likes of Captain Carter , Doctor Strange Supreme , a Hulk - like Happy Hogan , and anMCU original submarine sandwich in Kahhori , among many others . What If … ?season 3 ’s castwill debut even more strange variation , and has already been confirmed to be couch twists on stories involve Sam Wilson ’s Captain America , Monica Rambeau , Bucky Barnes ' Winter Soldier , and the Red Guardian . However , it seems time of year 3 will be the series ' final chapter , get some muddiness about whyWhat If … ?is ending so presently .

Marvel Comics ' What If serial has explored many alternative storylines that may be perfect to adapt into the MCU ’s animated What If … ? for time of year 3 .

What If season 3 poster

Marvel’s What If…? May Have Always Been Planned As Three Seasons

feel like the culmination of a trilogy . It goes beyond the first two season in its exploration of the multiverse , and it pull in theatrical role that are very unexpected , and has what I conceive is an highly moving and fulfill culmination for the Watcher .

Brad Winderbaum ’s suggestion thatWhat If … ?season 3 is the net chapter in a trilogy suggest that Marvel Studios may have always been planning for the serial to cease after three seasons . This is already setting record for Marvel Studios , asWhat If … ?will become the onlyDisney+ series touch on to the MCUto include three seasons . Nevertheless , it seems as though there is much more of the multiverse that has n’t yet been explored , soWhat If … ?could easily continue , but there may be another reasonableness the serial publication will be ending .

The MCU’s Multiverse Saga Ending May Explain What If…?’s Cancelation

The large outcome that would contribute toWhat If … ?‘scancelation would be theending of the MCU ’s Multiverse Sagaitself . Speculation has suggested thatAvengers : Secret Warscould sport the destruction of the multiverse and the constitution of a new primary timeline for the MCU ’s future . This would make it impossible forWhat If … ?to cover to research alternate realities and variant case , meaning the serial may come to a raw end just in clock time for the MCU ’s live - legal action project to shake up the franchise .

When Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige first announcedAvengers : Secret Warsin 2022,the Multiverse Saga ’s final project was scheduled for expiration in November 2025 . Since then , there have been several major delays , most conspicuously during 2023 ’s WGA and SAG - AFTRA strike , which meansSecret Warsis now intended to release in 2027 . It ’s possible thatWhat If … ?season 3 was always intended to release shortly beforeSecret Warsdestroys the multiversein November 2025 , which stand for its three - time of year run make perfect sense .

retaliator : Secret Warshas been heavily rumor to end with a soft - reboot of the MCU , which could perhaps bring in multiversal character fromWhat If … ?and alive - action stories into the MCU ’s newfangled primary persistence .

The Watcher, Strange Supreme, and Captain Carter in the animated What If…? series

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How What If…? Season 4 Could Still Happen

Avengers : Secret Warsmay not in reality destroy the multiverse , even if Marvel Studios chooses not to search the conception as regularly .

Since production wait have pushedAvengers : Secret Warsto its current firing dateof May 7 , 2027,it ’s possible Marvel Animation could develop another time of year ofWhat If … ?to fill the gap . This would allow the serial to perhaps fulfill its original intention of exploring the multiverse beforeSecret Warsdestroys it , and could even allow the roll ofSecret Warsitself to exposit , should characters who debut in animation make the move to live - action . This would perhaps meanWhat If … ?season 4 could premier in 2026 or 2027 .

It ’s also possible thatAvengers : Secret Warsmay not actually destroy the multiverse , even if Marvel Studios chooses not to explore the construct as regularly in theMCU ’s Phase 7 and beyond . This means thatWhat If … ?could carry on afterSecret Wars , acting as a manner for the MCU to research the multiverse while Marvel Studios ' live - activeness projects plow with adventures in the same continuity . What If … ?could continue as an animated series , or could even be converted into live - activeness to expound the multiverse further , meaning the serial publication does n’t actually need to end after season 3 .

The Watcher in the MCU with What If storylines from Marvel Comics

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forthcoming MCU Movies

Release Date

Deadpool & Wolverine

The Watcher blending into space in What If…?

July 26 , 2024

Captain America : Brave New World

February 14 , 2025

The Watcher showing Captain Carter Yggdrasil in What If…?

Thunderbolts *

May 5 , 2025

The Fantastic Four

Samuel L. Jackson headshot

July 25 , 2025

Blade

November 7 , 2025

Headshot Of Stanley Tucci

retaliator 5

May 1 , 2026

Avengers : Secret warfare

What If…?

May 7 , 2027

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