WHAT IF...? Season 2 Expected To Feature Strange Supreme; Recently Revealed Episode Titles May Be Inaccurate

WHAT IF...? Season 2 Expected To Feature Strange Supreme; Recently Revealed Episode Titles May Be Inaccurate

With What If...? season 2 now said to be eyeing a Christmas premiere, a new rumour reveals that Benedict Cumberbatch's Strange Supreme is set to return while also casting doubt on those episode "titles."

By JoshWilding - Sep 09, 2023 04:09 AM EST
Filed Under: What If
Source: Toonado.com

In What If...?'s fourth episode, we visited a reality where Doctor Strange lost Christine Palmer in the crash that destroyed his hands. While the hero's story initially played out the same way as his Earth-616 counterpart, the timeline branched when the hero decided to use the Time Stone to bring back the woman he loved. 

Unfortunately, Christine's death is an "Absolute Point" in time that cannot be changed in this universe. Doing so would risk the very fabric of reality itself, but that didn't stop the grieving Strange.

After absorbing dark forces beyond his control, the corrupted Master of the Mystic Arts repeatedly tries to bring Christine back, ultimately dooming his reality. Imprisoned with nothing but his failings to keep him company, "Strange Supreme" is later freed by The Watcher to join his Guardians of the Multiverse. 

After being returned to the remains of dimension to watch over Erik Killmonger and Arnim Zola after Infinity Ultron was defeated, the door was clearly left open to him returning...and, as we first mentioned on Toonado.com, that's apparently going to happen in What If...? season 2. 

The news comes from a reliable scooper who has also questioned the validity of those recently revealed episode titles. In case it wasn't obvious, they're more akin to premises than what each instalment will actually be called, and it's said the one suggesting we'll see a musical take on WandaVision is reportedly incorrect. With that in mind, we'd take all of those with a pinch of salt until official details are shared by Marvel Studios. 

Talking about the Emmy-nominated episode "What if...Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead Of His Hands?" director Bryan Andrews previously said, "Benedict Cumberbatch did an amazing job playing evil Doctor Strange, and that was long before Multiverse of Madness was really getting started."

"The film's creative team] had kernels of ideas, so Kevin [Feige] had them watch our stuff and was like, 'You guys better watch out, cause this shit's good.' And they came out of that meeting just going like, 'Oh my God, what are we gonna do for a movie?' [Laughs] I think they borrowed a lot from what we were trying to do in that episode, which is crazy."

What If...?'s influence on Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness was obvious, though many fans were disappointed not to get a more direct crossover especially as the live-action movie also featured a similarly twisted take on the Sorcerer Supreme.

Still, we're pleased to hear there are more plans for this particularly Stephen Strange...

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regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 9/9/2023, 4:37 AM
“ Recently Revealed Episode Titles May Be Inaccurate”

Lol when you get your news from random Twitter accounts … no [frick]ing shit 😂
AmazingFILMporg
AmazingFILMporg - 9/9/2023, 4:58 AM
@regularmovieguy -

These Twitter scoopers have ruined fandom. In an effort to drive engagement they played a major part at driving franchises to the ground.


Don't get me wrong, WB, DC, Disney, marvel, and legacy franchises like Terminator and Halloween have played a major part in audiences turning sour on these franchises but the constant guessing game from these scoopers and outright lies has poisoned the goodwill🥲


WruceBayne
WruceBayne - 9/9/2023, 4:43 AM
That Dr.ReedRichards dude is going to have a field day with this article.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 9/9/2023, 4:49 AM
Good thing those episodes aren't all real, because some of them either sounded really lame, could be 5-minute shorts, or could just be stories that actually took place in the MCU itself.

I hope that after the Multiverse Saga/What If S3 ends, they turn it into another anthology show. Maybe a Tales to Astonish or Journey Into Mystery (within MCU-canon).
ProfessorWhy
ProfessorWhy - 9/9/2023, 5:33 AM
I loved season one. Initially I found some episodes disappointing because I thought they were all stand-alone stories in an anthology. When everything came together I could appreciate it in its entirety. I look forward to season 2 .
ShellHead
ShellHead - 9/9/2023, 8:50 AM
This site generates so many articles from Twitter scoopers that are just chasing bullshit. Even that MytimetoShine guy. Just because they say they have a source, or were vaguely correct? About one thing does not mean that they are an accurate source of information. Lol. Until the strike ends, we're not going to know anything
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