WHAT IF...? Season 2 Premiere Date Reportedly Revealed - Will Be Released In A Completely New Way On Disney+

WHAT IF...? Season 2 Premiere Date Reportedly Revealed - Will Be Released In A Completely New Way On Disney+

Season 2 of What If...? has a rumoured premiere date on Disney+, but the biggest surprise is that the animated series will be released in a completely different way from any other Marvel Studios TV show.

News
By JoshWilding - Nov 14, 2023 11:11 AM EST
Filed Under: What If
Source: Toonado.com

What If...? season 1 was among the first Marvel Studios TV shows to premiere on Disney+ in 2021 alongside WandaVision and The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Based on comments the creative team made at the time, the plan had been for season 2 to follow in 2022.

However, with 2023 very nearly over, it was only recently revealed that the long-awaited follow-up to the animated series will arrive on Disney+ "This Holiday Season." Rumours are swirling that a trailer is going to drop any moment now, but in the meantime, The Cosmic Circus (via Toonado.com) has today chimed in to reveal exactly when the show will premiere on the streaming platform. 

According to the site, it's heading our way on December 22, with new episodes dropping daily between then and December 30. This is a stark contrast to the first batch of episodes - and every other MCU TV series, for that matter - which were released weekly after a three-episode premiere. 

The site also teases that, "this season will have a far bigger impact on the 616 timeline."

This is all the information we have for the time being, but Disney recently shared a brief synopsis confirming we'll hear the voices of even more MCU stars.

The Watcher continues the journey as our guide through the vast multiverse, introducing brand-new and familiar faces throughout the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The animated anthology series questions, revisits and twists classic Marvel Cinematic moments with an incredible voice cast that includes a host of stars who reprise their iconic roles

Earlier this Fall, a supposed list of What If...? season 2 episode titles found its way online. Today, we can also share an updated episode order which reveals how and when each instalment will arrive on Disney+.

• What If... Nebula Joined the Nova Corps? (December 22)
• What If... Peter Quill Attacked Earth's Mightiest Heroes? (December 23)
• What If... Happy Hogan Saved Christmas? (December 24)
• What If... Iron Man Crashed into the Grandmaster? (December 25)
• What If... Captain Carter Fought the Hydra Stomper? (December 26)
• What If... The Avengers Assembled in 1602? (December 27)
• What If... Hela found the Ten Rings? (December 28) 
• What If... Kahhori Reshaped the World? (December 29)
• What If... Strange Supreme Intervened? (December 30)

The belief is that Marvel Studios has plans for three seasons of What If...?, not to mention the Marvel Zombies spin-off. That was announced at last year's San Diego Comic-Con, but like all of the MCU's animated offerings (Spider-Man: Freshman Year and X-Men '97, for example), we still have no confirmed premiere dates. 

Are you excited for more What If...? on Disney+? Let us know your thoughts on this latest update in the comments section below.

X-MEN '97 To Get A New Head Writer; WHAT IF...? Season 3 Billed as The Culmination Of A Trilogy
Related:

X-MEN '97 To Get A New Head Writer; WHAT IF...? Season 3 Billed as "The Culmination Of A Trilogy"
MCU Rumor Round-Up: HULK VS. WOLVERINE Movie, Steve Rogers Return, Emma Stone Casting, & More - SPOILERS
Recommended For You:

MCU Rumor Round-Up: HULK VS. WOLVERINE Movie, Steve Rogers Return, Emma Stone Casting, & More - SPOILERS
DISCLAIMER: ComicBookMovie.com is protected under the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act) and... [MORE]

ComicBookMovie.com, and/or the user who contributed this post, may earn commissions or revenue through clicks or purchases made through any third-party links contained within the content above.

Do you have what it takes to write for us?
Want to contribute?
1 2
Origame
Origame - 11/14/2023, 11:34 AM
Yup. Really not expecting much. We have no footage and it's about a month away.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/14/2023, 11:35 AM
These updated What Ifs episode titles already make it sound a bit more interesting tham the rumoured ones, but still I'm not sold. Look forward to more Strange Supreme though.

Also, I kinda expected it to release three episodes a week for three weeks in a row. Guess this works too
Vigor
Vigor - 11/14/2023, 11:39 AM
Great strategy. So when I get exhausted from all the holiday family time, I can dip off to my basement and dive into an episode, recharge, have a beer, then go rejoin the chaos upstairs
TheVandalore
TheVandalore - 11/14/2023, 11:39 AM
You know when I take a step back and look at all the things that are actively being made in the MCU right now.... Not a single project seems like a triple A must see "Dream come true" project, when that is all the MCU once was, dream come true films.

Who is even green lighting projects anymore, because it isn't a comics person and hasn't been in a long time.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 11/14/2023, 3:28 PM
@TheVandalore - Loki Season 2 was fantastic. Definitely a dream come true type of project. I also feel like No Way Home was a dream come true project.
Vigor
Vigor - 11/14/2023, 11:41 AM

"The site also teases that, "this season will have a far bigger impact on the 616 timeline.""

Must say I do like that the animated shows can impact the 616 mcu. May not happen with xmen 97, but they clearly were ahead of me planning it here

Multiverse saga is in full effect now folks
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 11/14/2023, 11:47 AM
@Vigor - yeah, and it's doing so well....
Vigor
Vigor - 11/14/2023, 12:05 PM
@Ryguy88 - let's weather the storm. Together!
mountainman
mountainman - 11/14/2023, 12:10 PM
@Vigor - I think they should return to the Agents of Shield and Netflix model - movies can impact the shows but shows can impact the movies (besides the one example of the heli carrier but you didn’t have to watch Agents of Shield for that moment in Winter Soldier to make sense).

There are too many people in the GA that aren’t watching the shows. I know for people keeping up with everything, these connections and easter eggs are fun, but it’s hurting the brand. It’s just not realistic to expect a large number of people to keep up with 14 separate movie franchises and 9 different TV shows. It’s a lot to ask. It’s becoming more niche, and it isn’t a good thing to have larger portions of the GA that can’t keep up.
mountainman
mountainman - 11/14/2023, 12:10 PM
@mountainman - Shows *cant* impact the movies
The1st
The1st - 11/14/2023, 12:55 PM
@Vigor - i personally would like to weatherthe Storm
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 11/14/2023, 12:56 PM
@Vigor - i think we will need to strip down the existing bunker and build a better one, but I'm in!
IronMan616
IronMan616 - 11/14/2023, 11:54 AM
Cool, starts on the first day of my vacation. Will be watching this when I'm off. The Iron Man episode is on Christmas Day, nice, thanks D+ for the Christmas gift. lol.
MovieMonster
MovieMonster - 11/14/2023, 11:56 AM
I liked the first season just fine although I felt some stories didn't reach their full potential but I did like the team-up at the end. I assume the new variants introduced in this season will team up again to take on Supreme Strange.

Some of these sound a little more creative than just "What if X character was X character all of a sudden?"
OleBobbyTiger
OleBobbyTiger - 11/14/2023, 12:12 PM
@MovieMonster - Hoping this season is more creative. The first season honestly felt like a lot of rushed rehashes of existing movies, with character swaps.
SonOfAGif
SonOfAGif - 11/14/2023, 3:29 PM
@RoberTiger - Marvel would kill it if What If was basically Battleworld unfolding the entire time with the character swaps and what not.
Oberlin4Prez
Oberlin4Prez - 11/14/2023, 12:00 PM
Am I misremembering something or wasn’t there an episode with an insane title that was revealed a while back?
mountainman
mountainman - 11/14/2023, 12:12 PM
@Oberlin4Prez - I think it’s the native american girl finding the Tesseract.

The original title was more convoluted than “ What If... Kahhori Reshaped the World?”
narrow290
narrow290 - 11/14/2023, 12:01 PM
its something at least!! bring it! I loved 1602 GN back in the day
whatevtrev
whatevtrev - 11/14/2023, 12:08 PM
I'm a big fan of that release schedule, that'll be such a fun way to start each morning over Christmas!
Rosraf
Rosraf - 11/14/2023, 12:14 PM
@whatevtrev - Agreed. I think this a great way to release episodes in the run up to a holiday.
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 11/14/2023, 12:08 PM
1602 EPISODE ON MY BIRTHDAY?!
HammerLegFoot
HammerLegFoot - 11/14/2023, 12:11 PM
I always thought it was funny when people say "This was a fun movie".
SethBullock
SethBullock - 11/14/2023, 12:11 PM
Why aren't we seeing The Watcher in any non animated Marvel movies or tv shows?

He was seen in a small cameo or something like that in a GOTG movie?

But now we are in "the multiverse saga" with different timelines and universes and stuff like that in several movies and tv shows but he only appears in "What If"?

Guess he'll be in Kang Dinasty or Secret Wars, maybe not a big role, but he should be there.
mountainman
mountainman - 11/14/2023, 12:13 PM
@SethBullock - GOTG2 had some watchers in it but no Uatu.
RitoRevolto
RitoRevolto - 11/14/2023, 12:26 PM
None of these sound particularly interesting aside from Kahhori and maybe Hela finding the Ten Rings. I just don't understand why'd she'd find them useful.
WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 11/14/2023, 12:35 PM
The only episode I want to see is "What If Josh Reported This To Main Instead Of The Farkakte Toonado.com?"
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 11/14/2023, 12:38 PM
I cringe every time they call the MCU the 616 🤢
BlackSpider
BlackSpider - 11/14/2023, 2:23 PM
@FireandBlood -

SpiderParker
SpiderParker - 11/14/2023, 9:10 PM
@FireandBlood - I cringe everytime someone cries about it.
ModHaterSLADE
ModHaterSLADE - 11/14/2023, 1:09 PM
Just glad we get a 1602 episode, gives me confidence we could get a Noir focused episode down the line.
StSteven
StSteven - 11/14/2023, 1:36 PM
So, a new episode a day for 9 straight days over Christmas break? My wife and kids are gonna HATE this. I LOVE it! (In all actuality I fully expect them to stage a coup after about the 3rd or 4th day and I'm going to find myself tied to a chair, stripped of my remote, and forced to watch "Mickey's Clubhouse" or some shit. Don't EVER underestimate the combined strength of a 4 and 7 year old hell-bent on watching THEIR shows 😳).
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 11/14/2023, 5:18 PM
@StSteven -

You watch your mouth when you talk about Mickey's Clubhouse, daddy! That crossover shit was mind-blowing for lil' toddler me!
StSteven
StSteven - 11/14/2023, 6:02 PM
@DrReedRichards - Well I mean the new new "Mickey's Clubhouse", which unless you're like 6 or 7 probably wasn't the one that was on when you were a toddler. But just to check, complete this show theme song lyric "Hot dog hot dog hot diggedy dog...". To do so you'd either have to be a kid watching that show, or have kids who do. Crap, now that stupid song is stuck in my head. See what you did? Bad! BAD!!!
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 11/14/2023, 6:08 PM
@StSteven -

Wanna know Tmthe worst part? I thought you were referring to an entirely different show! It wasn't Mickey's Clubhouse that I meant in my response, it was House Of Mouse instead! That was the one I watched as a wee lad!

Know what this means? You got that catchy tune stuck in your head for nothing! For nothing!
1 2

Please log in to post comments.

Don't have an account?
Please Register.

Related Headlines
Latest Headlines

Hot Headlines Hot Headlines

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Cartoons & Animated Features

Gaming

Anime & Manga

Horror

Action Movies & TV

Pro Wrestling & MMA News
View Recorder