With theMarvelmultiverse now well and truly unleashed, audiences have been left wondering when the second season of the animated anthology series with the multiversal madness at its center,What If…?, will return. Well, according to creator A. C. Bradley,What If…?will return with its second season sometime in 2022.
Taking toTwitterto confirm a recent report by The Direct, A. C. Bradley confirmed the news thatWhat If…?will be back later this year saying, “See you later this year, kids!" The first season premiered back in August onDisney+, and explores alternate timelines in the multiverse, showing what would happen if major moments from the MCU movies occurred differently. Introducing variant versions of several beloved characters, including Thor, Doctor Strange, and Black Panther,What If…?also formed a superhero team named The Guardians of the Multiverse.
Not much is yet known about the second series, though Bradley has previously revealed that it will involve several characters and movies from the most recent MCU Phase, such asBlack Widow,Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, andEternals, as well as continuing the adventures of Peggy Carter as the variant super-soldier Captain Carter.
The Multiverse Continues to Collapse on the MCU in Upcoming Sequel Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
The Marvel Cinematic Universe multiverse began to truly collapse thanks to the events of the first season of the Disney+ series,Loki. Since then, the likes of the animated seriesWhat If…?has introduced audiences to the idea of “variants” (alternate versions of popular characters from different universes) with the recent big-screen outing,Spider-Man: No Way Home, doubling down on this idea by bringing previous Peter Parkers Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire into the fray.
This multiversal chaos will seemingly get even worse in the upcoming Doctor Strange sequel,Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which finds The Master of the Mystic Arts traveling across various universes. Directed by Sam Raimi, written by Michael Waldron, and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Benedict Wong, Xochitl Gomez, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Rachel McAdams,Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnesspicks up following the events ofSpider-Man: No Way Homeand the first season ofLoki. Dr. Stephen Strange, with the help of both old and new mystical allies, travels into the multiverse to face a mysterious new adversary. An adversary who happens to look very familiar…
As well as showing us much more of the multiverse,Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnesswill continue to introduce variants,including several different versions of Doctor Strange himself.Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnesswill also bring back characters from other Marvel franchises, with rumors claiming thatPatrick Stewart will reprise the role ofX-Menleader Professor Xavier,Ryan Reynolds will return asDeadpool, and Hayley Atwell will star as the live-action version of What If…? character Captain Carter.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessis scheduled to be released on July 01, 2025, as part of Phase Four of the MCU, withWhat If…?Season 2 likely to be affected by the events of the sequel.
