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Marvel Studios Exec says What If is the first of "many amazing animated series"
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Ooooh that would be a nice way to "keep" and utilize Spider-Man without having to consult with Sony.
When the old Marvel TV Execs were first outed, I think it was me and Neoxon who were excited at the potential of animated projects that were no longer shackled by Perlmutter's penny pinching. We're already getting some promising stuff like Moon Girl and even Spidey and His Amazing Friends looks solid for Disney Jr fare.
This goes hand in hand with that one quote we heard about "so many unannounced MCU projects"
Hulk animated ANYTHING please
I want a Hulk movie or series unshackled by the constraints of expensive movie-level CG
I mean, the point of What If is that everything is not canon.
I thought it had to do with multiverses which are becoming canon. Obviously the actual stories won't be canon to the main universe, but is stuff like the watcher going to become canon?
Completely forgot about that, but if it's that little connection I still won't care. I have a feeling these are going the way of Star Wars visions, which I have 0 interest in because they aren't canon.
I mean Spaceknights can happen, Marvel owns everything they created(so basically everything other than Rom). In fact they brought them back and had agent Venom join them a few years back(cool look too)I know it's a pie in the sky dream, and Paramount probably has this locked, but please
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Probably not what they mean.
Whether they are stand-alone or take place in another part of the multiverse, if it's made by Marvel Studios, it's "part of the MCU".
Technically everything Marvel publishes or has officially licensed is part of the Marvel Multiverse. From Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends to the Fantastic Four cartoon where HERBIE the robot replaced the Human Torch.
Hopefully they do. Spectacular Spider-man is still better than the multiple ones Disney has had and the the upcoming animated Spider man suite being headed by Lord and Miller on it will probably be ace as well.
I mean the beauty of multiverse stories is all of them are canon in their own way. Like, What If isn't going to impact the main MCU but anything that happens in it could inspire or bleed into it. Especially if the multiverse becomes a bigger part of the universe like it is in comics.
They mean directly MCU related. Like, the new What If? deals with the "multiverse" but it's still strictly based on the MCU not the whole entire Marvel Multiverse. Come on there's no need to be obtuse about it. 🙄
I think the IDEA is stuff like Vixen where it's animated but very clearly in the Arrowverse or the Gotham Knight shorts which was supposed to take place between the first two Nolan films.
I wouldn't even be angry at this 😂
I really-really hope Power Pack becomes a Disney+ show, it has all the potential
But I'd settle for an anime with Gurihiru style.
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This is my dream. Would be tough starting an X-Men animated show before introducing them in the MCU, but who knows.
That's actually the big question though. Could we see the animated "good" Kilmonger in this series appear in a live action MCU film via multiverse shenanigans?
The idea of stuff like that happening is super exciting.
That would be amazing and what would be best case scenario for me. If these stories are never going to be mentioned again, thats when i start to lose interest. There are hundreds of other Marvel cartoons that I dont have interest in. The prospect of something like that happening, along with the movie actors in the roles is what is drawing my interest.
Well, I would brace yourself for most of the stories likely not being mentioned often/ever, as the point of What If is the same thing as the comments: telling stories about characters you already know where everything is flipped on its head in a way that can't happen in the mainline films.
But I do think it's possible that a character or two could show up in the films. Michael B. Jordan voicing Kilmonger is a good sign that he'd be down.
Why would Star Wars canon matter when stuff like Rise of Skywalker is canon?
Sure, but there seems to be a difference in strategy with anything Marvel Studios makes to have the potential of a more direct link to the movies.
Yeah let's get Powerhouse on a Blade animated series stat. They did a good job with their last vampire cartoon
I'd like to see this as a way to bring back RDJ, Chris Evans, etc., for prequel runs, and not just smaller C-tier characters and stories.
It's watch 3 seasons of the Adventures of Thor and the Warriors Three for example. Or more Hawkeye/Black Widow.
It's watch 3 seasons of the Adventures of Thor and the Warriors Three for example. Or more Hawkeye/Black Widow.
Star Wars Visions is interesting precisely because it's non-canon. They're going to be doing a lot of stuff that just wouldn't work in-continuity, but that doesn't make it invalid or pointless. It's fresh new concepts and perspectives.
Regarding this, it's considered part of the MCU proper, but obviously not part of the main timeline. If you've been watching Loki, this is basically the stories of various variants.
The multiverse has been canon since Doctor Strange.
What If will always be "not canon to the main universe, but the alternate realities are canon [but will never be followed up past this single what if, unless it's popular]. They are never going to have any impact on the main universe in a canon way, to the point that they might as well effectively be non-canon.
The Watcher would be canon though, he exists everywhere.
That's the thing, the old guard responsible for a lot of that is gone. It was because of Perlmutter and Loeb they decided to cheap things out with the lowest possible effort and budget. Feige being in charge now, quality shouldn't be an issue anymore.
I mean, the actual what if stories are multiverse and not Canon to our time-line, but it's probably very likely the Doctor Strange in the trailer is our Strange, when means his story in this could lead directly, or tie, into the next movie. It's probably 80% at this point.