The next Marvel series to reach the Disney+ streaming service is the animated show What If…?, based on the comic book series that would give a glimpse into alernate realities where familiar storylines played out in very different ways. As a kid, I had a morbid reason for being entertained by issues of What If, because I liked seeing scenarios go completely wrong and result in the deaths of our heroes. And it looks like we can expect to see dead heroes on the animated show as well, because there's definitely going to be a segment involving Marvel Zombies – and the What If tie-in toy line is going to include both Zombie Captain America and Zombie Hunter Spider-Man (who has chosen to wear a cape on his zombie hunting excursions, for some reason).
Click through the Instagram embeds below to get an early look at the Zombie Captain America and Zombie Hunter Spider-Man figures.
What If…? is scheduled to premiere on Disney+ on Wednesday, August 11. New episodes will follow every Wednesday. It will show us alternate realities populated by
fan-favorite characters, including Peggy Carter, T’Challa, Doctor Strange, Killmonger, Thor and more. The new series, directed by Bryan Andrews with AC Bradley as head writer, features signature MCU action with a curious twist.
The voice cast includes Jeffrey Wright as Uatu, the Watcher; Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter, Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Tom Hiddleston as Loki, Josh Brolin as Thanos, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Michael B. Jordan as Killmonger, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, Dominic Cooper as Howard Stark, Michael Douglas as Hank Pym, Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, Jeremy Renner as Clint Barton, Michael Rooker as Yondu, Paul Rudd as Scott Lang, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner, Karen Gillan as Nebula, David Dastmalchian as Kurt, Jeff Goldblum as Grandmaster, Seth Green as Howard the Duck, Frank Grillo as Brock Rumlow, Sean Gunn as Kraglin, Djimon Hounsou as Korath the Pursuer, Toby Jones as Arnim Zola, Neal McDonough as Dum Dum Dugan, Andy Serkis as Ulysses Klaue, Chris Sullivan as Taserface, Stanley Tucci as Abraham Erskine, and Taika Waititi as Korg.
Other characters who will appear on the show include Tony Stark / Iron Man, Steve Rogers / Captain America, Peter Parker / Spider-Man, Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow, Doctor Strange, Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel, The Collector, the Ancient One, Ego, Vision, Ultron, Gamora, Drax, Ramonda, Shuri, and the Dora Milaje, but the voice actors have not been announced. As you can tell in the trailer, Robert Downey Jr. didn't record Stark's lines.