Marvel Releases First Look at What If...? Season 3

Marvel has released a first look at some new What If...? Season 3 images – check them out below! 

The four photos in the new gallery include Sam Wilson (Anthony Mackie) Captain America teaming up with Monica Rambeau (Tayonah Parris); A Captain America-style Gundam mech suit; Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) and Red Guardian (David Harbour) on some misadventure together, and someone in the Ant-Man family going giant and man-handling Red Guardian. 

All in all... it looks pretty fun! 

What If...? Season 2 seemed to be a major upswing for the series, which didn't get the greatest reception in Season 1. In fact, given the delay in the Marvel Cinematic Universe production pipeline, it now seems like What If...? could be a much more important piece in the franchise, as production on Season 3 is clearly underway, making it a piece of content that Marvel can offer to fans on Disney+ in the next year. It would also be smarter to strike while the iron's hot, and fans are showing What If...? more favor than they did before. 

When Is What If...? Season 3 Coming Out? 

MCU fans may be hoping that What If...? Season gets released in 2024, but producer/director Bryan Andrews told Phase Zero that the schedule is very much up in the air right now:

"I thought that it could come out at the end of the year in 2024 possibly, but that would be tight. There's some other group of people that are masterminding when things [release] and they're moving things on the board, and I don't know where we [What If...?] exist on that at this moment, as well as [Marvel Zombies]. Zombies, I'm still working on at the same time, and that's going to be crazy and that's coming out, but that keeps moving around too, right? So I wish I could help you but I can't!"

While the physical production process on the What If...? animated series may be something that can be completed in a timely fashion, there's also the question of coordinating the next season with the upcoming slate of Marvel movies and TV shows. While What If...? has its own standalone anthology of MCU alt-reality stories, the series has also put a spotlight on storylines and characters that are relevant to corresponding years of MCU movies and TV shows. Season 3 already feels like a companion piece to upcoming films like Thunderbolts and Captain America: Brave New World, which have had their release date schedules pushed back due to the Writers' and Actors' Strikes. 

Marvel's What If...? Season 3 is in development.