‘What If…?’ Season 3 Trailer: A Wackier MCU Multiverse Finishes Off the Animated Series with Greater Spectacle

Marvel has dropped the trailer for the third and final season of its animated anthology series “What If…?” (December 22 on Disney+, with a new episode debuting daily for eight days), spotlighting more humor and spectacle. The alternate multiverse, led by a host of new characters gets pushed to wacky extremes through the exploration of different genres.

One of the standouts is X-Men’s Storm as the self-proclaimed Goddess of Thunder who is voiced by Alison Sealy-Smith, who also played Storm in Disney+ series “X-Men ’97” (and on the original 1990s “X-Men” cartoon series). She’s a bit of a change of pace from Howard the Duck (voiced by Seth Green), who is back for a final flight.

Other characters mutating their way into Season 3 include Captain America/Sam Wilson, The Winter Soldier/Bucky Barnes, Hulk/Bruce Banner, The Red Guardian, Captain Peggy Carter, Agatha Harkness, and Shang-Chi. Plus, Jeffrey Wright’s omniscient Watcher returns as narrator. There are hints of Red Guardians and mechs, a Western and musical comedy.

Marvel Animation continues in the illustrative style borrowed from J.C. Leyendecker (“The Saturday Evening Post”), only it’s bolder and more colorful as it embraces the new genres and wider range of tones.

The episodes are directed by Bryan Andrews and Stephan Franck and are written by Matthew Chauncey, Ryan Little, and A.C. Bradley. Executive producers are Brad Winderbaum, Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Dana Vasquez-Eberhardt, and Bryan Andrews, with co-executive producer Matthew Chauncey, and producers Danielle Costa, Carrie Wassenaar, and Alex Scharf.

The premise behind “What If…?” was to flip the multiverse on its head and go weirder and wilder than in the live-action films. At the same time, they were experimenting with new ways of understanding these iconic Marvel characters. Here it reaches new heights of trippy fun and excitement.

Some of the highlights of Season 1 included Peggy Carter becoming the first Captain America to battle the Nazis and Hydra, Black Panther becoming Star Lord and fighting The Collector. Season 2 gave us The Avengers in 1602, Tony Stark running into the Grandmaster, and Happy Hogan saving Christmas.

Watch the Season 3 trailer here: