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  • ‘Andor’ Season 2 Synopsis Teases Cassian’s Revolutionary Rise

    ‘Andor’ Season 2 Synopsis Teases Cassian’s Revolutionary Rise

    One would be forgiven if one counted themselves among the many who questioned why Lucasfilm developed and produced Andor. A prequel to Rogue One, which itself was a prequel to George Lucas‘ original Star Wars film, it seemed an odd decision to work backward to tell the story of a man whose fate was already known. However, despite what may have been perceived to be working against its success, Andor became the gold standard for the studio’s streaming efforts, delivering a tense, boots-on-the-ground look at the birth of the Rebel Alliance. Driven by the passion of star Diego Luna, Season 1 of Andor was truly must-watch TV for Star Wars fans, leaving them ravenously anticipating its second and final season.

    After some hope that it might debut in 2024, Season 2 of Andor was bumped to 2025 following the Hollywood work stoppages that ground the film industry to a halt in 2023. With the revelation of its April 22, 2025 premiere date at D23 Expo Brazil fresh in the minds of fans, Disney has taken advantage of the buzz by releasing an official synopsis for the series and working with Empire to tease what fans can expect in the new, 12-episode season.

    Andor, the acclaimed thriller, returns for its long-awaited conclusion. The twelve episodes of Season Two will carry the story of Cassian Andor and the emerging rebel alliance over the climactic four years that lead to the discovery of The Death Star and the events of Rogue One. Season One followed Cassian’s reluctant journey from cynical nobody to revolutionary volunteer. Andor Season Two will see him transform from soldier to leader to hero on the way to his epic destiny. From the very first scene, Cassian’s story has activated an ever-widening ensemble of allies and enemies. Season Two will see these relationships intensify as the horizon of galactic war draws near. Everyone will be tested and, as the stakes rise, the betrayals, sacrifices and conflicting agendas will become profound. Who will live to see their dream realized? Who will realize what that dream cost?

    Following his conversation with Stellan Skarsgård‘s magnificent bastard, Luthen Rael, in the Season 1 finale, it’s clear that Cassian is now ready to do what he must to take down the Empire and that’s where he picks up in Season 2. “He’s a man fully committed to the Rebellion,” said Luna in an interview with Empire Magazine. “It’s someone who has to ascend. There’s a huge mountain for him to climb in order to [become] the guy we meet in Rogue One,” explained the actor, referring to the 2016 film to which the two seasons of Andor serve as a prequel.

    And of course, as the series moves toward its end it must do so in a way that puts all the right people in all the right places…which means it might just become more Star Warsy than the first season. “We move in space more than ever — the amount of planets and sets you’re going to get to see. There are some familiar and new locations,” explained Luna, teasing a major shift from the first season’s various planetary settings, though there is one very familiar planet that will serve as a key location. “I mean, we have to end up in Yavin, right?” said series creator Tony Gilroy, referring to the planet that housed the Alliance’s base of operations seen in Rogue One and in Star Wars: Episode IV-A New Hope. “So, we’ll tell the story of Yavin. No one has quite dealt with Yavin the way we will be doing it.” With Gilroy’s knack for keeping fans on the edges of their seats, it’ll be fun to watch how it all unfolds even when the endgame is already in sight.

    Season 2 of Andor will debut on Disney Plus on April 22, 2025.

    Source: Empire

  • Marvel Studios Reveals Voice Cast, Synopsis for Animated D+ Series ‘Eyes of Wakanda’

    Marvel Studios Reveals Voice Cast, Synopsis for Animated D+ Series ‘Eyes of Wakanda’

    Developed almost entirely in secret, Marvel Animation’s Eyes of Wakanda was revealed to the public by Marvel Studios Head of TV, Streaming, and Animation Brad Winderbaum in December 2023 during the studio’s What If…? Season 2 red carpet premiere. Set throughout the MCU’s Sacred Timeline, the four-episode series was originally described as the story of “brave warriors” who “throughout Wakandan history have been tasked to travel the world retrieving dangerous vibranium artifacts.”

    One of the rarest metals on the planet, Vibranium came to Earth 2.5 million ago as a series of meteorites crashed into Africa and the Atlantic Ocean. Wakandans mined the Great Mound and learned to refine the precious metal which quickly allowed them to become the most technologically advanced civilization on the planet. Though they worked hard to keep the Vibranium a secret, artifacts have made their way outside the isolationist nation. Captain America’s shield, created by Howard Stark, was made of Vibranium that a group of researchers from Stark Industries located in Africa; aided by N’Jobu, Ulysses Klaue stole a quarter ton of the substance in 1992; and, as seen in Black Panther, a Vibranium Wakandan warhammer was on display in the Museum of Great Britain until it was taken by N’Jadaka.

    Over the past year, it was revealed that the series was set to share “the history of Wakanda as told through the War Dogs,” referencing Wakanda’s global intelligence network whose number has included Nakia, Zuri and Prince N’Jobu. Now, as part of a 2025 Preview Kit, Disney has released an updated official synopsis for the series as well as members of the impressive voice cast for Eyes of Wakanda.

    Marvel Animation’s new action-adventure series Eyes of Wakanda follows the adventures of brave Wakandan warriors throughout history. In this globe-trotting adventure, the heroes must carry-out dangerous missions to retrieve Vibranium artifacts from the enemies of Wakanda. They are the Hatut Zaraze and this is their story.

    Official Synopsis for Marvel Animation’s Eyes of Wakanda
    (Center): The Lion (voiced by Cress Williams) in Marvel Studios Television’s EYES OF WAKANDA. © 2024 Marvel. All Rights Reserved.

    Created under Black Panther franchise writer/director Ryan Coogler‘s Proximity Media banner and directed by Todd Harris, Eyes of Wakanda “fits right into our sacred MCU timeline continuity,” according to Winderbaum, and has the unique opportunity to reframe the MCU’s known continuity. As seen in Black Panther, the history of Wakanda stretches back to 28,000 B.C. though the meteorite that brought Vibranium to Africa and the Atlantic Ocean fell from the sky much earlier in 2,500,000 B.C. While projects such as Eternals, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and each of the Thor films have included flashbacks that predate Captain America: The First Avenger‘s WWII setting–and even predate the flashbacks in Black Panther–they are primarily set in “the present” and, as such, are placed far further down the timeline than Cap’s first MCU adventure. According to reports, one of the four 30-minute episodes of Eyes of Wakanda is set during the time of the Trojan War. While it seems historians are all over the place when trying to pin down exactly when the Trojan War took place–if at all–an episode set during it would likely take place in the 12th or 11th century B.C., stretching the known timeline of the MCU.

    According to a press release, Eyes of Wakanda will feature the voices of Winnie Harlow, Cress Williams (Black Lightning) as The Lion, Patricia Belcher (Bones), Larry Herron (Hello Neighbor: Welcome to Raven Brooks), Adam Gold, Lynn Whitfield (The Chi), Jacques Colimon (The Society), Jona Xiao (Hightown), Isaac Robinson-Smith (X-Men ’97), Gary Anthony Williams (Batman: Caped Crusader), Zeke Alton (Dungeon Masters), Steve Toussaint (House of the Dragon) and Anika Noni Rose (the voice of Jasmine in the Princess and the Frog).

    Marvel Animation’s Eyes of Wakanda will debut on Disney Plus on August 6, 2025.

  • ‘Marvel Zombies’ Sets Premiere Date

    ‘Marvel Zombies’ Sets Premiere Date

    First announced in November 2021 as part of Disney Plus Day, Marvel Animation’s four-episode TV-MA project Marvel Zombies has been slow in making its way to the screen. Originally planned for a 2024 release, the series, created by Zeb Wells and Bryan Andrews fell off the radar a bit after being absent from several consecutive convention presentations by Marvel Studios.

    However,tThe project was recently revealed to be part of Marvel’s 2025 Disney Plus slate with a promise that fans would be able to view the episodes in time for Halloween. Now, you can go ahead and fill out your calendars with an official release date.

    Via an official 2025 Preview Kit shared with members of the media, Marvel Zombies will premiere on Disney Plus on October 3, 2025.
    Zombie Thanos in Marvel Television’s MARVEL ZOMBIES exclusively on Disney+. Photo courtesy of Marvel Television. © 2024 MARVEL.

    The animated series will feature a voice cast that includes Awkwafina, David Harbour, Simu Liu, Elizabeth Olsen, Randall Park, Florence Pugh, Hailee Steinfeld, Dominique Thorne, Iman Vellani reprising their respective MCU roles and Todd Williams as Blade.

  • Marvel TV Boss Reveals ‘Wonder Man’s Episode Count

    Marvel TV Boss Reveals ‘Wonder Man’s Episode Count

    Wonder Man continues to be one of Marvel’s most enigmatic projects. Announced via trade report in June 2022, the series was created by Destin Daniel Cretton but was never acknowledged by the studio until Marvel Parliament member Stephen Broussard confirmed it was happening in a 2023 interview. Incredibly enough, despite being filmed on location in and around Los Angeles, production began and ended with very few set photos or plot leaks, leaving only rumors and speculation about the show’s true nature and some to believe it only to be a product of the Mandela Effect.

    Those rumors included buzz that Wonder Man, which was produced under the Marvel Spotlight banner, would consist of ten episodes. With both WandaVision and Agatha All Along rolling out nine episodes, Wonder Man looked poised to have the highest episode count of any live-action streaming series in Marvel’s D+ era; however, as it turns out, that will not be the case.

    In an interview with Phase Hero, Marvel Studios’ Head of TV, Streaming, and Animation, Brad Winderbaum, set the record straight on the episode count of Wonder Man. “I think Wonder Man is eight episodes. I think it’s an eight-episode series,” said Winderbaum, who also gave some new insight into the project which was recently announced to be headed to Disney Plus in December 2025.

    “It’s a two-hander between two amazing characters, this odd couple of Simon Williams and Trevor Slattery and you get a little bit of glimpse of that in the trailer,” explained Winderbaum, referencing Marvel Studios D+ Look Ahead teaser that was released on October 30th. While Winderbaum’s comments about Slattery’s role in the project were a little revealing, the TV boss wasn’t giving much else away. “I don’t want to go too much into the story details,” he said. “It’s very fun to see people speculating about what they think the plot is. That is part of the fun of it.” To this point, very little information about the plot of the series has made its way online with only an official logline really providing any insight into what to expect.

    Based on the character of Wonder Man, one of Marvel’s oldest characters, first introduced in 1964 in the pages of Avengers No 9. Known as Simon Williams, a celebrity actor and stuntman. In a nutshell, it is a story of two actors struggling to make it in the Hollywood of the MCU, [asking] the big question what does Hollywood look like in a world where super heroes are real?

    -Reported longline for Marvel Television’s Wonder Man
    [Wonder Man will] be definitely influenced by the comics. One of the things that we’re excited about it is that it’s going to feel very unique. It’s not going to feel like anything you’ve quite seen in the MCU before. And the kind of stories we can tell on Disney+, which has been fun. Like streaming, serialized storytelling is a totally different muscle. So, we’re having a blast making that one.

    -Stephen Broussard

    Winderbaum did take the opportunity to give fans a little bit of homework to do ahead of the series’ 2025 release. Illuminating comments made by Broussard, Winderbaum revealed which comics provided inspiration for the Wonder Man series. “If you’re a fan of the West Coast Avengers, you know a little bit about Simon Williams…you’re going to be very excited to see how much homage to the source material there is actually in the show,” teased Winderbaum.

    With over a year to go until its release on Disney Plus, it’ll be interesting to see just how much Marvel reveals about Wonder Man and how much they choose to continue to keep under wraps about the mysterious series.

    Source: Phase Hero

  • Marvel Studios Sets Surprising Release Date for ‘What If…?’ Season 3

    Marvel Studios Sets Surprising Release Date for ‘What If…?’ Season 3

    Marvel Studios’ first canonical animated series, What If…?, seemed to truly hit its stride in its second season. However, despite its premise as a multiversal adventure, for reasons out of the control of its creators the series was by and large geared toward telling stories about alternate universe Variants of the core Avengers featured in the Infinity Saga. Footage from Season 3 released following the Season 2 finale featured the inclusion of David Harbour‘s Red Guardian, teasing a new direction for the new season.

    However, even as complete footage was shared, neither creator Bryan Andrews nor Executive Producer and Marvel Studios Head of TV, Streaming, and Animation Brad Winderbaum were able to give a clear answer as to when the new episodes would hit Disney Plus.

    In January, Andrews revealed that the best fans could hope for is a late-2024 debut of What If…? Season 3. “They move stuff around,” said Andrews of Marvel Studios. “Every time I thought it was like, ‘Oh, it’s going to be this!’ It’s like, ‘It’s going to move a little bit!’ So, even I would hate to say something and have people’s hopes come up and then have them be dashed because of the beast of production and when things move around,” he explained. “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 exist on that at this moment.”

    “What If…? Season Three is — that might be the one that comes out next, in terms of animation,” said Winderbaum in a May interview, adding that the next season would be “the culmination of a trilogy.”

    We’re actually close to completing that one, and it really feels like you’ve gone through this amazing emotional experience with Uatu, in a way that’s… What’s great about The Watcher is that he presents himself as uncaring, and cold, and just an observer, but he cares more than everybody [and] anybody. That is on full display in that third season.

    -Brad Winderbaum, May 2024
    As it turns out, Andrews was indeed correct on two counts: Marvel does like to move things around and as part of the latest series of movements, Season 3 of What If…? secured a surprising release date. As revealed in a sizzle reel for the studio’s upcoming projects, the third and final season of What If…? is set to debut on Disney Plus on December 22, 2024.

    Though the episode release schedule was not included in the teaser, it seems as though the studio will repeat the daily episode roll out it utilized with Season 2, which premiered on December 22, 2023 and wrapped on December 30, 2023.

    During Marvel Animation’s D23 panel in August, footage from the upcoming third season showcased an expanded roster of heroes which generated quite a bit of buzz online with the majority of fans eagerly looking forward to the next group of episodes. Now those fans can look forward to settling in over the December holiday season.

  • Marvel Studios Officially Reveals Its Massive 2025 D+ Streaming Slate

    Marvel Studios Officially Reveals Its Massive 2025 D+ Streaming Slate

    With Bob Iger‘s return to the Disney throne came a mandate that the company’s largest production studios take a hard look at their project pipelines. During a May conference call with investors, the big boss made it clear that the studios were to scale back the number of streaming projects being developed and that the ones that did make their way to Disney Plus needed to be of the quality customers had come to expect, adding the mandate was “particularly true with Marvel.” Following a three-year run in which both theatrical and streaming projects failed to land with audiences, Iger pumped the brakes on the monster Multiverse Saga slate Marvel Studios One Above All, Kevin Feige, revealed at SDCC ’22 in which Phase 6 alone was comprised of 11 projects.

    We’re slowly going to decrease volume and go to probably about two TV series a year instead of what had become four and reduce our film output from maybe four a year to two, or a maximum of three. And we’re working hard on what that path is.

    Bob Iger

    While there’s no reason to doubt that Iger fully intends to accomplish the plan he laid out in May, it would seem as though the decrease in volume will indeed be a slow process. With a backlog of projects, both animated and live-action, already in the can and ready to roll out, Marvel Studios has officially revealed its 2025 Disney Plus slate and it is one of its most ambitious yet with six series on the way next year.

    • January 29, 2025: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (Marvel Animation)
    • March 4, 2025: Daredevil: Born Again (Marvel Television)
    • June 24, 2025: Ironheart (Marvel Television)
    • August 6, 2025: Eyes of Wakanda (Marvel Animation)
    • October 2025: Marvel Zombies (Marvel Animation)
    • December 2025: Wonder Man (Marvel Television)

    A leaked sizzle reel that was likely intended to launch online following the two-episode finale of Agatha All Along revealed both the slate and first looks at each of the projects.

    The inclusion of Wonder Man on the 2025 slate opens up an intriguing, although perhaps too early, conversation about the studio’s 2026 plans. With the Paul Bettany-led untitled Vision series filming next year along with Season 2 of Daredevi: Born Again, it seems as though Marvel may have a surprise or two in store for fans.

  • Marvel Studios’ Best Animated Series Missing from Official 2025 Slate

    Marvel Studios’ Best Animated Series Missing from Official 2025 Slate

    Ahead of the two-episode series finale of Agatha All Along, Marvel Studios abruptly revealed its 2025 streaming slate through a video shared across its social media platforms. The impressive plans include 3 live-action and 3 animated series sprinkled in throughout the year. Combined with the studio’s theatrical release schedule, the hefty slate means that fans can look forward to new content in nine months in 2025. However, despite giving fans much to look forward to next year, the slate does have one very noticeable omission.

    While Marvel Animation will roll out Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Eyes of Wakanda and Marvel Zombies in 2025, Season 2 of X-Men ’97 was not included in the studio’s release schedule.
    (L-R): Rogue (voiced by Lenore Zann), Jubilee (voiced by Holly Chou), Jean Grey (voiced by Jennifer Hale), Cyclops (voiced by Ray Chase), Roberto Da Costa (voiced by Gui Agustini), Nightcrawler (voiced by Adrian Hough), Storm (voiced by Alison Sealy-Smith), and Morph (voiced by JP Karliak) in Marvel Animation’s X-MEN ’97. Photo courtesy of Marvel Animation. © 2024 MARVEL.

    The x-clusion of the sophomore season of the animated does not come as a complete surprise despite the studio having greenlit a second batch of episodes in 2022. A recent report indicated that the series was undergoing some reconfiguring following the firing of showrunner Beau DeMayo and would be delayed until 2026.

    X-Men ’97 was a massive hit for Marvel Studios, providing much-needed positive vibes for the company following an unprecedented rough patch. The Season 1 finale left off with a cliffhanger that set up the series for an adaptation of Marvel Comics’ Age of Apocalypse event which DeMayo indicated was indeed part of his five-year plan for the show. With Ms. Marvel and What If…? writer Matthew Chauncey taking over for DeMayo and reportedly rewriting much of Season 2, it remains to be seen how much, if any, of the original arcs planned for the series come to fruition.

  • Marvel’s Animated Spider-Man Project Gets New Release Date

    Marvel’s Animated Spider-Man Project Gets New Release Date

    As part of a slew of announcements made during 2021’s first-ever Disney Plus Day, Marvel Studios revealed the development of Spider-Man: Freshman Year. Originally teased as a canonical series that would serve as the prequel to the events of Captain America: Civil War, the project morphed into a multiverse adventure and was retitled Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.

    As explained at SDCC ’22, the series, developed and written by Jeff Trammell, will feature a slew of MCU supporting characters such as Doctor Strange and Matt Murdock, voiced by Charlie Cox, as well as characters who have yet to debut in the MCU such as Harry Osborn, Nico Minoru and Amadeus Cho. It was also revealed that it would feature multiple villains from Spidey’s Rogues Gallery including Unicorn, Chameleon, Scorpion, Speed Demon, Tarantula, Rhino, and Doc Ock as well as Norman Osborn. And as of late 2023, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man was included on Disney’s official 2024 D+ slate with a rumored November release in the works. It was recently revealed, however, that the series would not hit the streaming service in 2024 and now we may know when to expect it.

    According to an update to Disney’s All Access page, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man will debut on Disney Plus on January 25, 2025.

    It follows the pattern that you see in [Captain America:] Civil War. Down to Peter getting the broken Blu-ray player from the trash and he walks into his department for the famous moment where Tony Stark is waiting for him to offer him the stark internship and take him to Berlin. But because of things that happen in the multiverse because of new, random occurrences, it’s not Tony Stark who’s waiting for him there. It’s Norman Osborn and that sends his life in an unexpected trajectory that collides him with many unexpected characters in the Marvel universe.

    -Brad Winderbaum on Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

    With the move, Marvel Animation’s Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and Eyes of Wakanda are now tentatively dated until January 25, 2025 and August 6, 2025, respectively.

  • Marvel Animation’s Possible 2025 Slate Revealed

    Marvel Animation’s Possible 2025 Slate Revealed

    Following some reflection its television production methodology, Marvel Studios longtime Parliament member Brad Winderbaum, the studio’s Head of TV, Streaming, and Animation, oversaw some significant restructuring and rebranding that helped move developing and future projects away from the good old “it’s all connected” era. As part of the restructuring, Marvel Studios Disney Plus projects would be produced under all-new, all-different banners such as Marvel Spotlight, Marvel Animation and Marvel Television.

    The first projects produced under each of those banners debuted in 2024. As the first Marvel Spotlight project, Echo carried on the spirit of Stan Lee’s “tryout books” in bringing “more grounded, character-driven stories to the screen.” According to Disney, Spotlight projects “can focus on street-level stakes over larger MCU continuity” and, perhaps most importantly, ensure “viewers don’t have to watch any other Marvel series to understand the plot.” Shortly after Echo’s binge release, X-Men ’97, Marvel Animation’s first streaming project, hit Disney Plus and brought a tidal wave of positive vibes with it. And as Agatha All Along, the first project made under the Marvel Television banner, neses the end of its run, it continues to receive praise from fans and critics alike. In short, rebranding Year One was a success. And now it seems the Year Two slate is starting to take shape.

    There was a lot of pressure post-Avengers: Endgame on the public to feel obligated to watch absolutely everything in order to watch anything. Part of the rebranding was a signal to the general audience that we’re creating a lot of options, and you can follow your tastes within this brand. Some will be more comedic, some will be more dramatic, some will be animated, some will be live-action. Marvel is more than just one thing — it is actually many different genres that just happened to coexist in a single narrative.

    -Brad Winderbaum
    As part of an update to its All Access page, Disney has uploaded logos for several projects. Embedded in the files for some of those projects are potential release dates for some animated projects which indicate they are currently set to debut on Disney Plus in 2025.

    Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

    Tentative Premiere: January 25, 2025

    First announced as Spider-Man: Freshman Year on November 12th, 2021 on Disney Plus Day, the animated series was retitled Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man in December 2023.

    Originally described as a story that would follow “Peter Parker on his way to becoming Spider-Man in the MCU,” the project, created by Jeff Trammell, underwent some major changes. In 2022, Winderbaum clarified that the series is set elsewhere in the multiverse and not on the Sacred Timeline.

    It follows the pattern that you see in [Captain America:] Civil War. Down to Peter getting the broken Blu-ray player from the trash and he walks into his department for the famous moment where Tony Stark is waiting for him to offer him the stark internship and take him to Berlin. But because of things that happen in the multiverse because of new, random occurrences, it’s not Tony Stark who’s waiting for him there. It’s Norman Osborn and that sends his life in an unexpected trajectory that collides him with many unexpected characters in the Marvel universe.

    -Brad Winderbaum

    What If…? Season 3

    Tentative Premiere: TBD

    Originally considered for a late-2024 release, the third and final season of What If…? has seemingly been meant for a 2025 release for some time. In May 2024, Winderbaum indicated the project “might be the one that comes out next.”

    We’re actually close to completing that one, and it really feels like you’ve gone through this amazing emotional experience with Uatu, in a way that’s… What’s great about The Watcher is that he presents himself as uncaring, and cold, and just an observer, but he cares more than everybody [and] anybody. That is on full display in that third season.

    -Brad Winderbaum on Season 3 of What If…?

    At that time, both Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and Eyes of Wakanda were still part of the studio’s 2024 streaming slate, as revealed in late 2023.

    Eyes of Wakanda

    Tentative Premiere: August 6, 2025

    First revealed in December 2023, Eyes of Wakanda is an animated series that Winderbaum explained “fits right into our sacred MCU timeline continuity.”

    Throughout Wakandan history, brave warriors have been tasked to travel the world retrieving dangerous vibranium artifacts. This is their story.

    -Official Synopsis, Eyes of Wakanda

    Marvel Zombies

    Tentative Premiere: October 2025

    Announced as part of 2021’s Disney Plus Day, Marvel Zombies was originally thought to be headed for a 2024 release though the studio never gave any indication of its plans.

    We’ve done the whole thing. It was amazing. It was so much fun. And I love—there are a lot of cool characters in the ‘Marvel Zombies’ show. And Kamala is kind of the center of the show. They described it to me, it’s like, “She’s basically the Frodo of the story.” And I was like, “That’s amazing.”

    -Iman Vellani

    A four-episode, TV-MA series developed by Marvel Comics’ writer Zeb Wells, Marvel Zombies will feature Iman Vellani‘s Kamala Khan as well as zombified versions of Jimmy Woo, Kate Bishop, Shang-Chi, and more.

  • Surprise Marvel Animation Series Slips into 2025

    Surprise Marvel Animation Series Slips into 2025

    In March 2023, rumors began to swirl that Black Panther director Ryan Coogler’s Proximity Media production company had begun developing an animated series for Marvel Studios. As Marvel Studios revamped their streaming slate and skipped out on SDCC ’23, the series, said at the time to be referred to as The Golden City, remained nothing but a rumor. However at a press event for Season 2 of What If…? held at the Walt Disney Studios Lot in December 2023, head of streaming, television and animation for Marvel Studios, Brad Winderbaum, revealed that the new series, titled Eyes of Wakanda, was set for a 2024 release on Disney Plus.

    Directed by Todd Harris, the series will follow “brave warriors” known as War Dogs, who “throughout Wakandan history have been tasked to travel the world retrieving dangerous vibranium artifacts.” Eyes of Wakanda, Winderbaum revealed, “fits right into our sacred MCU timeline continuity,” making it MCU canon. A leaked description of one episode of the series revealed that it would introduce an Iron Fist named Janora, an original character created just for the show, who would be working with a Wakanda named Basha. In 2022, we first shared information that indicated the studio was developing an animated series that would feature a character named “Jin”, described as a “Chinese warrior” and “perhaps the best-trained martial artist in the world.” According to that information, “Jin’s” story kicks off when another character named “Bosco” steals one of the series’ MacGuffin artifacts. Connect the dots and it sounds like Basha may head to K’un Lun to retrieve some type of Vibranium artifact and then find himself at odds with Janora.

    Despite being developed mostly in secret, Eyes of Wakanda quickly became a hot topic of discussion among fans but as 2024 went on with no word of a premiere date, concern over the project grew. Fans can rest easy now, however, as an update to Disney’s All Access page revealed that the series is now part of Marvel Studios’ 2025 slate with an expected release date of August 6th.

    Throughout Wakandan history, brave warriors have been tasked to travel the world retrieving dangerous vibranium artifacts. This is their story.

    -Official Synopsis, Eyes of Wakanda

    As seen in Black Panther, the history of Wakanda stretches back to 28,000 B.C. though the meteorite that brought Vibranium to Africa and the Atlantic Ocean fell from the sky much earlier in 2,500,000 B.C.. This provides Marvel Studios the opportunity to use the series, which consists of 4, 30-minute episodes, an opportunity to redefine its Sacred Timeline by telling stories whose primary settings predate any seen to date in the MCU.