Episode 3 of the second season of What If…? was quite the Christmas Eve gift. “What If…Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?” proved to be one of the funniest episodes of the series to date, allowing Jon Favreau‘s sidekick the opportunity to step into the spotlight and Freak out. With an infinite number of potential stories to tell, having Hogan defend Avengers Tower against Justin Hammer probably wasn’t on many peoples’ wish lists; however, it proved to be a worthy inclusion in the anthology. According to series writers Matt Chauncey and AC Bradley, the unlikely story–and its unlikely hero–came out of a desire to put together a holiday special and a request by Favreau.
“AC and I grew up loving all those holiday specials and Christmas episodes that come back on year after year, and I think selfishly, we really just wanted a chance to write one of our own,” said Chauncey. “Something that might have a shot at becoming an annual tradition that gets revisited every holiday season. The challenge and the fun became figuring out who would be the least likely team of would-be heroes to rise up to save the day when the real Avengers are off doing other things,” he added.
“[We’re] creating this sweet, meta-narrative where these characters who usually play the sidekick role in the movies finally get to step into the limelight and be the heroes of the story,” Chauncey continued. “It’s about flipping the script and giving these fan-favorite characters their moment to shine, which also felt like a fitting theme straight out of one of those classic holiday specials we wanted to emulate.”
So how did they land on Happy Hogan? In a serendipitous turn, Favreau had been hoping to have Hogan take center stage in an episode and that gave the writers exactly what they were looking for. “First, let’s all agree that Jon Favreau is just an incredible talent and person. He was awesome when he came in to record for season one,” said Bradley. “Then for season two, he had one request—he wanted to headline own episode! Knowing that Happy Hogan was going to lead the charge on this one, Matt and I had a blast adding in all these Favreau touches.”
Favreau clearly had a blast doing the voice work for Hogan and his alter-ego, the Freak. And as great as he was, the return of Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer, who served as the Hans Gruber to Favreau’s John McClane in the Die Hard riff, put the bow on the wonderful animated gift. New episodes of What If…? will continue to debut daily through December 30th.
Though tradition dictates presents are to be opened on Christmas morning, plenty of families allow their children to open one on Christmas Eve. As Marvel Studios continues to release daily episodes of Season 2 of What If…?, they gave fans a doozy of a Christmas Eve gift with Episode 3: “What If…Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?”.
An unabashed tribute to one of the greatest Christmas movies of all time, Episode 3 puts Jon Favreau‘s Happy Hogan in John McClane’s bare feet and gives the Forehead of Security a chance to be the hero. Up against Sam Rockwell‘s wonderfully petulant and pedantic Justin Hammer–who gets the full Hans Gruber treatment in the episode–Hogan blunders through defending Avengers Tower and ultimately and unwillingly becomes an all-new, all-different version of himself.
Sometime post-Iron Man 3 and pre-Age ofUltron, Hammer and his pair of Russian goons have chosen the Yuletide season to break into Avengers Tower, which on this particular night, finds itself without its Avengers. It’s no random act of terror, however, as Hammer has one objective in mind: obtaining a vial of Bruce Banmer’s gamma-irradiated blood. While attempting to defend the precious serum, Hogan accidentally injects it into himself unleashing a very obscure comic book version of himself: The Freak.
First appearing in “If This Guilt Be Mine…”, one of three stories in 1965’s Tales of Suspense #74, the Happy Hogan version of the Freak came to be when Tony Stark used a typically wacky of the time sci-fi device to try to heal injuries Hogan sustained at the hands of Titanium Man. As the Freak, Hogan exhibited superhuman powers including but not limited to strength and durability and a propensity for some pretty epic rage tantrums. Other characters have also gone by the moniker the Freak as well, including Stark employee Eddie March and, more recently, a vagrant junkie that appeared in Bob Gale and Phil Jimenez‘s Spider-Man run.
Though it’s Hogan in the driver’s seat, the MCU’s version of the Freak seemed to take a little more aesthetic inspiration from Jimenez’s pencil. Favreau is fantastic as the powered up Hogan, clearly having fun letting his Freak flag fly and getting a chance to be the hero of the day. Director Bryan Andrews and writer AC Bradley did such a great job bringing the obscure character to the MCU that it would be a shame if we didn’t see him again sometime soon.
To date, three episodes of the second season of Marvel Studios canonical animated series What If…? and so far, critics and audiences alike have given them a thumbs up. With 6 more episodes set to roll out daily until December 30th, the studio has given everyone a pretty interesting present to open on Christmas Eve: spoilery synopses of the remaining episodes. Proceed at your own risk…
Episode 4: What If… Iron Man Crashed Into The Grandmaster?
After his gambit to destroy the Chitauri Fleet during the battle of New York strands him on the planet of Sakaar, Tony Stark’s efforts to overthrow The Grandmaster lead to a ceremonial, grand prix-turned-demolition-derby—a death match that could land Tony on the Sakaarian throne.What If… Captain Carter Fought The Hydra Stomper?
Episode 5: What If… Captain Carter Fought The HYDRA Stomper?
After the long-lost Hydra Stomper is recovered, Captain Carter’s mission to save her old flame, Steve Rogers, sets her on a collision course with new enemies.
After conquistadors lay siege to her tribe, a young Mohawk woman ventures into the Tesseract-powered waters of the legendary Forbidden Lake to recruit the forces of Sky World to help save her people.
Growing weary of Hela’s bloodlust, Odin opts to teach his daughter a lesson by stripping her of her powers and banishing her to Earth. But when she lands in ancient China, the seductive lure of the Ten Rings threatens to reawaken the Goddess of Death’s villainous appetite.
Episode 8: What If… The Avengers Assembled In 1602?
When Captain Carter is transported to an Elizabethan-era locale that’s populated by modern day MCU figures, she’ll have to uncover the cause of the temporal anomaly that’s mysteriously stranded so many familiar heroes and villains in the year 1602.
When Captain Carter teams up with an old friend to hunt down vicious Universe Killers terrorizing the Multiverse, she finds the greatest threat to all existence may be closer to her than she realizes.
Episode 9’s description is especially spoilery to anyone who has been following along throughout the Multiverse Saga. While Universe Killers sounds like a big deal, MCU fans know who the true threat to existence is…
About What If…? Season 2
The Watcher returns to season two of Marvel Studios’ What If…? when the animated series begins streaming on Disney+ on Dec. 22. And in the spirit of the holiday season, fans are invited to unwrap a new episode nightly for nine nights.
With a new episode debuting nightly beginning December 22, season two of What If…? continues the journey as The Watcher guides viewers through the vast multiverse, introducing brand new and familiar faces throughout the MCU. The series questions, revisits and twists classic Marvel Cinematic moments with an incredible voice cast that includes a host of stars who reprise their iconic roles. Featuring fan-favorite characters this season like Nebula, Hela and Happy Hogan, episodes are directed by Bryan Andrews (eps 2-9) and Stephan Franck (ep 1) and written by AC Bradley (eps 3, 4, 5, 8), Matthew Chauncey (eps 1-3, 7, 9) and Ryan Little (eps 6, 8). The animated series is executive produced by Brad Winderbaum, Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Bryan Andrews and AC Bradley.
In a shocking bit of risk-taking Marvel Studios, nine new episodes of their canonical animated series, What If…?, are set to roll out daily over the holiday season. The first season of What If…?, which streamed in 2021, was a fun exploration of the multiverse that sometimes failed to fully capitalize on its subversive premise. The creative team of director/executive producer Bryan Andrews and writer/executive producer AC Bradley returned for Season 2 and significantly upped their game; however, despite attempting to go “further outside the box”, the series still feels far too boxed in at times.
Following the premise of the Marvel comic that debuted in 1977, What If…? explores the repercussions of changes to key moments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Narrated by the omnipresent Uatu, the stories in the anthology take place at points all around the Multiverse where any and everything should be possible; however, for a series that takes place in an infinite multiverse of possibilities, the scope of the stories told in Season 2 of What If…? occasionally still feels far too limited.
That’s not to say that Season 2 is a disappointment; in fact, it’s far from it. It’s reasonable to postulate that 7 or 8 of the 9 episodes of the sophomore season are better than 2/3 of the first season of the series. Episodes like “What If…Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?” (and let me tell you, that doozy of an episode remains vitally important into Season 2), “What If…Ultron Won?” and What If…Zombies?” truly embodied the nature of the work that could be done in telling stories across the Multiverse and Season 2 has many more episodes of that caliber. “What If…Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?”, “What If…Hela Found the Ten Rings?” and “What If…The Avengers Assembled in 1602?” are spectacular examples of the sort of stories that can be told when the creators unshackle their imaginations and, quite honestly, set out to have some fun. Each of the episodes mentioned above is arguably of higher quality and more enjoyable than any episode of Secret Invasion. And, it may turn out that one of them may be more consequential to the narrative tapestry of the Multiverse Saga than the disappointing live-action series.
Season 2 also ventures into groundbreaking territory by telling an original story with an original character. In what stands as unequivocally their most bold and audacious adventure yet, Andrews and Bradley introduce the Mohawk hero, Kahhori, into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in “What If…Kahhori Reshaped the World?”, the sixth episode of the season. An episode four years in the making, it’s clear from the opening moments–which see Asgard destroyed by Surtur in a Ragnarok set far before the events of the 2017 film–that the story set to unfold will blaze its own trail. “What If…Kahhori Reshaped the World?” not only tells the story from the point of view of the Mohawk Nation–indeed the First Nations characters in the episode speak in Kanien’kéha–but it also introduces an all-new in-universe mythology (which includes the beautiful Mohawk Skyworld), wonderfully reimagines the powers held within the Tersseract/Space Stone and finds its villains in European colonizers. The episode is beautifully animated, wonderfully inventive and in every way the epitome of the kind of stories the premise of What If…? allows for. And because it exists it also shines a light on some of the issues the series still faces.
To the point, if Marvel Studios can produce an episode with the singular ingenuity and quality of “What If…Kahhori Reshaped the World?”, what if…they were as creative all the time? The poster child of this dissonance in Season 2–as it was unfortunately was in Season 1–is the Captain Carter-centric episode, “What If…Captain Carter Fought the Hydra Stomper?”. Once again, Captain Carter, the lead of the ENTIRE series, gets done dirty by the studio’s boring choice to retell Steve Rogers’ MCU story chapter by chapter but with Peggy as the woman out of time. If last season’s episode was Captain Carter: The First Avenger, this one is Captain Carter: The Winter Soldier with Steve Rogers’ Hydra Stomper taking the place of Bucky Barnes. While things truly are not beat for beat as they were in The Winter Solider, the beats resonate far too much with that film, right down to pairing up Peggy with Black Widow. Fortunately, Andrews and Bradley remedy it by giving Carter an original and wonderful role in the 2-part finale which is one part awesome (Episode 8: “What If…The Avengers Assembled in 1602?”) and, once again, one part a little less awesome (Episode 9: “What If…Strange Supreme Intervened?”).
The finale makes a less-than-shocking reveal about the true nature of one of the series’ lead characters–at least it’s not shocking if you’re following along with the MCU’s ongoing Multiverse narrative–and introduces the evocative conceit of “Universe Killers.” An amazing idea, the nature of which seems fully congruent with a show exploring the infinite multiverse…until it unfolds on screen. In an infinite multiverse full of an infinite number of potential Universe Killers, they are almost all Variants of characters we’ve already seen with the exception of a one-second shot of a Thor Hulk mash-up that looks like the one Donny Cates dreamt up for Banner of War. While it’s more likely than not that Marvel Studios’ One Above All, Kevin Feige, has a list of characters that don’t get to make their MCU debuts until he’s ready to roll them out, spicing up the Universe Killer trophy gallery with an Apocalypse here, an Onslaught there or a Doom up in the corner somewhere shouldn’t be off limits.
Ultimately, however, even though if much like the first season the finale isn’t bulletproof-maybe it’s because trying to thread a story through it is antithetical to the anthological nature of the series but the finales of both seasons have certainly fallen short of greatness–Season 2 of the series is a marked improvement over Season 1. The creative team of Andrews and Bradley seems to have found a winning formula in which playing with influences from beloved films such as Blade Runner and Die Hard, exploring different genres and true innovation combine to make a wonderful addition to the MCU’s Multiverse Saga and allow the besieged studio to end 2023 on a high note.
About What If…? Season 2
The Watcher returns to season two of Marvel Studios’ What If…? when the animated series begins streaming on Disney+ on Dec. 22. And in the spirit of the holiday season, fans are invited to unwrap a new episode nightly for nine nights.
With a new episode debuting nightly beginning December 22, season two of What If…? continues the journey as The Watcher guides viewers through the vast multiverse, introducing brand new and familiar faces throughout the MCU. The series questions, revisits and twists classic Marvel Cinematic moments with an incredible voice cast that includes a host of stars who reprise their iconic roles. Featuring fan-favorite characters this season like Nebula, Hela and Happy Hogan, episodes are directed by Bryan Andrews (eps 2-9) and Stephan Franck (ep 1) and written by AC Bradley (eps 3, 4, 5, 8), Matthew Chauncey (eps 1-3, 7, 9) and Ryan Little (eps 6, 8). The animated series is executive produced by Brad Winderbaum, Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Bryan Andrews and AC Bradley.
Bob Iger‘s return to Disney and a pair of strikes have rendered nearly everything we once thought we knew irrelevant. Movies once slated for 2023 or 2024 have been moved to 2025 and the domino effect has probably only just begun. With so much having changed since last we ventured into the waters of the hypothetical calendar, it’s high time to relaunch them anew…and adifferent.
January 8th-March 5th: Daredevil: Born Again, Episodes 1-9
Following a major creative overhaul, the first episodes of Daredevil: Born Again–which were originally slated to debut in the Spring of 2024–are now TENTATIVELY on track to drop in January 2025. Though they didn’t throw the baby out with the bath water, it sounds like showrunner Dario Scardapane and new directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead are going to take their time and make sure the MCU’s first Daredevil project does the character justice and given Bob Iger‘s demands that the projects live up to the high standards previously set for Marvel Studios, that might mean this gets pushed even further. We’ll know more shortly after the first of the year as we’ve recently heard that production is meant to get underway in January.
February 14th: Captain America: Brave New World
Reports of significant reshoots on Cap 4 lined up with Disney’s decision to move the film into 2025. Those reports suggested that the film will undergo roughly 5 months of additional photography which is a longer period of time than the film was in production for the first time around. Now, the studio has brought on a brand new writer in Matthew Orton and though they are targeting a mid-2024 restart, production will not resume until his work on the script is done. Throw in the amount of time it’ll take to make the VFX hold up–especially with an appearance by the Red Hulk in the cards–and the February 2025 date makes all the sense in the world.
May 2nd: Fantastic Four
Fantastic Four was announced at SDCC ’19 and two long work stoppages have kept pushing it further and further down the road though it’s continually in the news cycle. At this point, all anyone wants is for the casting rumors around this project to come to an end and for cameras to roll. According to a relatively recent interview with director Matt Shakman, production should get underway next Spring and be ready to serve as the studio’s tentpole film for 2025 and launch the summer movie season…just as it should.
June 27th: Spider-Man 4
No project on this hypothetical calendar is more hypothetical than this one. If all the rumors are true, its release is partially dependent on Daredevil: Born Again–and that’s IF the creative threads that originally tied the two projects together stay in the series with the new showrunner taking over. Throw in that there’s been no official announcement from Sony about this project and that Tom Holland‘s “new deal” hasn’t been officially announced either and you’ve got even more reason to think this one may not happen in 2025 at all. However, a script has been in the works for most of the year, Sony has this date on the calendar for a Marvel film and, at the moment, doesn’t have any other projects that seem to fit the date. On the other hand, rumors persist that Jon Watts may be on board to direct and plans are being made to film next summer…
July 25th: Thunderbolts
By the time production finally starts on this project, the entire plot will have been leaked online. Despite multiple creative retoolings and a revolving door of writers, Thunderbolts is ultimately only delayed by a year from its original July 26, 2024 release date. Production is currently set to get underway in the spring with a TENTATIVE April start on the books.
September 3rd-October 8th: Ironheart
A project that has been in the can for quite some time, Ironheart is on track to release 2 full years after it was originally slated to hit Disney Plus. It’ll be interesting to see if Disney ever addresses exactly why this series took so long to release (not even VFX touch-ups and reshoots can explain away a 2-year move), especially when the footage shown at 2022’s D23 looked pretty fun.
All in all, this is a major revamp from the last time we rolled out a hypothetical 2025 calendar. With things at Disney never having been in flux more than they are now, it’ll be fun to see just how much of this holds true.
Marvel Studios held a press event for Season 2 of What If…? at the Walt Disney Studio Lot last night and screened two episodes of the animated multiverse adventure. Marvel Studios head of streaming, television and animation, Brad Winderbaum, writer and executive producer AC Bradley, director and executive producer Bryan Andrews and writer Matthew Chauncey were on hand for the event in which press viewed the first and third episodes of the new season before participating in a question and answer session. Following the event, Disney released some new information about each episode.
Season 2, Episode 1: “What If… Nebula Joined the Nova Corps?”
In a world where Ronan deposes Thanos long before the events of “Infinity War,” Nebula is recruited to join the Nova Corps. Desperate to escape her father’s shadow, she sets out to prove her detective chops.
Season 2, Episode 3: “What If Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?”
When Justin Hammer lays siege to Avengers Tower during the annual holiday party, there’s only one person left on site to stop him—Happy Hogan. But in setting out to prove his hero chops, Iron Man’s errand boy may end up transforming himself in more ways than one.
While Marvel debuted only 2 episodes, a list of episode titles for the rest of the series has leaked. Among the many interesting ideas rumored to be explored in the second season is one based on a Marvel Comics series written by Neil Gaiman that’s set in 1602.
Disney is rolling out one episode of the series a day beginning on December 22nd. With just ten days before the first episode debuts on Disney Plus, there’s still time to work your way through The Ultimate List of What to Watch Before Season 2 of What If…?!
About What If…? Season 2
The Watcher returns to season two of Marvel Studios’ What If…? when the animated series begins streaming on Disney+ on Dec. 22. And in the spirit of the holiday season, fans are invited to unwrap a new episode nightly for nine nights.
With a new episode debuting nightly beginning December 22, season two of What If…? continues the journey as The Watcher guides viewers through the vast multiverse, introducing brand new and familiar faces throughout the MCU. The series questions, revisits and twists classic Marvel Cinematic moments with an incredible voice cast that includes a host of stars who reprise their iconic roles. Featuring fan-favorite characters this season like Nebula, Hela and Happy Hogan, episodes are directed by Bryan Andrews (eps 2-9) and Stephan Franck (ep 1) and written by AC Bradley (eps 3, 4, 5, 8), Matthew Chauncey (eps 1-3, 7, 9) and Ryan Little (eps 6, 8). The animated series is executive produced by Brad Winderbaum, Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Bryan Andrews and AC Bradley. Available press
Following a screening of two episodes of Season 2 of What If…?, Marvel Studios head of streaming, television and animation, Brad Winderbaum, gave an update on the studio’s animated projects. In addition to revealing Eyes of Wakanda for the first time, Winderbaum revealed that the studio’s upcoming Spider-Man animated series now has an all-new, all-different title and remains on track for a 2024 release.
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
Peter Parker’s life, while getting ready for his High School orientation, is forever changed by events that send him on a journey like none before. In the first episode, we discover that the new era of Spider-Man begins here!
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man will feature the voices of Hudson Thames as Peter Parker,Eugene Byrd as Lonnie Lincoln, Grace Song as Nico Minoru, Hugh Dancy as Otto Octavius, Kari Wahlgren as Aunt May and Zeno Robinson as Harry Osborn
Jeff Trammell served as the head writer and executive producer.
Titled Eyes of Wakanda, the animated series will tell 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.
Given the enormous period of time available for storytelling, Coogler’s Proximity Media has the opportunity to explore some previously unexplored eras of the MCU’s timeline, though no indication has been given at this time Eyes of Wakanda will be considered canon. As of now, no release date has been given by Disney.
Marvel Studios Loki stands out among the MCU streaming series as having delivered high-quality episodes consistently. The Season 2 finale did a fine job of wrapping up both the sophomore season and the longform narrative that kicked off in 2021. If no further Loki stories were to be told, though it would be a shame, the character–and those who worked as supporting characters over two seasons–were well served. However, star Tom Hiddleston has made it clear that he hadn’t entirely closed the door and now Kevin Wright, who worked as an executive producer on Season 2, has made it clear that the studios is open to more stories being told in that corner of the universe.
“For two seasons, I’ve loved working with this team… I would love to keep telling those stories with them, in this world,” Wright told TVLine. “I don’t think any of us would ever want to rush into a Season 3 if there’s not a good story to tell. But I think this team could go off and tell other stories. Maybe it’s not Loki Season 3. Maybe there’s something we can continue to do at the TVA, and it’s like our Better Call Saul to Loki‘s Breaking Bad. That would be cool, to me.”
The notion that more stories could be told through the lens of the TVA and its various interesting characters seems to fit with Marvel Studios new creative strategy to produce multiple seasons of serialized streaming series. Wright was quick to clarify, however, that his comments aren’t an indication of what is happening, only what he would like to see happen. “I don’t know the future of these characters in the MCU,” Wright explained, adding it’s only him saying when he “would love to do.”
Given the very unique nature of the TVA, it would seem logical that it’s very fetrile creative ground. Add to that the fact that Loki has been among the studio’s most roundly praised shows and it does seem as though there might be some more stories to be told. “I have to think, with how people have really enjoyed this story,” he continues, “that other filmmakers are going to want to come in and continue to tell stories [in this world]. That would be my hope.” And that’s a hope shared by many who would love to see further adventures in the very strange sci-fi world Marvel Studios has built at the TVA.
Just in time for the holiday season, Disney+ has released a new Diary of a Wimpy Kid animated movie. Loosely based on the 2011 book Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever, Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever follows Greg on mischievous winter adventures with his best friend Rowley while also enjoying Christmas with his family. It may not be a direct adaptation of the book, but it keeps many of the same storylines and overall is another solid entry into the animated franchise.
With the movie debuting during the holiday season, it’s key that it touches on some traditional holiday themes. When a big snowstorm shuts everything down it forces Greg to spend time with his family at a time when he wants nothing more than to be away from them. Another one of Greg and Rowley’s typical dumb ideas leads to a series of events that brings Greg face-to-face with the driver of a broken snow plow. Their interaction leads Greg to realize that being with his family isn’t the worst thing in the world and he learns to start to cherish those moments.
From a kid’s perspective, Christmas is too often all about presents and that’s definitely something Greg deals with in this movie. For most of the movie, Greg is obsessed with this year’s “best gift ever”: a gaming system. Also in typical kid fashion, Greg justifies his snooping and grows paranoid about his elf on the shelf observing his behavior. Greg’s obsessive behavior over the present ultimately leads Greg to learn the most important lessons about the holiday season, not everyone is as fortunate as him, and giving is better than receiving.
Author Jeff Kinney’s continued creative input into the movies allows him to tweak the storylines for the new medium and for modern times. Aimed at younger viewers, Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever offers laughs and lessons wrapped up in a cute animated package delivered on Disney+.
About Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever
Get ready for the Wimpiest Christmas ever! The original animated adventure, Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever, the latest animated movie based on Jeff Kinney’s wildly successful book series, will premiere December 8, 2023, exclusively on Disney+. The film is a hilarious and heartfelt holiday tale centered around everyone’s favorite disaster-prone middle school student.
The winter holidays are turning out to be especially stressful for Greg Heffley this year. After accidentally damaging a snowplow while making a snowman with best friend Rowley Jefferson, Greg worries he won’t get the new video game console he so desperately wants for Christmas. To make matters worse, he gets snowed in with his family, including his grumpy older brother Rodrick and annoying younger brother Manny.
Directed by Luke Cormican (Teen Titans Go!) and written and produced by Jeff Kinney, Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever features the voices of Wesley Kimmel (The Mandalorian), Spencer Howell (Ithaca), Chris Diamantopoulos (Beavis and Butt-Head), Erica Cerra (Power Rangers), and Hunter Dillon (Deadpool 2).
Wesley Kimmel (The Mandalorian) is the voice of Greg Heffley, the disaster-prone middle school student having a stressful winter holiday. He is trying to be on his best behavior so he will get the new video game console he desperately wants for Christmas but gets into trouble with best friend Rowley Jefferson when they damage a snowplow while innocently building a snowman.
Spencer Howell (Ithaca) voices Rowley Jefferson, who enjoys spending the winter holidays inside sipping hot cocoa and singing Christmas carols with his parents, eagerly anticipating the arrival of Santa Claus on the big night. He is an unwilling accomplice to Greg Heffley’s snowplow cover-up.
Erica Cerra (Power Rangers) is the voice of Greg Heffley’s mother, Susan, who lives for the Christmas holiday season and all its traditions. She is happiest when the family can celebrate the Yuletide season together.
Chris Diamantopoulos (Beavis and Butt-Head) voices Frank, Greg Heffley’s father, who is so busy anticipating a massive winter snowstorm that he is missing out on the family’s holiday traditions that are so important to his wife Susan.
Hunter Dillon (Deadpool 2) is the voice of Greg’s older brother, Rodrick Heffley, who is spending the winter holidays lazy and unmoving from the couch until he decides he will find the culprits wanted by the police so he can take the reward money for himself.
Lisa Ann Walter (Abbott Elementary) voices Gabby, who drives a snowplow to make extra money for the holidays. She is a single mother to her son Tyler, who is the light of her life.
Elfriendo is a homemade doll from Susan Heffley’s childhood who keeps watch over children and reports any bad behavior to Santa and his elves at the North Pole.
The Filmmakers
Jeff Kinney (Writer/Producer) is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and the Awesome Friendly Kid series. He is a six-time Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award winner for Favorite Book and has been named one of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. He spent his childhood in the Washington, D.C., area and moved to New England, where he and his wife own a bookstore named An Unlikely Story.
Luke Cormican’s (Director) numerous animated credits include over 78 episodes of Teen Titans Go, on which he served as writer, producer, and director, as well as The Penguins of Madagascar, Brandy and Mr. Whiskers, The Buzz on Maggie, and Ren and Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon, among others. Cormican also served as head of story on Teen Titans Go to the Movies.
John Paesano (Composer) is a BAFTA-winning, Emmy®-nominated composer with a range of credits that include The Maze Runner film trilogy, both of PlayStation’s Spider-Man videogames, 50 episodes of Marvel’s Defenders and Daredevil and 100 episodes of the How to Train Your Dragon series (for which he won an Annie Award).
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Used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analytics server.
30 minutes after last activity
__utmc
Used only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session.
End of session (browser)
__utmz
Contains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server
6 months after last activity
__utmv
Contains custom information set by the web developer via the _setCustomVar method in Google Analytics. This cookie is updated every time new data is sent to the Google Analytics server.
2 years after last activity
__utmx
Used to determine whether a user is included in an A / B or Multivariate test.
18 months
_ga
ID used to identify users
2 years
_gali
Used by Google Analytics to determine which links on a page are being clicked
30 seconds
_ga_
ID used to identify users
2 years
_gid
ID used to identify users for 24 hours after last activity
24 hours
_gat
Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager
1 minute
Marketing cookies are used to follow visitors to websites. The intention is to show ads that are relevant and engaging to the individual user.
Pinterest Tag is a web analytics service that tracks and reports website traffic.
