Marvel released the trailer for the third and final season of What If...? which premieres with eight episodes beginning on December 22nd. The new trailer showcased alternate Marvel universes, including Storm from the X-Men as the new Goddess of Thunder, a Gundam-sized Captain America, a cowboy Shang-Chi, and more. Disney confirmed that the following characters will make appearances: Captain America/Sam Wilson, The Winter Soldier/Bucky Barnes, Hulk/Bruce Banner, The Red Guardian, Captain Peggy Carter, Agatha Harkness, Shang-Chi, Storm the Goddess of Thunder, and more.
Premiering in 2021, this iconic show is an animated anthology series that reimagines iconic Marvel Cinematic Universe events in vastly new ways. Some of the series' most popular episodes include "What If...Ultron Won?," "What If...Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead of His Hands?," "What If...T'Challa Became a Star-Lord?," and "What If...The World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?" While discussing the final season on the Official Marvel Podcast, Marvel Studios head of streaming Brad Winderbaum teased that Season 3 will feel like the “completion of a trilogy.”
In an exclusive for Variety, Winderbaum states the following: “It takes us to places that you’d never expect. It goes beyond the first two seasons in its exploration of the multiverse". In addition, he says "“It pulls in characters that are very unexpected, and has what I think is an extremely moving and very fulfilling culmination for Uatu the Watcher.” This season promises to be the most ambitious yet, exploring even wilder alternate realities within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and with a daily episode release, fans can look forward to a thrilling conclusion to this groundbreaking animated series that alongside Loki, is now a Marvel's definitive go-to.