Marvel Zombies is one of the MCU’s most anticipated spin-off series, despite its release date being so far away. The zombie apocalypse is coming to the MCU as the series will have some of our favorite Marvel heroes face off against each other in a struggle of zombies vs. survivors. But that’s not all we’ll get. Marvel recently announced more comic book heroes that we’ve only seen in bit parts in the movies. Along with the great characters, the show will have a capable cast and crew, talented, experienced writers, and a great storyline.

Marvel Zombies will be based on the infamous What If…? episode where all of Earth’s mightiest heroes turn to zombies. Fans loved it so much that they hoped to see more of it in Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness. After that, they made a big enough noise, and Marvel Studios quickly listened to the fans and is now making the miniseries. With production just beginning on the project, fans are eating up every bit of information we can get about it. From San Diego Comic-Con to leaked rumors on the internet, we’re willing to get all the news you need on Marvel Zombies.

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Marvel Zombies: The Plot

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The Marvel Zombies miniseries will work off the concept of the What if…? episode in which the Earth experiences a zombie apocalypse, and it’s not just regular humans who are infected. The zombie virus has a quantum aspect and changes heroes into zombies who wield superpowers. Whether or not the series will be based on the plot of the What If…? episode or if it will take a deeper look at the Marvel Zombies comic book stories by Robert Kirkman and Sean Phillips. The What If…? episode ended on a bit of a cliffhanger, with zombie Thanos waiting for the survivors as they retreated to Wakanda to find a cure, and that would certainly make a good jumping-off point.

One exciting thing for fans is that Marvel announced the show would be rated TV-MA, the equivalent of an R-rated movie. This comes after Disney+ is steadily adding more R-rated content to its listings, like Deadpool 1 & 2 and other Marvel movies. So, these upcoming MCU zombie wars could get seriously gory at times and maybe even scary.

One thing’s for sure, the story will be expanded beyond just the zombies and survivors we saw in the What If…? series. We’ll likely see all the heroes from before, plus some more minor characters we’ve only seen for a moment on the big screen. We’ll see Marvel characters like Red Guardian, Death Dealer, the Abomination, Okoye, Katy Chen, and even Jimmy Woo. It will be a great time to see some of these cool characters who are usually shoved off to the side get to have a bigger role in a version of the Marvel universe that might not revolve just around the big-name heroes. It’s also rumored that Ikaris from Eternals will be in the series as a half-zombie.

We know the Disney series will be short, with only four episodes. But we don’t know how long those episodes will be.

Marvel Zombies: The Cast & Crew

Marvel has traditionally done its best to keep its actors matched with their roles, even in voice acting. Marvel’s What If…? series, nine times out of ten, had the movie actors voice their animated selves, so it’s probably what we can expect for Marvel Zombies.

Assuming that is the case, we will see Captain America voiced by Chris Evans (or Josh Keaton as he was in What If…?), Hawkeye voiced by Jeremy Renner, Scarlet Witch voiced by Elizabeth Olson, Captain Marvel by Brie Larson, Ghost by Hannah John-Kamen, the Abomination by Tim Roth, Ikaris by Richard Madden, Ant-Man by Paul Rudd, Spider-Man by Tom Holland or Hudson Thames (What If…?), Shang Chi by Simu Li, Katy Chen by Awkwafina, Death Dealer by Ande Le, Kate Bishop by Hailee Steinfeld, Jimmy Woo by Randall Park, Yelena Belova by Florence Pugh, Red Guardian by David Harbour, Kamala Khan by Iman Vellani, and Okoye by Danai Gurira.

Zeb Wells has been tapped to write the series. He is known for writing and is currently working on Spider-Man comics, but he has worked for the MCU before, having written an episode of She-Hulk. Now he will be bringing us Marvel Zombies. Though he didn’t write the zombie episode of What If…? he said he was incredibly inspired by the series and excited to write a spin-off series. He is an accomplished Marvel writer working on a huge comic book cross-title event from the perspective of Peter Parker, so he’s definitely up to the task of writing this screenplay.

Release Date

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Marvel Zombies has no official release date as yet, though it will happen sometime in 2024.