What If…? Episode 2: Release Date And Speculation

Marvel Studios has spent most of the last decade and a half dominating the box office through its various silver screen ventures.

But this year, its Marvel Cinematic Universe has found its way to the small one, achieving equally monumental success on Disney Plus through the likes of WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Loki.

Now Marvel is taking that journey a little further, venturing into the world of animation in the first ever Marvel Studios animated series What If…?.

Showing audiences what the multiverse is really capable of before it arrives in the mainstream MCU, the series explores what could happen if the events in the movies transpired a little bit differently.

The first of those adventures came in the series premiere that reimagined Peggy Carter as Captain America, with the canon-Founder of SHIELD taking the super soldier serum instead of Steve Rogers, becoming Captain Carter in the process. But what awaits viewers in the second episode?

What If…? Episode 2 Speculations

While an official episode synopsis for episode 2 of Marvel’s What If…? has not yet been released, we do know that the second episode will be centred on T’Challa as Star-Lord.

The episode will undoubtedly take the canon Black Panther on a journey unlike anything we have seen from the King of Wakanda in the MCU.

This is also the final performance from the legendary Chadwick Boseman as he will voice T’Challa in four of the nine episodes.

What If…? Episode 2 Release Date

Marvel’s What If…? premieres on Disney+ next Wednesday, August 18, at 12:01 a.m. PT and 3:01 a.m. ET.

1. Is What If…? On Break This Week?

No, it will release on time. It will release on August 18, 2021. There is no delay announced as of now.

Recap of Episode 1

When Steve Rogers is seriously injured, Peggy Carter becomes the world’s first super soldier.

About What If…?

What If…? is an American animated anthology series created by A.C. Bradley for the streaming service Disney+, based on the Marvel Comics series of the same name.

It explores what would happen if major moments from the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) occurred differently.

The series is produced by Marvel Studios, their first animated series since becoming their own production company. Bradley serves as head writer of the series, with Bryan Andrews directing.

Jeffrey Wright stars as the Watcher, who narrates the series. By September 2018, Marvel Studios was developing a number of series for Disney+, and one based on the What If…? comic was first reported in March 2019.