It was simply a number of days in the past that What If… ? Season 3 premiered to these with a Disney+ subscription, however as a result of a brand new episode is dropping every day, this Marvel TV present is nearly over, because it’s ending for “larger universe causes.” Nonetheless, on the time of this writing, one character who hasn’t appeared but is Storm, reprised by X-Males: The Animated Sequence and X-Males ’97’s Alison Sealy-Smith. This model of Ororo Monroe wields Mjolnir, and whereas it’s cool we’ll get to see her put Thor’s hammer to good use earlier than What If… ? concludes, one of many present’s administrators needs that one other well-liked X-Males characters might have been included too.
Bryan Andrews, who directed 4 of What If… ? Season 3’s episodes, together with at this time’s Shang-Chi and Kate Bishop’s Outdated West journey and the collection finale, informed Brokers of Fandom that he would have appreciated to thrown in Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine. Sadly, due to how lengthy it took to develop the present, Andrews and his group didn’t notice on the time that will be an possibility, with him explaining:
In hindsight, I feel we had been kicking ourselves as a result of, you realize, it takes some time to set this stuff up and do this stuff. Nevertheless it’s like we might have finished extra mutants this season, oh my gosh what the heck, however as a result of on the time we didn’t know that they’re (Disney) gonna have all of the Fox stuff again, you realize what I imply, so we might have had a Hugh Jackman factor and you realize, however oh nicely. Perhaps, possibly there’ll be some (extra What If…?) sooner or later after which we get to social gathering with these guys. However a minimum of we received Storm, that’s superior.
Are you able to think about? We already received Hugh Jackman’s Logan to bust out his adamantium claws once more for Deadpool & Wolverine, the thirty fourth of the Marvel films so as, this yr, however what if the badass mutant had additionally gotten to take part in one other journey set within the Marvel multiverse earlier than 2024 wrapped up? Alas, for no matter purpose, whereas the What If… ? group was in a position to work out an association to make use of Storm in Season 3, the prospect of utilizing Wolverine didn’t appear possible at the moment. It’s a disgrace, as a result of it will have lastly given Jackman to voice the character in an animated venture after over 20 years of taking part in him on digicam.
Thankfully, we weren’t missing in animated Wolverine motion this yr, as Cal Dodd’s iteration of the superhero was current all through X-Males ’97 Season 1. Whereas the whereabouts of that Wolverine, in addition to the present’s Storm and Morph, stay a secret as we watch for the arrival of Season 2, a minimum of What If… ? may have its personal Storm deliver the thunder and lightning in additional methods than one. As identified within the article, Storm’s inclusion in What If… ? is fascinating as a result of apart from unique creations like Devery Jacobs’ Kahhori, the weather-manipulating mutant is the primary occasion of a Marvel character debuting on this collection first with out having already made a live-action look within the MCU.
What If… ? involves an finish this Sunday, December 29. To not fear, as there are many upcoming Marvel TV exhibits to sit up for on the 2025 TV schedule and past.