Marvel Producer Bryan Andrews recently provided an update on the upcoming Marvel Zombies series revealing the series will not follow the comic book storyline.
Zombie Scarlet Witch in Marvel Studios’ WHAT IF…? exclusively on Disney+. ©Marvel Studios 2021. All Rights Reserved.
During an interview with ComicBook.com’s Phase Zero discussing the What If…? series, Andrews provided an update on Marvel Zombies saying, “That’s going to be crazy. And that’s coming up, but that keeps moving around too.”
He added, “Yeah, [it’s] full TV-MA. … It’s spawning off of what was done on Episode [105]. The notion was, there’s some inspiration from the comic, the fact that they’re zombies, but we’re not doing the comic, like, in any stretch.”
“We have our own take on it, and a lot of that stuff has been set up by our talented writers early on, so we’re just taking that and moving some of those ideas, exploring that mythology in that episode a bit more. So, yeah, it’s crazy,” he said.
Andrews comments contradict what Marvel Studios’ head of streaming television and animation Brad Winderbaum previously said when the series was first announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2022.
He said, “We are not shying away from the things that made the comic book great.”
(L-R): Cull Obsidian and Zombie Iron Man in Marvel Studios’ WHAT IF…? exclusively on Disney+. ©Marvel Studios 2021. All Rights Reserved.
As for what to expect from the series, it was originally detailed that a group of Marvel heroes including Yelena Belova, Katy, Kate Bishop, Jimmy Woo, Death Dealer, Shang-Chi, and Kamala Khan.
They would be facing off against a number of zombie Avengers including Hawkeye, Abomination, Ghost, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Scarlet Witch, Okoye, and Ikaris.
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Marvel Comics writer Zeb Wells also told ComicBook.com at New York Comic Con that series would only be four episodes.
He said, “So I did not do [the Zombie episode] but I’m doing the spin-off. So it’s not out yet. But I love that episode too, so when I got the call that they were going to do a spin-off from that episode, I was like ‘oh yeah, let’s do it.’ So it’s four episodes, not sure when it comes yet, but it’s looking really cool.””
Actress Iman Vellani also provided details about the series in an interview with The Direct telling the outlet, “We’ve done the whole thing. It was amazing. It was so much fun. And I love—there are a lot of cool characters in the ‘Marvel Zombies’ show. And Kamala is kind of the center of the show.”
“They described it to me, it’s like, ‘She’s basically the Frodo of the story.’ And I was like, ‘That’s amazing,’” she said.
Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan in Marvel Studios’ MS. MARVEL, exclusively on Disney+. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. ©Marvel Studios 2022. All Rights Reserved.
Vellani continued, “And I get to interact and meet all these people along her journey. And, yes, they’re only the voices, and I don’t get to hear their voices in real-time. But just, it’s my fantasies, right?”
“Like, knowing Kamala is going to interact with some really cool people, even if it’s just animation, is so special in a lot of ways,” she stated.
Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan in Marvel Studios’ THE MARVELS. Photo by Laura Radford. © 2023 MARVEL.
What do you make of Andrews confirming that the series will have nothing to do with the comic book storyline?
