- Marvel Zombies‘ official launch date has been confirmed by Disney
- The MCU’s first grownup animated present will make its debut on October 3
- The Disney Plus collection’ last episode received’t be launched on Halloween, although
Disney has lastly revealed when Marvel Zombies will probably be launched on Disney Plus.
In a 2025 Marvel animation preview posted on The Walt Disney Firm web site, the comedian large’s first TV-MA animated present’s launch date was confirmed to be Friday, October 3. Which means the What If…? spin-off miniseries will arrive in time for the spookiest season of the yr, aka Halloween.
Marvel Zombies‘ October launch date isn’t an ideal shock. Final November, Marvel revealed the official launch dates and home windows for its 2025 Disney Plus line-up, which incorporates the highly-anticipated arrival of Daredevil: Born Once more. Among the many latter’s sibling tasks, Marvel Zombies was confirmed to be releasing on Disney Plus this October, so this newest announcement simply narrows down its late 2025 launch window.
For the uninitiated: Marvel Zombies is a follow-up to What If…? season 1 episode 5, titled ‘What If… Zombies!?’. That entry, which was impressed by Marvel’s ‘Zombies’ comedian guide collection, occurred in an alternate actuality to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) – one the place, shock shock, a zombie outbreak results in an apocalyptic occasion that nearly wipes out humanity. Marvel Zombies will decide up the story after that episode’s ending, which left Earth’s remaining superheroes, together with Spider-Man, nonetheless looking for a remedy. Ms Marvel, Shang-Chi, Yelena Belova, Pink Guardian, Kate Bishop, and Ironheart are confirmed to be a part of the present’s dwindling superhero roster.
Rising from the useless, however not on Halloween itself
Given its TV-MA ranking, Marvel Zombies will, in line with the comedian titan’s head of TV and streaming Brad Winderbaum, be “more hardcore” than earlier MCU tasks. What higher time to launch the studio’s first doubtlessly gore-filled collection, then, than the scariest time of the yr, i.e. Halloween?
The Marvel Part 6 present will arrive forward of 2025’s spooky season, but it surely received’t make its debut on that date, nor will the restricted collection’ last chapter arrive on October 31. Certainly, Zombies will probably be a four-part occasion, with its premiere set for the aforementioned date of October 3. If all 4 episodes are launched on launch day, it’ll debut in full virtually one month earlier than Halloween arrives. Even when Zombies follows the normal MCU TV collection launch schedule format – i.e. new episodes airing weekly – although, its finale is about to land on one of many world’s greatest streaming providers on October 24.
Equally spooky MCU tasks, akin to Werewolf by Evening and Agatha All Alongside, haven’t debuted or ended on Halloween. The previous mini-TV movie arrived on October 7, whereas the latter WandaVision spin-off premiered on September 18 and ended on October 30, so Marvel has earlier type for not launching its horror-esque productions on October 31. Nonetheless, I believe it’s just a little disappointing that Zombies received’t achieve this, particularly as Halloween falls on a Friday this yr. Streaming Zombies‘ finale would’ve made for a frightfully enjoyable aperitif to a weekend of spooky season partying, in my opinion!
