Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man could end up being the last Marvel Animation series to be released in 2024. The other two planned releases — Eyes of Wakanda AND Marvel Zombies — would have been postponed to 2025.
According to trusted scooper Alex Perez of The Cosmic Circus, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man “aims for a late 2024 release” on Disney+, while Eyes of Wakanda has been postponed to 2025. Perez also shared that Marvel Zombiesa spin-off of the popular What if…? series, will probably come out “next year”.
Eyes of Wakanda was officially announced by Marvel Studios in December 2023. Not much is known about Black Panther animated series at this time, although the following logline was shared by the company: “In the history of Wakanda, brave warriors were tasked with traveling the world recovering dangerous vibranium artifacts. This is their story.”
While Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Marvel ZombiesAND What if…? will take place within the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe Multiverse, Marvel Studios executive producer Brad Winderbaum confirmed in March 2024 that Eyes of Wakanda will fit “perfectly into the sacred time continuity of the MCU.”
Marvel Zombies Preview Shown at D23
Marvel Zombies will continue from the events of the What if…? Season one episode, “What If… Zombies?!”, focused on a group of human survivors who must fight off their former allies who are now zombies. A preview of the highly anticipated animated series was shown at the recent D23 event, with footage showing Shang-Chi and his father Wenwu fending off a horde of zombies, forcing the latter to sacrifice himself so Shang-Chi can survive. While Shang-Chi is still bitten, the Ten Rings prevent the infection from spreading beyond his arm. The footage then teased a five-year time jump, showing a hardened Shang-Chi and Katy teaming up against a gang of Skrull bikers in an apocalyptic wasteland.
Other characters confirmed to appear in Marvel Zombies include Ms. Marvel (with Iman Vellani returning to voice the young superhero), Yelena Belova, Kate Bishop, Red Guardian, Jimmy Woo and Death Dealer, with Hawkeye, Captain America, Abomination, Phantom, Scarlet Witch, Captain Marvel, Ikaris and Okoye appearing as zombies.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Gets a Prequel Comic Series
Marvel is betting everything on it Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Manwith Marvel Comics announcing earlier this week that the animated series will be getting a prequel comic book series, also titled Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. Christos Gage wrote Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man with art by Eric Gapstur. The prequel comic is expected to hit comic book stores on December 11, 2024. As for the Disney+ series, the first trailer is rumored to be coming out in October, which is likely when Marvel will reveal the official release date for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.
Eyes of Wakanda AND Marvel Zombies They are said to be scheduled for release on Disney+ in 2025.
Source: The Cosmic Circus
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