‘What If…?’ Director Reveals He Would’ve Loved to Add Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine to Season 3, But It Was Too Late!
‘What If…?’ Season 3 is currently airing its final season. Eight episodes are being released over the course of eight days, just like last year. In this latest season, several notable characters have returned, played by the original actors from the MCU. These include Jeffrey Wright as the Watcher, Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson/Captain America, Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Oscar Isaac as Marc Spector/Moon Knight, Kathryn Hahn as Agatha Harkness, and many more.
One of the most exciting additions to the Season 3 lineup is the character of Storm. The showrunners revealed that if they had known X-Men and mutants were available while crafting the Season 3 storylines, these characters would have played a much larger role in the show.
In an interview with ‘Agents of Fandom,’ ‘What If…?’ Season 3 director Bryan Andrews shared that if he had known Disney owned the rights to Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, he would have liked to include him in the season. However, the season was already too far into development to add the character.
Andrews reflected that, in hindsight, he wished they could have included more mutants in the season. They didn’t know Disney would get the rights to the Fox characters in time, so they missed the chance to include Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine.
However, he remains hopeful that future ‘What If…?’ seasons might feature more of those characters. At least they got to include Storm, which he thinks is great.
In hindsight, I think we were kicking ourselves because, you know, it takes a while to set these things up and do these things. But it’s like we could have done more mutants this season, oh my gosh what the heck, but because at the time we didn’t know that they’re (Disney) gonna have all the Fox stuff back, you know what I mean, so we could have had a Hugh Jackman thing and you know, but oh well.
Maybe, maybe there’ll be some (more What If…?) in the future and then we get to party with those guys. But at least we got Storm, that’s awesome.
Work on Season 3 of ‘What If…?’ began in July 2022, around the same time A. C. Bradley revealed that the second season of the series was her final project at Marvel Studios. Later, it was announced that Season 3 would be the show’s last.
Winderbaum explained that the series was ending due to bigger plans related to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and that it was the right time to wrap up the story. He also mentioned that they might bring the series back in the future.
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