After three seasons, Marvel’s ‘What If…?’ has come to an end, with the recently released third season announced as the show’s final installment. An intriguing project based on alternate versions of MCU reality, ‘What If…?’ felt to fans like a series that could continue for years. As an alternate universe accompanying the rest of the MCU, it allowed Marvel creators to experiment with the franchise’s most beloved stories and characters. The concept left fans wondering if the series would truly end forever or eventually return as the MCU continues to grow.
ComicBook recently spoke with ‘What If…?’ director Bryan Andrews about the third season and the potential future of the series. Andrews hinted that there could still be room for more episodes in the future.
“What makes it the right time to end it? I think that’s a question for the people way above my pay grade,” Andrews said. “They’ve got all types of plans that are brewing and all sorts of things. But I think there might be an invisible asterisk by it, because you could do these types of stories forever. You can just keep coming up with fun riffs. I think people are starting to get the hang of it. And they like the idea of telling a tale. They can sit down and open it up and just watching something fun and interesting. So yeah, there’s things going on in the MCU, maybe that’s why it’s a good time [to end it].”
Andrews elaborated on the idea that ‘What If…?’ might have a life beyond this “final” season. While there isn’t anything official in the works yet, he believes this is more of a temporary pause for the show.
“None of this is official, but something in my gut tells me it might just be more of a pause for the time being, because it just feels like there’s other things we can tell,” the director continued. “And when it comes to ending a thing that’s like this, it’s throughout the couple os seasons we’ve had this growing relationship or this side story. We’ve had these little one-off adventures and there’s a little bit of tie-ins along the way with ‘The Watcher’ and what he’s dealing with. So that overarching aspect we finally culminate that aspect of the story that you can trace across all three seasons. So in that sense, there’s an ending for that idea. But that doesn’t mean the entire premise is now over.”
All three seasons of Marvel’s ‘What If…?’ are now streaming on Disney+.
