Marvel Zombies debuts as TV-MA MCU zombie miniseries on Disney+

Marvel Studios’ animated series Marvel Zombies premiered on Disney+ on September 24, offering a TV-MA take on an offshoot of the studio’s multiverse and signaling a new direction for the MCU’s television output. The four-episode miniseries, set in an alternate universe that continues the storyline from a What If...? episode featuring a zombie outbreak, reunites several high-profile MCU actors in voice roles and leaves open the possibility of additional seasons should the debut perform well.

Marvel Zombies is set about five years after the What If...? episode it expands on, but because it occurs in a separate universe viewers can watch it without following the main MCU timeline. The series was created and directed by Bryan Andrews, with Zeb Wells and Robert Kirkman among the writers, and is rated TV-MA to allow for more explicit violence than most MCU projects. Early coverage noted that a number of familiar characters die during the four episodes, reflecting the series’ horror leanings.

Several actors from the live-action films and shows return to voice their characters, including Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, Paul Rudd as Ant-Man and Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff. Reports...