Marvel Studios has confirmed Scarlet Witch actress Elizabeth Olsen’s return to the MCU in upcoming animated sequence Marvel Zombies.
Olsen, who voiced Scarlet Witch and, ultimately, Zombie Scarlet Witch (The Dead Queen) in Disney+ animated sequence What If…?, reprises the function for spin-off Marvel Zombies.
In March, Marvel Studios’ Head of Streaming, Television and Animation Brad Winderbaum confirmed that Marvel Zombies was going to be “fairly intense,” and would doubtless necessitate a TV-MA ranking. D23 2024 attendees then acquired an unique have a look at the four-episode present that exposed a second the place Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings characters Shang-Chi, Katy Chen, and Xu Wenwu discover themselves overrun by a horde of zombies. A time bounce then sends the story 5 years into the long run, revealing a Mad Max-like world that was unable to outlive the apocalypse.
Here’s the complete Marvel Zombies voice forged:
- Awkwafina (Katy Chen in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings)
- David Harbour (Red Guardian in Black Widow)
- Simu Liu (Shang-Chi in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings)
- Elizabeth Olsen (Zombie Scarlet Witch)
- Randall Park (Jimmy Woo in Ant-Man and the Wasp)
- Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova in Black Widow)
- Hailee Steinfeld (Kate Bishop/Hawkeye in Hawkeye and The Marvels)
- Dominique Thorne (Riri Williams/Ironheart in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
- Iman Vellani (Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel in Ms. Marvel and The Marvels)
- Todd Williams (Blade)
Fans have questioned whether or not Scarlet Witch would return to the MCU in live-action type ever because the character appeared to fulfill an premature finish in 2022’s Doctor Strange within the Multiverse of Madness, and the query resurfaced after Scarlet Witch didn’t make a dramatic return in Disney+ present Agatha All Along, a lot to the frustration of followers.
We shouldn’t be shocked at that, actually, after Olsen recently confirmed she’d be up for enjoying Scarlet Witch as soon as once more, “if there’s a great way to make use of her.” So, has Feige labored out a great way to make use of her?
Feige lately gave followers a tease that acquired Scarlet Witch followers excited. “We had Agatha Forever on Disney+ simply now, and that sequence was nice for us,” he mentioned. “Since then, there have been a whole lot of questions on Wanda on followers’ minds… So all I can say is that we’re excited to search out out when and the way the Scarlet Witch may return.”
Marvel Zombies hits Disney+ on October 3, 2025. What If…? Season 3 comes out December 22, 2024.
Image credit score: Marvel Studios.
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