Marvel’s ‘Agatha’ Delays to Fall 2024, Studio Also Shifts ‘Echo,’ ‘X-Men ’97’ and ‘What If…?’ Release Dates
variety.comAdam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer The timeline of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has changed again. Marvel Studios has rescheduled several of its Disney+ shows as the company continues to feel the impact of the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
The affected shows, in chronological order of release, are: Season 2 of “What If…?,” the MCU’s first animated series, will now open in December over the holiday season.
The show was originally set to debut in early 2023, but has been delayed for unspecified reasons. “Echo” — a spin-off of 2021’s “Hawkeye” starring Alaqua Cox as Marvel’s first Native American and first deaf superhero — has moved from Nov.
29 to January 2024. The show is still set to release all episodes at once, the first binge release for a Marvel Cinematic Universe series on Disney+. “X-Men ’97,” an update of the popular animated “X-Men” series from the 1990s, has moved from a fall 2023 release to early 2024.
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