![]() ![]() ![]() The doppelganger doctor is most likely just the first of a few What If. ? animated Disney+ MCU series, in the form of the evil Strange Supreme. Those events pale in comparison to the teaser’s final reveal: the first live-action crossover from the What If. ![]() Chiwetel Ejiofor’s villainous Baron Mordo, last seen in Doctor Strange, shows up to warn Strange of impending doom, then we see Wanda performing a ritual while Strange and Wong face down various threats, including an attack on the mystic arts headquarters Kamar-Taj in Nepal and a battle in the middle of NYC against the one-eyed monster Gargantus. As Strange questions her about the multiverse, the rest of the teaser kicks into gear with Strange and Miss America peering out over (presumably) the remains of Kang’s Citadel at the End of Time, destroyed during the finale of Loki’s first season. When Strange visits her, she mentions her time in Westview, marking a significant confluence: this is the first time we’ve seen the events of a Disney+ series bleed into the cinematic arm of the MCU. To help him patch reality back together, Strange also recruits none other than Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen), last seen in WandaVision. Considering the fracturing of the multiverse, it seems like her ability will come in handy as she and Strange traverse these new worlds together. The polygonal design is courtesy of America Chavez, aka Miss America (relative newcomer Xochitl Gomez), who, in addition to being super-strong, can kick star-shaped holes in reality to travel between worlds. “I never meant for any of this to happen,” he exclaims, right before falling through a star-shaped portal. As the teaser begins, we hear some critical reminders of the spells Strange cast in No Way Home and begin to see the consequences of the good Doctor’s actions as he emerges from the Sanctum Sanctorum to a fractured reality. In about two minutes worth of footage, Madness takes the already impressive visual template established in the first Doctor Strange and crafts an extravagant spectacle. Now the MCU version of Venom has the chance to be the enemy most Spider-Man fans know him as. Hardy’s version of the character cribs from the Lethal Protector arc-as referenced by Eddie/Venom here - ultimately, he’s more of a comic relief antihero. But this new wrinkle offers Kevin Feige and the MCU brain trust a chance to just jump right into an adaptation of the famous Black Suit comic book arc, in which Spider-Man becomes consumed and corrupted by the Venom symbiote-and/or cast their own Eddie Brock. Some fans will be disappointed they didn’t see a crossover between Hardy and Holland. As Fernandez laments a missed check, we see just a little bit of the Venom symbiote is left behind, setting up a critical future storyline for the MCU’s version of Spider-Man. As Eddie finally decides to swing over and see Spidey, both he and Venom transport away (likely during the events of the No Way Home climax, when Strange sends everyone back to their own worlds), never meeting the webhead. While talking with a bartender (portrayed by Ted Lasso’s Cristo Fernandez), Eddie is caught up on the significant events of the MCU, including the death of Tony Stark and Thanos’ desolation of half the universe. After being transported into the MCU-presumably by Doctor Strange’s botched spell-Tom Hardy’s Eddie Brock never actually made it to New York City to meet up with Spider-Man, opting instead to get drunk in a bar somewhere in Mexico. ![]() The first scene picks up where Venom: Let There Be Carnage’s brain-melting stinger left off. ![]()
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