{"id":22629,"date":"2022-07-22T21:07:57","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T21:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/marvel-studios-announces-historic-r-rated-disney-show\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T21:07:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T21:07:57","slug":"marvel-studios-announces-historic-r-rated-disney-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/marvel-studios-announces-historic-r-rated-disney-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Studios Announces Historic R-Rated Disney+ Show"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Disney added parental controls to its streaming service in March, allowing easier means to restrict access to mature content for younger family members. This was a clear sign that Disney was pivoting from only allowing PG-13 or lower films and shows to potentially letting companies expand into developing R-rated content on Disney+.<\/p>\n

Last year, it was announced that Marvel Studios would be developing a Marvel Zombies<\/em> animated series for Disney+. Many fans began speculating on whether it would be connected at all to the What If…?<\/em> episode of the same premise and if the series would receive a more mature rating.<\/p>\n

Well, both have finally been answered at San Diego Comic-Con.<\/p>\n

Marvel Zombies First R-Rated Marvel Studios Show<\/h2>\n

At the Marvel Studios Animation Panel at San Diego Comic-Con, it was confirmed<\/a> that the upcoming Marvel Zombies <\/em>animated series would be rated TV-MA with executives promising that there would be much more according.<\/p>\n

This series also takes place in the same universe as the zombie universe that appeared in What If…?<\/em> and will include more zombiefied heroes and villains like Wanda Maximoff, Ghost, Hawkeye, Abomination, Captain Marvel, a legless Captain America, Ikaris, and more:<\/p>\n

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The new survivors of this zombie apocalypse were shown to be Yelena, Kate Bishop, Jimmy Woo, Shang-Chi, Kamala Khan, Death Dealer, Red Guardian, and Awkwafina’s Katy:<\/p>\n

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The panel also showed audiences a biker gang of Skrulls at a gas station:<\/p>\n

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Former Black Widows were also shown working together as a group to survive:<\/p>\n

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A zombiefied Ikaris was also shown, with the exposed circuitry of his Eternal innards showing through:<\/p>\n

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Let the Zombies Speak!<\/h2>\n

The implications of Marvel Studios making their upcoming zombie-themed series TV-MA are massive, opening the door wide open for other MCU projects to do the same \u2013 or even be properly R-rated.<\/p>\n

This, in tandem with R-rated films Deadpool, Deadpool 2<\/em> and logan<\/em> hitting Disney+, could be signaling that the company is getting more comfortable with the idea of \u200b\u200bprojects aimed at different age groups. Deadpool 3<\/em> is confirmed to be keeping its more mature rating for now, but perhaps future MCU projects could follow suit \u2013 could the upcoming Daredevil <\/em>series now receive a TV-MA rating? Only time will tell.<\/p>\n

Since this Marvel Zombies<\/em> series will be set in the same zombiefied universe seen in What If…?, <\/em>the zombiefied heroes won’t speak again. Instead, they’ll continue to groan and act like typical zombies, losing the biggest hook from the original comics.<\/p>\n

The biggest appeal of the original Marvel Zombies <\/em>was that, once turned, the heroes retained their intelligence and a semblance of humanity. But unfortunately, the heroes were afflicted with an insatiable hunger for human flesh that would slowly turn them into the typical groaning undead.<\/p>\n

Having the zombies speak would have also drastically improved the attempted dark humor seen in the What If…?<\/em> episode. In the comics, it was typically the zombies who would employ dark humor, while stories from the perspective of the survivors would be played straight.<\/p>\n

Hopefully, the Quantum Virus has evolved and any zombiefied heroes will speak like in the comics.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n