Marvel Studios has confirmed that Marvel Zombies is returning for a second season on Disney+, with production already underway following the animated series’ strong streaming debut in 2025.
Marvel Zombies is coming back. Marvel Studios has confirmed that the Disney+ animated horror series will return for a second season, with production already underway on new episodes. The news came from Brad Winderbaum, Marvel Studios’ head of streaming, television and animation, during a recent appearance on The Escape Pod podcast, where he revealed that early production work on the new season had already begun at the time of the conversation.
What we know about season 2 so far
Winderbaum confirmed that he had already seen early animation from the first episode of the new season, describing the footage as delivering not just on the zombie horror elements that defined the first run but also on a Marvel Cinematic Universe storyline that has never been explored before. He stopped short of sharing any specifics, but the enthusiasm in how he described what he had seen suggests the creative team is aiming to push the series into new territory rather than simply repeating the formula that worked in season 1.
No official release date has been announced for season 2. Given that early animation is just now being completed on the first episode, a 2026 premiere appears unlikely, though Disney+ has not confirmed any timeline publicly.
How season 1 performed
The first season of Marvel Zombies debuted in 2025 and made an immediate impression on streaming charts. The series reportedly outperformed titles including Grey’s Anatomy in more than 30 countries during its opening week, a strong indicator of just how much demand existed for the show among Marvel fans and horror animation enthusiasts alike. The first season ended on a cliffhanger, which helped sustain audience interest and contributed to the push for additional episodes.
Critical reception, however, was more divided. The series holds a 66% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with reviewers offering mixed assessments of the season overall. Those who responded positively tended to highlight the quality of the action sequences and the creative use of established MCU characters in a darker, more visceral context. The rating falls notably short of the 85% that What If, the animated anthology series Marvel Zombies spun out of, earned on the same platform. Whether the creative ambitions Winderbaum hinted at for season 2 will translate into stronger critical response remains to be seen.
The cast that brought it to life
One of the more compelling aspects of Marvel Zombies as a series is the level of MCU talent involved in its voice cast. The first season featured Hailee Steinfeld reprising her role as Kate Bishop, Elizabeth Olsen as the Scarlet Witch, Florence Pugh as Yelena Belova, David Harbour as Alexei Shostakov, Iman Vellani as Ms. Marvel and Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie. The involvement of actors so closely tied to their live-action counterparts gave the animated series a sense of continuity with the broader MCU that helped ground its more extreme horror elements in something familiar.
It has not yet been confirmed which cast members will return for season 2, though the show’s overall setup makes it reasonable to expect some degree of continuity from the surviving characters of the first season.
Where it fits in the bigger picture
Marvel Zombies sits within the same animated corner of the MCU that What If carved out, exploring alternate timelines and scenarios that the live-action films and series cannot accommodate. The zombie premise, drawn from a beloved run of Marvel Comics, gave the creative team license to take familiar characters to places that would be unthinkable in the main storyline. With season 2 already in motion and the promise of an MCU first on the horizon, the animated series appears to be finding its footing as a genuine franchise within Disney+’s growing animation slate.
Source: Dawn