Marvel Zombies Trailer Reveals Gory First Look at Blade Knight as MCU Actors Return for TV-MA Spinoff

Marvel has published the archetypal trailer for its TV-MA animated spinoff, Marvel Zombies, revealing a sneak peek astatine however heroes similar Blade, Ms. Marvel, Shang-Chi, Spider-Man, and much volition chopped their mode done a bloody apocalypse.

The blood-pumping first-look video comes successful astatine a small little than 2 minutes agelong and is backed by Babymetal and Poppy’s dense 2025 track, “from maine to u.” It’s much than capable to descend your teeth into, arsenic the clip focuses connected immoderate of the caller and returning faces audiences tin expect to spot erstwhile the gory four-part Marvel Zombies communicative comes to Disney+ September 24.

There are much than a fewer blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moments successful the trailer, including what appears to beryllium zombified versions of classical comic publication characters similar Hawkeye, Abomination, Namor, and much arsenic they assistance assemble an undead army. As Yelena Belova warns that “the Avengers are dead,” we besides get a archetypal look astatine a look fans person wanted to spot for a agelong time: Blade.

This isn’t rather the Blade audiences person expected Mahershala Ali to represent successful the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), though. Instead, this is simply a Moon Knight-esque mentation of the Daywalker known arsenic Blade Knight. While Ali’s Blade is inactive coming unneurotic for an MCU debut, this instrumentality connected the quality is played by Invincible and Starfield seasoned Todd Williams.

While Blade Knight steals the amusement successful the archetypal Marvel Zombies trailer, Marvel makes definite to punctual viewers that fan-favorite MCU actors person returned to reprise immoderate of their roles. The database of names includes Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch), Paul Rudd (Ant-Man), Florence Pugh (Yelena Belova), David Harbour (Red Guardian), Tessa Thompson (Valkyrie), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi), Awkwafina (Katy), Hailee Steinfeld (Kate Bishop), Wyatt Russell (U.S. Agent), Randall Park (Jimmy Woo), Iman Vellani (Ms. Marvel), and Dominique Thorne (Ironheart).

MCU Disney+ spinoffs person toyed with zombie storylines successful the past. A little and tamer instrumentality connected Marvel Zombies antecedently appeared successful Marvel’s What If…? show, which features akin animation benignant for its enactment of non-cannon, offshoot stories. Marvel Zombies seeks to treble down connected immoderate of these ideas, presenting fans with a much focused, four-part communicative that cranks up the gore successful a mode seldom seen successful the MCU.

While we hold for Marvel Zombies to travel to Disney+ aboriginal this month, you tin drawback up connected each different MCU task successful the works. You tin besides click present to work up connected each of the latest Avengers: Doomsday news.

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