“I’m playing The Watcher, who is described in his first appearance in Marvel Comics, I think it was in 1963, something like the most dramatic being in all the known universe,” Wright said. “So he’s a ...

Uatu, the Watcher, is a fifth-dimensional being who observes the Multiverse and narrates events like an interstellar Rod Serling. Uatu first appeared in 1963 and is from a race of advanced beings ...

The Watcher is our guide to the different branches of the timeline, and listening to the opening monologue in episode one, it’s hard not to hear a 1980 Carl Sagan, speaking at the top of the series ...

Remember when Pizza Rat captured the world’s attention in 2015? A video of a rat pulling a slice of pizza in a subway platform went viral. Bradley thought about Pizza Rat when writing Marvel’s What If ...

The Watcher made his debut in a 1963 Fantastic Four comic, where he’s described as “the most dramatic being of all time.” (Relatable.) He explains that he comes from an ancient, powerful people whose ...

In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the name “The Watcher” generally refers to one member of that fictional extraterrestrial race, Uatu. Jeffrey Wright voiced the character in What If…? and I Am Groot, ...

For decades, The Watcher has only observed The Marvel multiverse, refusing to get involved (except when he does). Most especially, The Watcher refuses to molest anyone. You might think that goes ...

The Watcher is one of the more obscure Marvel characters out there, despite how long he's been around. It's possibly because he doesn't directly influence the events around him, with a few notable ...

As the promotional train for Marvel’s What If…? kicks into high gear, the studio dropped a brand new featurette that’s all about The Watcher. Voiced by Jeffrey Wright, the cosmic character has been a ...

The Marvel multiverse is going literary. Polygon is looking ahead to the movies, shows, and books coming soon in our Spring 2024 entertainment preview package, a weeklong special issue. In a new ...

“Well, I don’t know if it’s necessarily a soft spot, but The Watcher is kind of observing things with an eye on justice or justness balance, I would say,” Wright explained. “He’s observing the ...