X-Men '97 (Disney +): Continuation of X-Men: The Animated Series

The 1990s “X-Men: The Animated Series” is getting a revival on Disney+ with a premiere sometime 2023, The Wrap has exclusively learned.

Currently called “X-Men ’97,” the revival will pick up where the classic show left off, with several cast members from “X-Men: The Animated Series” are returning; some will reprise their original roles and others will step into entirely new roles.

Returning cast members include: Cal Dodd, Lenore Zann, George Buza, Adrian Hough, Christopher Britton, Catherine Disher, Chris Potter, Alison Sealy-Smith, Alyson Court.

“X-Men ‘97” is also welcoming a number of new voices to the cast, including Jennifer Hale, Anniwaa Buachie, Ray Chase, Matthew Waterson, JP Karliak, Holly Chou, Jeff Bennett, AJ Lo Cascio.

Head writer and executive producer on the series is Beau De Mayo. Supervising director is Jake Castorena and supervising producer is Charley Feldman.

Consulting on the new series are “X-Men: The Animated Series” writers Eric and Julia Lewald, and director Larry Houston.

This...this is for real?

Like, I clicked the link, but it's still kinda hard to believe.

Wow. Cal Dodd? The dude who was Wolverine before Steve Blum pretty much took ownership of the role. That's gonna be weird.

They totally need some cameos from other X-men Voice actors too. It'd be great.

FYI, this is the project Sofia Alexander, creator of Onyx Equinox, is working on.

Seeing this show but well animated and with violence allowed is gonna feel weird. Awesome, but weird.

Still can't believe it's really happening. Always thought it'd be a hypothetical scenario, but...wow. They really did it.

(NOW WHERE'S OUR AVENGERS: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES CONTINUATION, MARVEL?)

That...should be interesting but I can't see it working. It will be like those X-men 97 comics.

X-Men TAS was in many a product of its time. It was a little weird, a little hammy, a little overdramatic a little insane in its dedication to faithfully adapt all of convoluted X-Men's lore but I'll be damned if all of this somehow didn't work.

They just don't make like that anymore. It's like trying to make a sequel to Christopher Reeve Superman these days. They will put the modern style of writing and storytelling and it just won't be the same.

Interestingly, this series is still coming to us from Marvel Studios, despite not having any MCU ties. (Sofia's bio and this series' logo confirm that.)
If anything, it might be a good indication that Marvel Studios might branch out of doing MCU-only spin-offs for their animated content.
This probably bodes an interesting direction for the upcoming Marvel Zombies series, which is also animated and sporting its comic book logo.

Edited by XMenMutant22 on Nov 12th 2021 at 12:44:34 PM

That's it, nostalgia has gone too far. X-Men has half a century worth of stories, what pathetic fuck wants to see a continuation of an adaptation of a section of the X-Men that's three decades old?

…… me

Raises hand

I mean, you're not totally wrong. This is Nostalgia bait. Now, that doesn't mean it can't be well made Nostalgia bait. The quality is exclusive from the reason it exists.

We'll have to wait and see how this goes, since a lot of these revivals have been hit or miss.

Also me.

Also that era was the last time X-Men was any good.

(Evolution and Wolverine and The X-Men were also better than the comics produced at the time)

Edited by Zarius on Nov 12th 2021 at 10:04:46 AM

x5: I would also like to see where this goes, if only because I thought them bringing back the X-Men cartoon from 1993 was one of those "would be nice to bring it back, but alas" scenarios.

Moreover, if this really takes off and Marvel Studios decides to go further and make a continuation for Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, then THAT will make me drop everything and get a Disney+ account in a heartbeat. I'd go full-on "shut up and take my money" and everything just to see EMH be resurrected!

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Nov 12th 2021 at 1:05:56 PM

That'd be great. I think the only series we won't ever see any kind of revival for is The Spectacular Spiderman, considering Sony is still holding a death grip, even if Marvel has the animation rights.

Spiderman freshman year kinda killed any chance of that revving at least for now.

Yeah. I know.

And I won't lie. I'm sick of saying the show shouldn't have been cancelled. It's been over 10 years now.

I'm sure all of you are sick of it being brought up (probably by me) as well.

....I actually need to stop that. It's hard though.

Sofia Alexander is working on the show.

https://twitter.com/sofiaealexander/status/1459204072158814209?t=SzvGP7jzBFGuCt6VNO-Rew&s=19

The names of the crew members are trickling down steadily!

Jeremy Polgar, whose references include The Cuphead Show, Centaurworld, Thundercats Roar, OK KO!, Teen Titans GO!, Samurai Jack, Motorcity, Space Dandy, and Superjail confirmed he's on X-Men '97 as animation supervisor!

(Holy jeebus, that's a lot of varied references...)

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Nov 12th 2021 at 1:26:12 PM

> that's it, nostalgia has gone too far. X-Men has half a century worth of stories, what pathetic fuck wants to see a continuation of an adaptation of a section of the X-Men that's three decades old?

oh fiiine

-raises Tentacle-

I did NOT see this one coming,be interesting to see how far this goes

Tone down the aggression. I haven't even watched the original 90's cartoon and I'm kind of interested in this.

As someone who has fond memories of X-Men:TAS and very mixed feelings on the current direction of X-Men comics, I am also interested.

Count me as one of the people who would like to see this new series.

I am on record as greatly disliking most X-books in the last 5 years or so, so I welcome a return to the last period when the X-men weren't either terrible or so chaotic it's impossible to follow.

Plus it would be cool to see what they'd with the various plotlines or villains they have introduced since then like Sublime or Krakoa.

Wow! For real? I loved X-Men: The Animated Series growing up and it was a surprise to hear that they are reviving the series! Can't wait to see it!