X-Men '97

X-Men '97 is an American Marvel Studios Animation streaming television series, created for Disney+. It is a revival/sequel of the 1992 animated series , with the plot continuing from where the original series left off. It premiered on March 20, 2024.
==Premise==
X-Men '97 continues the story of X-Men: The Animated Series. In both series, Mutants are people born with superhuman abilities that generally manifest during puberty. The X-Men are a team of mutant superheroes founded by Professor Charles Xavier to protect mutants and humans alike. At the end of The Animated Series, Xavier nearly dies in an assassination attempt and is taken to space to be healed by the alien Shi'ar Empire. X-Men '97 begins a year later and sees the X-Men facing new challenges without Xavier, under the leadership of their former adversary Magneto. As with the original series, X-Men '97 combines action, soap opera-style drama, and exploration of serious topics.
==Cast==
*Ray Chase as Scott Summers/Cyclops
*Cal Dodd as James Howlett/Wolverine
*Lenore Zann as Anna-Marie Raven/Rogue
*Alison Sealy-Smith as Ororo Munroe/Storm
*George Buza as Dr. Henry "Hank" McCoy/Beast
*A.J. LoCascio as Remy LeBeau/Gambit
*Holly Chou as Jubilation Lee/Jubilee
*Jennifer Hale as Jean Grey, Madelyne Pryor/Goblin Queen
*Matthew Waterson as Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto
*Gui Agustini as Roberto Da Costa/Sunspot
*Christopher Britton as Nathaniel Essex/Mister Sinister
*Adrian Hough as Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler
*J.P. Karliak as Kevin Sydney/Morph
*Isaac Robinson-Smith as Lucas Bishop/Bishop and T'Chaka/Black Panther
*Ross Marquand as Charles Xavier/Professor X and Apocalypse
*Gil Birmingham as Daniel Lone Eagle/Forge
*Eric Bauza as Sentinel
*Ron Rubin as President Robert Edward Kelly
*Catherine Disher as Val Cooper
*Chris Potter as Nathan Summers/Cable
*Lawrence Bayne as Carl Denti/X-Cutioner
*Alyson Court as Abcissa
*Theo James as Bastion
*Martha Marion as Emma Frost, Moira MacTaggert
*Todd Haberkorn as Sebastian Shaw
*Gavin Hammon as Bolivar Trask
*Courtney Taylor as Callisto
*David Errigo Jr. as Mojo, Gladiator
*Abby Trott as Spiral
*Josh Keaton as Steve Rogers/Captain America
*Mike McGill as Thaddeus Ross
*Adetokumboh M'Cormack as En Sabah Nur
*Gates McFadden as Rachel Summers/Askani
==Production==
===Development===
Larry Houston, producer and director X-Men: The Animated Series, stated in 2019 that he had discussed a revival of the series with Disney. As Marvel Studios was developing the first season of What If...?, executives began discussing what their next animated project could be, with a revival of X-Men: The Animated Series being the first of these ideas. The revival was announced in November 2021. Many of the people involved with the revival were fans of the 1990s series and knew exactly what the continuation should be. Beau DeMayo was announced as head writer and executive producer, with Jake Castorena as supervising director and Charley Feldman as supervising producer. Houston and the original series' showrunners, Eric and Julia Lewald, serve as consultants on the revival, assisting with "any red flags" that may arise, while also suggesting ideas of things they would like to see. Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige, Vasquez-Eberhardt, and Winderbaum also serve as executive producers of the series.
It is the first X-Men project from Marvel Studios since they regained the rights to the characters from 20th Century Fox, which DeMayo said added pressure to the series due to the characters' and original animated series' large fanbase. Eric and Julia Lewald believed Disney and Marvel Studios fast-tracking the revival was attributed to the success of the original series streaming on Disney+ and the artbook X-Men: The Art and Making of The Animated Series. During Marvel Studios Animation's panel at the 2022 San Diego Comic-Con, X-Men '97 and the other projects discussed were introduced as being part of the "Marvel Animated Multiverse". Work on a second season had already begun by July 2022, with writing on the second season finale having started by July 2023. DeMayo had completed his writing work on the second season and discussed ideas for a potential third season by early March 2024 when he was fired by Marvel Studios ahead of the series' premiere. Later that month, Brad Winderbaum confirmed that development on a third season would soon begin and that they were searching for DeMayo's replacement by then.
===Animation===
The animation for the series is created by Studio Mir and Tiger Animation and is updated from the original series to use more sophisticated modern technology, featuring "slightly modernized" designs. Work on the animatics had begun by November 2021, with full animation having begun by April 2023.
===Music===
Original series composer Ron Wasserman was set to meet with Marvel and the crew about his involvement in the revival, but the Newton Brothers were announced to be the series' composers.Spider-Man, X-Men and Zombies Wow Comic-Con at Marvel’s First Animation Panel The main theme is similar to that of the original series, but it is credited to Haim Saban and Shuki Levy—the music executives on X-Men: The Animated Series rather than Wasserman. It was first heard in the MCU film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and then the series Ms. Marvel when those projects referenced mutants. Eric Lewald believed Marvel Studios paid a large amount for the rights to use the Animated Series theme, which had its rights "all over the place".
==Videos==
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Marvel Animation's X-Men '97 - Official Trailer - Disney+
Marvel Animation's X-Men '97 - Astonishing 90s - Disney+
Marvel Animation's X-Men '97 - A New Age - Disney+
Marvel Animation's X-Men '97 - Team - Disney+
Marvel Animation's X-Men '97 - Hope - Disney+
Marvel Animation's X-Men '97 - Previously On X-Men - Disney+
Marvel Animation's X-Men '97 - Power - Disney+
Marvel Animation's X-Men '97 - Old Times - Disney+
Marvel Animation's X-Men '97 - Stars and Garters - Disney+
Marvel Animation's X-Men '97 - War - Disney+
Marvel Animation's X-Men '97 - Days of Our Future's Past - Disney+
Marvel Animation's X-Men '97 - Final Trailer - Disney+
|-|Clips=
Marvel Animation's X-Men '97 - Official Clip 'Fighting The Sentinels' - Disney+
Marvel Animation's X-Men '97 - Official Clip 'Sisters' - Disney+
The Newton Brothers - X-Men '97 Theme (From "X-Men '97"-Visualizer Video)
Marvel Animation's X-Men '97 - Official Clip 'Dante's Inferno' - Disney+
Marvel Animation's X-Men '97 - Official Clip 'X-Men Arcade' - Disney+
Marvel Animation's X-Men '97 - Official Clip 'A Place To Call Home' - Disney+
Marvel Animation's X-Men '97 - Official Clip 'Deathbird and Ronan - Disney+
Marvel Animation's X-Men '97 - Official Clip 'Rogue Goes Rogue' - Disney+
Marvel Animation's X-Men '97 - Official Clip 'Summers Family Road Trip' - Disney+
Marvel Animation's X-Men '97 - Official Clip 'Trust In The X-Men' - Disney+
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==Gallery==
==Trivia==
*X-Men '97 is the first fully-produced Marvel Studios project to not be a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the second one overall, after Spidey and his Amazing Friends, for which the studio took over its production since its second season.
**In spite of this, the X-Men '97 theme was quoted in the score of two MCU projects to date, including:
***Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, when Professor X appears.
***The Ms. Marvel series finale, when Ms. Marvel was revealed to be a mutant.
*This series is the fourth time voice actress Jennifer Hale voices Jean Grey, after voicing her in , , , and .
*While Alyson Court is part of the revival's cast, she doesn't reprise her role as Jubilee, as, per her request, an Asian-American actress voices Jubilee.
*This is the first time that any of the surviving cast from the 1992 X-Men series reprise their roles since in 2000. This is due to the voice actors from the previous Saban produced Marvel animated programs reprising their roles between and this game prior to all of them being replaced in Marvel vs. Capcom 3.
*X-Men '97 is the first American X-Men animated series to be released ever since Wolverine and the X-Men, which last aired 15 years before the release of this series.
*Between the end of the original show and the beginning of this one, Morph transitioned into non-binary, and now uses they/them pronouns.
*As with the original series, various comic storylines are adapted for the series, including "Lifedeath" from Uncanny X-Men #186 (1984).
==References==
==External links==
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