Disney+ X-Men '97 animated series trailer sees Wolverine and co back in action
Disney+ has unveiled the first trailer and confirmed the release date of its hotly anticipated X-Men series. Launching next month, X-Men ‘97 sees Marvel’s iconic team of mutants including Wolverine, Cyclops, Beast and Gambit back in action in a brand-new sequel cartoon.
The 10-episode series serves as a continuation of Fox’s hugely popular X-Men: The Animated Series, which ran for five seasons between 1992 and 1997. X-Men ’97 revisits the iconic era of the 1990s as The X-Men – a band of mutants who use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them – are challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future.
The first-look trailer for X-Men ‘97 shows the team dealing with life without Professor X, who died in the finale of the ‘90s series. The nostalgia-heavy footage shows the X-Men are now led by Cyclops amid anti-mutant protests and Sentinel attacks.
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“We have to stay vigilant, the professor entrusted us with his dream,” Cyclops says in the trailer.
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The packed trailer sees Scott and his team thrown a curveball, as the late Professor has apparently left everything in his will to the villain Magneto. It also offers a throwback to the classic series with the inclusion of its original theme tune.
Wolverine and Gambit in action in X-Men '97X-Men ‘97 will premiere on Wednesday, March 20, exclusively on Disney+, which Marvel fans can join from just £1.99 a month with a new limited-time deal. This includes loads of Marvel films and shows including the original X-Men animated series, Loki and The Marvels, plus the biggest and best Star Wars content like Ahsoka, The Bad Batch and the upcoming Skeleton Crew and The Acolyte.
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Alongside the new trailer, Disney+ unveiled an all-new teaser poster for the series, which shows the X-Men printed on a row of old-school VHS tapes. The X-Men ‘97 voice cast includes Cal Dodd as Wolverine, Ray Chase as Cyclops, Jennifer Hale as Jean Grey, Alison Sealy-Smith as Storm, JP Karliak as Morph, Lenore Zann as Rogue, George Buza as Beast, AJ LoCascio as Gambit, Holly Chou as Jubilee, Isaac Robinson-Smith as Bishop, Matthew Waterson as Magneto and Adrian Hough as Nightcrawler.
The series is the latest step in Kevin Feige’s slow-and-steady attempt at introducing the X-Men into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It comes days after the first trailer for the upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine was released during the Super Bowl, which teases the long awaited team-up of Ryan Reynolds’ masked mercenary and Hugh Jackman’s clawed mutant.
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