Marvel Studios shared the first trailer for the upcoming X-Men ’97 animated series and confirmed its release date as March 20, 2024. The new series is a sequel to X-Men: The Animated Series, which aired between October 1992 and September 1997.
The new trailer shows the X-Men facing new and familiar threats after Professor X’s passing in the original cartoon, and shows Magneto as his possible successor. The trailer also showed some voice actors reprising their roles in the upcoming new series, such as Cal Dodd as Wolverine, Lenore Zann as Rogue, and George Buza as Beast, and Alison Sealy-Smith as Storm.
You can take a look at the X-Men ’97 animated series trailer here:
Meanwhile, some voice actors that participated in X-Men: The Animated Series will also return, but will voice new characters.
For example, the original voice of Jean Grey, Catherine Disher, will voice Valerie Cooper, and Chris Potter, who voiced Gambit, will voice Cable this time around. Meanwhile, Jennifer Hale will be the new voice actor for Jean Grey, and Gambit will be voiced by A. J. LoCascio.
The X-Men ’97 animated series release date is set to March 20, 2024, and it will appear exclusively on Disney+.