Celebrate the upcoming Disney+ debut of Marvel Animation’s X-Men ’97. The all-new series, which features 10 episodes, begins streaming on March 20.
Only two days away, 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.
In a recent interview with Jake Castorena, we asked the director about pairing nostalgia while still keeping things fresh and new.
“See, that’s a great question. Because at the end of the day, that was all meticulously planned by everyone on this team, so that is not an accident. From the script phase and from the story bible phase, Beau DeMayo and team they had that written down. They knew where they wanted to go for that. But, you know, my job once I was brought on board was to take the words and the dialogue and the meanings of that stuff and to help visually invoke that and just help elevate it,”Castorena said.
The voice cast includes Ray Chase as Cyclops, Jennifer Hale as Jean Grey, Alison Sealy-Smith as Storm, Cal Dodd as Wolverine, 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.
Beau DeMayo served as head writer; episodes are directed by Jake Castorena, Chase Conley and Emi Yonemura. Featuring music by The Newton Brothers, the series is executive produced by Brad Winderbaum, Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso and DeMayo.
The two-episode premiere of X-Men ’97 begins streaming on Disney+ on March 20.
ABOUT MARVEL ANIMATION
Marvel Animation is an award-winning studio dedicated to creating original animated series inspired by over 85 years of Marvel storytelling. Shows include What If…?, I Am Groot and the upcoming X-Men ’97, among others. Marvel Animation is part of Marvel Studios.