Marvel Studios announced the famous mutant franchise X-Men ’97 Season 2, which is set to premiere on 2023. Season 2 greenlit during San Diego Comic-Con International 2022. The series will continue to explore the original “Animated Series,” which run from 1992 to 1997 on Fox Kids Network. check out the first look images below.
The first season of the show brought the X-Men into conflict with human conspirators building mutant-exterminating Sentinel robots, Magneto and his attempts to instigate a human-mutant war, and the powerful mutant Apocalypse’s plans to eradicate the weak, both human and mutant alike. Other storylines include X-Men member Morph’s death at the hands of Sentinels, Beast’s incarceration, and an assassination attempt on US senator Kelly by Apocalypse’s minions to turn human sentiment against the mutants.
X-Men ’97 features Cyclops, Wolverine, Rogue, Storm, Beast, Gambit, Jubilee, Jean Grey, Professor X, as well as an original character, Morph (an adaptation of previous X-Men member.
According to Variety, The “X-Men ’97” team explained that episodes were beginning to ship, so they showed the Comic-Con crowd an animatic in which the X-Men fight Trask and multiple Sentinels. The X-Men team up to take the robots down, as Wolverine slices a Sentinel in the face, and Beast rips out the circuitry to take control of another. Disney+ is rearranging the episode order as it’s intended to be watched. For example, Jean Grey’s Dark Phoenix Saga was out of order in the original run, which Disney+ will rectify.
X-Men ’97 will debut on Disney+ with Spider-Man: Freshman Year, Marvel Zombies, and What If…? Season 2.
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