Feeling nostalgic? Why not give the new “X-Men ’97” a watch?
It’s a revival of the classic “X-Men: The Animated Series” — the animated show that would be more than familiar to all you 80s and 90s kids.
X-Men ’97: A Revival of the Classic X-Men
Remember when you were in primary school and would wake up early every Saturday morning to catch an episode of the classic “X-Men: The Animated Series” on Channel 5?
Well, you can now relive your childhood once again, thanks to the new animated series from Marvel — “X-Men ’97”.
X-Men ’97 is a revival of the classic X-Men episodes. And yes, you read that right — it’s a revival, not a mere reboot.
The new 10-episode animated series is a revival of the original hand-drawn series and is also bolstered by the return of several of the original voice actors.
And of course, the return of the classic main title theme. It’s bound to bring back all your childhood memories.
Without spoiling too much of the new animated series, you can expect to see the original band of mutants back on your screen — Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, Wolverine, Morph, and much more.
And all it takes for you to revisit this iconic era is to open your Disney+ (or your friend’s, if you’re a leech, we don’t judge), and search for “X-Men ’97”.
What X-Men ’97 Means for Marvel
X-Men ’97 is Marvel Studio’s first X-Men project since the company regained the rights to the X-Men characters from Fox. The new animated series serves as a prelude to the X-Men franchise finally joining the MCU in an upcoming Marvel movie, “Deadpool & Wolverine”.
Perhaps the new animated series would give a flavour as to what “Deadpool & Wolverine” would be like.
Unfortunately, it’s not all flowers and sunshine with the launch of X-Men ’97.
The creative team behind X-Men ’97 was led by Brad Windderbaum, supervising director Jack Castorena, and head writer Beau DeMayo. However, DeMayo, who co-wrote Marvel’s successful live-action series “Moon Knight”, was fired before the launch of X-Men ’97.
Yes, you read that right. Marvel fired the head writer of X-Men ’97, weeks before the launch of X-Men ’97.
DeMayo’s company email was deactivated, and the cast and crew for X-Men ’97 were suddenly informed that DeMayo was no longer part of the project.
DeMayo’s Instagram account was also deleted.
It’s strange, but there was no reason given for the firing of DeMayo either. Marvel had no comment on the situation, and DeMayo’s representatives did not return calls for comment either.
With any hope, DeMayo’s career won’t take three decades to be revived, the same way the classic X-Men series took nearly three decades to revive.