X-Men '97 producer Brad Winderbaum says fans of the animated original can look forward to at least two more seasons of the sequel series.
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X-Men '97 fans have reason to celebrate as the show has just been confirmed for a third season. In an interview with ComicBook.com, Marvel Studios' producer Brad Winderbaum also revealed that production for Season 2 is on track with Season 3 already in development.X-Men '97 is now the second Marvel Studios series to have three seasons after Marvel's What If…? which is expected to resume later this year or in 2025. Winderbaum says X-Men '97 will remain faithful to the original show throughout even as it explores story arcs beyond the comics. He also acknowledged the contribution of former showrunner Beau DeMayo, who has reportedly finished writing Season 2 before he exited the project.
"Just like the original series that was drafting so heavily from Chris Claremont's work, we're continuing that," Winderbaum asserted. "We're looking at that late '70s, mid '70s to early '90s kind of era. We do start to play outside of the Chris Claremont sandbox a little bit into the '90s, almost getting to Grant Morrison. But it's definitely just like the OG series, it's drafting from the stories from the books." Claremont and Morrison are celebrated comic book writers who have developed stories for Uncanny X-Men and New X-Men, respectively. Winderbaum confirmed the stories developed for the show were adapted straight from the comics.
"It actually was kind of liberating to be able to stay in the 90s sandbox," he added. "[It] allowed us to go places, we could be so iterative and do so many things that we wouldn't be able to do if we were more MCU adjacent like Marvel's What If...?" Winderbaum, who has written episodes of What If…? before he became Marvel Studios' Head of Streaming, Television and Animation, has asserted that that show's alternate take on established MCU stories still honored the spirit of the comics. Marvel Zombies, an animated spinoff show that featured X-Men characters like Storm and Wolverine in the comics, has also been confirmed for Disney+ pending release date.
X-Men '97 has earned overwhelming praise from audiences, especially from fans of X-Men: The Animated Series. Both shows share the tone and animation reminiscent of the '90s, but X-Men '97 holds its own with an engaging continuing story. Apart from exploring Cable's origins, the latest episode also ended by teasing Storm and Forge's romance, which could be developed in subsequent episodes if the show adapts the pair's arc from the comics.
X-Men '97 is streaming on Disney+.
Source: ComicBook.com
So far I liked the first two episodes. The premiere secured four million viewers, so people were definitely excited to check out X-Men '97.
Episode 3 I felt was a bit silly, but what I'm more concerned about is since firing showrunner Beau DeMayo will the series suffer now that he's no longer there.
Fingers crossed the franchise doesn't end up careening off a cliff with a new driver behind the wheel.
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