Wolverine and the X-Men News

[Raph's Girl]

Nolan North is going from one mutant to another.

North, who is playing Raphael in the Friday-opening TMNT, is providing the voice of Cyclops in the upcoming Wolverine and the X-Men animated series.

Voice recording of the series recently began. Twenty-six episodes are being produced, although the show hasn't found a network home yet.

North is familiar with the Marvel world of animation, having provided the voice of Hank Pym/Giant-Man in both Ultimate Avengers movies.

In other Wolverine and the X-Men news:

Boyd Kirkland has joined the series as supervising director and co-producer. Kirkland's many credits include Batman: The Animated Series, Batman and Mr. Freeze: Sub-Zero and X-Men: Evolution.

Liam O'Brien is providing the voices of Nightcrawler and Angel. He is perhaps best known as Gaara of the Desert on Naruto.

http://www.comics2film.com/FanFrame.php?f_id=25474

He's cute:
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0703/21/nolannorth.jpg

Raph's Girl note: Nolan North is gonna be forever known as Raphael now. :D

[Jester]

From the hot head of the team to the team's most straight lased member. Good thing Nolan is an actor. :P

[Time Mistress]

Cool! Now if only they could only get Scott MacNeil or Hugh Jackman to do Wolverine. Jackman seems to enjoy doing voicework these days, but would he do a full 26 episodes of something?

[DrSpengler]

I would love for them to get McNeil back as Wolverine; he was so incredibly perfect for that role.

But likely they won't cast him solely because he voiced Wolvy in Evolution and they don't want to "confuse anybody".

[Nightwatcher]

Does anyone know what X-Men *besides Wolverine and Cyclops* will be in this new show?

I only really care about Gambit, Colossus and Nightcrawler

[Jester]

Angel and Kurt are in it...see first post.

[Barkworm]

Wolverine and the X-men? Jeez...

[Ra]

Wolverine and the X-men? Jeez...
I was just thinking the same thing. Ugh. Maybe they should just call the cartoon "Wolverine" from now on :roll:

Still, I want to see an episode to see what it's like. Will it be like the old X-Men cartoon? Worse? Better? We can only watch and wait...

[Anarky]

Another X-Men TV-show? Sweet. The 90s one was awesome, Evolution wasn't bad (actually, it was awesome during the last two seasons) and now more Wolverine. I like it. Let's hope they're not making a toy commercial or one of these educational, barely-violent, tolerance-for-everyone crapfests.

[Mecha Cow]

Wolverine and the X-men? Jeez...
Hey, at least they're being honest.

[Jester]

True...even in the 90's series Wolvie was in almost every episode, unless it was a Cyclops stand alone.

[Greed]

Hey, at least they're being honest.

Sad but true.

[VaughnMichael]

Sad but true.
I also would have accepted True But Sad...thank you for playing.

[Spike Spiegel]

So is this on FOX or soething or is it on CABLE??

[Raph's Girl]

So is this on FOX or soething or is it on CABLE??

It hasn't been picked up by anybody last I heard.

Here is the current voice cast (which could easily change):

Dominic Janes: Squidboy/Sammy Pare
Steven Jay Blum: Wolverine
Richard Doyle: Sen. Kelly
Liam O'Brien: Nightcrawler, Angel
Kieren van den Blink: Rogue
Danielle Judovits: Shadowcat/Kitty Pryde
Nolan North: Cyclops/Scott Summers

Squidboy??? WTF?!

Steven Jay Blum voices Wolverine in the X-Men Legends games.

Danielle Judovits can currently be heard on The Batman where she voices Batgirl/Barbara Gordon

[ZariusTwo]

Squidboy:lol:

Looks like we've got our latest "Mutant Sue", just like Morph and Spyke

[DrSpengler]

Wow. Steve Blum. That's...not a bad choice. I've never heard his video game work as Wolvie; can he get growly enough for the character? I mean, his schtick is having a smooth and charismatic voice that drips "cool".


And yeah, Squidboy. The Hell?

In regards to "Mutant Sue" characters...well...Morph turned out quite well and was improted to the comic universe quite nicely. Spyke...not so much. They shoulda just made him Marrow and been done with it. But no.

[Rockzero]

I remember when I first read about this show, the whole spin was that Wolverine would be leading the team, and how the focus on the show would be how different it was because it was under his leadership.

If they are still following that, it will be very interesting to see how they handle Cyclops, especially if they put him in a non-leadership role on the team.

[Jester]

Squidboy:lol:

Looks like we've got our latest "Mutant Sue", just like Morph and Spyke
Squid-boy is at least a canonical character. He was an X-student who befriended Cain Marko, unless I'm mistaken.

[Spawn Guy]

Wow. Steve Blum. That's...not a bad choice. I've never heard his video game work as Wolvie; can he get growly enough for the character? I mean, his schtick is having a smooth and charismatic voice that drips "cool".

I think he did Wolverine for Marvel Ultimate Alliance. He was pretty good. Definate growl when agressive, and more of a tough guy sounding voice when despencing casual sarcasim.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Squid-boy is at least a canonical character. He was an X-student who befriended Cain Marko, unless I'm mistaken.

You got it right. Fishboy's first arc or two were actually okay. Chuck Austen's first story arcs in X-Men weren't bad at all, I liked that he made Husk a member of the X-Men, then he wrote the Draco and it all went to hell.

[DrSpengler]

You got it right. Fishboy's first arc or two were actually okay. Chuck Austen's first story arcs in X-Men weren't bad at all, I liked that he made Husk a member of the X-Men, then he wrote the Draco and it all went to hell.

Yeah, I read the Dominant Species arc and thought it was quite good. I actually enjoy Juggernaut as a good guy now and I really really hope he remains that way.

As far as I'm concerned, that's the only positive thing Austin did during his run.

[Leonardo's_Girl]

If only they could get Hugh Jackman to do the voice of Wolverine in the new series. If he could do a great job portraying Logan/Wolverine in the X-Men movies, he could do the same thing, providing the voice for the character. And in the past, he actually has voiced characters in movies. He actually voiced Roddy in Flushed Away, and Memphis in Happy Feet, so yeah, he could probably do well for the show.

[ToTheNines]

What channel is this show gonna be on?

[Ra]

*skids in* I just got back from an anime convention where I got to see a Voice Actor's panel featuring Tara Platt (Temari) and Yuri Lowenthal (Sasuke) from Naurto. I don't have any hard-core evidence, but Platt said that Lowenthal was doing a role on "Wolverine and the X-Men" as a character...I'm sure she said "Iceman". So, yes. Aparently Sasuke = Iceman for now. I can't be certain on this, but I'm sure he's got a role in there... *goes back to watch Yuri Lowenthal's IMDB page like a hawk*

[Tinuvielsdreams]

Another X men series...Sure why not... I guess now that the trilogy has been done they wanna bring it back to tv...I just wish they would play the 90s one sometimes

[Raph's Girl]

Well it's here! The first Promo image for Wolverine and the X-Men! It's a promo poster and many people have commented that it reminds em of Evolution. Either way me likey.

On the poster u can see Wolverine (duh), Colossus, Rogue, Nightcrawler, and 3 I don't recognize (one looks like Xavier but he's standing up. ô,0)

http://www.omelete.com.br/imagens/diversos/wolverineandthexmen.jpg

Casting update:
Kieren van den Blink - Rogue
Danielle Judovits - Shadowcat
Steven Blum - Wolverine
Nolan North - Cyclops/Scott Summers
Liam O'Brien - Nightcrawler, Angel
Tamara Bernier - Mystique
Dominic Janes - Sammy Paré/Squidboy
Richard Doyle - Sen. Kelly

[Mecha Cow]

The big guy looks like Beast. The bald dude might be Darwin (Why do I know this character? I don't even read the damn comics. Curse you Wikipedia and curse you boredom).

[ZariusTwo]

That IS Xavier, he's using special cybernetic harnasses to sustain his legs, obviously for the occasional fight scenes.

Looks like a hybrid of Evolution, and Whedon's X-Men.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

This looks like it might be alright, although Shadowcat and Rogue look like they could stand to put on a few.

[Raph's Girl]

Confirmed characters to be in the series:
Angel
Beast (the really big dude in the poster)
Wolverine
Xavier (yes that's him standing up)
Rogue
Kitty Pryde (she's next to Rogue in the poster)
Colossus
Nightcrawler
Squidboy
Mystique
Sen Kelly

Beast will be voiced by Fred Tatasciore (Hulk in Ultimate Avengers, Gen Gato in TMNT 2007 movie).

So that's 2 people from the new TMNT movie to be cast in Wolverine and the X-men. It's interesting to note tho that Fred Tatasciore is the voice of Magneto in 2 of the X-Men games.

[raphaelprime]

Looks like a hybrid of Evolution, and Whedon's X-Men.

I agree it does.

As far as someone mentioning the 90's Xmen series airing, that actually had it showing on ToonDisney up until last fall i believe.

I too would have like McNiel to have done Wolvie's voice in this one, he did a great job i think in Evolution.
Ok, just checked out Blum's imdb, and i guess i can hear him playing Wolvie(recalling on his FF7:Advent Children performance as Vincent)

Also, is it just me, or does Nightcrawler look a little too tall in that poster preview?

[Buslady]

He's cute:
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0703/21/nolannorth.jpg

Raph's Girl note: Nolan North is gonna be forever known as Raphael now. :D

Well duh. He's stuck now, with alllll of us Raph droolers...and he's good lookin to boot too...so it works...just fine....

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

If it features plenty of Shadowcat I'll be interested. She's always been my favorite female X-Man. Her powers don't seem all that great at first but there are so many uses for it.

[Raph's Girl]

Casting update for Wolverine and the X-Men. Note: Xavier is not yet confirmed despite being in the promo ad.

Wolverine
Cyclops
Storm
Nightcrawler
Colossus
Emma Frost
Shadowcat
Rogue
Beast
Angel
Gambit
Psylocke
Iceman
Jean Grey
Forge
Mystique
Sammy Paré (Squid Boy)
Sen. Kelly

Voice actors (there doesn't appear to be one for Colossus yet):

Kieren van den Blink - Rogue
Danielle Judovits - Shadowcat
Steven Blum - Wolverine
Dawnn Lewis - Storm
Nolan North - Cyclops
Liam O'Brien - Nightcrawler, Angel
Tamara Bernier - Mystique
Dominic Janes - Sammy Paré
Kari Wahlgren - Emma Frost, Zane
Yuri Lowenthal - Iceman
Richard Doyle - Beast, Sen. Kelly
Catherine Disher - Psylocke
Leigh-Allyn Baker- Jean Grey
Roger Craig Smith - Forge
Scott MacDonald - Gambit

No clue who Zane is...

[Vicky82]

I'm glad Jean Grey is in it, At first I thought she wasn't gonna be in it.

Catherine Disher played Jean Grey from the X-men in the 90s now she's playing Psylocke.

[Raph's Girl]

Catherine Disher played Jean Grey from the X-men in the 90s now she's playing Psylocke.

That's weird...they should have just re-cast her as Jean. It would have made more sense. :ohwell: Now when I see the series I'll be confused cuz I'll be hearing Jean's voice coming out of Psylocke! :lol:

[Time Mistress]

Yeah, that is weird. Catherine should be Jean again. Anyway, I'm looking forward to this series. It's nice to see Psylocke and Angel listed as part of the main cast for once, they always get overlooked as characters too often.

[Raph's Girl]

After months of hearing no news about Wolverine and the X-Men it seems more casting is coming out:

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0709/23/index.htm

Tam Evans (aka Tamara Bernier) has announced on her website that she is providing the voice of Mystique in the upcoming Wolverine and the X-Men animated series.

Marvel Studios has yet to comment on any voice roles for the series.

Scripts have been completed for the 26 episodes of the first season of the series, which currently does not have an announced network attachment.

The show is being produced by Marvel and First Serve Toonz, an India- and London-based animation and distribution company.

Jason Netter of Kickstart Entertainment is producing, and Greg Johnson and Boyd Kirkland are returning from X-Men: Evolution to work on the new series.

[ZariusTwo]

Actually, the series will be premiering in the UK on BBC ONE in 2008.

...And yep, I'm expecting a "The Batman" version of X-Men Evolution here, no real change in style, writers, or anything in paticular. Makes one wonder why they cancelled Evo AT ALL...

[Raph's Girl]

More casting!

Seems that much of the casting that was announced on Wikipedia is becoming true: Yuri Lowenthal (LOSH's Superman and Superman X) is indeed voicing Iceman while Kari Wahlgren (LOSH's Duo Damsel formerly Triplicate Girl...ouch what a way to lose a team -mate! ) is indeed Emma Frost/White Queen

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0709/24/index.htm

[Spike Spiegel]

...And yep, I'm expecting a "The Batman" version of X-Men Evolution here, no real change in style, writers, or anything in paticular. Makes one wonder why they cancelled Evo AT ALL...

It looks almost just like Evolution anyway...it's like the costumes of the 90s show(well, on Wolverine, anyway) on Evolution chars.

I wish this would be non-cable so that for once, all the great/ratings monster shows wouldn't all be on Toon Disney, Kids' WB, or Cartoon Network...

[Raph's Girl]

New poster for Wolverine and the X-Men.

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0709/26/wolverinexmen.jpg

Also The Hulk will be appearing in the series. He might be voiced by Fred Tatasciore who is also the voice of Beast in this series.

[ToTheNines]

Any one know if Gambit has been confirmed?

[Raph's Girl]

Any one know if Gambit has been confirmed?

Doesn't look like it. Gambit hasn't appeared on any list for this series. They might have replaced him with Forge and Fish Boy.

[ToTheNines]

:| ... Yay

[Raph's Girl]

Casting news:

Roger Craig Smith has confirmed for The Continuum he is providing the voices of Kamal and Forge.

[Dr. Doom]

Doesn't look like it. Gambit hasn't appeared on any list for this series. They might have replaced him with Forge and Fish Boy.

**** that.

[ZariusTwo]

http://www.cyber-animation.com/wolverine/wolverine.htm

Awesome. Definatley not a reboot series fans were dreading...more a sequel to Evo (convieniantly jumping over the undeveloped gap they had at the conclusion of the fourth season)

[AquaParade]

Wow. I'm super impressed with that trailer...This one is gonna be good..I can tell. It's about to be an awesome year for marvel fans regarding cartoons.:)

[Spike Spiegel]

This could be the Marvel equivalent of JLU...

So this IS based off of Evo??

[ZariusTwo]

This could be the Marvel equivalent of JLU...

So this IS based off of Evo??

It's not supposed to be...if that makes sense...

It skips over the furture vision Xavier had in Evolution's series finale, but it could probably fit into the timeline if they wanted it to..

[Dr. Doom]

Is this show French in origin, like the F4 cartoon?

[ZariusTwo]

It's entirely animated Stateside. The new Iron Man animated series is from France though.

[Spike Spiegel]

It's not supposed to be...if that makes sense...

It skips over the furture vision Xavier had in Evolution's series finale, but it could probably fit into the timeline if they wanted it to..


It does...all the more to confuse fanboys, right?? I mean, it's the same people voicing Beast and Cyke as far as I can tell.

Wolverine sounds a little wimpy as compared to say, Cal Dodd's version of him IMHO.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

**** that.

I actually prefer Forge and Fish Boy to Gambit. I never really liked Gambit all that much. I find Forge's abilities to be more interesting, even if they aren't combat oriented.

[Brodie]

That looked awesome....odd how they used actual music from bands like Foo FIghters though..

[Raph's Girl]

Whoa!! So Jean and Xavier are killed (or so they think), the X-Men seperate and it takes Wolverine to get em back together (for the most part)! Interesting plot and the trailer is AWESOME! Can't wait to see this series!!!

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

That's actually a very impressive trailer. I'm glad that it's going to have an overall story, and it won't just be a repeat of the team starting from the beginning and having the same kind of stories over again. It seems like Evolution could possibly fit in as a prequel series, and I'm glad that despite the title the X-Men don't seem like they are going to just be a bunch of sidekicks to Wolverine.

[Spike Spiegel]

Whoa!! So Jean and Xavier are killed (or so they think), the X-Men seperate and it takes Wolverine to get em back together (for the most part)! Interesting plot and the trailer is AWESOME! Can't wait to see this series!!!

This is pretty deep compared to most shows of its type that we've been seeing lately...I hope it's good...

Looks like it's being made by people who truly care about the material.

[Dr. Doom]

I actually prefer Forge and Fish Boy to Gambit. I never really liked Gambit all that much. I find Forge's abilities to be more interesting, even if they aren't combat oriented.

**** that, too.

This trailer really knocked me on my ass. I'm really very pleasantly surprised at how good the show looks. Steve Blum sounds great, too. Like 5 million times better than his work as Wolverine in Ultimate Alliance (though that game made a LOT of great VA's sound awful with terrible dialogue).

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

**** that, too.

I've just never seen what makes Gambit so great. To me he doesn't really stand out other than seeming to be cool for no other reason than being the stereotypically cool character.

[Raph's Girl]

Humm....they appeared to have taken the trailer off that site. Oops....but hey...don't fret...it's on YouTube: :lol:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=-GbR_8-jWwQ

[ToTheNines]

Wow, this looks really good. Nice to see this goin on, since TMNT looks to be down the shitter, and The Batman is done.

[Raph's Girl]

Looks like the Wolverine and the X-men trailer has reappeared again. This time on movie web:

http://www.movieweb.com/tv/news/77/26277.php

[Spitfire]

Ugh the music in that trailer was annoying. Looks like every other Marvel animated movie to me. And I don't know who made that trailer but way to show the entire movie pretty much. I hate when people edit trailers like that.

[Raph's Girl]

Ugh the music in that trailer was annoying. Looks like every other Marvel animated movie to me. And I don't know who made that trailer but way to show the entire movie pretty much. I hate when people edit trailers like that.

That's just it... it's not a movie. It's a tv series airing this fall

[Spitfire]

Oh is it? That makes the music element even more annoying then. Aw well not like I'm going to watch it.

[ZariusTwo]

They took down the Youtube trailer. Kind of funny it's not Marvel that demand it be thrown off, but the Foo Fighter label

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

At a time when a lot of cartoons coming out lately are pretty lousy, this one's probably worth a shot. The name was kind of a turn off at first, because for X-Men fans it's just a reminder that one of the characters has gotten popular to the point of being annoying.

[Raph's Girl]

Oh dear... seems Marvel didn't ask the Foo Fighters for their permission to use their songs in the trailer and are now being sued by the group. Oops! :P

And now the trailer isn't even available on the movie web site.

http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/02/21/foo-fighters-sue-marvel-for-copyright-infringement/

[odupianist]

hah that's what I was gonna post Raph's Girl

[Cure]

Wow, that was pretty dumb on Marvel's part.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Oh dear... seems Marvel didn't ask the Foo Fighters for their permission to use their songs in the trailer and are now being sued by the group. Oops! :P

And now the trailer isn't even available on the movie web site.

http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/02/21/foo-fighters-sue-marvel-for-copyright-infringement/

Okay, Marvel was in the wrong, but they pulled the trailer. No need for Foo Fighters to be jerks about the whole thing.

[Cure]

Okay, Marvel was in the wrong, but they pulled the trailer. No need for Foo Fighters to be jerks about the whole thing.

They're not being jerks, they're protecting their music. It's the law, man.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

They're not being jerks, they're protecting their music. It's the law, man.

They pulled the video, though. I don't see the need to sue the pants off them if they agreed to pull the video.

Marvel should have known better though. They're a big enough company that someone was going to take notice, unlike say...ECW who used to use real music for their wrestler's entrances without any problem because they knew they were too small an operation for anyone to really give a damn.

[Raph's Girl]

Check it out folks. An interview with the composers for Wolverine and the X-men series (scheduled to air this summer on BBC) as well as a couple theme's from the series (like Magneto's lair)

http://www.tracksounds.com/specialfeatures/Interviews/interview_kaveh_cohen_michael_nielsen_2008_page1.h tm

[ZariusTwo]

Magneto's theme has a James Bond-ish aspect to it...creepy.

[Raph's Girl]

http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=22337

Nicktoons Network, Nickelodeon's 24-hour animation channel, has joined forces with Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: MVL), to bring iconic heroes Wolverine and Iron Man from the page and big screen to television in two brand-new animated series, "Iron Man: The Animated Series" (a co-production with French based Method Films) and "Wolverine and the X-Men" (a co-production with Toonz Entertainment Pte Ltd., Singapore and First Serve International Ltd.). Debuting exclusively on Nicktoons Network in first quarter 2009, Wolverine and the X-Men and Iron Man each feature 26 action-packed, half-hour episodes that follow the respective heroes through dynamic action, adventure and drama as they face foes both familiar and new to their fans.

"Nicktoons Network is first and foremost about showcasing the most creative and unique animation there is, and this partnership with Marvel is another crucial way to super-serve our audiences with something fresh and new," said Keith Dawkins, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Nicktoons Network. "The fact that these Marvel characters span books, feature films and TV speaks to their massive appeal. We hope this deal signals to the marketplace and our audience, particularly boys, that we are the home for big hits and exciting, adrenaline-fueled animation."

"Nicktoons has a reputation for delivering some of the highest quality animation programming to the youth entertainment market, and Marvel is thrilled to be joining hands with such a dynamic channel," said Eric Rollman, Executive Vice President, Animation & Television for Marvel Studios. "Marvel is uniquely positioned to bring two shows with incredible brand momentum and awareness to this partnership, and we look forward to being in business with Nicktoons to launch this programming."

Wolverine and the X-Men (26 half-hour eps):
The story begins as an explosive event shatters the lives of the X-Men and takes away their mentor, Professor X. The beaten heroes, including Beast, Storm, Cyclops and Nightcrawler, walk away from it all but then they are given a rare glimpse into the future, where they see a world in utter ruin ... ruled by giant destructive robots. They discover the world has spiraled out of control because the X-Men have given up. So now the most legendary of all X-Men, Wolverine, must take the lead on the ultimate mission -- to prevent the world's destruction -- while fending off enemies Magneto and The Brotherhood.


Nicktoons network?! But...But I don't even have that channel!!! ARGH!!! :o Aren't those shows gonna be airing in the UK this fall?

[Spike Spiegel]

Why does this stuff have be on cable...which I do not have. It's bad enough not being able to watch reruns of Batman TAS and new eps of the Spectacular Spider-Man. Now this??

On the other hand, it feels nice to actually have a good cartoon show to miss...for the first time in some years.

[AquaParade]

Dumb question...does that mean nickelodeon? The one you get with standard cable?

[Raph's Girl]

Dumb question...does that mean nickelodeon? The one you get with standard cable?

Nope. Nicktoons is kinda like Boomerang (Cartoon Network's oldies cartoons station). It's only available on Digital Cable or whatnot. I MAY have it but I dunno. The only tv with digital is in the living room... :/

[Dragon Turtle]

Trailer for Wolverine and the X-men now available:

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=156095

Please don't screw up Magneto.

[The Terror of Death]

The last trailer was better but this one wasnt bad.

[ToTheNines]

Wow can't believe this is gonna be a series looks more like a movie.

And did anyone else see the Hulk?

[Raph's Girl]

Wow!! Rhane, Hulk, and some of the New/Young X-Men (I saw Dust! ) are all in this?!

So Xavier is sorta um...in a coma or something?? So much for him and Jean being dead.

[Ninjinister]

SJB, FTW, guys.

[Raph's Girl]

http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=11

The series is set to debut in the UK August 2nd on BBC2 with repeats Wednesdays at 4:30pm. Season 1 DVD will out in November. It doesn't even arrive to the U.S till like March. Meanwhile there's pics of the cast

The Good:
Beast, Nightcrawler, Angel, Emma, Scott, Kitty Pryde, Xavier, Wolverine, Collosus, and Storm...what? No Jean?:

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y72/Dierna/Screen%20Shots%20and%20Promo%20images/flyer04.jpg

The bad and very ugly:
Magneto, Blob, Avalanch (dude in metal), Domino, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Mistique, and Toad (who actually looks like a frog for once or the son of the wicked witch of the west...)
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y72/Dierna/Screen%20Shots%20and%20Promo%20images/flyer03.jpg

[ZariusTwo]

Jean's name is mentioned in the press release, so she's definatly returning, though probably, to match her current use in the comics, not a whole lot (they have to push the incessant Scott/Emma relationship)

[Raph's Girl]

New trailer's up for Wolverine and the X-Men. This shows a battle scene between Cyclops, Emma, Beast, Logan, Kitty, Iceman, Angel, Nightcrawler, and Storm vs the military (I think) and a Sentinal.

The background music appears to be an updated version of the 90's theme! :D

http://www.comics2film.com/index.php?a=story&b=34069

[Raph's Girl]

Hey all you lucky Canadians! The series premiers on YTV Sept 6th at 7pm!

http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=67

As for the UK. It was supposed to premier at the beginning of this month but there's been no word on what's going on with that. So it looks like Canada is getting it first.

[Dr. Doom]

Who the **** cares about Angel, honestly? He's like the most boring member to ever be on the team. Maggot was more interesting in his short time with the X-Men than Angel has ever been in 45 years.

[ToTheNines]

Where's Lockheed?

[Brodie]

Who the **** cares about Angel, honestly? He's like the most boring member to ever be on the team. Maggot was more interesting in his short time with the X-Men than Angel has ever been in 45 years.

And Gambits way more amazing with all his teen angst.

Some say, if you listen close, you can hear him listening to the Cure, while shopping at Hot Topic.

[Cure]

And Gambits way more amazing with all his teen angst.

Some say, if you listen close, you can hear him listening to the Cure, while shopping at Hot Topic.

Lolz, that confused me for a second.

[Mecha Cow]

Did Cure say something? Who knows, nobody listens to him.

[Raph's Girl]

Welp the series premiered last night in Canada and has been apperantly airing in Mexico and South America since last month.

According to some spoilers it seems Ultimate Nick Fury appears in the series!

And after watching the first ep... Man....loved every minute of it!! I cheered when the theme song played...the 90's theme! :D

The series starts with Logan leaving the mansion to go on one of his trips or whatever. He's saying goodbye to everyone. Kurt, Kitty, and Peter are in the danger room and Logan uses it to capture them in a joke. Kurt appears to be a bit of an ass to Kitty. Outside Scott and Jean are arguing and Jean blows Logan a kiss. Seems there's more to them than meets the eye. Rogue, who appears to have the same relationship with Logan that she did in Evolution, is pissed that he's leaving explaining that she's just like him. This makes him sad.

Then the explosion happens for no reason whatsoever. Even a year later Beast is all "WTF?!" over what happened.

A year later and the X-men are all seperated, mutants are being hunted, and Magneto rules Genosha.

Logan is on the road on his bike and sees an explosion happen. A train has crashed into a motorhome. Logan saves a little girl and the family is greatful. Altho their ass of a friend calls the Mutant catchers on em. For a time the family hides Logan in their home but then the family are captured by the mutant catchers and of course pisses off Logan. He and beast then get into the holding facility (by pretending Beast is a prisoner) to rescue them and they end up rescuing mutants in the facility.

Said mutants are Pyro (who appears to be Australian), Boom Boom, Rockslide, and Dust!! Now Rockslide doesn't do anything but Pyro, Boom Boom, and Dust show off their powers in escaping.

In the end Logan takes the family to a safe spot. A cabin. The little girl has befiended him. But he can't stay because he realizes that the X-Men are needed to stop what has been going on against all mutants.

[FlawedCoil82]

Who the **** cares about Angel, honestly? He's like the most boring member to ever be on the team. Maggot was more interesting in his short time with the X-Men than Angel has ever been in 45 years.

Angel, I agree was pretty boring. However I loved him when he became Archangel (until he lost the metal wings). The X-Men in the 90's were completely flawless. However everything started going downhill when Wolverine lost his adamantium. Then the Age Of Apocalypse nearly killed the series for me, then they rebounded (slightly) when they came back somewhat normal. However since then Marvel has wasted no time in continuing to slowly destroy them. I completely lost interest when they went into to the leather uniforms and stopped reading. Then around X-Men 156 they brought the X-Men back in traditional costumes and I started reading again. However since then, Marvel has again started tearing X-Men apart yet again. Beast is now a cat, Rogue is back in her boring green robe when she should ALWAYS be in the green/yellow uniform (not to mention she is now a wuss, losing all of Ms. Marvel's abilities), Wolverine's "horns" have gotten smaller making him look very goofy, etc.

I so badly yearn for the X-Men of the early 90's where the team line-ups were flawless, the costumes were perfect, the stories were great, the artwork was amazing (Andy Kubert/Jim Lee), and the villians were all interesting as well. I wish that Marvel would do a spin-off series of X-Men where it concentrated on the X-Men from the 90's cartoon again, but with all new stories and good artwork again. Until they do that, I guarantee X-Men will never again appeal to me the way they did in the early 90's.
Jack

[ZariusTwo]

I so badly yearn for the X-Men of the early 90's where the team line-ups were flawless, the costumes were perfect, the stories were great, the artwork was amazing (Andy Kubert/Jim Lee), and the villians were all interesting as well. I wish that Marvel would do a spin-off series of X-Men where it concentrated on the X-Men from the 90's cartoon again

The 90s show with the s*it voice-acting, overeliance on rehashing comic plots, and had stifiled animation that simply doesnt hold up anymore is ALWAYS used as the benchmark because it was the first regular series, rather than used as the benchmark because it was the best.

The current Spider-Man series is better than the 1990s X-Men series, as is most other Marvel series

As for the X-Men not being appealing these days? Morrison, Whedon, and Brubaker have been doing wonders with the title...but unfortunatly, only Morrison has been able to produce any memorable new characters...who convieniantly were all taken out when he left. I'd say stuff like "Messiah CompleX" managed to redeem the franchise and finally give it real purpose again.

[FlawedCoil82]

Wow, I have never seen anyone say that the voice actors from the 90's X-Men were anything less than perfect. :o The animation style, I agree, was not the best but it was far better than the 90's Spider-Man, as well as with most of the animation today. I also thought that the character designs were FAR superior to X-Men: Evolution as well as Wolverine And The X-Men. I also thoroughly enjoyed how the 90's cartoon took classic comic tales and "modernized" them to fit into the cartoon. For example, I much prefered their take on The Phoenix Saga/Dark Phoenix Saga over the original story from the 80's, which mostly featured characters I did not like to begin with. X-Men: Evolution did not even compare to the 90's series (neither did the pilot "Pryde Of The X-Men") for me. And I am certainly not expecting Wolverine And The X-Men to impress me more than the 90's series either. Their new costumes are already turning me off, along with the voices. I much prefered the voices from the 90's. Rogue, Gambit, Wolverine, Beast and Professor X especially could not have possibly had any better voice actors.
Jack

[Raph's Girl]

An updated cast list for the series (altho it's not a complete one):

Charlie Adler - Mojo he appears in ep 6
Tamara Bernier - Mystique
Kieren van den Blink - Rogue
Steven Blum - Wolverine
Susan Dalian - Storm
Catherine Disher - Psylocke
Richard Doyle - Senator Robert Kelly
Chris Edgerly - Agent Haskett
Jennifer Hale - Jean Grey
Kate Higgins - Scarlet Witch
Michael Ironside - Col. John Wraith
Dominic Janes - Squidboy
Danielle Judovits - Shadowcat
Tom Kane - Magneto, Abraham Cornelius
Yuri Lowenthal - Iceman
Peter Lurie - Sabretooth
Liza del Mundo - Polaris
Nolan North - Cyclops
Liam O'Brien - Angel, Nightcrawler
Roger Craig Smith - Forge, Kamal
Stephen Stanton - Blob
James Patrick Stuart - Avalanche
Fred Tatasciore - Beast, Hulk
Kari Wahlgren - Emma Frost
Jim Ward - Professor X
Gwendoline Yeo - Domino

The casting Im curious about is Nitro, who appears in ep 8. Not to blow up Connecticut no but to blow up Genosha. Oi!

http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=81

More casting!!! Deadpool!! That's right... Deadpool is gonna be in it!! AAAAND he's voiced by Nolan North!!!

Also in the series confirmed is X-23 (who ATM is just associated with Woepon X), Mercury (who is apperantly one Magneto's people....er...what???)

[Raph's Girl]

Looks like Wolverine and the X-Men has been renewed for a 2nd 26 episode season despite it having not aired in the U.S yet. It won't till January.

The series is currently airing on YTV in Canada but will be airing on Teletoon come January.

http://marvel.toonzone.net/news.php?action=fullnews&id=123

[gobo]

I never could get over Wolverine as a team-player (a major reason I could never get into Evolution), but this trailer (http://www.criticalmention.com/vg/nickelodeon/XMEN_Trailer_Rev.wmv) is awesome!

[Source=http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=27027]

[Raph's Girl]

I never could get over Wolverine as a team-player (a major reason I could never get into Evolution).

The series is pretty good so far so it's no surprise that it was renewed for another 26 eps!

Yes it's a bit odd at first that Logan is the leader. But considering how emo Scott is Im glad. And in the future 20 years from now...Bishop takes over as leader when Logan is captured.

But it really feels like the 90's series. Especially since it's got the exact same theme song! And Logan's father/daughter relationship with Rogue from the movies and Evolution is basically the same.

[Anarky]

But it really feels like the 90's series. Especially since it's got the exact same theme song! And Logan's father/daughter relationship with Rogue from the movies and Evolution is basically the same.
Yeah, totally. Other than it being completely different, it's exactly the same.

I never could get over Wolverine as a team-player (a major reason I could never get into Evolution), but this trailer (http://www.criticalmention.com/vg/nickelodeon/XMEN_Trailer_Rev.wmv) is awesome!
Actually, the show's nowhere near as good as the trailer. It's not bad, but it's not the superbly awesome thing that this trailer makes it out to be. The episodes are pretty much hit or miss. We have some reviews over at the Independent Comics Site, so if you want to get a little spoiled, the Movies & TV section is what you need.

[Jester]

Yeah, totally. Other than it being completely different, it's exactly the same.
Are we talking the theme song, or the Wolvie/Rogue relationship? Because the themes are totally different.

X-men (90's):
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Wolverine and the X-men:
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[Anarky]

As is the relationship between the two. But many fanfiction-readers would like to see it be the same as it was so they just claim that it is. If the word "Zutara" means anything to you, then you'll understand what I mean.

Raph's Girl, it would be really neat, in general, if you'd report the news without adding or twisting things. It makes things a lot harder. It confuses people and does not really your reputation and integrity any good.

[AquaParade]

I'd really like to check this show out before it hits the states:D PM anyone? Please8)?

[Peanut]

I'd really like to check this show out before it hits the states:D PM anyone? Please8)?

Psst. Sent.

[AquaParade]

Psst. Sent.

I have absolutely no idea what he is talking about!!!

[ZariusTwo]

Actually, the show's nowhere near as good as the trailer. It's not bad, but it's not the superbly awesome thing that this trailer makes it out to be.

The trailer actually didnt sell me on the series at all...the series had to do that. For the most part, it does it's job

[AquaParade]

^ haha, the first trailer I saw sold me a little bit, but mostly because of the good Foo Fighters song they had haha. Didn't really "pay" off for em either. Although, the show looks promising, so I hope it lives up to my expectations. I love the 90's version and I've heard a few comparisons.

So...Anyone have a favorite episode? Explain...

And what one has Deadpool in it?

On a complete other note *ahem*,

I just downloaded something and got an "error downloading codec"...Help?

[Jester]

On Deadpool, so far...none.

You may need a new video Codec. *shrugs*

[AquaParade]

On Deadpool, so far...none.

You may need a new video Codec. *shrugs*

Thanks, I'll try and get one then haha.

Huh....Could have sworn someone on the shh boards said something about Deadpool being in an episode...not to be confused with "Wolverine vs Hulk". Oh well.

[Raph's Girl]

Thanks, I'll try and get one then haha.

Huh....Could have sworn someone on the shh boards said something about Deadpool being in an episode...not to be confused with "Wolverine vs Hulk". Oh well.

I dunno when Deadpool appears. All I know is that he's voiced by Nolan North, who also voices Pyro (with an Aussie accent) and Emo-clops er Cyclops.

[Vicky82]

For us UK fans Wolverine and the X-men starts today on the BBC Channel CBBC (channel 613 on sky) at 8:30am (which I missed) and then again at 6:35pm.

[Raph's Girl]

For us UK fans Wolverine and the X-men starts today on the BBC Channel CBBC (channel 613 on sky) at 8:30am (which I missed) and then again at 6:35pm.

Good to know.

For North America new eps will be airing in Canada on Jan 11th at 10am. Following that is the new season of Spectacular Spider-Man...all on Teletoon. No clue when the shows will be airing in the U.S on Nicktoons.

[IamtheKnight]

Are we talking the theme song, or the Wolvie/Rogue relationship? Because the themes are totally different.

X-men (90's):
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Wolverine and the X-men:
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I so don't see the relationship. I'm glad that I have Nicktoons.

[Peanut]

I dig this show so far, it's not Spectacular Spider-Man, and I actually still like Evolution better, but it's still good. The later episodes have gotten kinda dumb, what with the

alternate future time line
and what not, but it's still one of the only cartoons on TV I can stomach.

[Raph's Girl]

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0901/05/index.htm

Nicktoons has announced that Wolveirne and the X-Men -- the animated series scheduled to premiere on Friday, Jan. 23 -- will be available through the OnDemand cable service.

The series will have a dedicated category in Nick's Video OnDemand offering beginning on Monday, Jan. 19.

Wolverine and the X-Men video content will be available on TurboNick and via Nickelodeon's wireless platforms.

In other Wolverine and the X-Men news:

* The series will be supported by a website, www.areyouamutant.com, which will launch on Tuesday, Jan. 20. Users may have their DNA "scanned" to determine if they have mutant genes and, if so, they can enter the mansion of the Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters. In the mansion, they can visit one of four X-Men-hosted rooms or the Common Room, which will feature Instant Replays of the series post on-air premiere, polls, message boards, as well as episode descriptions and characters profiles.

The site, updated weekly, will also feature a link to Nick.com's Game of The Week, Wolverine and the X-Men: Sentinel Slash, where Wolverine's quest brings him claw to face with a host of deadly robots in a fast-paced, action-packed 2D battlefield where his reflexes and his mutant healing factor will be just as important as muscle. Players control Wolverine to defeat the enemies in each level, and keep Wolverine alive as long as possible.

So if I wanna watch Wolverine and the X-men on tv I can thru On Demand! Yay! :P

[IamtheKnight]

This looks like a fun show.

Gasp! You can see the episodes on Youtube!

[IamtheKnight]

So is anyone going to watch it tonight? The first two episodes are airing tonight at 8:00pm.

[LeoNerdo]

I watched the first handful of episodes from the Canadian Airings and I like it pretty well. It's definitely better than Evolution to me, which was an all right show. The 90's show still holds a special place in my heart and I dunno if it'll ever be replaced, but this is a good show also and worth a watch.

[IamtheKnight]

I just saw the first two episodes tonight. Amazing. I can't wait for next weeks.

[Peanut]

It hasn't held up for me. I really dislike the direction they took the show after the first handful of episodes. And watching Wolverine run around on his own all the time can get really old.

[IamtheKnight]

So what did everyone think of the first two episodes?

[Raph's Girl]

It hasn't held up for me. I really dislike the direction they took the show after the first handful of episodes. And watching Wolverine run around on his own all the time can get really old.

Well thankfully not every ep is just about Wolverine.

[Raph's Girl]

Just a heads up that as of today (March 4th) the series is airing in the UK on CBBC starting with episode 20 and will be airing them in sequence Mon - Fri from now on. Meaning the season finale will be next Thursday! :o