Marvel's Animated X-Men '97 Series Drops Stunning First Trailer & Release Date

While "X-Men '97" is happy to advertise its connection to the classic 1990s animated series, its amped-up animation also makes clear that things have progressed quite a bit in the intervening years. Similarly, the voice acting talent behind the show is a mixture of old and new. Cal Dodd (who voices Wolverine), George Buza (Beast), Alyson Sealy-Smith (Storm), Lenore Zann (Rogue), and Adrian Hough (Nightcrawler) all carry over from "X-Men: The Animated Series."  Meanwhile, the central cast also features a good few new voices, including Ray Chase (Cyclops), Jennifer Hale (Jean Gray), J.P. Karliak (Morph), A.J. LoCascio (Gambit), Holly Chou (Jubilee), Isaac Robinson-Smith (Bishop), and Matthew Waterson (Magneto).

For fans who are fond of Easter eggs, the trailer should have plenty of hints about where the show intends to take things because showrunner Beau DeMayo has already confirmed that everything that unfolds onscreen has a meaning. "Every design choice is actually a clue to the storylines we're doing," he told Entertainment Weekly. "Nothing is arbitrary."

Viewers will get to see what "X-Men '97" has in store when it arrives on Disney+ on March 20.