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Kevin Feige, head of Marvel Studios, had two key conditions when greenlighting new animated series X-Men ‘97. According to producer Brad Winderbaum, the MCU head wanted to make sure they tackled the reboot right.
"Following the success of What If…?, when we were able to make more animated shows, [X-Men ’97] was my first idea out of the box," he tells The Hollywood Reporter. "And Kevin [Feige] was like, 'Alright, if we can get the [original] cast and we can get the song, let’s do it.' And fortunately, we were able to do that."
Article continues belowEarly reactions to the show have praised its fidelity to the original series, calling it nostalgic and branding it "the definitive incarnation of the X-Men". There’s a lot of praise for the returning theme song too, with one critic saying: "When that theme song kicked in, it feels like I was transported back in time."
