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New Series IRON MAN And WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN Headed For Nicktoons!!

Published at:  Mar 19, 2008 2:42:08 AM CDT

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Two new animated Marvel series – “Iron Man: The Animated Series” and “Wolverine and the X-Men” – are headed to the Nicktoons channel early next year.

A trailer for the latter – fueled by Foo Fighters music – got me a little worked up! Charles Xavier leaves behind a mangled smoldering wheelchair!! Jean Grey vanishes!! Domino hangs by her knees!! Rogue goes rogue!! Kitty Pryde pulls a helicopter through a wall!! Emma Frost puts on white lipstick!!

Read all of The Hollywood Reporter’s story on the matter here.




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  • Mar 19, 2008 12:35:22 AM CDT

    Who the hell has Nicktoons?

    by shermdawg

  • Mar 19, 2008 12:44:27 AM CDT

    who the hell has nicktoons

    by lastsonofkrypton562

    i do, one of the 120 or so channels that are never watched yet i pay up the ass for. Its not the cable companies fault i'm stupid but if they offered channels a la carte they would be doing me a favor. Oh Yeah, hopefully these two new cartoons can surpass the way too kiddie Kids WB super hero line-up.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 12:46:59 AM CDT

    Question: Does anyone really care anymore?

    by big dumb ape

    You know, I'm basically looking forward to the Jackman WOLVERINE movie simply because I think he was great in the role and (fingers crossed) we could get a fun stand-alone film. But aside from that......Out of curiosity is anyone else tired of constant reincarnations of the fucking X-Men? I swear I gave up on the comic ages ago simply because I just got tired of constant reincarnations and what not (mind you, that's a big problem in comics in general, but that's a whole other bitch for another time) and now here's yet another cartoon version as well. I have to say that with SO MANY comic properties out there -- whether its from a major company like Marvel or DC or from a smaller independent -- that I would just rather see something "new" for once. Yawn. The X-Men again. Sure to be followed by the 43rd version of Spider-Man even though they've already just cancelled this newest incarnation. Well, to be technically precise it won't have a home after Season 1 since the CW is getting out of cartoons, but you get my point.Maybe it's just me being grouchy tonight, but can't Hollywood fucking do ANYTHING new anymore?

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  • Mar 19, 2008 12:54:09 AM CDT

    Wolverine = Secondary Character

    by danthemagnum

    I'm seriously getting sick of the Wolverine love fest going on with the X-Men. In my mind, Wolverine should only be a secondary character. I know it's because the kiddies love him, and because he has "angst" but seriously enough with the Wolverine jack-a-thon.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 1:03:57 AM CDT

    Is Rogue a goth in this one?

    by dogsoup

    Goth Rogue is hawt.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 1:07:15 AM CDT

    Big Dumb Ape

    by shermdawg

    The thing is X-men has yet to be properly done outside the comics, so I'm all for any reincarnation that might come our way. THIS is the only property that could have, and still could be as big as Trek or Star Wars. You just need to take the time and lay out the groundwork to build upon storylines and ensure longevity, rather than miscasting and rushing the hell out of it like Fox did.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 1:36:28 AM CDT

    "X-men has yet to be properly done outside the comics"

    by shermdawg

    Well other than the 90's series, and a few episode here and there of Evolution. But even then, the old series was lacking in terms of characterization (Wolvie was waaay over the top), and not enough of the lowkey moments back at the mansion, which is such a important part of the property. Evolution improved a bit on that second thing, but because of the restrictions on the storyline, they really didn't have a choice. Each new reincarnation always gets something right, but never enough to claim the title of a great adaptation. You need a pefect mix of action, personal moments, and not falling into the trappings of making portraying the characters as cartoonish (despite it being a cartoon). But neither series achieved that. Evolution could have, but like I said, it was restricted. The jury's still out on this new one. I'll admit, I am a bit ticked they're now incorporating some of the bullshit that has went on in the comics in recent years into the show (Wolvie in a leadership role, the Scott and Emma pairing), but I suppose it was bound to happen sometime. I just hope any future bigscreen reboot draws from the late 70's to mid 90's, of course that probably won't happen, which is a shame since we didn't get a decent Phoenix Saga....and probably never will. Thanks a lot Rothman.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 1:51:57 AM CDT

    This Iron Man toon makes baby jesus cry

    by anakinsdiapers

    Tony Stark is an irresponsible genius TEENAGER who gets hurt and loses his father in some kind of mishap, which neccesitates the creation of the armor. Why? Do they believe the kiddies can't relate to an adult with a super armor? Cheese and rice!! this annoys the hell out of me.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 2:05:26 AM CDT

    "can't Hollywood fucking do ANYTHING new anymore?"

    by shermdawg

    I was actually thinking the same thing about the music industry after seeing tonight's musical act on Letterman. I love the 80's and all, but gawd damn that decade has been stripmined a bit too much in the last few years.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 2:13:01 AM CDT

    WTF is Nicktoons

    by mike_d

  • Mar 19, 2008 2:15:16 AM CDT

    I don't have a clue what the channel is, but...

    by shermdawg

    ...is it wrong to assume this would be programmed smack dab in the middle of Dora The Explorer and SpongeBob?

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  • Mar 19, 2008 2:29:58 AM CDT

    Ugggh

    by rufferto

    please put that new Spider-man cartoon on Cable too. There will be greater chance of it getting canceled early like the last one. That a way, I don't have to see it become ridiculously popular and having morons argue about how it's "gotten better" over the years.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 4:20:25 AM CDT

    Will it suck like all previous X-Men cartoons or be faithful fin

    by monkey_king

    Continuity does count and this ULTIMATE crap has got to die at some point.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 5:37:25 AM CDT

    Marvel sucks at recently

    by lex romero

    Everything has to be made "you know, for kids" and talks down to them. The 90s spiderman and x-men cartoon were decent because they never talked down to kids. And look at DC, Batman and justice league are the best animated adaptations of any comic and it's because DC weren't sat around thinking "ooh we better make sure kids can understand it blah blah"



    And wolverine can go fuck himself. He's been way overused for the past 20 years, we're fed up of him.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 5:52:47 AM CDT

    AnakinsDIapers

    by spencertrilby

    I can ask the opposite about the movie: did the filmmakers thought the ADULTS couldn't relate to him, feeling obliged to dumb it down?

    Tony as a teenager has some interesting issues (yeah, forget "The Crossing") and it could be intriguing, if only it wasn't broadcast on a channel that's used to put absolute shit on the air.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 6:24:46 AM CDT

    There is nothing new under the sun...

    by rock-me amodeo

    and THAT was written thousands of years ago. It's a given.But good execution...that is what will set it apart.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 7:01:20 AM CDT

    Avatar

    by dazzler69

    Nick has Avatar right? So I am hopeful on this. But it does seem to be a dumbed down versions again. Don't kids have enough stupid toons already?

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  • Mar 19, 2008 7:37:04 AM CDT

    Deadpool should be in it

    by mrpopular

    They should include a bunch of characters like Deadpool

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  • Mar 19, 2008 7:59:37 AM CDT

    Herc reads penny arcade

    by adamxxxwest

    And he steals the meat of his posts from this post from their forums too.
    http://tinyurl.com/2vt79y

    Double exclamation marks and all, but I don't know what he has against forge.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 8:07:47 AM CDT

    Good catch, adamxxxwest...

    by jopari

    He probably left out Forge because if he didn't it would be, you know, plagiarization. Oh wait...

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  • Mar 19, 2008 8:13:33 AM CDT

    Wolvie's neck is the same size as his waist

    by robstar

    And he looks like he towers over the other characters.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 8:14:18 AM CDT

    1st post= bestest post

    by adamxxxwest

    and now after unleashing a firestorm of controversy upon aintitcoolnews, i shall slink back into the shadows, never to be heard from again.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 8:23:19 AM CDT

    is tony stark an alcoholic in the cartoons?

    by alice 13

    isnt cyclops dead?

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  • Mar 19, 2008 8:26:23 AM CDT

    as long as storm keeps it tight.

    by theonecalledshoe

  • Mar 19, 2008 8:31:48 AM CDT

    Emma Frost is hot

    by christuckersonlyfan

    for a comic chick.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 8:38:43 AM CDT

    Trailer got the Foo Fighters worked up too

    by waggy

    Not to mention their lawyers....

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  • Mar 19, 2008 9:13:52 AM CDT

    Let's see....lemme count....

    by damned if i can login

    1) Uncanny2) Clairmont and beyond3)90's Toon4) Film versions5)Evolution6)New ToonWhat's next? X-Babies, ala Tiny Toons. Geez fraggin' Louise....Still wish they'd release the 90's toon on DVD though...or at least the 4th season of Evolution.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 9:19:14 AM CDT

    Looks awful.

    by kurutteru yatsu

    Those character designs are hideous. I've never cared about the X comics that much but I am a fan of Nightcrawler, and the versions of him here and in Evolution make my stomach turn.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 9:47:56 AM CDT

    DOGSOUP, re: Goth Rogue

    by osmosis jones

    Good God, she was gorgeous, wasn't she? The see-through top, the tight leather miniskirt...yowza.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 10:00:15 AM CDT

    Oh My God

    by bobinnova

    Nicktoons??????? The same channel as "SpongeBob", "Fairly Oddparents", and "Jimmy Neutron"? How soon before we get crossover cartoons with Marvel characters appearing on those toons and vice versa?
    I guess if Batman and Robin can appear on Scooby Doo, then X-Men can appear on SpongeBob.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 10:05:38 AM CDT

    PickleBolts!!

    by arcadiands

    The XMen are PICKLEBOLTS!
    So Says Harry.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 10:33:16 AM CDT

    Adamxxxwest EXPOSES THE TRUTH!!!

    by skidmarkedundies

    Good for you.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 11:04:54 AM CDT

    Meh

    by iamlegolas

    Cyclops and Gambit apparently morphed into one character. And why is Wolverine tall & extremely top heavy (look at those chicken legs). Sure he's taller in the movies, but this isn't live action, fucking do it right.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 11:04:58 AM CDT

    Apparently Sam Jackson's Iron cameo is no more...

    by irving_forbush

    At least according to Stan Lee: http://tinyurl.com/2owu5z

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  • Mar 19, 2008 11:21:14 AM CDT

    Trailer

    by jinx

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=W4OJTfZu_S4
    Is this a sequel to Evolution. Looks/sounds like it might be the same characters older. And all the talk of "getting the X-men BACK TOGETHER"

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  • Mar 19, 2008 11:26:11 AM CDT

    Spencer Trilby

    by anakinsdiapers

    I don't know man, you have some insider info i should know about, or are you assuming the movie is dumbed down from the trailers you've seen? I mean, other than certain specifics, like jarvis seemingly being a computer program, the film looks to be respecting the character and the genre.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 11:33:50 AM CDT

    The commercial for the X-Toon

    by reel american hero


    Hopefully wasn't just a hype piece, because from the look of the show, they've got the look of the characters right, and it seems more in the line of Avatar then Jimmy Neutron, so I'm not worried about it being dumbed down.

    For starters, Prof X is dead (for now..hopefully permanently) Cyclops disbands the X-Men...shit goes down, Wolverine (because he's just sooo badass (note the sarcasm..I like Wolverine, but it got old in the '90s. is forced to reform the team. Best part is..no Jean Grey either...so no more Cyclops being a whiny bitch (hopefully) screaming Jeeeaaannn! everytime something happens to her.

    Why couldn't the new Spider-Man show be more like this instead of Spider-Man for 5 year olds. And don't even get me started on that horrible excuse for a Transformers cartoon they've got on now. The autobots fighting lame supervillains instead of the Decepticons.....what the fuck.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 11:36:25 AM CDT

    Where in that article did they say anything about Tony Stark bei

    by reel american hero

  • Mar 19, 2008 11:42:03 AM CDT

    WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN? WTF?

    by vini77

    Why not just X-MEN?

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  • Mar 19, 2008 11:51:10 AM CDT

    I am - plagerizer!!

    by adamxxxwest

    http://tinyurl.com/2vt79y

    Charles Xavier leaves behind a mangled smoldering wheelchair!! Jean Grey vanishes!! Domino hangs by her knees!! Rogue goes rogue!! Kitty Pryde pulls a helicopter through a wall!! Emma Frost puts on white lipstick!!

    he stole that whole part from a month old post in the penny arcade forums. Nice newz aintitcool.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 11:54:49 AM CDT

    DON'T CARE

    by skimn

    I REPEAT, NEW VENTURE BROS. ON ADULT SWIM THIS SUMMER!!!!!!!!!

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  • Mar 19, 2008 12:30:09 PM CDT

    Looks good...

    by billyeveryteen

    I'll give it a spin.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 2:27:19 PM CDT

    ShITTY ART

    by skywalkerfamily

    HATE THE ANIME INFLUENCE ON EVERYTHING!

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  • Mar 19, 2008 2:30:13 PM CDT

    no subject

    by the way

    Chris Claremont -"hello?"
    Avi Arad - "uh, hi. is chris there?"
    Chis - "yes. this is chris"
    Avi - "you devoted at least 16 years to making the x-me... uh, I mean WOLVERINE and the x-men really fucking awesome. right?"
    Chris - "yeah. that would be me."
    Avi - "rape you very much"

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  • Mar 19, 2008 2:42:28 PM CDT

    no subject

    by the way

    Avi Arad - "oh, um, chris?"

    Chris Claremont - "yeah?"

    Avi - "you're the best there is at what you do. right?"

    Chris - "what do you want, now?"

    Avi - "do you have any money?"

    Chris - "......"

    Avi - "I do"

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  • Mar 19, 2008 4:27:08 PM CDT

    Now that I think about it...

    by reel american hero


    Wolverine and the X-Men sounds like a 50's rock group.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 5:37:36 PM CDT

    x-men

    by johnnysunshine

    I don't really think giving Wolverine the title makes sense since I can't really see him leading the X-Men or anything, but this show still looks a lot better than Evolution so I think I'll check it out.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 7:08:59 PM CDT

    Fuck Nicktoons!

    by fiester

    These are the people that canceled Invader ZIM because they felt it was too edgy--so don't hold out much hope for these shows.

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  • Mar 19, 2008 11:21:49 PM CDT

    By The Way: "Avi - do you have any money?"

    by big dumb ape

    No offense, By The Way, but while I have no real love for Avi and other Marvel suits and the raping/pillaging that has often gone on their with respect to its creators and proper financial payouts (cough! cough! Jack Kirby!), trying to make it sound like Chris Claremont got "raped" and that he DIDN'T make any money off his long run on X-MEN is the MOST LAUGHABLE assertion that I've heard in quite some time.Trust me, Claremont made out MORE than okay financially and if he handled his money even slightly average then he should never have had to work another day in his life again. And as I said, that's even if he bungled things and only handled his money in an average way. If he was smart and played things right (like having a proper accountant to do his taxes or having an investor handle things for him) then he's on easy street for life, no questions asked...

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  • Mar 20, 2008 12:46:14 AM CDT

    They want this show to fail?????? Dazler 69 and a 3-way!

    by rickslamu2

    Insted of puting this on Your FLAGSHIP network you put this on a channel almost no one has! They want this to die. period. (Sorry i'm a little wireded out that Britnay spears blew her head off on south park) Not that i think that a bad idea. I'm a fan and have been reading X-Men sence the "Mutant Massica"r in the 80's. Claremont is the best period. Grant Morrison and Warren Ellis have done more to kill the X-Men than Magneto and The Sentinels combined. But ba toon with almost THE SAME GENERAL STORY LINE AS THE ONE GOING ON IN THE BOOKS RIGHT NOW!!! Maby i need to stop with comics period. Oh no nick DOSENT HAVE AVATAR. Despite it being one of the best shows on tv period, (Yes i put it up there with 24) Nick will kill it off so M.Knight SHANALAMADINGDONG CAN MAKE SOME SHITTY UNCOMPREHENSIBLE MOVIES based on it that will suck ass.
    And finally the most impertant topic here. Goth Rogue was hot. The perfect night IN would be her, me, Kitty pryde and the latest "GEAR" from Adam and Eve. Id tell you more but if Harry is reading this i don't want to give him any ideas.

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  • Mar 20, 2008 2:54:36 AM CDT

    A 2nd rate Hulk supporting character and the X-Men

    by napoleon park

    Obviously they're letting a second rate Hulk supporting character headline the show because there's a Hulk movie in the works. And I heard something a few years ago about they were working on an X-Men movie or something. But I looked at the picture and I don't see Iceman, Angel, Marvel Girl, Professor X, Polaris, Havoc, Sunfire or Mimic. Just Cyclops and the Beast. So it's actually A Second Rate Hulk supporting character, two of the real X-men and some other people? And if they're going with a second rate Hulk supporting character for the lead, why not Doc Samson? He has a lightning bolt on his shirt and green hair. I'm kidding, of course. I saw that X-Men cartoon they did a few years ago. WTF were they thinking giving Wolverine an Australian accent? He's supposed to be Canadian.

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  • Mar 20, 2008 4:59:44 AM CDT

    "that X-Men cartoon they did a few years ago."

    by shermdawg

    Uh, more like a few decades ago. The "Pryde of the X-men" pilot aired back in 1989.

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  • Mar 20, 2008 2:03:27 PM CDT

    no subject

    by the way

    the MOST LAUGHABLE assertion that I've heard in quite some time..... the MOST.

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  • Mar 20, 2008 11:17:54 PM CDT

    Hugh Jackman and His Recognizable Supporting Cast

    by mrmysteryguest

  • Mar 20, 2008 11:19:39 PM CDT

    Finally, two reasons to watch a higher numbered cable channel!

    by mrmysteryguest

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