By The recent success of the animated revival of Marvel’s “X-Men ’97” has led to calls for similar treatment of other iconic 1990s cartoons.
Arguably even more iconic than the original 1990s “X-Men: The Animated Series” was “Batman: The Animated Series” from the same era, a show that is getting something of a spiritual successor with Amazon’s upcoming “Batman: Caped Crusader” series.
But that’s not a direct successor and not the only hit DC animated effort from around that era. Another was the early 2000s “Justice League” which later became “Justice League Unlimited”.
Spanning five seasons and 91 episodes, it’s considered the final series of that original DC Animated Universe which also included “Superman: The Animated Series,” “Batman Beyond” and “Static Shock”.
Now, DC Studios chief James Gunn recently addressed the potential of a revival of the show. In short – don’t hold your breath.
Acknowledging the success of the Marvel series, he gave a firm response saying there’s no intention of revisiting past glories as they intend to keep take the greater DC franchise somewhere new:
“X-Men ’97 is fun because it’s unique and not desperately trying to follow the trends of everything around it. So I’d rather keep doing that.”
One of the big selling points of “X-Men ’97” is how many of the key voice actors are back. Sadly the loss of iconic Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy leaves a major hole in any revival attempt.
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