The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

[JeyNyce]

I understand that they want to tie everything in to their movies, but still....I like classic Fury.

Same here, I like the Samuel Jackson type Fury, but I grew up with Classic Fury!

[Podmark]

Personally I prefer the Ultimate style Fury, the original has only rarely appealed to me. I think the major reason they are going Ultimate is the movie connection.

[herodad1]

so whats the date on this show?

[Podmark]

so whats the date on this show?

I think it's supposed to start in the fall.

[crimsonquill]

They announced that more details including cast news will be revealed at ComicCon LA in just a few weeks and 2 episodes will be screened for the audience that attends the Marvel Animation conference during the con.

- CQ

[BentonGrey]

I am sooooo excited for this show!  The Ultimate Fury thing is going to gall me, but the rest of the show should be AWESOME!

[Shogunn2517]

You know, I'd mind the Ultimate Fury less if they were going with Ultimate style characters and stories, but it seems they completely are not, so I don't quite understand it.

But I'll watch and enjoy this as much as they play it... as long as it don't get overly kiddy.

[herodad1]

i still say loose the hulk and bring in vision,hawkeye,black panther, and quicksilver.

[BentonGrey]

i still say loose the hulk and bring in vision,hawkeye,black panther, and quicksilver.

If they are following the comics, like they say they are, then we should see those guys eventually.  They implied earlier that there would be cast changes, which is just AWESOME!

[Podmark]

Confirmed characters for the series so far:

Captain America
Iron Man
Thor
the Hulk
Ant-Man
the Wasp
Hawkeye
JARVIS (based on the spelling I'm assuming this is the AI from the Iron Man movies)
Wonder Man
Pepper Potts
Balder
Black Panther
Loki
Odin
Kang
the Absorbing Man

Edit:
Forgot Nick Fury of course. The Masters of Evil are also in it but I'm not sure which ones.
Similar to Wolverine and the X-Men it sounds like Marvel plans to use as many characters as they can.

[BentonGrey]

Ohh!  Maybe we'll see Hawkeye as a villain first....I would also KILL to see Swordsman join the Avengers eventually.

[lugaru]

Honestly I never cared about Nick Fury until maybe around Civil War when he became this central to the story renegade spy. As for ultimate I like his dark side (very ruthless, very black ops) but I think cloning Samuel Jackson was a cynical move on their behalf. Still when it comes to the Ultimate universe I complain when characters are too similar... like The Punisher or Daredevil.

[Previsionary]

News:

2 episodes + extras are premiering THIS MINUTE at San Diego Comic Con. It seems the first two episodes are full of villains and Black Widow, Hawkeye, and Hank Pym will be battling some of them. Doc Samson and Balder are also in the first episode, and we get to visit The Vault.

Check the RSS feed for a better coverage of what's included in the first two episodes and how the Avengers are formed this time around: Live Blog

In other news, new trailer should be premiering next week, iirc.

[BentonGrey]

Sounds great!  What's the Vault?

[Podmark]

Sounds great!  What's the Vault?

It's a supervillain prison.

[BentonGrey]

Sounds great!  What's the Vault?

It's a supervillain prison.

Ahh...I think I knew that somewhere in the dim recesses of my mind...

[Previsionary]

New Avengers Trailer: http://media.tv.ign.com/media/142/14288081/vids_1.html

IGN review: http://tv.ign.com/articles/110/1108401p1.html

[BentonGrey]

Wow!  This can NOT get here soon enough!

[thanoson]

Hate that song though. Otherwise, this looks pretty good.

[Courtnall6]

Sweet

By the looks of the trailer it should be called Iron Man and The Avengers. It's sad sight when Captain America, Superman, and Cyclops have been pushed out of their leadership roles for Iron Man, Batman, and Wolverine. Stupid successful movie franchises!

[Podmark]

Theme song sounds silly but otherwise it's looking pretty good.

[Previsionary]

By the looks of the trailer it should be called Iron Man and The Avengers. It's sad sight when Captain America, Superman, and Cyclops have been pushed out of their leadership roles for Iron Man, Batman, and Wolverine. Stupid successful movie franchises!

Pah! If they'd have stuck with following the original comics, Capt still wouldn't have been heavily involved until after the second or third episode. Since it's based more so on New Avengers (atm)... Ironman getting the heavy focus is kinda appropriate. I'm sure Capt will take over once he joins the team (or is unfrozen) and begin his gradual transition into being seen as the de facto leader.

*The trailer is mostly made up of scenes from the first 2 episodes, which Cap isn't in*

[Podmark]

CBR has a summary of the first two episodes here:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=27579

[Podmark]

I have the Canadian air date for the show:
Friday, October 22 at 8 p.m on Teletoon.

All I know for the US is that it will air in the fall.

There will also be 20 micro episodes that will be streamed on Marvel and Teletoon's web sites in September, October and November.  Apparently "They will each be five-and-a-half minutes long and will focus on the individual members of the team before the team actually comes together".

All this comes from a CBR Toronto Fan Expo report:
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=28219

[Podmark]

An episode of the micro series just aired on Teletoon after the Clone Wars premiere, I didn't know this would be on so I have no idea if it's the first one. It focused on Iron Man and it was pretty much Iron Man the Movie the cartoon. Rhodey, Pepper and the AI JARVIS were in it and Tony fought Hydra. It was maybe five minutes. It was so unexpected and short that I wasn't able to form much of an opinion.

[Silver Shocker]

For any Canadian viewers, that short and three others (making up 20 minutes of footage in total) are featured on Teletoon's site in the video section.

I was going to check the Disney XD site, so see if that stuff was on there for US residents, but I found the whole "this content is not available in your region" nonsense reached its terrifying conclusion: as a internet user in Canada, I can't even access the site , let alone access the videos. So one of our US users is going to have to check if we want to know if those videos are up. Have I mentioned I hate that whole region-locked content thing?

[JKCarrier]

as a internet user in Canada, I can't even access the site , let alone access the videos. So one of our US users is going to have to check if we want to know if those videos are up.

I poked around and didn't see anything. But the site is such a cluttered, confusing mess that it might be there and I just couldn't find it.   

[Previsionary]

Marvel has announced that the show will premier on Disney XD (digital/satellite channel) on Oct. 20th. Micro episodes will start streaming on Wednesday on Marvel.com

[Shogunn2517]

From a press release...

The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes!, an all-new animated series featuring the best of the best in the Marvel Universe, premieres Wednesday, OCTOBER 20 (8:30 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney XD. Produced by Marvel Animation, the series stars the world's greatest heroes — Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, The Hulk, Ant-Man/Giant Man and Wasp — who form the Avengers, a team assembled when the powers of a single hero are not enough to save the world.

Beginning Wednesday, September 22, Disney XD, DisneyXD.com/Avengers, Marvel.com, MarvelKids.com and Disney XD Mobile will roll out 20 micro-episodes introducing the team's core members. Each five-and-half-minute episode focuses on the back story, allies and nemeses of the heroes before the Avengers were formed.

In the two-part series premiere, "The Breakout," Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Ant-Man and Wasp have defeated some of the most dangerous Super Villains on the planet. But when the Super Villain prison system mysteriously shuts down, chaos is unleashed on the world. Earth's Mightiest Heroes must now band together as the Avengers to protect the planet from the threats that no single Super Hero could face alone. Their first task is to try and stop Graviton, a being whose power dwarfs anything ever seen. He's after Nick Fury, but will destroy the world to get to him. Individually the heroes have no chance, but together they can make a difference.

The complete multiplatform rollout is:

*Wednesday, September 22 - Disney XD will air a special sneak peek of the first micro-series episode, "Iron Man is Born!," at 8:30 p.m., ET/PT directly following premiere of the network's newest series, "Pair of Kings."

*DisneyXD.com/Avengers, Marvel.com, MarvelKids.com and Disney XD Mobile will unveil a new micro-episode every day, for 20 days, leading up to the micro-episodes' premiere on Disney XD. DisneyXD.com/Avengers will also feature a gallery of each of the Avengers and offer inside information about Kang, Loki and the rest of the "most wanted" Marvel Super Villains.
 
*Tuesday, October 5 - Select micro-episodes will be made available as a free preview on iTunes.
 
*Monday, October 11 - Disney XD will roll out all 20 micro-episodes during "Avengers Week" from Monday, October 11 to Friday, October 15, with four micro-episodes stacked each night at 8:30 p.m., ET/PT.

*The complete micro-series becomes available on Disney XD on Demand on AT&T, Verizon, Charter and Cox.
 
*Wednesday, October 20 - The highly anticipated series premiere of "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes!" airs with two back-to-back episodes from 8:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m., ET/PT. The series also launches on DisneyXD.com/Avengers, Marvel.com and Marvelkids.com.
 
*Thursday, October 21 - Full episodes launch on iTunes, Xbox Live, Sony Playstation and Disney XD Mobile VOD.
 
*Monday, October 25 - The series becomes available on Disney XD on Demand on AT&T, Verizon, Charter and Cox.

[Shogunn2517]

Iron Man Is Born!