As if we needed more proof the '90s are alive and well, X-Men: The Animated Series is making a comeback. Disney has announced X-Men '97, a new Disney+ series picking up where the original left off three decades ago.

It's an exciting time for X-fans, but we also have a lot of questions. While we wait for more news about Marvel's animated X-Men revival, let's look back at how the original cartoon ended and the biggest questions surrounding the new show.

Will the Original Ending Remain Intact?

X-Men: The Animated Series lasted for five seasons and 76 episodes between 1992 and 1997. Unfortunately, the series was clearly showing its age by the final season, with Saban Entertainment cutting costs and switching production to a different animation studio. The final episodes of the series are much cruder in appearance than the rest and even feature some recast voice roles. That all raises the question – will X-Men '97 still build on that final stretch of episodes, or will the new series ignore Season 5 entirely and move in a different direction?

The answer to that question could heavily influence the course of the new series. The original series finale is loosely based on 1985's Uncanny X-Men #200. It shows Professor Xavier seriously wounded by anti-mutant firebrand Henry Peter Gyrich. Xavier winds up leaving Earth to heal and spend time with Lilandra and the Shi'ar, leaving the reformed Magneto to take charge of the Xavier Institute.

Will X-Men '97 build on that open-ended finale and show us what happens when the X-Men are partnered up with a former enemy? Or will the series revert to a more traditional, nostalgia-friendly status quo? Either approach has its advantages.

How Many Characters Will Be Recast?

For many X-Men fans, the Animated Series is still the gold standard when it comes to how these characters sound. Cal Dodd's Wolverine, Cedric Smith's Charles Xavier, Norm Spencer's Cyclops, Lenore Zann's Rogue, David Hemblen's Magneto, John Colicos' Apocalypse and many others remain burned into our brains even 25 years later. And don't even get us started on that theme music…

Marvel's announcement makes it clear many surviving cast members will return, including Dodd and Zann. Unfortunately, many series veterans have passed away since the original series ended. Presumably, Marvel will recast key characters like Cyclops, but they may face a difficult challenge in replacing such iconic voices. It may be wiser to downplay familiar villains like Magneto and Apocalypse and focus on new threats instead.

There's also the question of newcomers like Jennifer Hale and Ray Chase. Will they be taking over familiar roles or voicing new characters entirely? The series certainly has a wealth of untapped material to explore now. On that note…

What New X-Men Stories Will Be Adapted?

One of the reasons X-Men: The Animated Series proved so successful is that it borrowed liberally from the comic book source material. Over the course of those five seasons, the series lent its own take on iconic X-Men tales like The Dark Phoenix Saga, Age of Apocalypse, Weapon X and Days of Future Past. The series remains the most faithful adaptation we've seen in any medium.

We assume X-Men '97 will follow a similar approach. There's certainly no shortage of new material to mine. Since the animated series wrapped in 1997, the comics have given us major storylines like House of M, which ended with most of the world's mutants being depowered, the epic crossover battle Avengers vs. X-Men and the truly game-changing twists in House of X and Powers of X.

Whether or not the X-Men '92 comic is treated as part of the animated continuity, that series may give us an idea of what to expect from X-Men '97. Expect some familiar X-Men stories to be remixed, re-imagined and filtered through a nostalgic lens. And unlike the original series, X-Men '97 will probably have to worry much less about broadcast standards or selling toys.

How Violent Will X-Men '97 Be?

Much like fellow Fox Kids series Batman: The Animated Series, X-Men raised the bar when it came to maturity and storytelling depth in superhero cartoons. X-Men dove headlong into the source material, exploring the ongoing conflict between humanity and mutants and pushing characters like Jean Grey and Morph in some pretty dark places. The series was also notable for telling long-form, serialized storylines that played out over the course of several episodes.

That said, the series still faced plenty of limitations when it came to tone and content, something that's all the more obvious now looking back. Nowhere are those limitations more obvious than with Wolverine. Whether it's Logan's sanitized approach to cursing – "All right, you egg-suckin' piece of gutter trash!" – or the fact that he never seemed to stab anything that wasn't a robot, it's obvious the show was still being aimed at a relatively kid-friendly audience.

Is that still going to be the case with X-Men '97? Is Marvel still taking an all-ages approach to the X-Men, or is this series being aimed squarely at '90s kids who are now fully grown and perfectly happy to see Wolverine spill some blood?

What Costumes Will X-Men '97 Use?

The costumes in X-Men: The Animated Series defined the look of the X-Men as much as their voice during the '90s. The series hit at just the right time, drawing from the work of contemporary comic book artists like Jim Lee and Marc Silvestri. In many ways, the series was a perfect storm, combining classic '70s and '80s X-Men storylines with a more dynamic look and feel.

The X-Men comics have undergone several big visual shifts in the years since, including a phase where everyone was decked out in black leather. Will X-Men '97 stick to its roots or opt for a more modernized look and feel?

The show's title may give us the answer. This series is very much tied to a specific era of X-Men fandom, and we doubt the animators have any interest in changing those iconic costumes. Sorry, Wolverine, you'll have to keep wearing that yellow spandex for now.

Will X-Men: Evolution and Wolverine and the X-Men Also Return?

X-Men: The Animated Series isn't the only classic Marvel cartoon where fans have been clamoring for a revival. Its successors X-Men: Evolution and Wolverine and the X-Men both have devoted fanbases of their own. If anything, both series are in even greater need of sequels. Evolution ended after four seasons in 2003, at a time when many would argue the series was just hitting its stride. Wolverine and the X-Men ended after just one season in 2009, teasing an Age of Apocalypse-inspired Season 2 that never came to fruition.

We can't help but wonder if X-Men '97 might pave the way for future animated revivals. '90s kids may look to X-Men: The Animated Series as the gold standard, but there's an entire generation that grew up with Evolution instead.

At the very least, we have to wonder if X-Men '97 will draw inspiration from those shows with its portrayal of the X-Men. Could the new series take a more teen-oriented approach and focus on the Xavier Institute as a school? Will X-Men '97 explore some of the themes of Wolverine and the X-Men, as our heroes try to chart a path forward without Xavier to guide them? The best thing this new series can do is honor all the X-Men cartoons that have come before, not just X-Men: The Animated Series.

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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is undergoing serious reshoots according to new reports.

The Hollywood Reporter says the Doctor Strange sequel will be undergoing “significant” reshoots from now until the end of the year. Star Benedict Cumberbatch and director Sam Raimi are working six-day weeks for six weeks of new filming.

Raimi will direct the reshoots and Loki writer Michael Waldron is writing the new material.

Insiders are mixed on what the reshoots, which includes ”additional photography,” means for the production. One source claims there have been “bigger reshoots on other MCU movies” while another says, “They’re here until the end of the year. That’s like a whole other movie.”

Another question mark is whether or not the reshoots are meant to incorporate rewrites. Sources indicate this might not be the case.

One THR insider says at least two weeks of the shoot are dedicated to filling in gaps caused by actor availability issues, while another reason is related to the Covid-related slowdown on the UK side. This is the same delay that caused Disney and Marvel to shift their MCU release schedule.

Doctor Strange 2 has already gone off to a bumpy start after it was announced in 2020 that Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson will not helm the sequel due to creative differences. Raimi and Waldron were brought on to replace Derrickson but also essentially create a whole new movie “on an accelerated timetable[.]”

Given that the Multiverse of Madness will likely grapple with the new threads regarding alternate universes and different timelines, it could be that the next Doctor Strange movie will be quite pivotal for the MCU’s ongoing storylines.

Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness isn’t the only Marvel project hit by problems. Filming on the Black Panther sequel has been paused until early next year as Shuri actress Letitia Wright recovers from an on-set accident.

Check out IGN’s rundown of every MCU project currently in the works, and check out new updates on MCU TV shows from today’s Disney+ Day.

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It will probably come as no surprise that the second of Nintendo's new modern Game & Watch systems is an absolute delight. I was quite taken by the Super Mario Bros. Game & Watch introduced last year, but The Legend of Zelda Game & Watch retains all the charm of the first while expanding on what made it so great in the first place – and the included games are arguably better than the ones on the Super Mario version.

Whereas last year's Game & Watch included the original Super Mario Bros. and the Japanese-only Super Mario Bros. 2 (known as The Lost Levels in the US), the Zelda Game & Watch includes three games: The Legend of Zelda and The Legend of Zelda II for the NES, as well as The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening for the Game Boy. An extra game would have been more than enough to make me happy already, but Nintendo went a step further by making it so you can even play either the English or Japanese versions of the first two NES Zeldas, while Link's Awakening is available in English, French, German, and Japanese.

What's great about this inclusion is the Japanese versions of Zelda and Zelda II are different from the versions we're used to here in the States. I was well aware of the soundtrack differences between the US and Japanese versions of the original Legend of Zelda but never experienced them first-hand. In Japan, it released on the Famicom Disk System, which meant there was more room for more sounds thanks to the audio hardware built into the FDS. You get a much richer, synthier sound to the Japanese version of The Legend of Zelda. Even little things like the sound of Link's sword when his hearts are at full-level are better than the version we got. I'm familiar enough with the Legend of Zelda on NES that I might try and play through it on the Japanese version just to experience the differences of something I know so well.

What I didn't know, and I'm embarrassed to admit, was that the Japanese version of The Legend of Zelda II also has different sounds than the version I grew up with. When you talk to a townsperson in one of the villages, there's a made-up beepy-boopy video game language as their dialogue spills across the screen. I'd play through Zelda II in its Japanese version if it weren't already hard enough to play in English, but it's still super cool and definitely worth checking out for any long-time fans who have never seen the differences.

The tiny screen, something I was enamored with on last year's Game & Watch, is back again and looks fantastic. The colors are rich, vibrant, and absolutely crisp. There's no slimy smearing or other ugliness at all. It's just a tiny thing of beauty. Viewing angle leaves a little to be desired, as the colors become somewhat washed out with as little as 10 degrees difference in any direction. But it's not so bad as to be a deal breaker at all, especially since I found myself naturally holding it dead-on without feeling uncomfortable.

The speakers are surprisingly loud when turned up, but don't sound washed-out or tinny. It's not high-fidelity but it's better than I was expecting from such a tiny little speaker.

The Legend of Zelda Game & Watch includes a new timer mode, which lets you set a timer in increments of one minute up to 10 minutes. As the counter ticks down, Link battles enemies from Zelda II on screen until the end, at which point he raises his hands and the triforces making up the numbers of the timer flow into his hands. If you feel like it, you can hit any of the face buttons and battle the enemies yourself, and there's even a little counter on the screen to keep track of how many enemies you defeat during the course of the timer. Basically, Nintendo gamified countdown timers.

The Watch part of the Game & Watch is charming, as was the case with the Mario one. Link battles enemies on the NES overworld, and you can similarly take control of him and fight them on your own, if you feel like it. If you hold down the 'A' button for 5-seconds, the Zelda reward music will play and instead of a digital "ticking" sound, you get Zelda's full soundtrack and sound effects. I'm a little disappointed there's not an easter egg like last year's "The Mario Drawing Song," but the thing just came out, I'm sure someone will uncover any surprises hiding inside before the day is over.

Included alongside the three Zelda games is the fast and fun Game & Watch game Vermin, which has Link's head swapped in place of the Game & Watch man. There are two different levels of difficulty, and it's a game of reflexes to try to smack down the "vermin" as they pop their heads up from the bottom of the playfield. It's an LCD whack-a-mole, basically. It's fun enough but I won't play much of it in the long term given the built-in alternatives.

Packaging for the Zelda Game & Watch is lovely, as it was last year, and this year the insert in the box converts to a stand to display your Game & Watch while it tells time. It's a neat little use of something most people would otherwise throw away (not me, I'm a weirdo who keeps all his packaging). Two little legs pop out from the back and it sits at just enough of an angle to let gravity do the hard work. It should be noted that the space for the Game & Watch is somewhat generous, so it doesn't lock into place or anything like that. I only mention this because I nearly had a heart attack when I thoughtlessly moved it and the fresh new review unit I'd just been sent nearly crashed on the floor. Thankfully decades of gaming have honed my reflexes to a sharp edge so I was able to catch it quickly, but please, be careful.

Aside from a different color scheme than the Super Mario version, the form factor of the Zelda Game & Watch is nearly identical with a few exceptions. The Zelda version adds Select and Start buttons, which is quite nice (and necessary for playing the included games). There's also a light-up Triforce on its back this time, which is another cool little extra touch on a device already brimming with them.

For Black Friday, a couple of PS5-compatible SSDs with preinstalled heatsinks have already dropped in price. The XPG SSD is easily the least expensive 1TB upgrade you can get that's certified PS5-compatible. The WD Black SN850 has just been discounted today, and although it's a little pricier, it's also by far the most popular brand. In other deal news, save on a Nintendo eShop gift card, watch Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings for only $1.99, score an Xbox Elite Series 2 controller, and more.

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She-Hulk has starred in comic books since 1980, has been a regular character in animated television shows, and even headlined her own official (if little-known) prose novel, but she has never been seen in live action—but that’s about to change! She-Hulk is one of several brand new MCU characters getting live-action shows on the Disney+ streaming service alongside Moon Knight and Ms. Marvel. And now Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) is playing Jennifer Walters/She-Hulk!

But what’s the story behind She-Hulk? What sets her apart from the classic Hulk, Bruce Banner? And how might she fit into the Marvel Cinematic Universe? It’s time to meet the savage and sensational Shulkie before she smashes her way into the MCU.

We got our first look at She-Hulk MCU style in the Disney+ Day 2021 Marvel trailer, so let's dive into her origin, story, and powers from the comics.

Who Is She-Hulk?

Stan Lee and John Buscema created She-Hulk in 1980, although another writer would continue to tell the stories in her first solo comic book series, The Savage She-Hulk. Shy, mild-mannered lawyer Jennifer Walters is Bruce Banner’s cousin. After she was seriously injured by a crime boss, it took a transfusion of Bruce’s blood to save her life. Her newly gamma-irradiated blood combined with her anger, and Jennifer turned into She-Hulk! Her original incarnation was similar to the Hulk, with rage fueling her transformation and strength, but in a short time she would keep her wits and personality—with a boost of confidence—in her larger, green form.

She-Hulk has undergone some changes over the years in her solo titles, from savage and rage-filled, to fourth-wall breaking comedy, to focusing on her law career, to learning to cope with trauma and grief. In all of these iterations, however, She-Hulk finds strength she didn’t know she had, both in herself and through the friends and teammates that stick with her through it all. Her best friend Patsy Walker, better known as the hero Hellcat, sticks with her through thick and thin, and she’s a highly sought-after team player. She-Hulk has been a member of the Mighty Avengers, Fantastic Four, A-Force, Lady Liberators, and Future Foundation.

You can currently find the Savage She-Hulk fighting alongside Captain America and Iron Man once again in Jason Aaron’s ongoing Avengers run. Boosted by a mega dose of gamma energy, she’s looking just as monstrously muscular as the classic Hulk rather than her usual build, and has the angry attitude to match.

The Difference Between She-Hulk and Hulk

Like Hulk, She-Hulk has staggering superhuman strength and is practically impervious to injury, pain, and disease.

But unlike Bruce, Jennifer is still Jennifer when she’s the jade giantess. She maintains control of her intellect and emotions, turning her into a powerhouse of both brains and brawn. She’s also a trained combatant thanks to the expert help of teachers like Captain America and Gamora, making her quite a formidable opponent to anyone who dares stand in her way.

During the iconic run of her 1989 solo title penned by John Byrne, She-Hulk became one of the few characters aware that she’s in a comic book and regularly broke the fourth wall by speaking to the reader. (Sorry, Deadpool, but Jen did it first.) She berated the book’s creative team, famously threatened to tear up the reader’s X-Men comics, and even tossed Byrne out a window. While she doesn’t Hulk-smash the fourth wall any longer, it was once considered one of her signature characteristics.

She-Hulk's Most Heroic Feats

As either She-Hulk or Jennifer Walters, she is a force to be reckoned when she fights for justice. Whether it’s knocking out villains as one of the Avengers ranks or speaking from the heart in the courtroom, Jennifer always stands up for the little guy, and she’ll take on some of the biggest guys in the Marvel universe to do so.

She-Hulk has battled some of the biggest and baddest titans around, including the Mad Titan himself, Thanos. She also went toe-to-toe with an enraged Hulk in World War Hulk, knocked out Abomination, and gracefully let Hercules win in an arm-wrestling challenge.

The ol’ fastball special with Wolverine? She-Hulk’s done that, too.

Jennifer has also taken on both Tony Stark and Matt Murdock in court (and won), represented heroes like Speedball and Spider-Man as legal counsel, and even defended the entire Marvel universe to the Living Tribunal. Readers got an all-too-brief look at her successfully making the case for not destroying the universe in She-Hulk #20 (2007), summed up by her most persuasive point of all, “We’re fun.”

Tatiana Maslany's She-Hulk MCU Introduction

Tatiana Maslany's She-Hulk/Jennifer Walters is a "lawyer who specializes in superhuman-oriented legal cases." While not much is known as to who she will represent, it has been confirmed that Mark Ruffalo will once again become The Hulk/Bruce Banner in this upcoming series alongside Tim Roth as Abomination.

Given the legal trouble the Avengers found themselves in during Captain America: Civil War, perhaps Jennifer could be introduced as Bruce Banner’s cousin who can provide legal counsel, which would of course lead to her unexpected transformation.

She-Hulk will premiere on Disney+ in 2022 and is billed as a comedy that will "welcome a host of Marvel characters to the series." She-Hulk will be directed by executive producer Kat Coiro and Anu Valia, and executive producer Jessica Gao will serve as head writer. It has also been reported that Good Place's Jameela Jamil has been cast as She-Hulk's rival Titania.

At Disney+ Day 2021, Marvel shared the first footage of She-Hulk, and we got a glimpse of both Maslany and Ruffalo in the upcoming series in their human and Hulk/She-Hulk forms. Maslany is talking over the footage, saying that she is "a normal lawyer… well, not that normal." We also see Banner helping Walters with her newly-found situation of transforming into She-Hulk. While we don't get a full look at She-Hulk, we do get a glimpse of her from behind. While she is muscular, she isn't as massive as The Hulk.

The trailer ends with what appears to be a commercial for Walter's practice starring herself and Banner. She ends the ad by reciting the famous line, "Don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry." Even the pose is reminscent of the old Incredible Hulk TV show!

Want to know more about another Marvel hero getting a show on Disney+? Check out everything you need to know about Moon Knight.

November 12, 2021: This story has been updated with the latest information about the She-Hulk MCU show.

Kelly Knox is a freelance writer who also contributes to StarWars.com, Marvel.com, Nerdist, and more. Follow her on Twitter at @kelly_knox to talk Star Wars, Dungeons & Dragons, comics, and more.