Marvel’s going all in on animation with Spider-Man: Freshman Year and even more X-Men ‘97

At the studio's Hall H showcase today, it was clear that animation is going to be a big part of the MCU's future.

The head of streaming, TV, and animation, Brad Winderbaum, and the head of visual development, Ryan Meinerding, took the stage in Hall H to discuss new details about Spider-Man: Freshman Year, X-men ’97, and other things.

The second and third seasons of What If... will once again focus on the Watcher as he looks across the multiverse upon the many different realities that now make up the MCU. It is likely that the rules will be a little different as the series progresses and continues to retell important moments from previous films.

There is a chance that the universe of the original X-Men animated series will become part of the MCU as X-Men '97 debuts and explores a number of "new stories in the iconography of the '90s" X-men '97 has already been renewed for a second season, which doesn't come as a surprise considering the series' nostalgic appeal and the upcoming arrival of the Mutants in the movies.

Jeff Trammell, the executive producer of Spider-Man: Freshman Year, has said that the series will follow Peter Parker through his first few years as Spider-Man in the MCU. Freshman and sophomore year are set in alternate realities where important details play out in vastly different, fascinating ways because Peter's journey to becoming a full-on Avenger's already been pretty well documented in the previous live-action movies.

Spider-Man: Freshman Year is going to be released by Disney.