2 years after its shocking finale, Disney's best sci-fi show official returns next month

Here’s everything you need to remember about the X-Men’s adventures The X-Men are returning to the big screen on Dec. 18 as part of Avengers: Doomsday, with Cyclops (James Marsden), Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), and Magneto (Ian McKellen) joining all the biggest stars of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in the fight against Doctor Doom. But you don’t need to wait six more months to see those characters using their mutant powers to fight an apocalyptic threat, because a new X-Men adventure is kicking off in just three weeks. X-Men ‘97 launched on Disney Plus in 2024 as a continuation of X-Men: The Animated Series, complete with the same obscenely catchy theme song. The first season ended with a wild cliffhanger, and the first trailer for season 2 promises plenty of drama and action when the series returns on July 1. Like its ‘90s predecessor, X-Men ‘97 embraces the weirdest aspects of Marvel comics with storylines that span space and time and include a huge cast of characters. If you’ve forgotten where (and when) everyone wound up, here’s a refresher. X-Men ‘97 picked up where X-Men: The Animated Series ended in 1997, with a mortally injured Professor X taken to space by