New "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes" Animated Series Coming in 2011
October 08, 2008 by
James Harvey
Marvel Animation Age has received the press release and first image from the upcoming
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes animated series.
Press Release:
MARVEL ANIMATION EXPANDS SLATE WITH PRODUCTION OF ALL NEW ANIMATED SERIES
THE AVENGERS: EARTHS MIGHTIEST HEROES
Further strengthening its robust animation slate, Marvel Animation, a division of Marvel Entertainment, announced today the production of an all new animated series,
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Production on 26 half-hour episodes is already underway using the production services of Film Roman, producer of
The Simpsons and
King of the Hill.
The new series, expected to be available for broadcast in 2011, continues on Marvels already impressive television line-up which includes the all-new
Wolverine and the X-Men and
Iron Man: Armored Adventures series that will both debut on Nicktoons in 2009. Marvel Animation will also debut the all-new series
Marvel Super Hero Squad and
The Black Panther next year.
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes is an all-new property featuring some of Marvels all-time favorite characters including Iron Man, Hulk, Captain America, Thor, Giant Man and Wasp. When the planet is threatened by Super Villains, time traveling conquerors, alien invaders, mythical monsters and mad robots bent on the total destruction of humanity, when forces of evil are so overwhelming that no single hero has the power to save the world, when there is no hope left
the Avengers assemble!
The Avengers are the best of the best in the Marvel Universe and the greatest heroes who take on the most unbeatable foes. These are the heroes who hold back the storm, and the fate of the world rests on their shoulders.
"The addition of
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes to our quickly expanding animation slate continues our plan to complement each of our tentpole live action features with an animated series," said Eric Rollman, President of Animation. "This new ensemble series tracks perfectly with our highly anticipated road to the Avengers strategy which includes some of Marvels biggest and most beloved characters, and which kicks off with two Avengers themed feature films in summer 2011.
Producing the series is Ciro Nieli, whose credits include
Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go! and
Teen Titans. The series story editor is Christopher Yost, who has worked on the Marvel cartoons
Iron Man Armored Adventures and
Fantastic Four: Worlds Greatest Heroes.
Stay tuned for further updates.
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