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If Wolverine’s journey into the past from a time-tested, dystopian, and apocalyptic future in X-Men: Days of Future Past seemed like déjà vu to some fans, it could be logically explained to those who were invested in the mutant superhero team in the ’90s.

Wolverine and the X-Men [Credit: Marvel Entertainment]

In simple terms, there once existed a show, namely Wolverine and the X-Men, that highlighted the best version of our mutant allies and in a short time, was tragically subjected to cancelation after only 26 episodes. In retrospect, perhaps it was the short-lived legacy of the series that made it so precious in the people’s minds.

Wolverine Animated Show Deserves Some Belated Love

X-Men’s infamous chronology which has the whole world confused and amazed at the same time did manage to pull off one mind-bending trick other than convoluting its entire timeline beyond repair. Director Steven Gordon stands...

Representation of diversity has become a massive subject in the entertainment industry in the last few decades. However, the situation was quite different in the early 2000s when the audience used to not bat an eye over these things.

X-Men: Evolution

Despite the audience not caring about representation back in the day, Marvel subtly tried to sneak in hints of a few characters being gay in X-Men: Evolution.

The animator of X-Men: Evolution opens up about LGBTQ+ representation in the series

X-Men is one of Marvel’s most popular superhero teams. The team arguably comes 2nd in popularity right after The Avengers as the latter has gained a lot of admiration and acclaim since their live-action adaptation in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Over the years, Marvel has made many animated and live-action series and movies to explore multiple storylines related to the iconic superhero team. One such series was X-Men: Evolution...

It has been often seen in several movies and series that people of color (usually people of African heritage) spot a braided hairstyle. Alongside the braided hairstyle, an almost bald look or a one-side cut is also often seen with these characters.

People might call it stereotypical and even borderline racism, but this was the norm during the early 2000s. Well, with the animated series X-Men: Evolution, one character was almost about to suffer the same fate until the executive producers decided to step in and change it to something unique.

A still from X-Men: Evolution (2000-2003)

X-Men: Evolution Saved Itself From Being Stereotypical

Back in the early 2000s, X-Men: Evolution was a newly animated series based on, well… the X-Men. However, the series had to go above and beyond the walls set by its predecessor X-Men: The Animated Series, and hence, had to include new characters.

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The biopic about disgraced billionaire commodities trader Marc Rich has a writer. Matt Rager, who has worked on a trio of James Franco-directed pics, has come aboard to script The King of Oil. The film chronicles the life of Marc Rich, who rose from child of the Holocaust to immense wealth before being indicted on 65 charges. Meanwhile, producer Uri Singer of Bb Film Productions also said today that Steven Gordon of Nevets LLC will be funding the equity portion of the $20…...

Today was a busy day for some of the smaller guilds with the Visual Effects Society, the Cinema Audio Society, and the Makeup and Hairstylists Guilds all announcing their nominations for 2013.

First, we have the Ves, whose main category to look at is “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture,” where we find Gravity and four other nominees that are just going to have to be happy with the fact that they got nominated. This is perhaps the easiest category to call in the entirety of awards season, and I don’t mean just here, but for the Oscar as well (Last year’s winner, Life of Pi, easily took this category before going on to claim the Oscar). It’s true that films like The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Star Trek Into Darkness had outstanding effects as well, but nothing even came close to the amazing,...

Russell Brand wore an Auden’s Lennox Necklace as he entertained audiences on a recent episode of his stand-up comedy show ‘Brand X’ on FX. Auden helped the comedian and actor make an edgy and on trend statement on stage. Auden revels in delivering a unique product to its customers, while combining architectural shapes and edgy designs. The line was founded by designer Bryce Castaneda and CEO Steven Gordon in 2010 in New York City. Since its launch, Auden has garnered a dedicated following. Auden jewelry is designed to enhance, and create a distinct look for, any outfit. The statement pieces can stand alone, or be styled with other pieces, for [ Read More ]...

Kim Kardashian shined in Auden’s crystal jewels on a recent episode of ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians.’ The television personality wore the Solaris Cuff and Madison Pin Earrings on her hit E! reality series. Auden revels in delivering a unique product to its customers, while combining architectural shapes and edgy designs. The line was founded by designer Bryce Castaneda and CEO Steven Gordon in 2010 in New York City. Since its launch, Auden has garnered a dedicated following. Auden jewelry is designed to enhance, and create a distinct look for, any outfit. The statement pieces can stand alone, or be styled with other pieces, for a dynamic look. Written by: [ Read More ]...

‘American Idol’ contestant Jessica Sanchez and ‘Today Show’ co-host Ann Curry both showed their love of Auden necklaces on their respective shows. Sanchez sported the Devon Crystal Collar on Tuesday night during the finale of the hit Fox singing competition. Curry wore an Auden Callisto Cluster necklace while on her NBC morning talk show yesterday. Auden revels in delivering a unique product to its customers, while combining architectural shapes and edgy designs. The line was founded by designer Bryce Castaneda and CEO Steven Gordon in 2010 in New York City. Since its launch, Auden has garnered a dedicated following. Auden jewelry is designed to enhance, and create a distinct look [ Read More ]...

Ann Curry wore a bold blue Auden’s Callisto Cluster necklace on Wednesday while hosting ‘The Today Show/’ The NBC morning news anchor sported the modern point-of-view necklace to add a timeless chic element to her outfit. Auden revels in delivering a unique product to its customers, while combining architectural shapes and edgy designs. The line was founded by designer Bryce Castaneda and CEO Steven Gordon in 2010 in New York City. Since its launch, Auden has garnered a dedicated following. Auden jewelry is designed to enhance, and create a distinct look for, any outfit. The statement pieces can stand alone, or be styled with other pieces, for a dynamic look. [ Read More ]...

The Dark Knight Rises: Batman versus Catwoman by Lucy Rosen, Andy Smith and Jeremy Roberts (Jun 5, 2012) The Dark Knight Rises: Design and Draw: Coloring and Activity Book by John Sazaklis (Jun 5, 2012) Click Image To Enlarge The Dark Knight Rises: Design and Draw: Coloring and Activity Book by John Sazaklis (Jun 5, 2012) The Dark Knight Rises: Tools of the Trade (I Can Read Book 2) by Jodi Huelin and Steven E. Gordon (Jun 5, 2012) The Dark Knight Rises: Reusable Sticker Book by Samantha Lewis (Jun 5, 2012) The Dark Knight Rises hits theaters July 20th 2012 and stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth, Gary Oldman as Jim Gordon, Tom Hardy as Bane,...

Ask me to name my favorite cartoon shows growing up. Suffice to say, nearly every one I have feelings for was in some way, shape, or form was touched by the amazing Will Meugniot. That’s pronounced Min-ee-Oh, just in case you missed the boat yesterday. What’s that? You missed our last installment? Shame on you! For the rest who didn’t though, we pick up where I left off, as I casually shifted our conversation towards Will’s amazing career in animation! Roll the tape…

Comicmix:: I’d be remiss if I didn’t start pelting you with questions on all the series you worked on that literally defined my childhood into early teens… Let’s start with my personal favorite…Exo Squad! Tell the fine ComicMixers out there what you did on the show.

Will Meugniot: Well, I’d been working on the first season of X-Men,...

Christopher Cross recorded the theme to the 1981 "Arthur" movie classic and was upset when he heard of remake plans.

He has nothing against Russell Brand, but feels moviemakers should have left the film well alone.

He tells BlogTalkRadio.com, "Dudley is 'Arthur' and that's it. Russell Brand is a talented guy but Dudley created the character and he's gone."

"Steven Gordon, who wrote and directed that picture, died six weeks after 'Arthur' came out, which is why 'Arthur 2' was not very good. I haven't seen it and I'm not really interested in seeing it because I'm from the era that connects to Dudley."

Cross was so opposed to the remake he refused to let producers use his iconic theme song, "Best That You Can Do", which he co-wrote with Burt Bacharach and Carol Bayer Sager.

He adds, "They asked us if they could use the song, which we didn't let them do.

Wolverine and the X-Men was created to capitalize on the anticipated success of the Hugh Jackman Wolverine movie. The series aired on Nicktoons and freely adapted stories taken from the decades of X-Men stories. Despite being the title character, Wolverine was often taking a step back to let the army of mutants take on the stories.

Lionsgate has been releasing the episodes in low priced sets, but now, in time for the holidays, the entire series has been put in one set, now on sale. ComicMix has previous reviewed the final three releases in the series and overall, I have not been overly impressed. Visually, the animation designs are satisfactory but Marvel has never gotten a good handle on their voice casting and the show suffers for it.

Structurally, I previously noted “this has fewer sub-plots that require episode to episode viewing. On the other hand, there are plenty of...

While Marvel’s current line of direct-to-dvd animated features kicked off with two films based on the publisher's “Ultimates” universe, a third film that would have pit the Avengers versus the X-Men was ultimately scrapped in favor of last year’s “Hulk Vs.” DVD.

“My understanding is this would have been an adaptation of the ‘Ultimate War’ series,” animation director and storyboard artist Steven E. Gordon (“X-Men: Evolution”) told Marvel Animation Age. “I never read a treatment, but since I was working very closely from the comics I assume they adhered pretty closely.”

“Ultimate War” was a four-issue miniseries by Mark Millar and Chris Bachalo first published in 2002. The story brought the X-Men into conflict with the Ultimates after Magneto was freed by the Brotherhood.

According to Gordon, the proposed “Ultimate War” animated movie would have kept the mature themes of the original Ultimate comics — in particular, the implied incestuous...

Marvel and DC are both in the middle of a new movie strategy where they release animated films of some of their most popular characters direct to DVD. The two rivals have arguably been doing it for ages if you count the spin-off “movies” from their animated television series, but the last 4 years have seen a leap in activity. Have any of them topped Batman: Mask of the Phantasm? No, not really. However, each of the studios seems to be making huge strides with each successive movie. Marvel, having reached its 6 film marker (DC isn’t far behind at this point), have released them all in a box set. While it’s nice to have an anthology to put on the shelf instead of individual DVD cases, it ends up serving as a reminder of how far the films have come since the original Ultimate Avengers: The Movie back in...

'There's just some genius and brilliance in there,' former Sony Music CEO says of recordings.

By Gil Kaufman

Tommy Mottola and Michael Jackson

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Like Jimi Hendrix, Elvis and Tupac before him, Michael Jackson left a musical legacy that will likely continue on long after his death. Jackson, who already made history on the Billboard charts this week, left behind what is described as a mountain of unreleased songs, according to his former label boss.

Former Sony Music CEO Tommy Mottola — with whom Jackson famously feuded — told The Associated Press that the singer's unreleased material ranges from unused tracks recorded during studio sessions for some of Jackson's most beloved albums to the songs he recently recorded with Akon and Will.I.Am that were slated for a long-in-the-works comeback album.

"There are dozens and dozens of songs that did not end up on his albums," said Mottola,...

Chicago – Welcome to a special edition of the DVD Round-Up, HollywoodChicago.com’s infamous column covering smaller titles that may have gone unnoticed by the Best Buy circular. With all the buzz surrounding Fox’s upcoming “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” with Hugh Jackman, there are several companion DVD releases, including the theatrical trilogy on Blu-Ray (which will be covered here later this week), and three animated releases for serious Marvel, Wolverine, and X-Men fans.

“Wolverine and The X-Men: Heroes Return Trilogy” was released on Tuesday, April 21st, 2009.

Both volumes of the “Marvel X-Men” titles are being released this Tuesday, April 28th, 2009.

“Marvel X-Men: Volume 1”

Photo credit: Disney The syndicated cartoon version of “The X-Men” brought Wolverine, Storm, Cyclops, Beast, and the rest of comic-dom’s favorite mutants home long before Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, or Bryan Singer had ever thought about the Marvel universe. The show ran from 1992-1996 and notched over 70 episodes.

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Typically, I condemn studios for releasing "episodic samplers" of a television series in lieu of an entire season box set. It's a lousy practice designed with nothing more than money grubbing in mind. The Wolverine and the X-Men: Heroes Return Trilogy, if tradition holds true, should receive similar reproach. But it doesn't; at least not entirely. It turns out people like me are the exact intended audience of this set. Yes, I still somewhat resent Lionsgate for putting out a one disc release that represents a mere fraction of the entire season - but it brought a superb series to my attention and really, isn't that the point?

Wolverine and the X-Men possesses a mythology depth that rivals and ultimately bests the 90s X-Men animated series and an updated animation style that borrows yet improves upon the X-Men: Evolution series of a few years back.