User blog:ARTaylor/Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors Premieres

Today is the premiere of Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors. The feature, airing on Disney XD, is the latest from Marvel Animation. It is part of the Marvel Rising multi-platform franchise that includes Marvel Rising: Initiation, comics, and toys.

Marvel describes the story as, "When a threat no one could have expected bears down on the Marvel Universe, this ragtag, untrained band of teens have no choice but to rise together and prove to the world that sometimes the difference between a 'hero' and 'misfit' is just in the name."

The film was directed by Alfred Gimeno and written by Mairghread Scott. It was produced by Joe Quesada, Dan Buckley, Cort Lane, Eric Radomski, Stan Lee, Sana Amanat, and Marsha Griffin.

It features the talents of Dove Cameron returning from Ultimate Spider-Man as Ghost-Spider/Gwen Stacy, Chloe Bennet returning from Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Quake/Daisy Johnson, Tyler Posey as Inferno/Dante Pertuz, BooBoo Stewart as Exile/Victor Kohl, Kathreen Khavari as Ms. Marvel/Kamala Khan, Milana Vayntrub as Squirrel Girl/Doreen Green, Cierra Ramirez as Miss America/America Chavez, Kamil McFadden as Patriot/Kayshaun Lucas, Kim Raver as Captain Marvel/Carol Danvers, Skai Jackson as Glory Grant, Ming-Na Wen as Hala, Steven Weber as Captain George Stacy, Dee Bradley Baker as Lockjaw and Tippy Toe, and Tara Strong returning from Ultimate Spider-Man as Mary Jane Watson.