User blog:ARTaylor/Marvel Animation at SDCC 2017

Marvel Animation hosted a panel at this year's Comic-Con in San Diego. It was hosted by Senior Vice President of Animation and Family Entertainment Cort Lane, Vice President of Development, Television, and new Media Steve Wacker, Vice President of Animation, Current Series and Development Marsha Griffin, Supervising Producer of Spider-Man Kevin Shinick, producer Eric Radomski, Hulk actor Fred Tatasciore, and Spider-Man actor Robbie Daymond. Among the developments revealed at the panel include:


 * Guardians of the Galaxy's second season features Adam Warlock, a villain named Xeron, and Drax returning to his home planet. They showed a clip featuring Drax and Xeron talking and sparring. They also talked about the third season being based on the Disney's California Adventure ride and will have the team be captured by Collector to be rescued by Rocket. Wacker said that they will do episodes in different animation styles similar to the Spider-Verse episodes on Ultimate Spider-Man. Additionally, Stan Lee will appear on the series as Collector's elevator operator.
 * Shinick said that with his Spider-Man series he wnated to go back to character he grew up loving, the one Lee and Steve Ditko made. Radomski noted the series will be visually different than the styles from previous series that originated with Ultimate Spider-Man. Wacker noted that they used a lot of feedback from fans to make Peter Parker and will be familiar to fans of Spider-Man: Homecoming. Shinick stated that Horizon High will feature hero and villain appearances from other schools. Wacker noted Dan Slott, who writes for The Amazing Spider-Man has been involved in the series. Shinick said that Principal Max Modell, voiced by Tatasciore, will be a father-figure to Peter. Daymond revealed that Spider-Man is his favorite hero, and he had no idea who he was originally auditioning for. He also said his parents bought him a copy of Maximum Carnage when he was young. They showed a clip featuring Sandman and his daughter Sandgirl as well as a teaser featuring the Venom symbiote. Daymon, Anya Corazon Melanie Minichino, and Tatasciore were later signing autographs at the Marvel booth. They did confirm that Mister Negative would appear and that Miles Morales would get his powers.
 * They talked about Avengers Assemble adapting Secret Wars, including one Battleworld called New Quack City featuring Howard the Duck. The fifth season will be renamed Avengers: Black Panther's Quest and put the African king front and center exploring his relationships and who he is. Wacker called Black Panther the "greatest superhero of all." They showed a clip of Taskmaster coming to the Avengers for help against M.O.D.O.K..
 * They announced that there will be more Funk shorts. One will feature the Guardians of the Galaxy, after Rocket Raccoon and Groot appeared in Bait 'n' Switch.
 * A fan asked the panel if there was anything more adult oriented in the works. Wacker said there is but could not announce anything yet.
 * They teased that something with the Young Avengers was in the works.
 * They also teased that Captain Marvel fans should look forward to October.