User blog:ARTaylor/A Look Back at 2016

Well my fellow true believers, the year is coming to a close and another is just around the corner. It's that time when we look back over what happened over the last twelve months as we move forward.

Iain De Caestecker and Elizabeth Henstridge joined their Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. co-star Clark Gregg on Ultimate Spider-Man while Hayley Atwell returned to her role as Agent Peggy Carter on Avengers Assemble.

Walt Disney Animation Studios announced that the adventures of Big Hero 6 will continue as an animated series on Disney XD. Mark McCorkle, Bob Schooley, and Nick Filippi of Kim Possible fame will create the series. It was later announced that most of the film's cast will return. Ryan Potter, Scott Adsit, Jamie Chung, Genesis Rodriguez, Maya Rudolph, Alan Tudyk, David Shaughnessy, and Stan Lee will all return and be joined by Khary Payton, Brooks Wheelan, Jennifer Lewis, Andrew Scott, Andy Richter, Diedrich Bader, and numerous others.

The Walt Disney Company announced that a Big Hero 6 ride would be coming to Tokyo Disneyland.

The Sony Spider-Man animated film got a director with Bob Persichetti, whose credits include numerous Disney and DreamWorks films.

Solarman, that obscure pilot from the late 1980s that was supposed to start a multimedia franchise but went nowhere, is being given another chance at Scout Comics.

Ant-Man and Wasp will be given their own short series. Josh Keaton will play Ant-Man while Melissa Rauch will play Wasp.

Marvel announced the end to Ultimate Spider-Man. It will soon be replaced with a new series simply titled Spider-Man. It will be developed by Kevin Shinick of Robot Chicken fame. The series will follow Peter Parker as he balances life in high school with being a superhero. It was also announced that Peter will be joined by Miles Morales as another Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy as Spider-Woman, and some version of Venom.

Marvel Animation released Hulk: Where Monsters Dwell, the latest video in their animated universe. In this short Halloween-themed film, Hulk must team up with Doctor Strange to defeat Nightmare.

X-Men '92, the continuation of X-Men was revealed to be coming to an end.

In collaboration with the Funko toy line, Marvel released three shorts titled Spellbound, Bait 'n' Switch, and Chimichangas.

This year we lost several figures. Daniel Gerson, the screenwriter and an actor on Big Hero 6, passed away on February 6th after a battle with brain cancer. Don Francks, actor who played Sabretooth on X-Men and father to Cree Summer, died on April 3rd after fighting lung cancer. Alan Young, the Fantastic Mr. Frump on Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, expired on May 19th of natural causes. Janet Waldo, Shanna the She-Devil on Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, departed June 12th after being diagnosed with a brain tumor. Michael Massee, Bruce Banner of Ultimate Avengers, moved on on October 20th after a battle with stomach cancer.