User blog:ARTaylor/Marvel Animation at SDCC

Marvel Entertainment was at this year's San Diego Comic-Con with a chance to talk about their upcoming works from Marvel Animation.

The first panel was there to talk about the upcoming film Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors. The panel was attended by Ghost-Spider actress Dove Cameron, Quake actress Chloe Bennet, Squirrel Girl actress Milana Vayntrub, Ms. Marvel actress Kathleen Khavari, Iron Patriot actor Kamil McFadden, Senior Vice President of Animation and Family Entertainment Cort Lane, Vice President of Content and Character Development Sana Amanat, Vice President of Animation Current Series and Development Marsha Griffin, and Marvel Rising writer Mairghread Scott. The cast discussed their characters, and how they compared to their live-action counterparts. Lane talked about the history of the project as well as bringing characters of different backgrounds and body types to the screen. One of them even mentioned a certain mutant-inspired inspiration. Attendees got to see the first four of the Marvel Rising: Initiation shorts, with animation similar to Spider-Man. One short featuring Ghost-Spider was compared to Spider-Man. Marvel handed out foam fingers of Ms. Marvel's enlarged hand with the word "Embiggen" on them. The shorts will debut on Disney XD on August 13th at 7:30 PM with Secret Warriors airing on Disney Channel this fall.

The other panel focused on Marvel Animation's other projects. This panel was hosted by Cort Lane, Senior Vice President of Production and Creative Director Eric Radomski, and Senior Director of Development and Production Harrison Wilcox where they discussed Avengers Assemble and Spider-Man. They invited T'Challa actor James C. Mathis III and Shuri actress Daisy Lightfoot onto the stage to talk about Avengers: Black Panther's Quest. They showed footage of Black Panther, Captain America, and Black Widow fighting Tiger Shark. Another clip showed Tiger Shark hunting Shuri while she and Black Panther formed a plan. They revealed that one episode would be dedicated to previous Black Panthers. The show will feature Killmonger voiced by Keston John, M'Baku, Klau voiced by Trevor Paul, Baron Zemo, Madame Masque voiced by Wynn Everett, and Tiger Shark voiced by Matthew Mercer. Everett is no stranger to the role, having played the villain on the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Agent Carter. Scott Porter will play White Wolf while Stan Lee and Mark Hamill are slated to play unspecified characters. It was also announced that Atlantis and Hawkeye would be part of the series. The death of an Avenger was teased. When asked if the X-Man Storm would appear Lane responded with "Not yet." The season debuts on September 23rd on Disney XD.

The panel then invited Khavari and Spider-Man actor Robbie Daymond onto the stage. They revealed that the upcoming episodes of Spider-Man will feature Mysterio, Silverman, Spot, Hippo, Panda, and Overdrive. They also said that Spider-Gwen, Spider-Girl, and Miles Morales will come more into the forefront. It was also revealed that Daymond will play Spider-Man on Avengers. The panel revealed that two of their bucket list characters were the X-Men and Deadpool.

The panel then moved onto the Super Hero Adventures shorts revealing that more were to come featuring Ghost-Spider, Anya Corazon's Spider-Girl, and Falcon. They also showed a new Funko short featuring Spider-Man and Iron Man teaming up to battle Vulture.