New Cartoon - Wolverine and the X-Men

I was completely blindsided when I found out about this today. A new X-men cartoon called 'Wolverine and the X-Men' has been confirmed by Avi Arad of Marvel. It will air on Nicktoons Network in the first quarter of 2009. So far, most of the characters shown in a promotional image are dressed in their Astonishing X-Men and Uncanny X-Men costumes with a few slight changes. Production on the series has already begun. The first three episodes, which will air as the pilot for the series, are being written by Greg Johnson, who has contributed to several other Marvel animated features.

The series was in the preproduction stage as of April 2007 and early news had speculated the show to air in fall 2008 - due to air Summer 2008 on BBC UK. However, the speculation came to a rest as according to Marvel Quartely reports, the show is scheduled to air in Spring 2009. It was also confirmed in an article by USA TODAY's website in which it specifically mentions the cartoon starting in early 2009 on Nicktoons Network.

Story

After an attack on the mansion, Charles Xavier and Jean Grey are missing. The X-Men disband and Scott begins to suffer from depression. Emma Frost is able to locate Charles on Genosha, who then orders Logan and his newly reformed X-Men set out to save the world from The Sentinel Project.


The following characters have either appeared in promotional material or been confirmed by one of the show's creators.

X-Men

* Logan/Wolverine
* Charles Xavier/Professor X
* Scott Summers/Cyclops
* Hank McCoy/Beast
* Ororo Munroe/Storm
* Kitty Pryde/Shadowcat
* Bobby Drake/Iceman
* Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler
* Warren Worthington III/Angel
* Piotr Rasputin/Colossus
* Emma Frost/White Queen
* Forge
* Sammy Paré/Squidboy
* Jean Grey/Phoenix
* Tabitha Smith/Boom Boom
* St. John Allerdyce/Pyro
* Sooraya Qadir/Dust
* Rahne Sinclair/Wolfsbane
* Jamie Madrox/Multiple Man

Brotherhood of Mutants

* Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto
* Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver
* Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch
* Anna Marie/Rogue
* Dominic Petros/Avalanche
* Fred Dukes/Blob
* Kamal
* Neena Thurman/Domino
* Mystique
* Sabretooth
* Mortimer Toynbee/Toad
* Cain Marko/Juggernaut
* Lorna Dane/Polaris
* Mojo
* Vertigo
* Spiral

Other characters

* Abraham Cornelius
* Senator Robert Kelly
* Col. John Wraith
* Bruce Banner/Hulk
* Gambit/Remy LeBeau

I get goosebumps just watching the trailer... Yes I am a geek. ;)