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The showrunner for Marvel Studios' X-Men '97 animated series reveals plot details for the Disney+ revival. X-Men: The Animated Series is making a massive comeback, but this time on Disney+. The iconic cartoon is getting a sequel series under Marvel Studios as they now have the X-Men rights. The streaming service is currently working on X-Men '97, which will continue the spirit of the 1990s show. X-Men '97 is reportedly being eyed to be released sometime later this year. The sequel show will continue where X-Men: The Animated Series left off in 1997 after season 5. Marvel Studios have made it clear that X-Men '97 won't be tied to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
While Marvel Studios hasn't set an X-Men '97 premiere date yet, plot details are finally starting to come out. The X-Men '97 showrunner Beau DeMayo recently spoke about the show at the X-Men: 60 Uncanny Years Live Virtual Event. The Direct was present, where DeMayo teased a bit about the plot for the Disney+ series. According to DeMayo, X-Men '97 starts off several months after the events of season 5, stating the following:

Okay, we’re gonna be picking up about several months after Professor X left Earth after being shot by Henry Gyrich and had to return to the Shiar homeworld to be with Lilandra. And what ends up happening is that assassination attempt has led to this wave of increased sympathy towards mutants and understanding.

"And things are, despite the friends of humanity still having their mullets and getting all up in it, things are really starting to look up for mutants. And this is gonna kind of come to a head and leads our X-Men to say, ‘What does our future hold for us? We weren’t expecting this.’ And you’re gonna have Cyclops and Storm really wanting to carry on the dream. And they’ve recruited Morph and Bishop to actually become full-time members of the team.

… Other X-Men like Jean and the will they, won’t they couple Gambit and Rogue are starting to begin to question, ‘Maybe there is a life… we’ve been fighting for this life of acceptance, can we just go out there and enjoy it for once, maybe?’ And then, of course, somebody shows up who shouldn’t show up and it’s Magneto, who’s also kind of feeling like, ‘You know, Professor X, he did a solid for mutantkind. I’m going to try to walk in his footsteps. I’m going to try to be a force of good for mutantkind.’

But then, of course, as the X-Men are kind of looking at the future and, we’re going to be talking a lot about this, ‘How do you face the future? How do the X-Men do what they’ve been telling humanity to do for decades, which is embrace the future?’