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"Disney XD is scheduled to air new episodes of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes beginning next month, starting Sunday May 15th, 2011 on the digital cable television channel. The The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes episode "The Casket of Ancient Winters" is set to debut at 10am (ET) on Sunday, May 15th, 2011, followed by "Hail, Hydra!" at 10am (ET) on Sunday, May 22nd, 2011 and "Ultron-5" at 10am (ET) on Sunday, May 29th, 2011. Further programming details are currently not available past that point.
"The Casket of Ancient Winters" is written by Paul Giacoppo and directed by Sebastian Montes, "Hail, Hydra!" is written by Kevin Burke & Chris Wyatt and directed by Vinton Heuck, and "Ultron-5" is written by Sebastian Montes and directed by Brandon Auman.
New episodes are expected to continue airing on Disney XD into June 2011.
Continuing, the Canadian network Teletoon has also confirmed new episodes of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes will also be returning to the network starting May 2011. While the network is unable to provide specific episode details at this time, the following general synopsis has been released."
Excerpts of interview with Chris Yost
MAA: You've worked on a host of different Marvel Animation projects over the years. What kind of challenges did this series bring as opposed to Wolverine and The X-Men or X-Men: Evolution, for example?
CY: This was the first show Josh and I worked on without Craig Kyle there overseeing things, and it was a little bit like working without a net. Craig is an idea machine, and has a way of seeing story solutions and turning things upside down to get at something new and exciting. But I think we rose to the challenge. The X-Men properties are also known for a little more angst than Avengers, so we were able to cut loose and just have fun. And honestly, after the mind-bending time-travel scenario of Wolverine and The X-Men, working on Avengers and it's straight-forward storyline was like a vacation. Wolverine and The X-Men was a tricky show to plot, Story Editor Greg Johnson, Craig and Josh deserve some kind of award for that, especially given how great the payoff was. Our only real goal outside of trying to be awesome on Avengers was making sure everyone had a moment to shine. It's easy to just focus on Iron Man, Cap, Hulk and Thor... but we wanted people to love Panther, Wasp, Hawkeye and Ant-Man just as much. We figured the big four were going to be okay.
MAA: As a semi-follow-up, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes incorporated some facets from the cancelled Hulk: Gamma Corps series. Is it true that this series will also incorporate aspects from the reportedly cancelled Thor: The Animated Series? Can we expect to see more Asgardian anarchy in the episodes to come?
CY: I didn't really think too much about Hulk: Gamma Corps, but the only stuff we used were the gamma chargers that the Leader gave his minions in the two-part "Gamma World" episodes. Maybe some of the designs, but I think Supervising Director Ciro Nieli, who worked on developing Hulk: Gamma Corps re-did most of them. The story lines had nothing to do with one another.
MAA: Looking past the first thirteen episodes on these two DVD sets, and what has already aired, what can fans expect to see in upcoming episodes as we head toward the end of the season?
CY: The last seven episode of season one are where everything starts to pay off. Everything has been building to them... Hydra, AIM, Ultron, Masters of Evil... and the secret behind the Breakout that started everything.
For more please follow this link:
http://marvel.toonzone.net/avengersemh/backstage/interviews/yost.php
Excerpts of interview with Josh Fine
MAA: The extras will give a look into the second season of the show. Care to drop any tantalizing hints on what we'll see?
JF: You’ll see quite a lot actually, and yet it doesn’t even scratch the surface of what’s to come in Season 2. In one featurette you’ll get a look at some of the characters that are coming in the second season of the show, including the highly anticipated introduction of Ms. Marvel. In another one you’ll get a sneak-peek at some of the storylines that we’ll be exploring in the season—which is going to be our cosmic, alien, throw-down of a season.
MAA: To continue on the "second season" route for a moment, there seems to be a bit of worry going through the The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes fanbase right now that we might not actually see the second season (based off the show switching timeslots, new episodes debuting oversees first, how Wolverine and the X-Men was cancelled, etc.). Please, can you do us a favor and put everyone's minds at ease?
JF: Short of the world ending early (the Mayan calendar was wrong!) I can’t really envision a scenario where fans don’t get to see these episodes. The second season is already mostly completed. Over half of the episodes have already been finished, mastered, locked up, and are just waiting to air. The rest are in various stages of post production. Barring any unforeseen disasters, production of the second season should be all finished up during the summer.
Also, I’ve seen the episodes (I may have had something to do with making them) and they’re AMAZING. Folks in the US and Canada have a lot too look forward to in Season 1 still, with some huge storylines still to come in the last 7 episodes of the season. But Season two picks up where we left off and just keeps getting bigger and more intense. It’s a good time to be a Marvel fan!
For more please follow this link:
http://marvel.toonzone.net/avengersemh/backstage/interviews/fine.php
Finally, included is a link to a video detailing some of the season two costume changes:
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/04/19/the-avengers-earths-mightiest-heroes-dvd-extra-season-two-costumes-video-exclusive/
Cool thing to know we still have 26 episodes left in season 1. Any thoughts on the remaining half of season one? Any speculation on future Avengers? Leave a comment in the usual place and as always enjoy =)