Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (2008) (V)

Directors:

Jay Oliva
Gary Hartle

Writers:

Greg Johnson (story)
Craig Kyle (story)
(more)

Release Date:

2 September 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Family | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The children of heroes past are our only hope for the future!

Plot:

The children of the Avengers hone their powers and go head to head with the very enemy responsible for their parents' demise. |

Plot Keywords:

Marvel Animated | Superhero | Based On Comic | Based On Comic Book | Superhero Team

Cast

Noah Crawford	...	James (voice) (as Noah C. Crawford)
Brenna O'Brien	...	Torunn (voice)
Aidan Drummond	...	Pym (voice)
Dempsey Pappion	...	Azari (voice) (as Dempsey M. Pappion)
Adrian Petriw	...	Hawkeye (voice)
Tom Kane	...	Iron Man / Tony Stark / Ultron (voice)
Fred Tatasciore	...	Hulk / Additional Voices (voice)
Shawn Macdonald	...	Vision / Additional Voices (voice)
Michael Adamthwaite	...	Thor / Additional Voices (voice)
Ken Kramer	...	Bruce Banner (voice)
Nicole Oliver	...	Betty Ross / Additional Voices (voice)

Directed by
Jay Oliva
Gary Hartle		(supervising director)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Greg Johnson		story
Craig Kyle		story
Christopher Yost

Produced by
Gary Hartle	....	producer
Gary Hartle	....	supervising producer
Craig Kyle	....	supervising producer
Carrie Wassenaar	....	line producer

Original Music by
Guy Michelmore

Production Management
Cory Gustke	....	production manager

Art Department
Tim Divar	....	storyboard artist
Chuck Drost	....	additional storyboards
Rick Farley	....	additional storyboards
Lynell Forestall	....	additional storyboards
Rick Hoberg	....	additional storyboards
Mark Howard	....	storyboard artist
Lauren Montgomery	....	additional storyboards
Stephen Nicodemus	....	lead background painter
James Peters	....	color key designer
Kirk Van Wormer	....	additional storyboards (as Kirk Van Wermer)
Chap Yaep	....	additional storyboards
Kang Lin Zhu	....	additional storyboards

Sound Department
Mike Draghi	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mike Draghi	....	supervising sound editor
Christopher Eakins	....	sound effects editor
Robert Ehrenreich	....	mix assistant
Mike Garcia	....	dialogue supervisor
Eric Lewis	....	dialogue recording engineer: Studiopolis, Inc.
Stephen P. Robinson	....	supervising sound editor
Caleb Stambaugh	....	mix stage engineer

Visual Effects by
Thomas D. Moser	....	visual effects

Animation Department
Aeolan Kelly	....	animatic editor
Mitch Schauer	....	character designer
Kirk Tingblad	....	timing director

Editorial Department
Ken Cravens	....	additional editor

Music Department
Rachel James	....	copyist (as Rachel Grave)
Rachel James	....	orchestrator (as Rachel Grave)
Rachel James	....	score preparation (as Rachel Grave)
George Kallis	....	orchestrator
David Ari Leon	....	music supervisor
Guy Michelmore	....	conductor
Guy Michelmore	....	orchestrator
Mark Ryan	....	music editor

Other crew
Kalia Cheng	....	production assistant
J.J. Conway	....	production intern
Joshua Fine	....	development executive
Matthew Mahoney	....	production intern
Jamie Simone	....	voice director

Production Companies

• MLG Productions 5
• Marvel Enterprises

Distributors

• Blue Sky Media (2009) (Hungary) (all media)
• E1 Entertainment Benelux (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Eagle Films (2008) (Non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• Lionsgate (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• New KSM (2011) (Germany) (DVD)
• Panorama Distributions (2013) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Panorama Distributions (2013) (Hong Kong) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Other Companies

• My Eye Media  technical services

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MPAA:

Rated PG for sci-fi action violence and some mild language

Runtime:

USA:78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:PG | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | Netherlands:6 | South Korea:12

Company:

MLG Productions 5

Trivia:

The Iron Avengers were featured previously in the Marvel Comics limited series "Earth X", originally published from 1999 to 2000. It is also set on Earth in a future dystopia. As part of this storyline, most of the Avengers are dead and Tony Stark has created robot versions of them.

Quotes:

[first lines]
James Rogers:Can we hear it again? Please.
Torunn:More - tell us the story more! Please.
Tony Stark:Okay, one more time and then it's off to bed.
[Tony tells the story]
Tony Stark:And there came the day, unlike any other. When Earth's mightiest heroes were united against a common threat. The Soldier, the God, the Knight, the Spy, the Giant, the King, the Pixie, the Ghost, and the Archer. On that day, the Avengers were born. To fight foes that no single hero could withstand: time-traveling conquerors...

Movie Connections:

Version of Ultimate Avengers II (2006) (V)

very strong animated feature from Marvel (8.5/10)

this is one of the latest Marvel animated features,and i gotta say,i liked it.this one involves the children of the Original Avengers,most of which do not appear in the story.i won't say why.you'll have to watch to find out.anyway,i found the premise of the future an interesting concept.but there is more to the story than just the children.i mentioned earlier that mos of the original Avengers do not appear,but one or two do show up to lend a hand.i liked the fact that in this feature,the threat to humanity is very grave,with a very strong and powerful villain.there's some great character interaction here,as well,including some conflict among the heroes.and for action fans,there are some great action scenes,including some great hand to had combat fighting.beyond that,i really like the colour scheme of the movie.,and i thought the voice castling was very good,especially,the voice of the villain.it was truly an inspired choice.my vote for The Next Avengers:8.5/10