Marvel fans have been on a high all year with a few new projects premiering, and plenty more on the way before the close of 2026. The first Marvel TV show of the year to blast into the spotlight was the second season of Daredevil: Born Again, starring Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio. While Jon Bernthal did not return and reprise his role as The Punisher in the sophomore season, he did star in a new Disney Plus special that’s now streaming around the world, The Punisher: One Last Kill, which earned higher review scores than either season of the Netflix series. Fans awaiting a high-rated series have been treated to some good news today, though, as the highest-rated Marvel project in history has officially taken its first big step towards its long-awaited return.
This afternoon, Marvel Studios unleashed the first official trailer for X-Men ‘97 Season 2, which will begin streaming around the world on July 1. The trailer leaked online not long ago, which led fans to speculate that the full trailer’s premiere couldn’t be far off. The trailer finally reveals key plot details that have been heavily speculated since the Season 1 finale back in 2024, which is that the full X-Men team has now been scattered across time, and it will fall to the mutants left standing to bring them back to their current timeline in the 90s. The X-Men will also face their most dangerous threat yet in Apocalypse, one of the most powerful mutants in Marvel history, and fans can expect to see some major bloodshed by the time the dust settles at the end of Season 2.
Has ‘X-Men ’97’ Been Renewed for Season 3?
X-Men ‘97 was renewed for Season 3 before a single episode of the show hit the air, and Rogue actor Lenore Zann told Collider last year that she was about to head to the studio to work on voice recordings for the third season. While not officially confirmed, it’s heavily speculated that the third season of X-Men ‘97 will premiere before the end of 2027, marking a much shorter gap between the second and third seasons. Marvel is also hard at work on its live-action X-Men movie reboot, which is being directed by Jake Schreier and written by Lee Sung Jin and Joanna Calo.
Check out the new trailer for X-Men ‘97 Season 2 above.
via Collider