X-Men "97 Considered Killing Other Marvel Mutants As Producer Confirms If The Deaths Are Real

This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available. Warning: Major SPOILERS lie ahead for X-Men '97, Episode 5, "Remember It"!
Summary

• Jake Castorena confirms that Gambit and Magneto are officially dead in X-Men '97, but that the decisions were evolved based on story needs.
• Castorena urges fans to look forward and speculate on the consequences of their deaths, rather than dwell on the tragic losses in the series.
• The future of the animated Disney+ show is sure to explore the impact of Gambit and Magneto's deaths on the team and future storylines.

X-Men '97 head director and supervising producer Jake Castorena chimes in on the tragic Marvel deaths and whether or not those characters are officially gone.
In an exclusive interview with Screen Rant, Castorena was asked if Gambit and Magneto are officially dead, and whether or not there were other mutants they were considering killing off in X-Men '97 season 1, episode 5. The head director and supervising producer confirmed that the iconic Marvel characters are indeed dead, but invited audiences to focus their minds on a different emotion than grief. See what he shared below:

JAKE CASTORENA: Oh, absolutely. The decision was never finite, like, 'We're doing this, we're killing so and so and that's it.'. This might scare fans, but it changed a bit, it bounced around on who it would be because for sake of story, for sake of pushing character arcs and tying everything in, based on where story trajectory was going, [it] was based on what character it was going to be. But ultimately, obviously, we landed on Gambit and, Magneto. We know someone, a.k.a. Rogue, who is, especially in our show, who was very much intertwined with both.

I implore audiences to ponder and be curious about what that would do to someone of Roque's caliber and potentially, I would say focus less on what we have lost and I would focus on more who or what lies ahead, if that makes sense for you. But ultimately, at the end of the day, Gambit and Magneto are dead and we'll have to watch the series unfold to further understand what those consequences are going to be for not just for our team but for potentially for the rest of the

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New episodes of X-Men '97 season 1 are released on Wednesday only on Disney+.


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