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Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (or simply known asNext Avengers) is a 2008 Americananimatedsuperhero film directed byJay Oliva and Gary Hartle and starring the voices ofNoah Crawford, Aidan Drummond,Brenna O'Brien, Dempsey M. Pappion,Adrian Petriw,Tom Kane andFred Tatasciore. The fifth installment in theMarvel Animated Features (MAF) film series, it follows a group of young superheroes who are the children of the original group ofAvengers and must defeatUltron.
Next Avengers was releaseddirect-to-video byLionsgate Home Entertainment on September 2, 2008, and received mixed reviews from critics.
The children of the defeatedAvengers train with their powers and go head to head with Ultron, theartificial intelligence robot responsible for their parents' death.[1]
In January 2007,Craig Kyle, the vice president of creative development for animation atMarvel Studios, announced that an animated film titledTeen Avengers would be released as part of theMarvel Animated Features (MAF) series.[2] The film was later retitled toAvengers Reborn, and thenNext Avengers.[3]
Next Avengers was written byChristopher Yost, a regular comic book writer forMarvel Comics. Speaking about the film in an interview onMarvel.com, Yost stated, "This is a fun adventure film, starring a really young cast of kids. But at the same time, the stakes are incredibly high, literally the survival of humanity. The situation is grim. And while all that seems like it could be a big bummer, we keep the kids so busy running for their lives that they don't have a lot of time to think about it."[4]
In March 2008, a trailer forNext Avengers was released by Marvel.[5] The film was releaseddirect-to-video byLionsgate Home Entertainment on September 2, 2008.
David Cornelius ofDVD Talk gave the film a negative review, criticizing its "unimpressive, repetitive action sequences" and "thin story."[6] Nancy Davis Kho ofCommon Sense Media gave the film a positive review, praising its characters.[7] Christopher Monfette ofIGN also gave the film a positive review, calling it "a hugely watchable piece of animated entertainment."[8]
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