Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow

Name	Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow
Image
Caption	Official poster
Music	Guy Michelmore
Distributor	Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Released	2008-9-2
Runtime	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow (or simply known as Next Avengers) is a 2008 American animated superhero film directed by Jay Oliva and Gary Hartle and starring the voices of Noah Crawford, Aidan Drummond, Brenna O'Brien, Dempsey M. Pappion, Adrian Petriw, Tom Kane and Fred Tatasciore. The fifth installment in the Marvel Animated Features (MAF) film series, it follows a group of young superheroes who are the children of the original group of Avengers and must defeat Ultron.

Next Avengers was released direct-to-video by Lionsgate Home Entertainment on September 2, 2008, and received mixed reviews from critics.

Premise

The children of the defeated Avengers train with their powers and go head to head with Ultron, the artificial intelligence robot responsible for their parents' death.

Cast

Production

In January 2007, Craig Kyle, the vice president of creative development for animation at Marvel Studios, announced that an animated film titled Teen Avengers would be released as part of the Marvel Animated Features (MAF) series. The film was later retitled to Avengers Reborn, and then Next Avengers.

Next Avengers was written by Christopher Yost, a regular comic book writer for Marvel Comics. Speaking about the film in an interview on Marvel.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."

Release

In March 2008, a trailer for Next Avengers was released by Marvel. The film was released direct-to-video by Lionsgate Home Entertainment on September 2, 2008.

Reception

David Cornelius of DVD Talk gave the film a negative review, criticizing its "unimpressive, repetitive action sequences" and "thin story." Nancy Davis Kho of Common Sense Media gave the film a positive review, praising its characters. Christopher Monfette of IGN also gave the film a positive review, calling it "a hugely watchable piece of animated entertainment."

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