THE ROGUE/TIGRA CONNECTION!
By Rob Allstetter

What do Rogue and Tigra have in common?

Wouldja believe Lenore Zann?

Zann, who played Rogue in all of the episodes of the X-MEN animated series, is now voicing Tigra, the fur-covered, cat-like hero, for THE AVENGERS animated series, which is set to begin next season on Fox Kids.

Voice recording recently began in Toronto on the first of 13 episodes of THE AVENGERS from Saban Entertainment.

Zann's voice will probably the most recognizable among the cast. She has a certain scratchy aspect that she calls "that million-dollar crack." Zann has appeared in several Canadian live-action films, as well as guest spots on such TV series as Millennium, Robocop and Forever Knight.

Tony Pastor, who has worked on such Marvel series as SPIDER-MAN, FANTASTIC FOUR, IRON MAN and SILVER SURFER, is the voice director of THE AVENGERS.

While most of his Marvel work has been done in California, Pastor went to Toronto to record SILVER SURFER and has been impressed with the Canadian performers.

"There's such a wealth of talent in that area," Pastor says.

Other primary voices in the first episode of THE AVENGERS include Rod Wilson as Ant-Man, the leader of the team; Tony Daniels as Hawkeye; Hamish McEwan as Wonder Man; Martin Roche as Falcon; Lynda Ballentine as Wasp; Stavroula Logothettis as Scarlet Witch; Ron Robin as Vision; Graham Harley as Jarvis; and John Stocker as Ultron.

Wilson was the voice of Hardcase on ULTRAFORCE and the voice of Longshot on X-MEN.

Other voices in the first episode of THE AVENGERS include Ray Landry as Raymond Sikorsky, Carolyn Larson as a female computer and Tate Roswell as Andrew.

THE AVENGERS is being produced by Ron Myrick, who worked on UPN's THE INCREDIBLE HULK series. Eric and Julia Lewald, who developed X-MEN for Fox, are story editors.

Voice casting is in the final stages of completion for Marvel's other new animated show, SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED, and look for news on that soon here in Marvel.com's SHOW BIZ!