Shortly before X-Men ‘97 premiered to critical acclaim earlier this year, the show underwent a major behind-the-scenes shakeup . It was reported in March that series creator and head writer Beau DeMayo had been fired, with the reasons for that being unspecified at the time. More recently, DeMayo has been feuding with Marvel Studios over the alleged reasons for his ousting.
No lawsuits have been filed at this time, but DeMayo has enlisted the services of a lawyer, while his former employees have made claims of broken legal agreements. All the while, the show remains in production, and one of its directors just shared thoughts on the new head writer. What Did The X-Men ‘97 Director Have To Say About The Show’s New Head Honcho? Beau DeMayo was relieved of his duties after completing writing duties on the first two seasons of the X-Men sequel series.
(Only one of those has aired at this point.) With that, a new lead scribe had to be hired and, in July, it was confirmed that Matthew Chauncey would take on the job and serve as showrunner. Director Emi/Emmett Yonemura recently spoke to Screen Rant about the changing of the guard, and they sound very excited about having Chauncey on board: Oh, he's lovely.
I absolutely love working with him. He hasn't even been on super long, and he's already a super sweet, incredibly talented writer, so we're already having a blast over here, and I'm really excited for fans to kind of see what he helps bring to the table because it's amazing, .