X-Men ’97 Writer Beau DeMayo Breaks Silence on Firing, Marvel Responds By premiered on Disney Plus on March 20, 2024, and immediately garnered a positive response from critics and fans alike. Multiple seasons of the show have been greenlit, with the second season already in production and the third in development. But in the days leading up to the series premiere, Marvel Studios fired series creator Beau DeMayo from his writing duties and later replaced him with Matthew Chauncey as the .
And now, months after the incident, DeMayo has finally spoken about the firing, prompting a response from Marvel. Beau DeMayo says he was fired from X-Men ’97 over fan art Beau DeMayo recently took to X (formerly Twitter) and claimed that he was sacked from X-Men ’97, a series he developed as a revival of X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–1997), for sharing an X-Men fan art on Instagram during the Pride Month. DeMayo began by mentioning that he was grateful to have worked on X-Men ’97.
He subsequently wrote that creating the revival series was “a dream come true” before adding that he felt it was pressing for him to “speak up in the wake of leaving the show...
” He attached a screenshot of the as well. Firstly, I’m so grateful to have worked on , collaborating with some amazingly talented folks. Creating this revival was a dream come true and the support fans have shown is so touching.
However, I felt it pressing for me to speak up in the wake of leaving the show...
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