Source: Twitter: Beau DeMayo | 2024.09.25
Yep, pretty sad. Season 2 is also only 9 episodes because of this and them canning my Onslaught / AoA finale. But Marvel loves shooting themselves in the foot, especially with certain directors and execs pushing their backwards “we know better than the comics” agenda. #xmen97
Yeah, sorry guys. But when Marvel protects a director who openly discriminates against anyone who isn’t like them, writes off Claremont as a old white man who’s stories we shouldn’t be adapting and instead do “our own versions,” what do you expect…
From what I’m hearing, the one director and exec who fought me and anyone else who loved the comics at every turn during season 1 has tossed most of what I had planned out 🤷♂️ At one point, the exec was pushing Emma and Logan being a couple 🙄
Source: Gaming Bible | 2024.09.25
Marvel sequel plans leaked by fired MCU writer
Beau DeMayo, the ex-showrunner of Disney’s hit animated show X-Men ‘97, has decided to go full scorched earth on the media giant following his recent dismissal. According to Disney’s legal team, the showrunner was removed from X-Men ‘97 following several accusations of sexual misconduct.
As a result, DeMayo was immediately fired from his role (that he was set to reprise for the second season of X-Men ‘97) following a lengthy investigation. Rather than, y’know, not draw attention to himself in the midst of several reports of sexually inappropriate behaviour, DeMayo has instead opted to take to Twitter and spill the beans on everything that he had planned for the show’s next season.
For those not in the know, Onslaught is the literal fusion of Magneto and Charles Xavier, first appearing in X-Men vol. 2 #53 back in 1996.