Shocking New Details on X-MEN '97 Creator's "Egregious" Misconduct and Season 2 is Being Rewritten
After the creator of X-Men ‘97, Beau DeMayo revealed that Marvel Studios and Disney “stripped” him of his Season 2 credits over a “gay pride” post that he shared on Instagram, the shit hit the fan.
In March 2024, DeMayo was fired as head writer of X-Men ’97 after completing work on the first two seasons of the X-Men animated series. At the time no reason was given as to why he was fired, but DeMayo’s recent post pushed it all over the edge.
We now have new details on why DeMayo was fired. But, before we get to that, here is the statement Marvel released after DeMayo shared his post on social media:
“Mr. DeMayo was terminated in March 2024 following an internal investigation. Given the egregious nature of the findings, we severed ties with him immediately and he has no further affiliation with Marvel.”
We’ve now learned the “egregious nature of the findings” thanks to movie insider site The InSneider. The report says that DeMayo was fired for alleging sending “photos of himself in various states of undress” to several young staff members.
These photos are said to have shown DeMayo “wearing superhero costumes and striking sexually suggestive ‘hero’ poses that could be used as ‘inspiration’ for the show.”
Sneider also reports that DeMayo allegedly groped an assistant and was both emotionally and physically abusive to staff members.
It’s also reported that Marvel has removed DeMayo’s executive producer credit for X-Men ’97 Season 2, and the company is now reportedly rewriting “most” of the new season, so they can removed DeMayo’s writing credit as well.
The report goes on to note that Matthew Chauncey, who was hired to write X-Men ’97 Season 3 in July 2024 following DeMayo’s exit, will “most likely” oversee the rewrites for Season 2.
