Marvel Cites ‘Egregious Misconduct’ For Firing X-Men ’97 Showrunner Beau DeMayo

Ever since his shock exit from X-Men ’97 a week earlier its premiere, erstwhile showrunner Beau DeMayo has not hesitated to support talking astir the amusement and his clip connected it connected societal media. But portion he’s offered penetration connected characters and storylines, DeMayo stayed quiescent astir the reasons down his exit until past night, prompting a nationalist effect from Marvel.

On some Twitter and Instagram past night, DeMayo posted a connection alleging that respective months aft his dismissal, Marvel decided to portion him of credits connected enactment for the upcoming 2nd season of X-Men ’97, scripts for which had mostly been completed by the clip of his exit from the amusement successful March 2024. DeMayo, who has antecedently spoken astir the intersection of his ain queerness with the “mutant metaphor” of the X-Men, said that a portion of instrumentality creation helium posted to observe Pride Month successful aboriginal June, depicting him arsenic a shirtless instrumentality connected Cyclops, was the crushed cited for removal of his credit.

“Sadly, this is the latest successful a troubling signifier I suffered done portion connected moving connected X-Men ’97 and Blade,” DeMayo’s connection work successful part. “I’m truthful grateful to person worked connected X-Men ’97, collaborating with immoderate amazingly talented folks. Creating this revival was a imagination travel existent and the enactment fans person shown is truthful touching. However, I felt it pressing for maine to talk up successful the aftermath of leaving the show.”

Shortly after, The Hollywood Reporter published a connection from Marvel, a rare, swift effect for the workplace to interior allegations. “Mr. DeMayo was terminated successful March 2024 pursuing an interior investigation,” Marvel said successful a connection to the outlet. “Given the egregious quality of the findings, we severed ties with him immediately, and helium has nary further affiliation with Marvel.”

Both The Hollywood Reporter and Variety, citing undisclosed sources, alleged that DeMayo had been removed from X-Men ’97 pursuing an interior probe into intersexual misconduct. Both DeMayo and the Studio had purportedly agreed to bounds what DeMayo could sermon astir the bid connected societal media aft his exit, which DeMayo regularly continued to bash arsenic the bid began airing to captious and instrumentality acclaim, adjacent up to arsenic precocious arsenic earlier this week, when DeMayo complained that Disney and Marvel had not reached retired astir sending him to the 2024 Emmys, wherever X-Men ’97 was nominated for Best Animated Program. It was breaches of this statement that allegedly saw DeMayo’s penning credits connected play 2 stripped.

A petition for further remark by io9 saw a Disney spokesperson nonstop america to The Hollywood Reporter piece.

That Marvel would portion recognition from DeMayo for posting instrumentality creation of himself is simply a peculiar claim, considering the writer regularly shared akin art, memes, and penetration astir the show’s advancement during the agelong accumulation play earlier its release. When DeMayo archetypal near the series, it was speculated that portion of the crushed could’ve been owed to his moving of a non-explicit OnlyFans account. Although the relationship has since been closed, it had remained progressive during his clip moving connected the bid despite nationalist reporting connected it.

Later past night, DeMayo released a further connection connected societal media, citing Variety’s reporting. “The information volition beryllium revealed. After their Disney Plus disaster, Marvel wants to mislead with alleged declaration breaches implicit tweets. It’s tragic it’s travel to this but unsurprising,” the writer wrote, before adding “This is their Disney-Marvel’s [sic] accustomed playbook. Legal letters arsenic good arsenic different items to beryllium their long-standing signifier to travel . It’s astir uncovering a harmless outlet.”

Want much io9 news? Check retired erstwhile to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s adjacent for the DC Universe connected movie and TV, and everything you request to cognize astir the aboriginal of Doctor Who.