Simply days earlier than the present is about to premiere on Disney+, Marvel has reportedly “fired” X-Males ’97’ creator Beau DeMayo.
To date, neither Marvel nor DeMayo have commented on the information. In response to The Hollywood Reporter, “Marvel and DeMayo all of the sudden parted methods” early final week.
“His firm e mail was deactivated and forged and crew had been knowledgeable he was not on the mission,” they added. “DeMayo’s Instagram account, as soon as a supply for X-Males updates, was deleted. No purpose for the firing was given.”
The brand new collection is a long-anticipated continuation of the X-Males: The Animated Collection of the Nineties, which helped introduce a complete technology of followers to X-Males, and is even credited with encouraging Fox to start its live-action X-Males film franchise.
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When Marvel acquired the X-Males movie and TV license from Fox, considered one of their first strikes was to start work on this animated collection. They’ve additionally integrated references to the previous X-Males present — like its well-known theme music — into Marvel films like Physician Unusual within the Multiverse of Insanity.
The brand new present picks up the place the previous one left off, and contains a number of members of the unique X-Males animated voice forged.
X-Males ’97 was first introduced in November of 2021; DeMayo has been with the present since then. In interviews, he had spoken about how he had been a fan of the X-Males animated collection rising up. DeMayo has beforehand labored on Marvel’s Moon Knight collection and contributed drafts to their Blade reboot as nicely.
X-Males ’97 is scheduled to premiere on Disney+ on March 20.
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