Recent reports suggested that ‘X-Men ’97’ won’t premiere until 2026, most likely because of the rewrites following Beau DeMayo’s firing. The former showrunner recently took to X to reflect on his scrapped episodes.
The writer confirmed that his original plan included Onslaught making an appearance in the Season 2 finale, a storyline that had been heavily anticipated by comic book fans.
“Yep, pretty sad,” he commented on the supposed rewrites. “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.”
Fans shared disappointment over the change from DeMayo’s plans. “On Gawd, I hope Season 2 is lit, ‘cause I don’t know how I’m gonna feel about Season 2 if they deviate too much from how you framed Season 2,” one person wrote.
“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,” DeMayo replied. “At one point, the exec was pushing Emma and Logan being a couple.”
The showrunner previously claimed that Marvel fired him earlier this year and later attempted to smear him with sexual misconduct allegations for speaking up against the studio’s alleged unethical and racist practices.
With the original Season 2 plans revealed, more fans criticized Marvel for drifting too far from the source material. “People like me are dying to see an AoA, and Onslaught would’ve been epic,” a comment read. “And they wonder why their projects are having diminishing returns, you gave us what we wanted to see, so hats off to you!”
DeMayo noted, “Yeah, sorry guys. But when Marvel protects a director who openly discriminates against anyone who isn’t like them, writes off Claremont as an old white man whose stories we shouldn’t be adapting and instead do ‘our own versions,’ what do you expect…”
‘X-Men ’97’ Season 1 concluded in May. The show is now moving forward with Matthew Chauncey as the new head writer.
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
— Beau DeMayo (@BeauDemayo) September 24, 2024
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 🙄
— Beau DeMayo (@BeauDemayo) September 24, 2024
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…
— Beau DeMayo (@BeauDemayo) September 24, 2024
