X-Men ’97 Season 3 has got a new writer to replace Beau DeMayo, and it’s someone with experience in the animated Marvel world.
Chauncey is known for his work on What If…?, another animatedMarvel TV show. As a writer and producer, he’s certainly an experienced creative in the realm of Marvel animation. All this makes him an understandable choice for the upcoming Season 3. He also worked on the live-action Marvelsuperhero show, Ms. Marvel.
Only one day ahead of the Season 1 premiere, it was announced that DeMayo wouldn’t continue working on the show. Marvel Studios didn’t comment on the unexpected exit, and there’s seen been no confirmed reason behind the parting of ways.
Insider Jeff Sneider alleged onThe Hot Mic podcast, “I think he was probably difficult to work with and getting on everyone’s last nerve, and I don’t think the OnlyFans stuff helped.” The latter comments refer to DeMayo’s account on OnlyFans, which Sneider claims Disney didn’t approve of.
On the fan front, not everyone is pleased with the news of DeMayo’s successor. Even the less negative comments are still nervous about where the show could go following the success and popularity of the first season.
As one userwroteon X/Twitter: “Getting a white guy who wrote the abysmal What If? show to write for the real world nuance driven, POC and LGBTQ pov stories for team of diverse characters is certainly a choice.”
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“This guy has insanely big shoes to fill, I don’t envy that position at all. Just please keep giving us more peak X-Men,”saidanother.
“Certainly there are better options. My thing with hiring a writer seen as ‘safe’ by the studio is that it’ll feel exactly like everything else. And being DIFFERENT is what made ’97 and the X-Men as a whole special,”wrotea third.
For more, check out our guide on allMarvel Comics & movie references explained in X-Men ’97.We’ve also got a feature on whyX-Men ’97 just set up a terrifying, nearly unstoppable villain, as well as a guide to all theMarvel movies in order.
Jessica Cullen is a TV and Movies Writer on Dexerto’s UK team. She’s previously written for The Digital Fix, Cosmopolitan, Refinery29, Slate and more. Aside from being the residential Yellowstone expert, she also loves Westerns, ’90s action movies, and true crime. You can email her here: jessica.cullen@dexerto.com.
