The head of animation at Marvel Studios speaks with EW about the abrupt exit of 'X-Men '97' showrunner Beau DeMayo, saying he does not categorize the departure as a firing: ''We parted ways' is the best way I could say.'
Nick is an entertainment journalist based in New York, NY. If you like pugs and the occasional blurry photo of an action figure, follow him on Twitter @NickARomano."I can't talk about the details," Winderbaum tells EW in an interview, "but I can say that Beau had real respect and passion for these characters and wrote what I think are excellent scripts that really the rest of the team were able to draw inspiration from build this amazing show that's on screen.
Asked if he would categorize the parting of ways as a firing, he says, "I don't. 'We parted ways' is the best way I could say.", but, as EW confirmed earlier this week, he was fired from the project with mere days to go before the show premiered on Disney+.since 2021, was set to speak with members of the press for additional interviews to promote the show.
In addition to actively promoting the show on social media, DeMayo regularly posted shirtless gym selfies and he operated a non-explicit OnlyFans account for a time. However, none of that was kept a secret. Though showrunner and writer shifts are fairly common on ongoing projects, the fact that DeMayo's departure comes so late in the process still poses a lot of questions.
"It's always interesting to take Xavier's dream and turn it on its head," he said at the time. "When I first came to this, I was thinking about what the world of the '90s was like, even issues of social acceptance and what does it mean to be different? It was so much more simplistic than it is today. spent years telling humanity to embrace the future, walk into the future together.
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