Just a few days before the premiere X-Men 97Marvel Studios surprised the world by firing the creator of the project, Bo DeMaio. The company did not explain the reasons, and the creative himself even continued to be associated with the series, publishing a lot of content via social networks. Now, several months later and after incredible public recognition, more details of the conflict situation have become known. And all because of his own tweet. DeMaio ensuring that he would be removed from the credits of the second season, even though it was also his work.
“This is fan art X-Men which I posted on Instagram in honor of gay pride in June. On June 13, Marvel sent me an email notifying me that I had been removed from the credits of season two due to the post. Unfortunately, this is the latest in a series of troubling situations I have encountered while working at X-Men 97 And Blade“, – the creative complained. In the text, he assured that working on the series is a dream for which he is very grateful, but he needs to be told what is happening.
Following these allegations, Marvel Studios issued a statement to the American media, in which it stated the reasons why DeMaio from X-Men 97 first of all. “He Mr. DeMaio “He was terminated in March 2024 following an internal investigation,” a company spokesperson says. “Given the egregious nature of the findings, we immediately severed ties with him and he no longer has any affiliation with Marvel,” they add.
Apparently, DeMaio committed some act intolerable to the studio. Details of the internal investigation are not being disclosed. But according to reports DiversitySources close to the case insist that this would have been inappropriate sexual behavior. In the absence of official confirmation, this could have been the reason why Casa las Ideas dropped one of its best screenwriters. And not only did he create X-Men 97but also worked in Moon Knight and in the first versions of the future film Blade.
More problems ahead
It is obvious that the violations DeMaio It took more than a few social media posts for Marvel to conduct an internal investigation and make these decisions. For example, producer Victoria Alonso He also left the company in 2023, but retained his reputation in all the projects he worked on. However, to DeMaio He was removed from the second season of the series. X-Men 97 although he wrote the episodes. In anticipation of the third part, which has already been confirmed, the studio hired Matthew Chauncey (What if…?).
For his part, the creative suggests that the whole story is not yet known. “The truth will be revealed. After the Disney+ disaster, Marvel wants to deceive with alleged contract violations via tweets. Tragic that it has come to this, but not surprising. Stay tuned,” reads a new post on X. (Twitter). In addition, a few days ago, he admitted that he tried to get a seat with Marvel at the Emmy Gala – he is nominated for this episode. Remember this– but the studio has not responded to this. Everything indicates that the conflict will be revived in the coming days and weeks.
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