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Where Are Some of Marvel’s Other Heavy-Hitters?
Speaking of fan-favorite Marvel heroes who have not appeared in the MCU yet, the X-Men are one of social media’s favorite entities to ask some questions about. They’ll hit Disney+ in X-Men ’97 and writer Beau DeMayo talked to The Direct about the pressure that comes with that task.
“From a studio and process standpoint, no different. Kevin [Feige], Brad Winderbaum, Dana [Vasquez-Eberhardt] who’s working with us on this, who are our producers, they have the same level of involvement,” he said. “I know in some studios, animation is treated like the red-headed stepchild and, honestly, What If…? and Marvel’s other animated series are treated just as seriously as their live-action properties. And X-Men, in particular, is something that is very close to Marvel Studios’ hearts, now that it’s back home at the studio. So that has been different.”
“It’s just like, X-Men means something to a lot of people. There’s a weight and a responsibility there, I think, now that it’s back at Marvel Studios, that is very different, and that I’m always aware of,” DeMayo added. “The funny difference is more sleepless night, because on Moon Knight, if something didn’t go right, [I was like], ‘well, Jeremy [Slater] is is writing the show, so at the end of the day he’ll have to [figure it out].’ There have been several moments where I’m like, ‘Someone needs to figure this out—oh, it’s me now.’ [laughs] So, there’s been a lot of growth, I’d say, that I’ve had to do on X-Men ’97. Just as a storyteller, and as a producer, and as a person, that has made it a very different experience than writing on Moon Knight.”
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