‘X-Men '97’ Creator Mysteriously Fired Days Before Marvel Series Release Date

"X-Men '97" creator and showrunner Beau DeMayo has been fired just a week before the Disney+ animated series' premiere.

The Hollywood Reporter broke the news. Entertainment Weekly and Variety confirmed that DeMayo is no longer part of the project.

DeMayo's Instagram page, where he had been promoting the sequel to "X-Men: The Animated Series," has since been deleted.

No reason for DeMayo's exit has been disclosed.

The writer-producer, his representatives, and Marvel Studios have not publicly addressed DeMayo's firing.

While Disney and Marvel Studios have not officially announced a second season for the animated series, DeMayo had finished writing "X-Men '97" Season 2 and was already discussing ideas for a third season with his team at the time of his axing, according to THR.

DeMayo also reportedly planned to attend "X-Men '97's" Hollywood premiere Wednesday.

But Variety confirmed he will no longer appear at the event, promote the series, or continue working on future seasons.

DeMayo also worked on "Moon Knight" and the upcoming Marvel movie, "Blade."

His other credits include "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds," "The Witcher," and "The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf."

"X-Men '97" picks up where "X-Men: The Animated Series" ended in the 1990s.

A trailer released last month for the upcoming series teased what happened to Cyclops, Wolverine, Morph, Rogue, Beast, Gambit, Jubilee, Bishop, and other X-Men members after Charles Xavier died.

In the sneak peek, the X-Men can be seen fighting against Sentinel robots, and Magneto obtaining Professor X's last will and testament.

"The last will and testament of Charles Xavier," Magneto told the X-Men. "Everything he built now belongs to me."

DeMayo previously opened up about the creation of "X-Men '97" in an interview with EW last month.

"It's always interesting to take Xavier's dream and turn it on its head," he said. "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."

"[The X-Men] spent years telling humanity to embrace the future, walk into the future together," he continued. "What happens when they get hit with a future they didn't see coming? What does it feel like to be on the other end when you feel like that future is leaving you behind?"

The voice cast of "X-Men '97" includes Ray Chase as Cyclops, Jennifer Hale as Jean Grey, Alison Sealy-Smith as Storm, Cal Dodd as Wolverine, JP Karliak as Morph, and Lenore Zann as Rogue.

George Buza stars as Beast, AJ LoCascio as Gambit, Holly Chou as Jubilee, Isaac Robinson-Smith as Bishop, Matthew Waterson as Magneto, and Adrian Hough as Nightcrawler.

"X-Men '97" premieres on Disney+ on March 20.