Brad Winderbaum, who heads animation at Marvel Studios, speaks with EW about the situation.

‘We parted ways’ is the best way I could say."

Reps for DeMayo did not respond to EW’s requests for comment.

X-Men ‘97

Marvel’s mutants return in ‘X-Men ‘97,’ the sequel to ‘X-Men: The Animated Series’.Marvel Animation

By Friday, his accounts were reactivated.

The entire team came together to create a revival worthy of theX-Mens 60-year legacy.

However, none of that was kept a secret.

Beau DeMayo speaks onstage at the Marvel Studios animation panel during 2022 Comic-Con International: San Diego at San Diego Convention Center on July 22, 2022 in San Diego, California, (L-R): Morph (voiced by JP Karliak), Storm (voiced by Alison Sealy-Smith), Gambit (voiced by AJ LoCascio), Cyclops (voiced by Ray Chase), Rogue (voiced by Lenore Zann), Wolverine (voiced by Cal Dodd), Bishop (voiced by Isaac Robinson-Smith), Beast (voiced by George Buza) in Marvel Animation’s X-MEN ‘97

‘X-Men ‘97’ season 1 showrunner Beau DeMayo.Amy Sussman/Getty; Marvel Animation

“Obviously, when you’re in that stage, there’s a lot of work to do.

We’re going to start development on the third season very soon.

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.

What happens when they get hit with a future they didn’t see coming?