In a recent interview, the screenwriter of moon knight and also head writer and executive producer of X Men ’97 Beau DeMayotalked about the differences of working on both projects and the general pressure of reviving mutants with Marvel Studios.
DeMayo noted that the process is no different from a studio and process standpoint, but that the X-Men in particular is something that is very close to the heart of Marvel Studios.
From a studio and process standpoint, it’s no different. Kevin Feige, Brad Winderbaum, Dana Vasquez-Eberhardt, who are working with us on this, who are our producers, have the same level of involvement. I know that in some studios, animation is treated like the redheaded stepson, and honestly, What If…? and the other Marvel animated series are treated with the same seriousness as their live-action properties. And X-Men, in particular, is something that’s very close to the hearts of Marvel Studios, now that they’re back home at the studio. In that respect it has been different.
The screenwriter also said that he feels a great weight and responsibility given that this is Marvel Studios’ first attempt at an X-Men-centric project.
It’s like the X-Men mean something to a lot of people. There’s a weight and a responsibility there, I think, now that they’re back at Marvel Studios. It is very different and I am always aware of it. The funny difference is that there are more sleepless nights, because in Moon Knight, if something didn’t go right, I was like, ‘Well, Jeremy Slater is writing the show, so at the end of the day he’s going to be there to fix it.’ There have been several moments where I thought, ‘Someone has to figure this out, oh, now it’s me.’ So I would say there’s been a lot of growth from what I had to do in X-Men ’97. Just as a narrator, a producer, and a person, it became a very different experience than writing Moon Knight.