Matthew Chauncey Set As New Writer For Season 3 Of X-Men '97

[Outsiders]

Matthew Chauncey, a writer-producer since Season 1 of What If...?, has been selected to pen Season 3 of Disney+’s X-Men ’97, the revival of Marvel Animation‘s iconic ’90s animated show, according to sources at Deadline. Additionally, Chauncey has contributed to Marvel’s live-action series for Disney+, including Ms. Marvel.

Chauncey is set to collaborate with Jake Castorena, the director of X-Men 97, who has been involved with the animated series since its inception. Larry Houston, Eric, and Julia Lewald, who served as executive producers on the original X-Men: The Animated Series, will continue to consulting producers. The second season of the revival, which has undergone script revisions according to reports, is currently in production, while the third season is in the development stage.

[Emnems80]

We just ask that you don't screw up a good thing!

[Legender]

What If Season 2 was ... terrible to say the least ... an annoying protagonism by Carter and a new non-interesting character (no talking about the sex or the race, just the amount of power that can handle just like that). Please dont try to "empower" women when in this case we have already THREE loved and super-powered female characters, and if you do, fans we are waiting for more development of other existing mutants like Psylocke, Polaris, Mystique, etc etc etc

[RobertD]

Looking at his IMDB... eh, he hasn't really worked on anything that actually impressed me, sadly.  I really hope subsequent seasons are able to hold up to the quality of the first, but news like this doesn't fill me with that confidence.  I guess time will tell, though. 

[Satam]

Charley Feldman (supervising producer on the first two seasons and writer of about a third of the episodes) was the obvious choice to takeover as showrunner. I guess she must have quit after DeMayo was fired. Too bad. I doubt highly this show's quality will continue penned by the writer of some of What If?'s worst episodes. Also a couple of their best, but that's not a high bar.