New X-Men Television Series Announced By FOX

Outside of the disaster that was The Fantastic Four reboot, 20th Century Fox has been having some amazing success with their Marvel properties.  While X-Men: Apocalypse didn't live up to the same box office numbers it's predecessor X-Men: Days of Future Past, it was still considered to be profitable movie, and their Deadpool movie caught everyone (except fans) off guard with it's $750 million run.  Now, FOX is delving into producing a couple of television shows that will feature X-Men, although they seem to take place outside of the X-Men cinematic universe.  The first program is Legion, and is going to premier on FX.  The second show was supposed to be Hellfire, but after it lost it's showrunners, it's pretty much dead.  That doesn't mean that there won't be another X-Men TV series, though.


To be perfectly honest, I wasn't really impressed with the premise of Hellfire, so I'm not terribly upset that the show has been canceled.  Having said that, I am intrigued by the new show that they are planning for Fox.  Right now, it doesn't have a title, but both Fox and Marvel's Television division are pretty excited about the project.  Fox President David Madden had this to say about the new series:


“Developing a Marvel property has been a top priority for the network–and we are so pleased with how Matt Nix has led us into this thrilling universe. There’s comic book adventure, emotional and complicated relationships, and a rich, existing mythology from which to draw. With the brilliant production crew behind this project, it has all the makings of a big, fun and exciting new series.”


In case you were wondering, Matt Nix (Burn Notice) is set to produce and oversee the project, and even wrote the script for the pilot episode.  Over on the Marvel side of the series, Jeph Loeb, Head of Marvel Television, had this to say about it:


“Marvel Television is thrilled to be co-producing with 20th Century Fox Television on our first project. Matt’s a huge fan of X-Men and his take on the X-Men universe, with its rich characters and high-stakes adventure, is exactly the show we want on FOX. It’s a great team of creative producers who will be making something entirely unique.”


I'm guessing that Fox has seen the success that The CW has had with all of their comic book properties, and is wanting to get in on the action.  Unlike The CW though, they aren't focusing in on one shared universe.  Right now, they have Gotham, which is a DC based show, where as this new X-Men show is a Marvel entity.  I've got to say, I think it's pretty cool that they aren't limiting themselves to one side or the other.


So the series is going to follow a family of two ordinary parents that discover that their children are mutants.  Even though this show hasn't been confirmed whether or not it will take place outside of the X-Men cinematic universe, they are following the same storyline where mutants are feared and the family has to go on the run from mutant-hostile government agencies.  They end up entering the underworld of the mutant population while they fight to survive and stay together.


I think that if Legion is to take place outside of the X-Men cinematic universe, then this one should as well, leading to the possibility of the two shows doing a crossover, even though they'll be on separate channels.  I mean, The Flash and Supergirl did it, right?  So what do you think?  Does this sound like something that you'd be interested in watching, or are you getting tired of new comic book television programs being created?  Let me know your thoughts in the comments section down below.