The X-Men Movie Will Be Different On Television

 

Just a week away now from the premiere of Legion, while a new X-Men TV series is also in the works over at Fox. Described as a family drama, we recently learned that Bryan Singer will take the helm of the pilot episode, something which marks an unexpected return to the franchise for the filmmaker following the release of X-Men: Apocalypse last year.

Singer will also be an executive producer, a role he’s familiar with after serving in that capacity on both Legion and House, another popular Fox drama which had a good run. It’s really his job as director on the X-Men movies though that people know him for and talking in a recent interview about bringing the franchise to the small screen.

He said “Marvel Studios, they do their own films, then Fox Studios, we sort of do them separately when I make the X-Men films. Marvel Television is different. Their TV division works more closely with Fox. I’m actually directing one for Fox network, an X-Men related television show, which we started prepping today. Their television people work with us. It’s nice because we get backstory, we get information. I can’t read every comic book. So I want as much input as possible.”