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Legion Not Set In The X-Men Universe


In some surprising news, yesterday at the 2016 TCA Winter Press Tour, FX President John Landgraf announced that they will be taking a cue out of DC's unconnected film and TV universes, with their upcoming X-Men spinoff series, Legion.

"It’s not in the continuity of those films, in the sense that the current X-Men films take place in a universe where everybody on planet earth is aware of the existence of mutants. The series Legion takes place takes place in a parallel universe in which the U.S. Government is in the early days of being aware that something called mutants exist, but the public does not. I wouldn’t foresee characters moving back and forth because they really are parallel universes."

If we've learned anything from DC's movie and TV universes is that the same character can appear can exist in different platforms and be played by completely different actors, case in point The CW's The Flash starring Grant Gustin in the titular role, and the upcoming movie version of the character starring Ezra Miller.

So can we expect something similar in Legion? Probably not says Landgraf.

"It's still in process but I think at the moment they're all new characters…But I'm 100% sure that'll be the case by the time it airs."

As for the time frame of the show, Landgraf revealed, “It might be a few years in the past,” while also saying it will be a 10-episode season, should it get the greenlight, like Hawley’s Fargo seasons.

Legion has yet to receive an official series order, but that seems like a mere formality at this point. Legion is expected to premiere later this year.

Source - IGN
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