X-Men TV Spin-off Gets Weird and Funny New Trailers

Legion is the first spinoff from the X-Men universe and will hit screens early next year. A first trailer was revealed at San Diego Comic-Con in July, and it has now been joined by a pair of new teasers. Check the first out here, and the other at the end of this article:

Legion is the result of a partnership between Marvel and Fox, and will premiere on FX. It is being overseen by Fargo showrunner Noah Hawley and stars Dan Stevens (The Guest) and Aubrey Plaza (Parks & Recreation). Stevens will play David Haller, the troubled son of X-Men leader Professor X, who comes to realise that the voices in his head might in fact be real.

The character of Legion first appeared in a 1985 issue of The New Mutants. The show will be the first time that Marvel has been directly involved with the X-Men onscreen--while Fox are the sole producers of the X-Men films and spinoffs such as Wolverine and Deadpool, Marvel has retained the TV rights to the properties.

Last month, X-Men director Bryan Singer confirmed that the show would take place within the same world as the movies. "[It's] part of the X-Men universe," he told The Hollywood Reporter. "But when you watch it, you wouldn't have to label it. It could exist completely on its own."

Singer went on to explain that it "will relate to future X-Men movies," adding that it will feature a "really ambitious and fun and very unique storyline."

Fox are also working on a second X-Men show. It was announced last year that a period show called Hellfire was in development; however it has since been scrapped following the departure of its showrunners in January. The replacement show will instead follow two ordinary parents as they discover their children are mutants and are forced to run from the government. It has received a pilot order from the network.