X-Men-Connected TV Series Legion Officially Coming to FX

Debuting in early 2017.

By Alex Osborn

Legion is officially making its way to TV, as FX has picked up the X-Men-related television series for its first season.

Season 1 will span a total of eight episodes, with production scheduled to being within the next few months in Vancouver. The show will make its debut on FX in early 2017.

Legion tells the story of David Haller, a "young man who may be more than human." After visiting a number of psychiatric hospitals in the hopes of remedying a mental illness, Haller comes to the realization that the voices and visions filling his head may be more than just figments of his imagination. In the comics, David, AKA Legion, is the son of Professor X, though it remains to see how much the TV series directly delves into this.

Dan Stevens in Legion.

The series stars Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey, The Guest) as David, and also includes Rachel Keller (Fargo), Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation), Jean Smart (Fargo), Jeremie Harris (A Walk Among the Tombstones), Amber Midthunder (Hell or High Water), Katie Aselton (The League) and Bill Irwin (Interstellar). Fargo's Noah Hawley is executive producing and wrote the pilot episode. The show is also executive produced by Lauren Shuler Donner, Bryan Singer, Simon Kinberg, Jeph Loeb, Jim Chory and John Cameron and is the first series to boast a partnership between Marvel TV and Fox, who make the X-Men movies - Marvel and FX Productions are producing Legion together.

"Marvel Television is thrilled to not only have our first partnership with FX go to series, but working with the enormously talented Noah Hawley makes it even better," said Executive Producer/Marvel TV head Jeph Loeb, in a statement. "From the first time we heard Noah's vision to his exceptional script and cast through the extraordinary filming of the pilot, we knew the series would be incredible."

It was previously revealed that Legion won't be set in the X-Men film universe, with Kinberg describing it as the Breaking Bad of superhero shows.

Alex Osborn is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

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