Fox's upcoming X-Men drama The Gifted exists in a world where the X-Men are gone, but that doesn't mean it will be ignoring the mutant group nor its history.
Speaking at the Television Critics Association summer press tour, The Gifted's producers Matt Nix and Jeph Loeb discussed the idea that the series isn't "X-Men adjacent." Specifically, the two were asked whether the appearance of Blink and Thunderbird/Warpath (who appeared in X-Men: Days of Future Past) meant the show is highlighting earlier versions of these characters.
"Days of Future Past was a comic book before it was a movie, so some of the connections [in the show] are not necessarily connections to the movies, they're connections to the universe of the X-Men," showrunner Matt Nix said of whether the series is directly tying into that film. "In regard to any specific connections [to the movies], watch and see."
In regard to any specific connections [to the movies], watch and see."
At San Diego Comic-Con, Nix discussed how that film in particular created multiple time streams for the universe, allowing the show itself to exist in "its own stream." His comments during the TCAs certainly suggest the show could reference the events of the films, but The Gifted's producers look at it more as an avenue for referencing the larger X-Men universe. Executive producer Jeph Loeb compared it to the world of X-Men comics, where both a main storyline and various other books within the universe can all co-exist.
And though the X-Men may not be the main characters of the series, their absence in the show's world is a notable one to the story rather than simply a plot decision born out of budgetary limitation.
"In our world, one of the things we'll be unpacking is the specific relationship of this group of characters to the X-Men. The X-Men are gone, that's not a dodge," Nix said."It's a thing in the show and we're going to be exploring it, and it's a huge deal to these guys, it's a huge deal in the world. It's one of the central mysteries of the show."
It also, according to Nix, allows the show to never be driven exactly by what the X-Men films are doing, nor forcing the series to impose changes on the films.
Instead, the series will allow the show's creative team to take the time to explore a host of different mutants (including the Morlock Beautiful Dreamer, who will be introduced in episode 2) on a longer timeline than the films allow. Specifically, the series will get the chance to allow mutants like Blink (Jamie Chung) to developer their powers as well as their expression of their powers, two factors Nix believes are key elements to the X-Men comics.
Nix and Loeb emphasized that, at its core, The Gifted is, like many X-Men storylines, exploring the notions of family, both the Struckers, who discover their children are mutants, and families of mutants that grow out of this world without X-Men.
Heroes is a show that we referenced, that came up as we were talking about the show."
Fox President of Entertainment David Madden echoed this sentiment when speaking to journalists at the TCAs, citing specifically how that focus on family differs from another superhero series, Heroes.
"Heroes is a show that we referenced, that came up as we were talking about the show," Madden said. "I think the difference is that this show, The Gifted, is much more about traditional family. Heroes does have that loner, outcast, people with superpowers thing. ... There is a little of [the HRG similarities with Strucker], but if you continue to watch The Gifted, that character and that thread goes in a very different direction than anything that happened on Heroes."
The Gifted premieres on Fox on October 2.
Jonathon Dornbush is an Associate Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter @jmdornbush.
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