Tag: X-Men TV show

JAMIE CHUNG Is BLINK in FOX X-MEN TV Project

Blink #4 courtesy Marvel

Blink is back again.

Marvel announced Jamie Chung has been cast to star in the Untitled FOX Marvel Project from Bryan Singer and Matt Nix.

Chung will star in a series regular role as Clarice Fong, better known as Blink, described as “a sarcastic and lively tomboy. Clarice’s naturally strong exuberance has taken a hit after a sudden and traumatic upheaval of her life. As she adjusts to the new people and places that are suddenly ‘home,’ Clarice is slowly becoming herself again.”

Blink appeared in a future timeline in X-Men: Days of Future Past played by Fan BingBing.

Who is this mutant? Continue reading JAMIE CHUNG Is BLINK in FOX X-MEN TV Project

X-MEN TELEVISION PILOT From FOX & MARVEL

Uncanny X-Men #29 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny X-Men #29 courtesy Marvel

The X-Men franchise is evolving into a new television series on Fox.

The network has made a put pilot commitment on a new X-Men series from writer Matt Nix (Burn Notice) according to Variety. Nix will be executive producer in the partnership between Fox and Marvel Television including X-Men film franchise veterans Bryan Singer, Lauren Shuler Donner, Simon Kinberg and Marvel Television’s Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory.

Fox and Marvel reached an agreement to produce Legion and Hellfire series to air on FX. In the comics Legion is the son of Professor X. The Hellfire Club are old enemies of the X-Men. The Hellfire project is not moving forward according to Variety. Legion will arrive in early 2017 on FX.

Fox airs Gotham and Lucifer, based on DC Comics characters. This would be the first Marvel series on the network. Continue reading X-MEN TELEVISION PILOT From FOX & MARVEL

X-MEN SPINOFF “BREAKING BAD” OF SUPERHERO STORIES”

X-Men Legacy #4 courtesy Marvel
X-Men Legacy #4 courtesy Marvel

Professor Xavier’s son caused massive shakeups in mutant history and could shakeup the superhero genre on screen.

Fox and Marvel are working on two X-Men spinoff television series: Legion and Hellfire.

Legion by Fargo creator Noah Hawley as showrunner/writer is the story of David Haller, Professor X’s son code-named Legion. David is a mentally unstable young man with multiple personalities and each personality is in control of one of his multiple mutant powers which include telekinesis, telepathy and pyrokinesis.

Veteran X-Men producer Simon Kinberg compares the Legion project’s potential to a hit series of a very different genre. Continue reading X-MEN SPINOFF “BREAKING BAD” OF SUPERHERO STORIES”