IGN: What are the challenges in having this other, larger X-Men franchise? Will this be within that universe, or are you making it separate?
Donner: No, we're making it separate. We're our own world.
IGN: So even if it touches upon Xavier later, it's not the Patrick Stewart and James McAvoy versions?
Donner: Yes, we're in a different world. Exactly.
IGN: Why go that route? Particularly because Matt Nix said his FOX X-Men project is a part of that world?
Donner: Matt's is much more a part of just the world in terms of there are mutants, mutants are hated and there are Sentinels -- though very different from what we've seen before. You feel like you're here in the X-Men world. With Legion, we're our own universe. It gives Noah the freedom to do what he wants to do. Because we play with so many different timelines, and we rebooted and not really rebooted and all that, we felt like, OK, we're going to throw it out there and hope the fans accept it.
Donner: No, we're making it separate. We're our own world.
IGN: So even if it touches upon Xavier later, it's not the Patrick Stewart and James McAvoy versions?
Donner: Yes, we're in a different world. Exactly.
IGN: Why go that route? Particularly because Matt Nix said his FOX X-Men project is a part of that world?
Donner: Matt's is much more a part of just the world in terms of there are mutants, mutants are hated and there are Sentinels -- though very different from what we've seen before. You feel like you're here in the X-Men world. With Legion, we're our own universe. It gives Noah the freedom to do what he wants to do. Because we play with so many different timelines, and we rebooted and not really rebooted and all that, we felt like, OK, we're going to throw it out there and hope the fans accept it.
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