Bryan Singer to Direct Pilot
The network has tapped Bryan Singer to helm the untitled Marvel drama, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. In addition, Singer will executive produce the potential series — which would mark the first live-action X-Men entry on broadcast.
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Fox has made it official, handing its first drama pilot order of the season to an X-Men-themed Marvel action-adventure drama from Burn Notice creator Matt Nix, 20th Century Fox Television and Marvel Television.
The project, which is untitled, had been a standout. Early versions of the script by Nix had been received enthusiastically at Fox as well as the producing studios, with a formal pilot green light contingent upon delivery of the final draft. Exploratory casting already had been underway, with the process expected to ramp up now that there is an official green light.
The drama, which had a put pilot commitment, focuses on two ordinary parents who discover their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive. The show appears particularly timely, dealing with the plight of minorities in society where there may not be enough tolerance for them.
Nix exec produced with Bryan Singer, Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg, key auspices of the X-Men feature franchise, as well as Marvel’s Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory.
The project, which is untitled, had been a standout. Early versions of the script by Nix had been received enthusiastically at Fox as well as the producing studios, with a formal pilot green light contingent upon delivery of the final draft. Exploratory casting already had been underway, with the process expected to ramp up now that there is an official green light.
The drama, which had a put pilot commitment, focuses on two ordinary parents who discover their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive. The show appears particularly timely, dealing with the plight of minorities in society where there may not be enough tolerance for them.
Nix exec produced with Bryan Singer, Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg, key auspices of the X-Men feature franchise, as well as Marvel’s Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory.
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