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The Gifted is an TV series focusing on a family who discovered that their two kids are mutants and team up with the Mutant Underground while on the run from the Sentinel Services in a world where both the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants has mysteriously disappeared.

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The Gifted, from Marvel, tells the story of a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that 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.

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The 20th Century Fox Television/Marvel series picks up after the explosion of the Atlanta Station. The Mutant Underground search for their friends and family who left with the Inner Circle. Having tracked them outside of Washington, D.C., they must contend with new groups with extreme ideologies, both human and mutant alike, to stave off a brewing conflict.

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On July 12, 2016, Variety reports that Fox has picked a pilot from both Matt Nix and Bryan Singer, Lauren Shuler Donner, Simon Kinberg, Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory as executive producers. "The series will focus 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." [1] On January 11, 2017, Deadline reports that Fox, 20th Century Fox TV, and Marvel TV have responded well to his script, and a pilot pickup is expected shortly.[2] Nix also stated that the show will have a more direct connection to the film side of the X-Men film universe, than Legion, and will feature various characters from the film series and comics as well as new ones created for the television series.[3] Donner reveled to IGN in an interview that the Sentinels will appear on the show.[4] It was announced that Fox has picked up the series and Singer will direct the pilot episode.[5][6] The series will begin filming on March 13, 2017 in Dallas, Texas.[7] Entertainment Weekly reports that Blair Redford is cast as Sam, "the strong-headed Native American leader of the underground network."[8] Variety reports that Jamie Chung is cast as Clarice Fong/Blink in the series.[9] The Hollywood Reporter reports that Stephen Moyer will take on the role of Reed Strucker, an ambitious attorney trying to balance the demands of his job at the DA's office with his responsibilities to his family.[10] Deadline reports that Sean Teale is cast as Marcos Diaz/Eclipse, "a natural rebel compelled by circumstances to cooperate with others, Marcos is a passionate and strong-willed fighter who sometimes lets his emotions overrule reason"[11] and Natalie Alyn Lind as play one of the children, Lauren Strucker, who is described as smart, pretty, popular, organized and already ahead on her college applications, she is the model of a perfect kid.[12] The Hollywood Reporter reports that Amy Acker, Emma Dumont and Percy Hynes White are cast with Acker as Kate Stewart, "a woman who is struggling with her separation from her husband Reed and her increasingly challenging teenage children. When her family situation takes a dark turn, she finds that she's stronger than she thinks", Dumont as Lorna Dane/Polaris, "strong-willed, brave and loyal mutant who has the ability to manipulate magnetism" and Hynes White as Andy, "a sensitive kid and bit of a loner, who keeps to himself to avoid the turmoil he faces at school and at home."[13] Deadline reports that Coby Bell will play Jace Turner, "a weathered man who quietly wrestles with the moral ambiguities of a job that regularly requires cold-blooded, calculating efficiency on a day-to-day basis."[14] On March 10, 2017, Donner tweeted a photo of the table reading and announced the series titled called Gifted.[15][16]

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  1. ↑ Marvel ‘X-Men’ Series from Matt Nix, Bryan Singer Lands Put Pilot Commitment at Fox (EXCLUSIVE)
  2. ↑ ‘X-Men’ Drama Nears Pilot Order At Fox
  3. ↑ Fox’s Upcoming X-Men Series Will Connect to the Movie Universe, Features New Characters
  4. ↑ LEGION: X-MEN PRODUCER ON HOW PROFESSOR X FITS IN AND FUTURE TV PLANS
  5. ↑ X-Men TV Series Gets Official Pilot Order From Fox
  6. ↑ Singer to Direct Fox's 'X-Men' Pilot
  7. ↑ Matt Nix’s ‘X-Men’ TV Series To Begin Filming This March in Texas; Connected to the ‘Hellfire Club’?
  8. ↑ Fox’s Marvel series casts its first mutant
  9. ↑ Jamie Chung to Play Blink in Fox’s Marvel Pilot From Bryan Singer
  10. ↑ Stephen Moyer to Star in Fox Marvel Drama
  11. ↑ Sean Teale To Co-Star In Fox Marvel Pilot As Newly Created Mutant Character
  12. ↑ Natalie Alyn Lind Cast In Fox’s Marvel Pilot
  13. ↑ Amy Acker Set as Female Lead in Fox's Marvel Drama (Exclusive)
  14. ↑ Coby Bell To Co-Star In Fox Marvel Pilot
  15. ↑ [1]
  16. ↑ Joseph Morgan Joins FOX’s ‘X-Men’ TV Show; Series Title Revealed

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