All new X-Men Series "The Gifted" By fox & Marvel
Fox and Marvel are bringing The Gifted, a drama set within the X-Men universe, to television. To celebrate, Fox released the full-length trailer for the show and, although mutants are definitely present, it’s eerily reminiscent of another series.
The Gifted is a series about a regular family in suburban America who are forced to go on the run after the secret surrounding their children’s mutant abilities is discovered. The show is set in a slightly dystopian period where those with mutant abilities are being hunted and collected by the American government. The only thing these families have is an underground network of strangers going through the same trials and tribulations.
Beneath all of the superhero hubbub, however, Heroes andThe Gifted share one very important similarity: the twist. InHeroes, Claire “The Cheerleader” Bennet’s father worked for a clandestine organization that essentially kept an eye on those with superhero abilities and would come out of the woodwork when warranted. When he discovered that his daughter was one of those very same people, however, he was forced to examine his relationship with her and his career.
In The Gifted, the family patriarch, who’s played by True Blood’s Stephen Moyer, works for an organization whose sole purpose is to capture and neutralize mutants. When he discovers that his own children belong to that same group, however, he also has to choose what to do.
Based on what we’ve seen fromThe Gifted — which, granted, isn’t much — it will use its science-fiction and fantasy base as a way to delve into a more tangled, emotional arc about family and the values people think they believe in until faced with an unsolvable predicament.
Hopefully, The Gifted will learn from Heroes’ mistakes and avoid heading down the same path. It debuts this fall.
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