After only being greenlit for a pilot episode, FX has announced that the Marvel collaboration, "Legion," has been picked up for a full first season, reports IGN. The first season of the show will have a total of eight episodes and is expected to debut sometime next year.
"Legion" tells the story of David Haller (who will be played by Dan Stevens), who is a young mutant struggling with schizophrenia and psychiatric incarceration. Haller learns from other patients that the voices and visions in his head are infact real. The character is noted as the son of Professor Charles Xavier and Gabrielle Haller.
"We’ve come to expect excellence from Noah Hawley and with Legion he has delivered another major creative achievement,” FX Networks and FX Productions president Nick Grad said in a statement. "Just as he did in reimagining Fargo, he is bringing an entirely new aesthetic and sensibility to the enormously popular and richly represented X-Men world. The pilot episode is stunning, driven by incredible performances from Stevens, Aubrey Plaza (Parks and Recreation), Jean Smart (Fargo), Rachel Keller (Fargo) and the rest of the cast."
"Legion" will also see Jeremie Harris ("A Walk Among the Tombstones"), Amber Midthunder ("Hell or High Water"), Katie Aselton ("The League") and Bill Irwin ("Interstellar").
Meanwhile, Marvel TV head Jeph Loeb also expressed his excitement in working on a project with FX for the first time and of Hawley's vision of the series. He said, "Marvel Television is thrilled to not only have our first partnership with FX go to series, but working with the enormously talented Noah Hawley makes it even better. From the first time we heard Noah’s vision to his exceptional script and cast through the extraordinary filming of the pilot, we knew the series would be incredible.”
Production on the first season will begin in the summer in Vancouver, Canada and is expected to premiere early 2017.
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