Bryan Singer and Matt Nix planning another X-Men spin-off

The Motherhood of Mutants 

 

Matt Nix, the creator of Burn Notice, is teaming up with Bryan Singer to produce a new mutant-themed series for US TV network Fox. Fox already has a few comic book series on the air, those being the adaptations of DC properties Gotham and Lucifer, but this will be one of their first Marvel projects, the development of which has been a "top priority" for the network.

The series, which is as-yet untitled, will take place within the wider X-Men universe (still one of the few major Marvel properties the comic book giant has yet to claw back) but instead of chronicling the exploits of everyone's favourite band of merry mutants it will focus on two ordinary parents who discover that their bouncing bundle of joy has mutant powers.

In order to keep their child out of the hands of a rogue government agency, the doting ma and da fall in with a coalition of mutants who have gone underground to fight back against their oppressors.

In addition to Nix and Singer (themselves no strangers to the world of network TV), the project has snared Marvel's own Jeph Loeb, as well as Fox's Simon Kinberg and Lauren Shuler Donner as producers.

It's certainly an interesting concept, but it doesn't sound nearly as unique or exciting as Fox's other X-Men spinoff, Legion, currently being put together by Fargo showrunner Noah Hawley. 

Fox are understandably keen to strike while the iron is hot, especially following the success of its X-Men movies and Deadpool, but one has to wonder if pumping out series after series of vaguely mutant-related TV shows is really the best idea.

Source: Empire