While Marvel is planning to start their own streaming service sometime next year with their own series, there is a part of their superhero universe you'll be able to watch this Autumn: TV series THE GIFTED, based on their X-Men franchise, which starts its ten episode run on Fox October 2nd starring Stephen Moyer and Amy Acker as parents who take their children on the run after they discover their mutant abilities.
SUPER HEROES ON THE RUN The series from writer Matt Nix and X-Men director Bryan Singer focuses on a suburban couple (Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker) whose ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children
The Gifted starts this October on Fox
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 GALLERY OF SUPERHEROES
The series will be executive produced by Underworld's Len Wiseman, who is also directing together with Bryan Singer, with Stephen Moyer in the lead role of Reed Strucker: A father trying to balance his
Sean Teale is Eclipse, who manipulates photons
family responsibilities with his job as a district attorney. Amy Acker is Caitlin Strucker: A mother and nurse struggling with her split from Reed and increasingly challenging teenage children played by Natalie
Emma Dumont can control magnetism as Polaris
Alyn Lind and Percy Hynes White. Sean Teale is Marcos Diaz or Eclipse: A rebellious mutant who can absorb and manipulate photons. Jamie Chung is Clarice Fong or Blink: A sarcastic, lively mutant with teleportation powers. Coby Bell is Jace Turner: A man struggling with
Blair Redford is mutant leader Thunderbird
the cold-blooded requirements of his job. Emma Dumont is Lorna Dane or Polaris: A brave and loyal mutant whose abilities include controlling magnetism. Blair Redford is John Proudstar or Thunderbird: A
Jamie Chung is Blink, a teleporter
strong-willed mutant, leader of the underground community. Jermaine Rivers will guest star as Shatter: A mutant who can turn his skin into a hard, protective crystal. Elena Satine as Dreamer: A mutant that can add or subtract others' memories.
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