Update: August 25, 2016
FX's LEGION Confirmed to Be Part of the X-MEN Cinematic Universe
The
X-Men cinematic universe grows by one when FX's
Legion launches early next year, producer Bryan Singer finally confirmed. While earlier talk has been muddled, with
Legion being called stand-alone, implied to be in-universe with the films, and even mentioned in a Marvel.com roundup of new MCU characters (relating it to Marvel Studios' output of films and TV series), Singer made it much more clear at the Edinburgh Television Festival.
"[
Legion is] part of the X-Men universe, but when you watch it, you wouldn't have to label it, it could exist entirely on its own," Singer said of the show. That seems to jive with at least two of the three things mentioned above - it can stand-alone, but it does technically live in the same timeline as the films.
Of course, that opens up other questions, as the films don't seem to have their own major timeline issues; thanks to the soft reboot of
X-Men: Days of Future Past, the timeline of the future was drastically changed, bringing characters back to life, and seemingly erasing the events of the critically and fan-reviled films
X-Men: The Last Stand and
X-Men: Origins - Wolverine (giving us that second chance at
Deadpool we were all hoping for).
Singer also said there is still a second
X-Men TV series in the works, though their first effort,
Hellfire, died on the vine. The second series "will relate to future
X-Men movies and has a really ambitious and fun and very unique storyline," he teased. He didn't reveal anything else about where in the timeline that particular series will fit, however.
Bryan Singer Confirms FX's 'Legion' is Part of X-Men Cinematic Universe