Fox's THE GIFTED Won't Ignore The X-MEN, Their Absence Is Actually A Big Part Of The Show

Fox's THE GIFTED Won't Ignore The X-MEN, Their Absence Is Actually A Big Part Of The Show

The trailer for The Gifted revealed that "the X-Men don't exist anymore" but that wasn't an indication that the show's shying away from the faculty at Charles Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters.

By MarkJulian - Aug 08, 2017 01:08 PM EST
Filed Under: The Gifted
Source: Variety
If you thought Fox's The Gifted was establishing right off the bat that the X-Men wouldn't be playing a prominent role in the series with the line in the Comic-Con trailer that the mighty mutants were gone, you interpreted it incorrectly- at least according to showrunner Matt Nix.

 “In our world, one of the things we’ll be unpacking is the specific relationship of this group of characters to the X-Men. It’s in the trailer that the X-Men are gone. And that’s not a dodge, like ‘The X-Men are gone and we’re never going to mention them again!We’re going to be exploring it. It’s a huge deal to these guys. It’s a huge deal in the world. It’s one of the central mysteries of the show.

But how should fans interpret the statement above? Are the X-Men dead or just missing?  While the focus of the show appears to be this family that's on the run from Sentinels, will there be a subplot that deals with finding the missing X-Men?  We'll have to wait until the series premiere this fall on Fox for definitive answers. 
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