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More Legion? Maybe, says Jeph Loeb of Marvel Television

Marvel Is Open to Returning to the Mind-Bending Legion Universe

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AfterĀ Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. made Marvel Television realize they couldn’t really keep up with the films, the production studio, headed by Jeff Loeb, decided to basically do its own thing. And the most “own thing” of everything they’ve done is Legion, which is wrapping up its third and final season. That, however, may not be the end of theĀ Legion universe.

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In a recent interview, Jeff Loeb recently revealed that Marvel would be happy to return to LegionĀ in some form as long as the show’s creator, Noah Hawley, was on board as well:

Itā€™s a remarkable show created and visualized by an extraordinary filmmaker. Noah carried this from the start ā€” told us how he wanted the show to begin and how he wanted it to end ā€” and weā€™ve respected that. Having FX as our partner made it very exciting as well from both a creative and marketing stand point.

As to the future, that world and those characters will always be there. Itā€™s our hope that Noah will want to return to them [in] any capacity he thinks is worth telling. FX remains a huge priority for us because we can tell those unexpected stories there and John Landgraf is something of a visionary himself. They ‘get’ us and we ‘get’ them. We like all of that.

The key here is that the series was ended because it was designed to end in three seasons. That’s a bold move for a successful show that has garnered praise since it first released, but it seems Loeb and team are willing to hold tight on the universe until Hawley is willing to jump back into it.

The show, which follows the mentally ill child of Charles Xavier and is maybe-kind-of-not-really connected to the cinematic X-Men universe, has plenty left to unpack and could run for years in its off-kilter, mind-bending corner of the X-Men franchise. There are plenty of other niche Marvel characters that Hawley could dive into as well that the MCU might not want to touch.

It is noteworthy that Marvel Television is still interested in diving back into the universe. Given their struggles withĀ Deadpool and other former Fox Marvel characters, you’d think the family-friendly studio would be happy to see a seriously dark and twisted take on Marvel’s characters gone — no matter how critically successful it was.


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Matthew Razak is a News Writer and film aficionado at Escapist. He has been writing for Escapist for nearly five years and has nearly 20 years of experience reviewing and talking about movies, TV shows, and video games for both print and online outlets. He has a degree in Film from Vassar College and a degree in gaming from growing up in the '80s and '90s. He runs the website Flixist.com and has written for The Washington Post, Destructoid, MTV, and more. He will gladly talk your ear off about horror, Marvel, Stallone, James Bond movies, Doctor Who, Zelda, and Star Trek.