PREMIUM SPOTLIGHT ON MARVEL'S 'THE GIFTED' SUPER HERO TV SERIES WITH STEPHEN MOYER BASED ON X-MEN FRANCHISE

   'THE GIFTED' NEW TV SERIES

SET IN MARVEL'S X-MEN UNIVERSE

Stan Lee will have a cameo in the pilot episode

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.