Sources tell
The Hollywood Reporter that the network is having preliminary conversations to adapt the iconic Marvel comic series — and feature film franchise — as a live-action television series with
24producers
Evan Katz and
Manny Coto involved.
Fox's potential live-action series is being penned by
Star Trek 3 writing duo
Patrick McKay and
JD Payne, sources tell
THR, who will share a created by credit on the project with Katz and Coto. Katz and Coto will serve as showrunners.
Fox declined comment on Katz, Coto, McKay and Payne's involvement.
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Fox studio counterpart 20th Century Fox owns the rights to the film franchise (with seven features already released based on X-Men characters). While conversations to bring the franchise to the small screen are under way, sources indicate a deal is far from complete with Marvel — which owns the comic rights — still having to sign off on the deal. The comic book powerhouse is based at Disney, with ABC shows including
Agents of SHIELD and
Agent Carter on the network and five upcoming straight-to-series programs in the works there. Marvel would have to sign off on the deal.
TV Insider first
reported the
X-Men news.
The potential
X-Men series comes as Fox, under television group chairmen and CEOs Dana Walden and Gary Newman, noted that the network has also had conversations to revive
The X-Files with Chris Carter as well as a limited run of
Prison Break.
The network currently does not have plans for another run of
24 as a limited series, but has heard a pitch for a potential revival in 2016 — with our without star
Kiefer Sutherland.
