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20th Century Fox TV president of creative affairs Jonnie Davis called The Gifted “one of this fall's biggest priorities for the network – and our studio's first collaboration with Marvel”. The Gifted writer/EP Matt Nix told TV critics today he had not fully formed in his head all the super powers The Gifted characters…

Matt Nix, creator/executive producer of the upcoming Fox series The Gifted, has signed a new two-year overall deal with the studio behind the Marvel drama, 20th Century Fox Television. Under the pact, Nix will continue as executive producer/showrunner on The Gifted, which debuts this fall, and allows him to develop…

Drama writer-producer Rashad Raisani (Burn Notice, Allegiance) has signed an overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television. Under the two-year pact, Raisani will join 20th TV’s new Marvel drama series for Fox The Gifted as a co-executive producer, reuniting with the project’s writer/executive producer/showrunner Matt N…

EXCLUSIVE: Call it Homeland Security meets 23andMe if you want, but a timely Upfronts promotion today in New York for Fox’s The Gifted might be giving attendees a bit more information than they expected. Tied into the Marvel action-adventure drama from writer Matt Nix and X-Men director Bryan Singer, a mysterious…

Fox has dropped the full trailer for its high-profile drama series The Gifted (fka untitled Marvel project), from writer Matt Nix and X-Men director Bryan Singer. Written by Nix and helmed by Singer, The Gifted focuses on a suburban couple (Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker) whose ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden…

Fox has made its first new series order this season, picking up its highest-profile project and drama front-runner The Gifted (fka untitled Marvel project), from writer Matt Nix and X-Men director Bryan Singer. Written by Nix and helmed by Singer, The Gifted focuses on a suburban couple (Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker)…

In just three weeks, the networks will be done with the bulk of their new series pickups and will be in the thick of finalizing fall schedules — unless there is a writers strike, in which case that will be top of mind for everyone with upfronts taking a back seat. Like with the first Pilot Buzz, my information is…

Fox has made it official, handing its first drama pilot order of the season to an X-Men-themed Marvel action-adventure drama from Burn Notice creator Matt Nix, 20th Century Fox Television and Marvel Television. The project, which is untitled, had been a standout. Early versions of the script by Nix had been received…

"Is there anything a billionaire can't solve?" and are they having second thoughts about the premise (enigmatic tech billionaire purchases troubled police precinct to fix it), a jaded TV critic asked creators of Fox's upcoming cop drama APB, days before Donald Trump is sworn in as president. EP Matt Nix noted that…

Fox has given a put pilot commitment to a new Marvel X-Men action-adventure series from writer Matt Nix. The untitled project will focus on two ordinary parents who discover their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of…

Fox’s drama pilot APB starring Justin Kirk is undergoing a creative overhaul. Production on the pilot, directed by Len Wiseman, has been shut down temporarily, and Burn Notice creator Matt Nix has been brought in as writer-showrunner. He replaces the project’s creator-writer David Slack, who has departed over creative…

Following game-changing upfronts dominated by pickups and renewals favoring owned and co-owned series, the shift carried over to pilot season, with networks picking up projects from their sister studios and co-productions dominating orders from outside studios. The new paradigm led to a dramatic showdown between CBS…