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STUDENTS WIDGET<br />

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THE GIFTED<br />

The Gifted is an American television series created<br />

for Fox by Matt Nix, based on Marvel Comics' X-Men properties. It<br />

is connected to the X-Men film series, set in an alternate timeline<br />

where the X-Men have disappeared. The show is produced<br />

by 20th Century Fox Television in association with Marvel Television,<br />

with Nix serving as showrunner.<br />

The series stars Stephen Moyer and Amy Acker as ordinary parents<br />

who take their family on the run after they discover their children's<br />

mutant abilities. Sean Teale, Natalie Alyn Lind, Percy Hynes<br />

White, Coby Bell, Jamie Chung, Blair Redford, and Emma<br />

Dumont also star in the show. The series received a put pilot<br />

commitment at Fox after a previous attempted X-Men television<br />

series did not move forward at the network in 2016; The Gifted was<br />

ordered to series in May 2017.<br />

The Gifted began airing on October 2, 2017, and is set to run for<br />

10 episodes. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics,<br />

particularly for its social commentary and cast.

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