David Haller’s struggle against the Shadow King and his own mind isn’t over quite yet. FX has ordered Legion season 3, with two episodes still to come in season two.
The show is a loose collaboration between prestige cable network FX and Marvel. Legion doesn’t fit into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the TV universe, the comic universe, or really any other universe at all. It’s entirely its own weird thing as envisioned by Fargo creator Noah Hawley. It just also happens to feature Marvel comics character David Haller a.k.a. ‘Legion,’ who may be the most powerful mutant in the world, or just insane…or both.
“Legion has redefined the superhero drama and exceeded all expectations as the intensity and revelation build through the second season,” FX President of Original Programming Eric Schrier said in a statement. “We are incredibly proud of Noah Hawley’s achievement and are honoured to continue the series as it pushes the boundaries of conventional television storytelling. We are also grateful for the contributions of our executive producers, John Cameron, Lauren Shuler Donner, Simon Kinberg, and Jeph Loeb with Marvel Television, as well as our outstanding cast and crew of this groundbreaking show.”
Legion season 2 still has two episodes to go, one of which was unexpectedly announced mid-season, raising the season’s episode order to 11 after season one received eight episodes. There’s no word yet on when Legion season 3 will premiere or how many episodes it will receive.
Legion looks and sounds like no other comic book adaptation on television. Hawley took the character of David Haller, created by Marvel Comics’ writers Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz, and placed him in a television origin story filled with striking, at-times difficult to comprehend visuals that match Haller’s emotional and mental state.
Haller (Dan Stevens) spent his childhood suffering from schizophrenic-like conditions and moved from psychiatric facility to psychiatric facility until he met his love interest Syd (Rachel Keller) at Clockworks Psychiatric Facility. Syd ushers him into a world of helpful mutants at ‘Summerland’ who reveal to David that he might not be insane after all, but rather an extraordinarily powerful mutant who has an unwelcome guest in his mind.
Legion season 2 has expanded the world of the show a bit, introducing a semi-corporeal version of Amahl Farouk a.k.a. The Shadow King (Navid Negahban) and a new version of Lenny (Aubrey Plaza).
There’s no telling where Legion season 3 will go, but it’s a good bet that there will be dancing.
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