To be directed by Singer, "The Gifted"focuses 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 mutants and must fight to survive.

Set in the X-Men universe, the upcoming TV series is the first co-production of 20th Century Fox Television and Marvel Television.

"The Gifted" stars Stephen Moyer, Amy Acker, Percy Hynes White, Sean Teale, Blair Redford, Jamie Chung and Natalie Alyn Lind.

The X-Men series will air during the 2017–18 television season.