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Legion
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★ 7.5David Haller, AKA Legion, is a troubled young man who may be more than human. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter with a fellow patient, he’s confronted with the possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees might be real.
- Aired
- 2017–2019
- Seasons
- 3 · 27 episodes
- Status
- Ended
- Created by
- Noah Hawley
- Network
- FX
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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Key facts
- Genre
- Drama Psychological thriller Science fiction Superhero Surrealism
- Created by
- Noah Hawley
- Based on
- Legion , by Chris Claremont Bill Sienkiewicz
- Showrunner
- Noah Hawley
- Starring
- Dan Stevens Rachel Keller Aubrey Plaza Bill Irwin Jeremie Harris Amber Midthunder Katie Aselton Jean Smart Navid Negahban Jemaine Clement Hamish Linklater Lauren Tsai
- Narrated by
- Jon Hamm (season 2)
- Composer
- Jeff Russo
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English
- Executive producers
- Noah Hawley John Cameron Lauren Shuler Donner Bryan Singer (season 1) Simon Kinberg Steve Blackman Jeph Loeb Jim Chory Alan Fine Stan Lee Joe Quesada Karim Zreik
- Producers
- Brian Leslie Parker Regis Kimble Erik Holmberg (seasons 2–3) Craig Yahata (seasons 2–3) Ben H. Winters (season 3)
- Production locations
- British Columbia, Canada (season 1) Los Angeles, California (seasons 2–3)
- Cinematography
- Dana Gonzales Craig Wrobleski
- Running time
- 44–68 minutes
- Production companies
- 26 Keys Productions The Donners' Company Bad Hat Harry Productions (season 1) Kinberg Genre Marvel Television FX Productions
- Network
- FX
- Release
- February 8, 2017 ( 2017-02-08 ) –, August 12, 2019 ( 2019-08-12 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- television series
- Has part
- Legion, season 2
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Legion
- Creator
- Noah Hawley
- Cast member
- Lauren Tsai
- Composer
- Jeff Russo
- Production company
- Marvel Television
- Narrative location
- British Columbia
- Filming location
- Vancouver
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.fxnetworks.com/shows/legion
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- title
- Legion
- original broadcaster
- FX
- number of episodes
- 27
- number of seasons
- 3
- distributed by
- Hulu
- executive producer
- Jeph Loeb
- characters
- Shadow King
- language of work or name
- English language
- end time
- 2019-08-12
- start time
- 2017-02-08
- social media followers
- 79245
- different from
- Roman legion
- Commons category
- Legion (TV series)
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Encyclopedic overview
Legion is an American surrealist superhero television series created by Noah Hawley for FX, based on the Marvel Comics character Legion . It was produced by FX Productions in association with Marvel Television, with Hawley serving as showrunner, and ran for three seasons from February 8, 2017, to August 12, 2019. It is set in a universe parallel to the X-Men film series.
Dan Stevens stars as David Haller, a mutant diagnosed with schizophrenia at a young age. The series follows David as he tries to control his psychic powers and combat the sinister forces trying to manipulate him to their own ends. Rachel Keller, Aubrey Plaza, Bill Irwin, Jeremie Harris, Amber Midthunder, Katie Aselton, and Jean Smart also starred, later being joined by Jemaine Clement, Hamish Linklater, Navid Negahban, and Lauren Tsai.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Legion” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.