Co-produced with Marvel Television, FOX's new X-Men TV series, The Gifted -- which, unlike FX's Legion is designed to connect to the larger X-Men cinematic universe -- will air at 9/8c on Mondays this fall. The series has unleashed 9 new character bio videos and IGN's got your first look at them!

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The Gifted: Season 1 Photos 5 IMAGES

The Gifted, from Burn Notice creator Matt Nix (who is serving as showrunner) and X-Men film director Bryan Singer (who directed the pilot), focuses on Reed (True Blood's Stephen Moyer) and Caitlin Strucker (Person of Interest/Angel's Amy Acker) and their family's flight from the government when they discover that their children (Natalie Alyn Lind and Percy Hynes White) have mutant abilities.In the following videos you'll see early glimpses of several characters from the series, including some who will be familiar to X-Men comic book fans. Check out Jamie Chung as Blink, Emma Dumont as Polaris, Sean Teale as Eclipse, Blair Redford as Thunderbird, Coby Bell as Agent Turner, as well as the Strucker family. Take a look!You can also flip through The Gifted photo gallery below...The Gifted premieres October 2nd on FOX.

Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association (TCA). Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler