The X-Men universe could soon be coming to a TV near you. In July, it was revealed that FOX and Marvel Television were teaming up on a new TV project with Burn Notice creator Matt Nix penning the script, and Marvel TV head Jeph Loeb is excited about Nix's take on the story.

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"As an X-Men fan, and ultimately, what Matt -- the showrunner and creator -- brings to it is that the X-Men are always stories about family. That's where they start, that's where they live. It's about understanding how we deal with each other," Loeb explained to IGN at the summer 2016 TV Critics' Association press tour. "It's about parents that don't understand what's wrong with their kids, it's about kids that don't understand their parents. And he understood that. He got it."Loeb teased that there's more to Nix's take on the X-Men world than meets the eye. "We haven't really been able to tell everybody what the whole story is," he said. "They'll be able to see it, and when they do, it'll be really clear why those characters were chosen, where they are going, and what's going to happen."In 2015, Marvel and FOX announced they'd teamed for two X-Men series . The untitled Nix series is replacing the previously announced Hellfire in Marvel and FOX's pipeline, as that project lost its writers to 24: Legacy . FOX gave Nix's show a "put pilot" commitment -- where substantial money would be owed to the studio if it never airs -- which means there's a very good chance the project will make it to series.Meanwhile, Marvel and FX moved ahead Legion, which has Fargo's Noah Hawley as its showrunner. The eight-episode Season 1 will premiere on FX in 2017 and stars Dan Stevens, Rachel Keller, Aubrey Plaza, Jean Smart, Jeremie Harris, Amber Midthunder, Katie Aselton and Bill Irwin. The first trailer for the series debuted at Comic-Con At FOX's TCA presentation, FOX Television Group Chairman and CEO Dana Walden told /Film that Nix's series is expected to have a pilot ready for the fall or midseason 2017-18 TV season. “There will be some iconic characters but mostly this is about a new family,” Walden said. “It’s about an average family who encounters this extraordinary world and children who have mutant powers and they end up on the run, so it’s a little bit underground railroad in terms of a storytelling spine.”

Terri Schwartz is Entertainment Editor at IGN. Talk to her on Twitter at @Terri_Schwartz