Not long ago X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner said the two were separate and that “We’re our own world.”
“I think it’s important for us to establish this as a fully realized world with fully realized characters.
I have to prove that the show is good enough to incorporate those elements from the movie world, if that were ever possible.”
During an extensive interview with Variety, Hawley discussed where the show stands in terms of the X-Men films and other live-action stories about Marvel’s Merry Mutants.