The X-Men TV spinoff Legion has a confirmed premiere date and intriguing new trailer. The show will debut on FX on February 8--check the trailer out below:

　　Legion is overseen by Fargo showrunner Noah Hawley and stars Dan Stevens (The Guest, Beauty & The Beast) and Aubrey Plaza (Parks & Recreation). It is the result of a partnership between Marvel and Fox, and focuses upon a man named David Haller, who is diagnosed as schizophrenic but begins to believe that the voices he hears may be real. Check out the earlier trailers here and here.

　　In an interview with Vanity Fair, Hawley spoke about the approach he is taking to Legion. "I always feel like the structure of a story should reflect the content of the story," he explained. "If the story, as in this case, is about a guy who is either schizophrenic or he has these abilities, i.e., he doesn't know what's real and what's not real, then the audience should have the same experience.

　　"[There will be] a surreal or dreamlike quality where it's not just about running and kicking. There's, whatever, 9,000 superhero stories right now. They've got all the running and kicking covered. I think my goal with this is to do something whimsical and imaginative and unexpected. Not just because I want to do something different, but because it feels like the right way to tell this story."

　　The character of Legion first appeared in a 1985 issue of The New Mutants. The show will be the first time that Marvel has been directly involved with the live-action X-Men franchise--while Fox are the sole producers of the X-Men films and spinoffs such as Wolverine and Deadpool, Marvel have retained the TV rights to the properties.

　　Legion arrives on FX on Wednesday, February 8, at 10 PM EST.