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Press Release

LEGION, highly-anticipated drama series, premieres on available exclusively on beIN

Premiere on Thursday, 9th Feb, 10pm UAE; Trailer now online

Dubai/ Doha, February 06, 2017 – , the highly-anticipated new drama series from , will premiere on FOX available exclusive on beIN on Thursday, 9th February 2017.

The strong FOX- beIN partnership is also reflected in the various other series aired on FOX, a channel exclusive with beIN. These include The Walking Dead (Season 7) that returns after the mid-season break on Monday, 13th February at 10 pm UAE and Outcast S2 that will be on air shortly.

LEGION is based on the by and and is the story of David Haller (played by ), a troubled young man who may be more than human. Diagnosed as schizophrenic as a child, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. Now in his early 30s and institutionalized once again, David loses himself in the rhythm of the structured regimen of life in the hospital: breakfast, lunch, dinner, therapy, medications, sleep. David spends the rest of his time in companionable silence alongside his chatterbox friend Lenny (played by ), a fellow patient whose medical condition has done nothing to quell her boundless optimism that her luck is about to change. The pleasant numbness of David’s routine is completely upended with the arrival of a beautiful and troubled new patient named Syd (played by Rachel Keller). Inexplicably drawn to one another, David and Syd share a startling encounter, after which David must confront the shocking possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees may actually be real.

A haunted man, David escapes from the hospital and seeks shelter with his sister Amy (played by ). But Amy’s concern for her brother is trumped by her desire to protect the picture perfect suburban life she’s built for herself. Eventually, Syd guides David to Melanie Bird (), a nurturing but demanding therapist with a sharp mind and unconventional methods. She and her team of specialists – Ptonomy (Jeremie Harris), Kerry (Amber Midthunder) and Cary () – open David’s eyes to an extraordinary new world of possibilities.

Noah Hawley is Executive Producer, along with , , Simon Kinberg, , Jim Chory and John Cameron. Legion is the latest project from Hawley and Cameron, two of the executive producers of the Emmy® and Golden Globe®-winning FX limited series .

Legion is produced by FX Productions and , with FXP handling the physical production.

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