Noah Hawley talks to TheWrap about the Magneto/Professor X dichotomy and why David Haller’s mind is a “haunted house” The moral ambiguity of X-Men characters and storylines was a big draw for “Legion” creator Noah Hawley when he was approached with the idea of creating a TV series that fit within the film franchise. During “the initial conversations with FX and with the other executive producers of the films – Lauren Schuler-Donner, Simon Kinberg and Bryan Singer – they weren’t really tied to a specific character or story,” Hawley told TheWrap while explaining how “Legion” came to be.