The Fox Broadcasting Company aired a made-for-television film based on the Marvel Comics series Generation X. The film, produced by Marvel Entertainment, featured Banshee and Emma Frost as the headmasters of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters and M, Skin, Mondo, Jubilee and two made-for-film characters Buff and Refrax as students (replacing Chamber and Husk, who were not written in because the budget didn't allow for the special effects their powers required).

The team battled a mad scientist named Russel Tresh who used a machine to develop psychic powers. The extremely low-budget film was scoffed at by fans and plans to develop a syndicated series were abandoned.