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EXCLUSIVE: The 20th Century Studios adaptation of the Mark Millar comic Starlight has just gotten a jolt of excitement. Joe Cornish, best known for directing Attack the Block, has signed on to write and direct the comic by Millar, the creator of Wanted, the Kingsman films and Kick-Ass. Simon Kinberg and Audrey Chon…

Netflix released a title treatment teaser to the forthcoming superhero drama Jupiter’s Legacy to announce that the series adaptation of the popular graphic novels by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely will land on the streamer May 7. The eight-episode series is an epic superhero drama that spans decades and navigates the…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has opted not to proceed with The Magic Order, its upcoming series based on the Mark Millar comic published by Netflix. The project had been in early pre-production in Prague for a targeted 2021 start. It had not yet begun casting, with scripts still being written. I hear Netflix brass continue to…

Netflix is expanding the Mark Millar film-TV universe with a series order to The Magic Order, with James Wan (Aquaman) and Lindsey Beer (Chaos Walking, Sierra Burgess is a Loser) attached as executive producers. Wan also will direct the debut episode and Beer will serve as writer/showrunner on the series based on…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix and Mark Millar announce their latest in-house creation, Space Bandits, a female-led sci-fi story, described by Millar as “a female Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid set in space with a massive and exciting cast of characters.” Image Comics, publisher of The Walking Dead, Happy! and Saga, will…

Netflix has set its lead cast for Jupiter's Legacy, the superhero epic series from Steven S. DeKnight (Marvel's Daredevil) based on the stories by Mark Millar. Josh Duhamel (Transformers), Ben Daniels (The Crown), Leslie Bibb (Tag), Elena Kampouris (Sacred Lies\) and Andrew Horton (How to Talk to Girls at Parties) are…

EXCLUSIVE: The Lego Batman Movie filmmaker Chris McKay is to direct Millarworld comic book adaptation Reborn for Netflix, Sandra Bullock and It producer Vertigo Entertainment. The sci-fi fantasy comic series by Mark Millar and Greg Capullo tells the story of an eighty year-old woman, Bonnie Black, who dies in a…

Millarworld and Netflix have unveiled their next comic book collaboration with Sharkey the Bounty Hunter, from writer and creator Mark Millar. Hot off the success of the inaugural Millarworld-Netflix collaboration The Magic Order as well as Prodigy, Sharkey the Bounty Hunter will feature art by Simone Bianchi and will…

EXCLUSIVE: The second comic book from Netflix and Mark Millar doesn't actually come out until December 5, but we have an exclusive look at Prodigy now, as you can see below. "This is the best thing I've ever done and this, I think, is the character I'll be associated with in the future," the Kick-Ass creator told…

EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood predators beware! Hit-Girl is coming for you. Mark Millar unveiled the first cover and details of Kevin Smith’s Hit Girl: The Golden Rage of Hollywood. Popularized by Chloë Grace Moretz’s portrayal of the uber-violent, ass-kicking heroine in Matthew Vaughn’s movie adaptations of Mark Millar’s Kick…

Netflix and Millarworld have announced Prodigy, the second comic book franchise from Mark Millar since the comic book creator joined Netflix. Prodigy will be illustrated by Brazilian artist Rafael Albuquerque (Batman, American Vampire), with whom Millar previously worked on the popular comic book Huck. Prodigy will be…

Netflix is building a Mark Millar TV-film universe with the pickup of two series based on the comic book writer’s stories, superhero epic Jupiter’s Legacy and American Jesus, a multi-lingual series that follows a twelve-year-old boy who suddenly discovers he’s returned as Jesus Christ; and three films, Empress, Huck…