HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Netflix
(NASDAQ:NFLX), the world's leading internet entertainment service,
today announced its first slate of films and series based on the
stories of Mark Millar. Netflix
acquired Millar's company, Millarworld, last year and since then
has been developing projects with Mark and
Lucy Millar, including The Magic Order, which has
been published as Netflix's first comic book and was the biggest
selling new comic-book franchise in nearly 20 years.
Said Millar, "My wife Lucy and I are eleven months into our jobs
at Netflix and it's everything we hoped for to the power of ten. To
see a movie based on your work every couple of years is incredibly
exciting, but to see them all happening at once like this and with
talent this high-end is just off the scale. These are writers and
directors I've privately been sending fan-mail to over the last
eighteen months so to be working with them all is just enormously
exciting. This really is the greatest creative environment I've
ever worked in. I can't wait to switch on my computer every
morning."
Original series to be produced include:
Jupiter's Legacy
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coverage.
A multi-generational American superhero epic,
Jupiter's Legacy follows the world's first generation of
superheroes who received their powers in the 1930's. In
present day they are the revered elder guard, but their
superpowered children struggle to live up to the legendary feats of
their parents. Steven S.
DeKnight (Marvel's Daredevil, Spartacus,
Buffy the Vampire Slayer), who recently signed an overall
deal with Netflix, will serve as showrunner and executive producer,
with Lorenzo di Bonaventura and
Dan McDermott also serving as
executive producers for the series. DeKnight will also direct the
first episode.
American Jesus
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coverage.
Multilingual (Spanish/English) series American
Jesus follows a twelve-year-old boy who suddenly discovers he's
returned as Jesus Christ. He can
turn water into wine, make the crippled walk, and, perhaps, even
raise the dead! How will he deal with the destiny to lead the world
in a conflict thousands of years in the making? Everardo Gout
(Marvel's Luke Cage,
Sacred Lies, Mars, Banshee, Aqui En La
Tierra) and Leopoldo Gout (Molly's Game,
Instinct) will serve as co-showrunners and executive
producers on the series. Everardo Gout will also direct.
Film projects include:
Empress
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http://netflix.com/empress in your
coverage.
Queen Emporia is married to (literally) the worst
dictator in the galaxy, King Morax. After escaping his palace with
her children, Emporia and her family, must hide from Morax and his
army at all costs -- even if it takes teleporting from planet to
planet to avoid them. Writer Lindsey
Beer (Kingkiller Chronicle and the upcoming
Sierra Burgess is a Loser for
Netflix and Wizards of Once for DreamWorks Animation) is
adapting the comic book into a feature film, with Joe Roth and Jeff
Kirschenbaum (The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle,
Maleficent) set to produce.
Huck
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http://netflix.com/huck in your coverage.
In a quiet seaside town,
Huck uses his special gifts to do a good deed each day. His
neighbors return the favors by keeping his abilities a secret. But
when a newcomer alerts the media, a firestorm erupts, sending Huck
on an adventure that will change everything. Ted Melfi (Hidden Figures, St. Vincent)
is adapting the comic book into a feature film, with Neal H. Moritz and Toby
Jaffe set to produce.
Sharkey The Bounty Hunter
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please link to
http://netflix.com/sharkeythebountyhunter in your
coverage.
Set in a brilliant new sci-fi universe, Sharkey is
a blue-collar bounty-hunter tracking criminals across the galaxy in
his converted, rocket-powered ice-cream truck. Aided and abetted by
his ten-year-old partner, he's out for the biggest bounty of his
career. Sharkey the Bounty Hunter will be adapted and
published as a Millarworld/Netflix comic next year and writer
Michael Bacall (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, 21 Jump Street)
is writing the screenplay for the feature film.
About Netflix
Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) is the
world's leading internet entertainment service with 130 million
memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, documentaries
and feature films across a wide variety of genres and languages.
Members can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on any
internet-connected screen. Members can play, pause and resume
watching, all without commercials or commitments.
About Mark Millar and
Millarworld
Millarworld, a subsidiary of Netflix, is an
entertainment company run by Mark and Lucy
Millar. Millarworld's comic book franchises, like
Wanted, Kingsman, Reborn, Empress,
Kick-Ass, Jupiter's Legacy and many others, have
achieved huge success as global franchises ranging across
publishing, cinema, clothing, video-games and toys over the past
fourteen years. In his years at Marvel, Mark wrote some of the
biggest-selling books of this generation, massively influencing the
Marvel Cinematic Universe. His book, The Ultimates, was
named by Time Magazine as Comic Book Of The Decade and his Superman
opus, Red Son, remains the
best-selling Superman graphic novel of all time.
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