Next week sees the launch of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.’s new Kick-Ass comic book, which revamps the series and features the introduction of a new female lead, Patience Lee, a mother and military veteran who takes on the mantle of Kick-Ass, inspired by the heroics of high schooler Dave Lizewski. Last month, Millar […]
Marvel’s Murder Problem
Ben Robins on Marvel’s murder problem… With the most celebrated of all the cinematic universes very much knocking on the door of its 10th anniversary, there’s all sorts of retrospective business going round. And something that becomes more and more glaringly obvious within the Marvel world, especially moving forward, is its attitude towards death. Well, […]
Rumour: Fantastic Four “kid-centric” reboot will rework Mark Millar’s Kindergarten Heroes
Back in June it was rumoured that 20th Century Fox has decided to take another stab at the Fantastic Four franchise with a “kid-centric” reboot focussing on the characters of Franklin and Valeria, the children of Reed Richards and Sue Storm. Well, according to Bleeding Cool, the project remains in development, and has been merged with […]
Mark Millar has discussed the prospect of a Matthew Vaughn-directed Superman movie
Mark Millar has discussed with Matthew Vaughn a potential Superman movie. One of the names that is being discussed to direct a sequel to Man of Steel is the director Matthew Vaughn and one of his collaborators has given the impression of being pretty excited by the idea. Mark Millar, who worked with Vaughn on […]
Movie adaptation of Mark Millar’s Chrononauts finds a screenwriter
Way back in March 2015 it was announced that Universal Pictures had picked up the rights to Mark Millar and Sean Gordon Murphy’s Chrononauts comic book series, and now it looks like we may finally have some movement on the big screen adaptation. Deadline is reporting that playwright and screenwriter Philip Gawthorne has signed on […]
Comic Book Review – Reborn #1
Anghus Houvouras reviews Reborn #1… A sprawling, science-fiction/fantasy epic, REBORN explores a jaw-dropping world of possibility. Where do you go when you die? Not heaven or hell; somewhere else. Somewhere you have to fight to survive. Somewhere the people from the past are waiting for you—the good and the bad. Last week I waxed philosophical […]
Kingsman: The Perfect Pairing Between Matthew Vaughn and Mark Millar
Anthony Stokes on why Kingsman is the perfect pairing between Matthew Vaughn and Mark Millar… I want to start out by saying I love Kick-Ass. It’s in my top 5 favorite comic book movies and it along with Scott Pilgrim vs. the World are two of the most underrated movies of the last five years. […]
Mark Millar talks Hit-Girl solo movie, Gareth Evans would have directed
Mark Millar has been very busy of late, producing Matthew Vaughn’s new film Kingsman: The Secret Service, and being a creative consultant on The Fantastic Four reboot, both of which he spoke about exclusively to Flickering Myth last week during the UK junket for Kingsman. Now IGN has dug into another of Millar’s creations, Kick-Ass, […]
Mark Millar teaming with Lorenzo di Bonaventura for Jupiter’s Legacy movie
Comic book writer Mark Millar is set to team with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura for an adaptation of his and artist Frank Quitely’s superhero tale Jupiter’s Legacy, with meetings currently underway with potential writers for the movie version. Here’s the synopsis for the first volume of the book, published by Image Comics: 1932: Sheldon Sampson’s […]
Brian and Mark Gunn to pen Jupiter’s Legacy movie adaptation
Last April it was announced that Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing a big screen adaptation of Mark Millar and Frank Quitely’s Jupiter’s Legacy comic book series, and now Comic Book is reporting that Journey 2: The Mysterious Island screenwriters Brian and Mark Gunn are set to pen the script. “We love that it’s a superhero […]
