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8 Videos. 10 Photos. Mark Millar is the New York Times best-selling writer of Jupiter's Legacy, Kick-Ass, Kingsman, The Magic Order, Wanted, Old Man Logan, Marvel Civil War and Superman: Red Son. He is also President of Netflix's Millarworld Division in Los Angeles and serves as an executive producer on all his Hollywood properties.
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Mark Millar MBE ( / ˈmɪlər /; born 24 December 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer who first came to prominence with a run on the superhero series The Authority, published by DC Comics ' Wildstorm imprint.
- Marvel and DC
- Millarworld
- Netflix
- Awards and Honours
- Personal Life
In Summer 2000, Marvel brought Millar in as part of a new team to revitalise their comic-book line. He worked with the best artists in the industry and launched his X-Men revamp at number one with Ultimate X-Men, re-thinking The Avengers next and shattering his own sales numbers with The Ultimates before creating the Marvel Civil War storyline in 2...
On the advice of Stan Lee, Mark decided to branch out from Marvel and create his own franchises while still working at the company. Wanted was his first comic-book under the Millarworld banner, a huge hit that spawned the 2008 movie starring Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy. Wanted grossed $342 million on a $70 million budget and paved the way for t...
Netflix bought Millarworld in August, 2017 and now owns the full rights to all 17 properties purchased, later hiring Mark and his wife Lucy to act as President and CEO of their Millarworld line and help develop these comic-books into big-budget movies, shows and animated series. He has also been hard at work creating new franchises in-house, some o...
Mark has received or been nominated for numerous industry honours over the years including Eagles, Eisners, UKCAC, Speakeasy and Wizard awards. Outside of comics, he has won the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland award for writing, the Scottish Press Awards Hall of Fame, the SFX Award for Best Comic, Time Magazine’s Comic-Book of the Decade (for The Ul...
Mark was born in Coatbridge, Scotland, on December 24th 1969. He is the youngest of six children and married to Lucy Millar, CEO of Netflix’s Millarworld Division. He has three daughters.
Film & TV: Jupiter’s Legacy, The King’s Man and Supercrooks. Mark Millar Press Pack. Selected Interviews. Mark Millar is a New York Times best-selling comic-book writer, Hollywood producer and President of Netflix’s Millarworld Division in Los Angeles.
May 7, 2021 · Jupiter's Legacy creator Mark Millar on the origins of his historic heroes and how Netflix is their natural home. By Aaron Sagers | May 7, 2021 | | 0.
Jul 17, 2018 · Hollywood, Calif. – Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – Netflix, 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 ...
