Millarworld

Parent company	Netflix (2017-present)
Status	Active
Founded	2003; 22 years ago (2003)[1][2]
Founder	Mark Millar
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	West Hollywood,California
Key people	Mark Millar (president, CCO)[3][4]
Fiction genres	Superhero fiction
Official website	https://www.mrmarkmillar.com

Millarworld Limited is animprint ofcomic books published by Scottishcomic book writerMark Millar as acreator-owned line,^[5] featuring characters created by him in asharedfictional universe, theMillarworld,^[6][7] orMillarverse.^[7] These characters include Wesley Gibson,Kick-Ass,Hit-Girl,Eggsy Unwin,Nemesis,Duke McQueen,Edison Crane, and others, while the events ofThe Unfunnies,Jupiter's Legacy, andSupercrooks exist aspopular fiction within the world of the Millarworld. The imprint was launched in 2003 with the publication of theminiseriesWanted, followed byKick-Ass – The Dave Lizewski Years,Kingsman,War Heroes, andThe Magic Order, and later the crossover seriesBig Game. While the majority of series in the line are written by Millar himself, the seriesKingsman,Kick-Ass – The New Girl andHit-Girl feature new writers from their second volumes onward, after Millar wrote the series' first volumes.

Wanted, published byTop Cow Productions, was loosely adapted into a feature film of thesame name byUniversal Pictures, released on 27 June 2008.^[2]Chosen, published byDark Horse Comics, was described by Millar as a sequel to the Bible, and has been optioned by Sony Pictures.The Unfunnies was ananthropomorphic animal horror story published byAvatar Press.Kick-Ass, which was illustrated byJohn Romita Jr. and published by Marvel, was adapted into afilm of the same name byMatthew Vaughn, and released in the United Kingdom on 26 March 2010 and the United States on 16 April.

In September 2008 it was announced that the yet unfinishedWar Heroes had been optioned bySony Pictures Entertainment, withMichael De Luca as producer and Millar taking an executive producer role.^[8]

Millar has stated that whenever he sells the film adaptation rights to one of his creator-owned comics properties, he gives half of the money to the artist who illustrated the comics, despite his agent's reaction to this, saying, "Everything, all the money from the advance, the toys, the games, 50–50, so it's fair. I see it as a collaboration. If I drew, I could keep everything for myself, but I actually like the idea of having a talent that I'm not selling. One of my friends said, 'You could make even more money by drawing, too,' and I said, 'Yeah, and I suppose I could make even more money by lap dancing. It's nice to have something that's just for me."^[9]

In October 2014, following months of delays forJupiter's Legacy #5, Millar stated that beginning in April 2015, all Millarworld series would be completely drawn before the publication of their debut issues, in order to maintain a monthly schedule.^[10]

On 7 August 2017, Millarworld was acquired by the American streaming media companyNetflix.^[11]

The first comic book series that Millarworld published post acquisition wasThe Magic Order.^[12] The first issue was published on 13 June 2018.^[13]

On 17 July 2018 it was announced that Netflix had started work on the first set of films to be adapted from comics. These are:Empress,Huck andSharkey the Bounty Hunter. The comic book seriesJupiter's Legacy andAmerican Jesus will be adapted as television series.^[14]

On 6 December 2018, Millar provided an update to the progress of the Millarworld properties adapted for Netflix.Jupiter's Legacy would be the first television series announced, withSteven S. DeKnight as planned as showrunner (before Sang Kyu Kim took over following DeKnight's exit from the series), withThe Chosen One (based onAmerican Jesus) as the second live-action television series released, with Everardo Gout andLeopoldo Gout as the showrunners and Gout serving as director.Empress,Sharkey the Bounty Hunter andHuck are scheduled to be feature films in development. Under Netflix, Millar will exclusively adapt new Millarworld properties to the streaming service, with select properties having comic book tie-ins, starting withProdigy.^[15]

On 11 March 2019, Netflix announced that it would produce an anime series based onSupercrooks. It was be produced byBones.^[16]

In late 2022, several updates on Millarworld production were given, including thatHuck would be redeveloped as a TV series as opposed to a movie and that a live-actionSupercrooks series would followJupiter's Legacy after the show was canceled after its first season.^[17] That same year it was announced that Millar would be launching four brand new comic series (Night Club,Nemesis: Reloaded,The Magic Order 4 andThe Ambassadors) and that they would lead into a crossover event entitledBig Game, which would be illustrated by Pepe Larraz and serve as a crossover between every Millarworld property.^{[18][19][20][21][22]}

In May 2023, it was revealed thatBig Game is actually a sequel toWanted, Millar's first creator-owned work, and follows Wesley Gibson and the Fraternity teaming up withMatthew Anderson / Nemesis to take down the latest wave of superheroes that have popped back up in the world following the actions ofDave Lizewski / Kick-Ass.^[23]

In December 2023, it was revealed that Millar had signed a deal withDark Horse Comics to become the new publisher of the Millarworld titles. This includes reprints of previous Millarworld titles and new series, with five brand-new series launching in 2024, one of them beingNemesis: Rogues' Gallery with artist Valerio Giangiordano.^[24]

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