Mark Millar Brought on as Official Consultant for Fox's Marvel Movies
Recently Fox announced via an official press release that Mark Millar would be joining the team as an official consultant for the Marvel movies. For those not in the know, Millar has written many famous comic book stories including ULTIMATE X-MEN, THE ULTIMATES, KICK-ASS, CIVIL WAR, and WOLVERINE: OLD MAN LOGAN just to name a few. Check out the most interesting portion of the official press release below:
“As someone who has spent his entire life obsessed with both comic-books and movies, this is essentially my dream gig as it’s a unique combination of both,” stated Millar. “I spent ten years working at Marvel and am really happy with the work I did on the comic side of things so the idea of working with these characters now in a brand new medium is enormously exciting for me. I really like the Fox team, love this bold new direction they have for their franchises and am proud to be working alongside some of modern cinema’s biggest talents. James Mangold is incredible, Matthew Vaughn’s one of my closest pals and Josh Trank gave us, in my opinion, one of the greatest superhero movies of the last decade with Chronicle. The invitation to join this crew was maybe the coolest phone-call I’ve ever had.”
Marvel’s main heroes are spread out among different studios at the moment and Fox itself still has a hold on everything X-Men, Wolverine, Fantastic Four, and Daredevil (not for long) related. It looks like Fox is doing things right with THE WOLVERINE currently in production, the sequel to X-MEN: FIRST CLASS close behind along with a reboot of the FANTASTIC FOUR in the works with Josh Trank (CHRONICLE) taking the helm. Things look pretty exciting for Fox and Marvel at the moment and having Millar on board is sure to sweeten the deal.
On a side note, while I am happy with the X-MEN: FIRST CLASS franchise at the moment, when will we finally get a reboot that stays true to the comics and most importantly Cyclops…
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