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Hello Kitty fans finally have an update on the official upcoming movie by Warner Bros., FlynnPictureCo., and Sanrio, receiving some positive production news nearly six years after its initial announcement in 2019 and three years since its previous major update.

Following years of silence, the Hello Kitty movie is still in production at Warner Bros., as revealed in a Sanrio media alert by Fortune through Afp last month. The film was first announced nearly six years ago in March 2019, with Warner's New Line Cinema (Lord of the Rings trilogy) and FlynnPictureCo. acquiring the rights to the film. The official Hello Kitty theme park in Hainan, China, is likewise on track to open next year.

Related Sanrio's My Melody & Kuromi Follow Hello Kitty for Major Anniversary Releases by Sega in 2025

A new image shared on social media previews two major 2025 Sanrio anniversaries that Sega is set to celebrate for both My Melody and Kuromi.

Jack Paglen (Transcendence) is in talks to write a new Maze Runner film for 20th Century Studios, Deadline can confirm.

While details as to the plot of the film are under wraps for the moment, it’s described as a continuation of the story of the last three films, released between 2014 and 2018, rather than a direct sequel.

Based on the dystopian YA book series by James Dashner, The Maze Runner takes place in a post-apocalyptic world, where a group of young survivors must navigate deadly mazes, treacherous landscapes, and sinister organizations as they uncover the truth about their past and fight for their freedom. Wes Ball directed the original 2014 film, as well as sequels Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), all ahead of Disney’s acquisition of Fox. Dylan O’Brien and Kaya Scodelario starred in the films, which grossed over $948 million worldwide in total.

After producing the original trilogy,...

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Netflix has an impressive slate of new and returning fantasy projects coming in 2024 and beyond. From live-action remakes and comic book adaptations, to both live-action and animated original shows. Here’s our list of Netflix’s upcoming fantasy TV shows!

We’ve compiled a comprehensive list of all the upcoming fantasy TV shows coming to Netflix in 2024 and beyond. While the streamer doesn’t have an enormous catalogue of fantasy shows for 2024, the lineup is an exciting one. With big-budget shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender to a distinct focus on animation — this year is shaping up to be an exciting one for all viewers.

We’ve got lots more previews for Netflix’s upcoming 2024 slate here, plus we’ve also put together more genre previews like upcoming anime titles and more recently, upcoming sci-fi movies.

Table of Contents Debut Fantasy Shows Coming Soon Returning Fantasy Shows Debut...

With Barbie having made the 2023 box office into her Dream House, Mattel is looking back into the toy box for its next blockbuster. The toymaker is now set to adapt its popular American Girl doll line into a Paramount feature. Deadline reports that an American Girl film is in the works, with Lindsey Anderson Beer set to write and produce. Anderson Beer is coming off her directorial debut, last year's horror prequel Pet Sematary: Bloodlines; she also wrote Sierra Burgess is a Loser and created the TV series The Magic Order.

Mark Millar's Millarworld is moving from Image Comics to Dark Horse Comics, bringing over 20 franchises and 40 graphic novels with it. Five new series are planned for 2024, with Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery the first to be announced. Millar has also confirmed that Dark Horse will publish several hardcover collections of past series.

Mark Millar's Millarworld imprint - the home of series including Kick-Ass, Kingsman: The Secret Service, and Nemesis - is moving from Image Comics to Dark Horse Comics. Over 20 franchises and 40 graphic novels are making the move, with five new series planned in 2024.

As reported by Forbes, following Millarworld's Big Game crossover - which brought all series under the imprint's umbrella together - Dark Horse will publish new reprints and editions of existing stories, with five new titles to come. The only series fully announced so far is Nemesis: Rogues' Gallery, from Millar and Valerio Giangiordano. This will continue the...

Disney+ series Tiana, a sequel to The Princess and the Frog, has experienced production delays but promising recent developments indicate an exciting future. Joyce Sherri, an accomplished writer and director, has taken over as the creative force behind Tiana with her impressive credentials in both areas. Despite delays, fans can look forward to a melodious treat as the series stays true to the musical roots of the original film, with Tiana's regal role and connections to her New Orleans past as key elements.

Even the most anticipated projects can sometimes hit unexpected snags or need fresh perspectives. Case in point: Disney+'s eagerly awaited series Tiana, a sequel to the popular animated film "The Princess and the Frog." The series has seen some major shifts in its production timeline, but recent developments promise exciting times ahead.

Variety has unveiled that the reins of Tiana are now in the capable hands of Joyce Sherri,...

The Disney+ series Tiana is moving forward with a new lead writer and director officially on board.

Variety reports that Tiana, an animated series that serves as a follow-up to The Princess and the Frog, has enlisted Joyce Sherri as director and lead writer. This follows Disney first announcing the series back in 2020 along with the confirmation that Anika Noni Rose would return to voice the titular Disney Princess. At the time, it was expected that the series would be ready for a Disney+ launch in 2023, but those plans have since stalled. The new report notes that Tiana is now planned for a 2024 premiere.

Related: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 4K Restoration Coming to Disney+

Sherri's screenplay writing previously got the win at the 2020 Slamdance competition with her script for Sweet Sixteen. She also worked as a writer for Mike Flanagan's Netflix series Midnight Mass. Additionally, Sherri has...

The latest issue of Mark Millar's Big Game limited series answers another looming question about how his sprawling, shared continuity fits together, explaining why The Magic Order has not intervened to save the world from the evil Fraternity of Super Criminals, first introduced in Millar's Wanted, now let by the firmly villainous Wesley Gibson, protagonist of that series.

Big Game #3 – written by Mark Millar, with art by Pepe Larraz – features an appearance by the Magic Order, which serves to explain how the Order and the Fraternity could coexist.

While the explanation might satisfy for now, it may in fact be set up for a reversal, which could find Cordelia Moonstone, current leader of the Order, join Kick-Ass and the Millarverse's remaining heroes to defeat Wesley and the Fraternity.

Related: What Happedn to Kick-Ass' Dave Lizewski, Officially Confirmed

The Magic Order Is Not Meant To Deal With "Earthly...

Warning: Contains Spoilers from Big Game #1!

What became of Dave Lizewski, best known as teenage superhero Kick-Ass, following the conclusion of his beloved series has officially been revealed in the massive crossover event Big Game from Mark Millar, which merges many of the creator's titles from the past two decades into a shared continuity dubbed the Millarverse.

Big Game #1 –by Mark Millar and Pepe Larraz – is a culmination of years of stories from Mark Millar's best comics, bringing together characters from Kingsman, Nemesis, The Magic Order, Kick-Ass, and more. The first issue catches readers up with Dave Lizewski's life in the years since he retired from crime fighting, while promising to plunge him back into the action, returning him to the Kick-Ass costume once more.

Dave Lizewski Longs to Get Back Into Crime Fighting

In Big Game #1, Dave Lizewski states that he "did a stint as a cop,...

Since the property’s sale to Disney in 2012, the Star Wars franchise has become a galvanized subject of some controversy, and its newest, and perhaps most cutting critic, writer Mark Millar, finally might be explaining why. Taking to social media, Millar put out his take on Twitter this last week on the underlying reasons the once mighty juggernaut has not quite hit its potential. As per most of Millar’s observations, there seems to be at least a glimmer of saliency to his perspective.

Millar is currently the proprietor behind Millarworld, a creator-owned comic book company now owned by Netflix for the purpose of translating Millar’s vast original intellectual property, including his evil version of Batman called Nemesis, to screen. Millar is himself currently on the eve of releasing his own crossover comic intended to knit together his comics universe, including big names such as Kick-Ass and Wanted (as...

Exclusive: We are hearing that in a competitive situation, Paramount Pictures has swooped in with a high six-figure deal to acquire the film rights to Matt and Harrison Query’s upcoming book, Wilderness Reform.

Wilderness Reform is the follow up book to the Query Brothers’ first novel, Old Country, which was published this July by Grand Central Publishing.

Wildernesses Reform tells the story of a group of teenagers who are shipped off to a juvenile reform camp only to discover the program has a far more sinister agenda than ever imagined. A highly coveted part in the project is that of Reid, the charismatic head counselor of the camp. The publishing rights to Wilderness Reform were auctioned off to publishers in a multi-bid bake off earlier this month with Emily Bestler/ Simon & Schuster winning out.

Harrison Query, who wrote War Party, which Andrew Dominik is attached to direct and Tom Hardy headline,...

The prequel to Paramount’s 2019 horror film “Pet Sematary” has added “Jackie Brown” star Pam Grier to its call sheet.

Grier joins a cast that includes Jackson White (“Mrs. Fletcher”), Forrest Goodluck (” The Revenant”), Jack Mulhern (“Mare of Easttown”), Natalie Alyn Lind (” The Goldbergs”) and Isabella Star LeBlanc. The upcoming “Pet Sematary” will serve as an origin story to the Stephen King novel about a family that discovers a rather disturbing graveyard in the woods behind their home.

The movie, which still doesn’t have a title, begins shooting in August and will debut exclusively on Paramount Plus, the recently rebranded streaming service from ViacomCBS, on an undetermined date. It is set up at Paramount Players, a division of Paramount that specializes in genre fare.

The film marks the feature directorial debut of Lindsey Beer, who previously wrote the screenplay to Netflix’s coming-of-age movie “Sierra Burgess Is a Loser...

Netflix is not moving forward with Jupiter's Legacy season 2, meaning that the superhero show based on Mark Millar's comic of the same name will be a one-and-done venture. And an expensive one at that. As reports have emerged following the show's unceremonious cancelation, it has now been revealed that it came with a massive $200 million budget. In a word? Ouch.

How bad were the metrics? Jupiter's Legacy debuted May 7 on Netflix and today, with no one using the word "cancelled," the show is done. The cast is being released from their contracts. https://t.co/tb4sJaWBRY

— Borys Kit (@Borys_Kit) June 2, 2021

Jupiter's Legacy was meant to have multiple seasons and was viewed as a way for Netflix to get into the superhero game, much in the way that Amazon managed to do with The Boys. Unfortunately, that didn't pan out. As THR report Borys Kit revealed on Twitter after the news broke,...

Exclusive: Netflix is turning Mark Millar’s Jupiter’s Legacy series into a universe spanning an anthology franchise. The streamer has set a live-action adaptation of Supercrooks, which delves into the story of Millarworld’s super-villains, as the next installment of the Jupiter’s Legacy saga.

Meanwhile, Jupiter’s Legacy will not continue as an ongoing series. With Netflix and Millar going in a different creative direction with the IP and the talent options soon expiring, the streamer has opted to let the high-profile cast — led by Josh Duhamel, Leslie Bibb and Ben Daniels — out of their commitments to the show.

“We’re confident we’ll return to it later,” Millar said of Jupiter’s Legacy, which could come back in a different iteration, sources said.

Netflix has an anime series adaptation of Supercrooks, the superpowered heist comic about eight supervillains written by Millar and drawn by Leinil Francis Yu, which will be released later this year.

Some people say that good things come to those who wait, so Mark Millar fans are about to be rewarded for their patience. In a blog post on Thursday, Mark Millar announced that the series adaptation of The Magic Order is back in development at Netflix. In addition to this exciting news, he also revealed that the first look at an anime…...

The series adaptation of Mark Millar’s “The Magic Order” is back in development at Netflix, with Millar also announcing a new slate of projects at the streamer.

In a blog post on Thursday, Millar shared that “The Magic Order” is back on track after the streamer opted last year not to move forward with the iteration that had been in the works.

“Some time away has given us a chance to come back with a completely fresh look at the material, and we should be getting into our new writers’ room very shortly,” he wrote. “The Magic Order” was in early pre-production when it was announced in October 2020 that it would not proceed as planned. The show is based on Millar’s comic book series of the same name.

Millar also announced that “The Magic Order” Volumes 2 and 3 will be released this fall. Volume 2 by Stuart Immonen will drop in October,...

Following Deadline’s exclusive report this morning that Mark Millar’s The Magic Order is back on course as a Netflix series, the Jupiter’s Legacy creator has now announced a plethora of new projects and updates.

One day before the intergenerational superhero series launches on the streamer, Millar put up a blog post Thursday on Jupiter’s Legacy, The Magic Order, and the premiere of the animated Super Crooks next month at the Annecy Festival in France – Read Millar’s post in full below

Among other shiny baubles dropped this morning, the Millarworld boss also revealed he has been cookin’ up a new live-action six-episode spy series. “The writer is someone I’ve been a massive fan of for two decades, and he was the only person I approached,” Millar said. “This has the potential to be one of the biggest franchises I’ve ever created. I’m so excited and I hope you will.

Millar’s anime series ‘Super Crooks’ to debut later this year

Mark Millar is developing a new spy series for Netflix, his first in the genre since his celebrated “Kingsman” series. Additionally, Millar announced that Netflix is putting “The Magic Order” back in active development.

“We’re hard at work on a six-episode live-action spy series right now, my first since ‘Kingsman,’ but a very different kind of property,” Millar said in a blog post shared by Netflix on Thursday. “The writer is someone I’ve been a massive fan of for two decades, and he was the only person I approached. This has the potential to be one of the biggest franchises I’ve ever created.”

“The Magic Order” was created by Millar in house at Netflix, marking his first property since his Millarworld company was acquired by the streaming giant in 2017. It was later turned into a comic book,...

Exclusive: “What’s wonderful about TV shows, we can go so deep and flesh out so much more with meat on the backbone,” exclaims Mark Millar of the adaption of his Jupiter’s Legacy comics to a Netflix series. “You know, characters can have a few pages that can take up an hour’s television time and I love that,” the executive producer adds. “I love the fact we were able to make something so crazy.”

Shifting from the 1930s to the present day and over the generations literally and figuratively, the super powered Jupiter’s Legacy is the first of a series of projects that Millar and the streamer have been planning since Netflix bought the Superman: Red Son author’s Millarworld imprint a few years ago.

Debuting tomorrow, the eight-episode series stars Josh Duhamel as Sheldon Sampson/The Utopian, Leslie Bibb as Grace Sampson/Lady Liberty, Crown alum Ben Daniels...

The adaptation of the comic The Magic Order is back in active development after being put on hold last year, says its creator, Mark Millar.

With Millar’s Jupiter’s Legacy bowing on Netflix Friday, the creator known for titles such as Kingsman and Kick-Ass shared an update on his slate of films and TV shows set up at Netflix, which purchased his company Millarworld in 2017.

Magic Order was in pre-production and gearing up to shoot in Prague when Covid-19 hit the world. Netflix took the opportunity to put the project on hold and do a creative re-evaluation.

“Some time away has given us a ...

The adaptation of the comic The Magic Order is back in active development after being put on hold last year, says its creator, Mark Millar.

With Millar’s Jupiter’s Legacy bowing on Netflix Friday, the creator known for titles such as Kingsman and Kick-Ass shared an update on his slate of films and TV shows set up at Netflix, which purchased his company Millarworld in 2017.

Magic Order was in pre-production and gearing up to shoot in Prague when Covid-19 hit the world. Netflix took the opportunity to put the project on hold and do a creative re-evaluation.

“Some time away has given us a ...

Back in 2017, Netflix acquired the rights to Scottish comic writer Mark Millar’s Millarworld imprint. Since then, Netflix and Millarworld have teamed up on the comic series The Magic Order but have not brought any of Millar’s other comic creations to the live-action television realm.

Well, that will all change soon! Netflix has finally unveiled the first fruit of their Millarworld collaboration in the form of a release date and teaser for Jupiter’s Legacy. Jupiter’s Legacy is a Millar superhero comic from 2013. This adaptation will arrive on Netflix on May 7, 2021. Check out the first teaser below.

While there isn’t much substance in that teaser, that’s Ok. The people don’t need substance out of 30-second superhero show teasers, they need style…they need atmosphere. And that clip is nothing if not atmospheric.

As classic superhero iconography is presented onscreen, we hear a voiceover of a super-powered father...

Those of you looking forward to Netflix's adaptation of Mark Millar's "The Magic Order" will be disappointed to learn that Deadline has reported that Netflix has decided to pass on the series. The comic was created by Mark Millar and illustrated by Oliver Coipel and revolved around "five families of magicians sworn to protect our world…...

Exclusive: Netflix has opted not to proceed with The Magic Order, its upcoming series based on the Mark Millar comic published by Netflix. The project had been in early pre-production in Prague for a targeted 2021 start. It had not yet begun casting, with scripts still being written.

I hear Netflix brass continue to be high on The Magic Order IP; upon release, the comic became the highest selling new comic-book launch in almost 20 years, with additional volumes coming soon.

I hear a decision was made that the series as currently envisioned won’t move forward but the streamer hopes to revisit The Magic

Order as a TV series in the future.

The large scope of the project and the global uncertainty amid the pandemic were a factor in the decision not to go forward with the series, though not the primary one, I hear.

The Czech Republic this week reported...

One of the live-action comic book adaptations from the Netflix acquisition of "Millarworld" is "The Magic Order", from Mark Millar, the creator of  "Kick-Ass", "Kingsman", "Wanted" and "Jupiter's Legacy":

"...five families of magicians are sworn to protect our world while battling an enemy who's picking them off one by one.

"By day they live among us as our neighbors, friends and co-workers...

"...but by night they are the sorcerers, magicians and wizards that protect us from the forces of darkness...

"...unless the darkness gets to them first..."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Magic Order"...

While James Wan has stayed busy as a producer in the horror genre over the past several years, it looks like he will be returning to the director's chair for a new horror film at New Line Cinema.

According to Variety, James Wan is lined up to helm "an untitled secret horror project for New Line Cinema." In addition to directing, Wan is writing the screenplay with Ingrid Bisu (who appeared in The Nun as Sister Oana) and will produce via his Atomic Monster label alongside Michael Clear.

Filming is expected to take place this autumn before Wan enters pre-production on the follow-up to Aquaman next year. Plot details on the new horror movie have yet to be revealed.

New Line Cinema and Wan have a successful history together, with Wan kickstarting the studio's Conjuring cinematic universe by directing the first two Conjuring movies and producing its ever-expanding spinoffs.

Deadline...

Exclusive: New Line has set Lindsey Beer to write Hello Kitty, the movie based on the iconic Sanrio pop culture brand. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the film will be designed for four quadrant global audience appeal.

The studio and Beau Flynn and his FlynnPictureCo banner made a deal last March to produce a film with Sanrio. It was the first time such a deal got made outside Japan in the brand’s 45-year history. Hello Kitty began in 1974, introduced on a coin purse and it quickly became a global phenomenon, sold in 130 countries on more than 50,000 different branded products each year.

The task of shaping the brand into a narrative falls to Beer, who co-founded the company Known Universe with fellow tent pole scribes Nicole Perlman and Geneva Robertson-Dworet. The newly formed production company, which will come aboard as executive producer, specializes in major IP and universe building,...

Netflix is set to develop a series adaptation of Mark Millar’s comic book series The Magic Order and they’ve hired James Wan (Conjouring, Aquaman) and Lindsey Beer (Chaos Walking, Sierra Burgess is a Loser) to produce it.

Wan will direct the first episode of the series and Beer will serve as the writer and showrunner. This is the third series that’s being developed from Millar’s comic book work. The other two include Jupiter’s Legacy and American Jesus. There are also three films in development which include Empress, Huck and Sharkey The Bounty Hunter.

In The Magic Order, “five families of magicians sworn to protect our world must battle an enemy who’s picking them off one by one. By day they live among us as our neighbors, friends and co-workers, but by night they are the sorcerers, magicians and wizards that protect us from the...

While a good magician never reveals their tricks, Netflix has given comic book fans a glimpse of what's up their sleeve when Mark Millar's The Magic Order is conjured onto the subscription-based streaming service. It's been announced that Aquaman helmer and The Conjuring universe mastermind James Wan will serve as an executive producer of the upcoming series alongside…...

When famed comic book writer Mark Millar sold his Millarworld company to Netflix back in 2017, the plan was for him to develop new properties that could work as both comics and potential film or TV shows. The streaming service announced last year that several adaptations were coming soon, and now another adaptation is one […]

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Hot on the heels of the news that James Wan will executive produce a new Saw spinoff based on an idea by Chris Rock, it's now been revealed that he'll also executive produce a new series for Netflix, along with directing its first episode.

Multiple sources, including The Hollywood Reporter, reveal that Wan will direct the first episode of Netflix's The Magic Order series, based on the comic book series of the same name written by Mark Millar and illustrated by Olivier Coipel.

Wan will executive produce the series alongside Millar and Lindsey Beer, who wrote the adaptation for Netflix and will be its showrunner as well. Atomic Monster's Michael Clear will also executive produce, with Rob Hackett on board as co-executive producer and overseer of the series.

Mixing mob life with magic and currently comprised of six issues (the first of which hit shelves in June of 2018 from Image Comics...

Aquaman director James Wan has settled on his next project, and no, it’s not Aquaman 2. It was announced today that Wan will executive produce and direct the debut episode of the upcoming Netflix series The Magic Order. The show was created at Netflix by Mark Millar, who subsequently turned it into a comic book series illustrated by Olivier Coipel based on designs by the Netflix team. The story follows five families of magicians who are sworn to protect our world and must battle an enemy who’s picking them off one by one. By day, they live among …...

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After producing the comic of the same name, Netflix has ordered The Magic Order from Mark Millar with James Wan producing.

Longtime comic distributor, Netflix, is getting into the streaming entertainment business...wait a minute, that's backwards. In this instance, however, it's the truth!

Last summer, Netflix produced The Magic Order, a six-issue comic series from Mark Millar and Marvel artist Olivier Coipel as part of their overall deal with the notorious comic book writer. Now Netflix wants to see The Magic Order as a TV series and who better to bring it to life than Netflix, itself!

The streamer has ordered a series based on Millar's The Magic Order. Millar will serve as an executive producer alongside James Wan (Aquaman, Furious 7) and Lindsey Beer. Wan will direct the first episode and Beer will serve as writer/showrunner on the series.

In The Magic Order, five...

Fresh off his billion-dollar blockbuster “Aquaman,” director James Wan is busy working on some TV projects, recently. First, this summer sees the debut of his superhero-horror series “Swamp Thing,” on the DC Universe streaming service. Then after that, it appears that the next TV project on tap for Wan is behind the camera for the Netflix series “The Magic Order.”

Read More: ‘Swamp Thing’ Trailer: James Wan’s DC Horror Series’ Footage Focuses More On The “Swamp,” Less On The “Thing”

According to Netflix, James Wan has signed on to produce and direct the pilot episode for the streaming service’s upcoming wizards and sorcerers-based series “The Magic Order.” He’s joined by writer-producer Lindsey Beer, who will act as showrunner for the new show.

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Netflix has ordered another Mark Millar series, “The Magic Order” with James Wan on board as an executive producer.

The “Aquaman” director will also helm the first episode, which will be written by Lindsay Beer, who will also serve as showrunner.

The series is based on Millar’s comic book series of the same name, which joins five other projects from Millar under his Millarworld banner, which Netflix acquired in 2017.

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Here is the logline from Netflix: Five families of magicians sworn to protect our world must battle an enemy who’s picking them off one by one. By day they live among us as our neighbors, friends and co-workers, but by night they are the sorcerers, magicians and wizards that protect us from the forces of darkness — unless the darkness gets them first.

Both Lindsey Beer and James Wan have signed on as executive producers for the upcoming Mark Millar Netflix series “The Magic Order.”

Beer will serve as writer and showrunner on the series while Wan will also direct the debut episode. Wan will executive produce under his Atomic Monster production banner. Michael Clear will also executive produce with Rob Hackett as co-executive producer overseeing for the company.

Beer recently wrote the upcoming “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” film reboot. She is also known for writing the Netflix original film “Sierra Burgess Is a Loser” starring “Stranger Things” alum Shannon Purser.

She is repped by ICM and Gang Tyre.

Wan most recently directed and co-wrote the story for the blockbuster DC film “Aquaman” and is signed on to direct the sequel. Atomic Monster is also working on the next installments in “The Conjuring” and “Annabelle” franchises, as well as the “Swamp Thing” series at DC Universe.

Netflix is expanding the Mark Millar film-tv universe with a series order to The Magic Order, with James Wan (Aquaman) and Lindsey Beer attached as executive producers. Wan also will direct the debut episode and Beer will serve as writer/showrunner on the series based on Millar’s comic published by Netflix.

The Magic Order joins the two series based on the comic book writer’s stories, Jupiter’s Legacy and American Jesus, and three films, Empress, Huck and Sharkey The Bounty Hunter, which were greenlighted last year.

In The Magic Order, five families of magicians sworn to protect our world must battle an enemy who’s picking them off one by one. By day they live among us as our neighbors, friends and co-workers, but by night they are the sorcerers, magicians and wizards that protect us from the forces of darkness...

Aquaman filmmaker James Wan and geek genre scribe Lindsey Beer are tackling The Magic Order, Netflix’s latest adaptation of a Mark Millar comic book series.

Wan will direct the debut episode of the series while Beer, who wrote the adaptation of upcoming film adaptation of Patrick Ness' science fiction series Chaos Walking, will write and act as showrunner. Both will be executive producing along with Millar.

Order was the first comic Millar, the co-creator of Kick-Ass and Wanted, put out after the digital streamer acquired his comics imprint, MillarWorld in 2017.

The multigenerational story follows five families of magicians who are sworn to defend ...

Aquaman filmmaker James Wan and geek genre scribe Lindsey Beer are tackling The Magic Order, Netflix’s latest adaptation of a Mark Millar comic book series.

Wan will direct the debut episode of the series while Beer, who wrote the adaptation of upcoming film adaptation of Patrick Ness' science fiction series Chaos Walking, will write and act as showrunner. Both will be executive producing along with Millar.

Order was the first comic Millar, the co-creator of Kick-Ass and Wanted, put out after the digital streamer acquired his comics imprint, MillarWorld in 2017.

The multigenerational story follows five families of magicians who are sworn to defend ...

Happy San Diego Comic-Con week, Daily Deaders! I hope you are enjoying all the coverage! Today's Comics Corner features a look at the penultimate issue of Judge Dredd: Under Seige #3, The Magic Order #2 from the legendary Mark Millar, and a really rad Q&A with writer Matt Miner from the new Waxwork Comics series Poser, in which we discuss the comic, his passion for the punk music scene and horror movies, creating an environment for "outcasts," and the record that accompanies issues #1 and #2 from Waxwork Records.

Judge Dredd: Under Siege #3: "Trapped in the Patrick Swayze Block with no outside contact, Dredd and Judge Beeny have been forced into an uneasy alliance with a local gang to stop a threat to Mega-City One that must be contained at all costs…

Available: July 2018

Diamond Code: MAY180717

Creators:

Mark Russell (Author) • Max Dunbar • Alan Quah (Cover Artist) • Jose Luis Rio (Colorist)

Imprint:...

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 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 about the impending slate of new Netflix series.

"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...

Netflix purchased comic book writer Mark Millar‘s Millarworld company last year, and they’ve already teamed up to release the streaming service’s first comic book, The Magic Order. But Netflix didn’t buy Millar’s company solely to make comic books: they’re in it for that sweet, sweet intellectual property. The first batch of Millarworld movies and TV shows […]

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Netflix, whose shares took a tumble on Monday after it failed to reach subscriber growth forecasts, announced on Tuesday [July 17] the first wave of films and series with Kick-Ass and The Kingsman creator Mark Millar.

Netflix, whose shares took a tumble on Monday after it failed to reach subscriber growth forecasts, announced on Tuesday [July 17] the first wave of films and series with Kick-Ass and The Kingsman creator Mark Millar.

Films include Empress to be written by Lindsey Beer (Kingkiller Chronicle), Huck to be written by Ted Melfi, and Sharkey The Bounty Hunter to be written by Michael Bacall.

The series encompass...

Netflix has set its first slate of films based on the stories of Mark Millar, and enlisted a number of A-list talent to develop the movies along the way.

The first three comics to get the film adaptation treatment are “Empress,” “Huck,” and “Sharkey the Bounty Hunter.”

“Empress” follows Queen Emporia, who is married to 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. “Kingkiller Chronicle” writer Lindsey Beer is adapting the comic book into a feature film, with Joe Roth and Jeff Kirschenbaum set to produce.

Neal H. Moritz and Toby Jaffe are producing “Huck,” with “Hidden Figures” director Ted Melfi penning the script. The story is set in a quiet seaside town, where the main character...

Netflix has put multiple projects based on properties from Mark Millar’s Millarworld into development as original series, Variety has learned.

One of those projects is “American Jesus,” based on the Millarworld comic of the same name. The series 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.

The series would be multi-lingual, featuring both English and Spanish. Everardo Gout and Leopoldo Gout will serve as co-showrunners and executive producers, with Everardo also directing. Everardo previously directed for the Marvel-Netflix series “Luke Cage” and has directed multiple episodes of the upcoming Facebook Watch series “Sacred Lies.” Leopolodo has produced projects like the film “Molly’s Game” and the series “Zoo” and “Instinct” for CBS. Leopoldo Gout and Everardo Gout are repped by CAA.

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Netflix is building a Mark Millar TV-film universe with the pickup of two series based on the comic book writer’s stories, superhero epic Jupiter’s Legacy and American Jesus, a multi-lingual series that follows a twelve-year-old boy who suddenly discovers he’s returned as Jesus Christ; and three films, Empress, Huck and Sharkey The Bounty Hunter. They will be shepherded by such top creative auspices as Steven S. DeKnight and Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Jupiter’s Legacy), and Ted Melfi and Neal H. Moritz (Huck), Everardo Gout and Leopoldo Gout (American Jesus), Lindsey Beer (Empress) and Michael Bacall (Sharkey the Bounty Hunter).

This marks Netflix’s biggest multiple-project order since the streaming giant inked the original Marvel deal for four series and a limited series. It comes less than a year after Netflix acquired Millarworld, the comic book publisher founded by Millar which has spawned stories such as Wanted, Kick-Ass,...

Well, we finally know what’s been going on in Millarworld since it relocated to Netflix, as the streaming service announced Tuesday its first slate of films and series based on the stories of “Kick-Ass” and “Kingsman” comic book creator Mark Millar.

The lineup includes two TV shows: “Jupiter’s Legacy” (to be showrun by Steven S. DeKnight) and “American Jesus,” about a 12-year-old boy who discovers he’s reincarnated as Jesus Christ. “He can turn water into wine, make the crippled walk, and, perhaps, even raise the dead,” reads the network’s description of the show, based on a 2009 comic book series.

Millar’s Netflix slate also includes three feature films — “Empress,” “Huck” and “Sharkey the Bounty Hunter.”

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And, as you’d expect from the mastermind behind some of the most creative comic titles out there, the projects...

This week on Comics Corner... Reunited and it feels so good! Hellboy returns to the B.P.R.D and just in time, because demons have plans for all of mankind and, spoiler alert, they don't want to hug them to death! Also: RoboCop: Citizens Arrest #3, Babyteeth #11, Monstress #17, Invader Zim #31, The Weather Man #1, 30 Days of Night #6, The Magic Order #1, and September Mourning Vol.1.

Bprd: The Devil You Know #7: "Hellboy reunites with Abe Sapien as demons gather in New York to enslave all that remains of mankind.

*Hellboy rejoins the B.P.R.D. after 17 years away!

Creators

Writer: Mike Mignola, Scott Allie

Artist: Sebastian Fiumara

Colorist: Dave Stewart

Cover Artist: Mike Mignola, Max Fiumara

Genre: Horror

Publication Date: June 13, 2018

Format: Fc, 32 pages; Ongoing

Price: $3.99

Upc: 7 61568 00185 3 00711."

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Exclusive: Just under a year after Netflix inked a deal to purchase Kick-Ass, Jupiter’s Legacy and Kingsman creator Mark Miller’s comic booking publishing company, the team have their inaugural series The Magic Order coming out next week – and its poised to be a total sell-out.

Based on pre-order indications, the start of the series of a multi-generation family of magicians under attack from the one-time Avengers author Millarworld and Marvel’s superstar artist Olivier Coipel that goes on sale on June 13 is the most successful debut in almost 20 years. It is also causing the Man of Steel to break a sweat. See an unlettered preview of the first issue of Magic Order above and the cover of Issue #4 here:

“The second biggest pre-order of the last twenty years was Jupiter’s Legacy, which I released back in 2012,” comic vet Millar told me today of Magic Order’s near magic launch,...

This June, Netflix will be releasing their first comic book (?) in the form of Mark Millar’s The Magic Order. The launch marks the first franchise Millar will create as part of the recent acquisition of Millarworld by Netflix. This series will be six issues long and will be available for sale beginning June 13. […]

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