Mark Millar is a one man industry these days. Not only is working on a number of independent comic book titles, he is consulting with Twentieth Century Fox on their Marvel Comic adaptations as well as overseeing the film adaptations of his own work. On that front he currently has Kick Ass 2 in production in England and an adaptation of his mini-series Superior being developed by the director of the first Kick Ass, Matthew Vaughn. Another comic mini-series, Supercrooks, is being developed by director Nacho Vigalondo. Meanwhile, Universal has reportedly fast-tracked a follow-up to their 2008 adaptation of Millar’s Wanted mini-series.
Another film he is working on is his adaptation of his comic series The Secret Service. In the book Millar, and artist Dave Gibbons, focus on a mix of spies, adventure and a dash of social commentary. Vaughn is developing this film as well, having left the director’s chair for X-Men: Days Of Future Past last month in order to fully concentrate on this.
Over the weekend, Millar was talking with fans on twitter about his many projects and mentioned that the Secret Service film adaptation won’t a one-off project but the start of a planned franchise.
A comic usually takes me 2 weeks but about 70% through the extra-sized finale of Secret Service in 5 days. V pleased with it.
— Mark Millar (@mrmarkmillar) November 16, 2012
Note: The Secret Service comic is a franchise. The movie will HOPEFULLY be a franchise too, but we need to see how it performs first.
— Mark Millar (@mrmarkmillar) November 16, 2012
Dave Gibbons and I planning to do one of these every two or three years, same as the movie adaptations. Casting is INSPIRED by the way.
— Mark Millar (@mrmarkmillar) November 16, 2012
Although he did not elaborate on how the casting was inspired, he did knock down one guess from a fan.
@ScottyDisnyKnow Ben Drew is a brilliant actor. Loved him in Harry Brown. But he's not who we have as Gary in Secret Service.
— Mark Millar (@mrmarkmillar) November 16, 2012
(Ben Drew has been in a small handful of British crime dramas, of which only Harry Brown, starring Michael Caine, have gotten any substantial distribution here in the US.)
Lots of good times ahead if you’re a Mark Millar fan. Let’s hope he doesn’t burn himself out with all this work.
