{"id":22231,"date":"2012-09-27T17:16:48","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T21:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=22231"},"modified":"2021-02-05T13:35:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T18:35:12","slug":"comic-book-writer-mark-millar-to-advise-fox-on-their-superhero-properties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/27\/comic-book-writer-mark-millar-to-advise-fox-on-their-superhero-properties\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic Book Writer Mark Millar To Advise FOX On Their Superhero Properties."},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIf the news had come from Mark Millar’s mouth, I wouldn’t have believed it. After all, this is that same man that stated back in 2008<\/a> that he was in line to reboot the Superman film franchise, a bold statement that never came to pass. So him saying that some studio hired him to act as a consultant on their comic book franchises, it would be easy to write off.<\/p>\n

Only, this time it’s not Millar saying it, it’s the studio itself. 20th Century Fox<\/strong> announced today<\/a> that it has hired Millar to act as a “creative consultant” on movies from their studio based on Marvel Comics books. The studio is currently developing the writer’s\u00a0Nemesis<\/strong> miniseries into a feature film.<\/p>\n

This news comes after Joss Whedon has signed on with Marvel<\/a> in a similar capacity and Warner Brothers rumored to be considering Frank Miller for some involvement<\/a> with their Justice League<\/strong> film.<\/p>\n

Fox currently still owns the rights to the\u00a0X-Men\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Fantastic Four\u00a0<\/strong>properties, two franchises Millar has written stories featuring for Marvel’s Ultimate Comics imprint. Millar’s friend, director Matthew Vaughn, is currently working on\u00a0X-Men: Days of Future Past<\/strong> for the studio.<\/p>\n

It is not known exactly what Millar will be consulting on. The obvious project would be the\u00a0Fantastic Four\u00a0<\/strong>reboot, but\u00a0rumors\u00a0are that FOX was so high on Josh Trank’s take on it that they were willing let\u00a0Daredevil\u00a0<\/strong>slip back to Marvel rather than let Marvel get their hands on any FF characters.\u00a0The X-Men\u00a0<\/strong>franchises seem to be fairly self-sufficient by this point, with the satellite\u00a0Wolverine\u00a0<\/strong>and First Class\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0franchises chugging along and Bryan Singer supposedly willing to return to the main franchise. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of consulting work to be done, unless Millar is going to be charged with getting more mutant franchises such as Deadpool<\/strong>\u00a0up and running. Or maybe he’s just going to be a highly paid information desk, a resource the directors to use. It remains to be seen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Heaven help us all.<\/div>\n

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