Tag mark millar
Joe Carnahan Teases ‘Nemesis’ Role For Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson is busy fighting wolves, but could supervillains be in his future? That might be the case if Joe Carnahan has his way!
Carnahan, the director of Neeson's new movie, "The Grey," has been loosely attached to an adaptation of "Nemesis," the Mark Millar-written comic book about a diabolical supervillain [read more]
Mark Millar and Frank Quitely Conceive ‘Jupiter’s Children’
Filed under: Image, Indie, News
It's been an entertaining week for fans of the carnival barking-as-comics-promotion stylings of Mark Millar. The bestselling writer of Marvel's Civil War and Icon Comics' Kick-Ass has been rolling out new artwork and ... [read more]
Millar and Quitely present JUPITER’S CHILDREN in September
Mark Millar is announcing a slew of Millarworld projects this week, exclusively on CBR, and here's the long-rumored project with Frank Quitely: Jupiter's Children, a 12-issue maxiseries. [read more]
SOLICITATIONS: Morrison and Millar send Dredd on mission to find God
Press Release With the Dredd film, starring Karl Urban, set to debut later this year, two of the world’s biggest comic book writers are brought together to send the world’s most famous lawman on a mission to find God! Judge … Continue reading... [read more]
SOLICITATIONS: CLiNT runs Supercrooks series lead in
Press Release Mark Millar has written an all-new, in-continuity lead-in to his hotly anticipated new series SUPERCROOKS, to run exclusively in CLiNT! Make sure you read this before you pick up #1! CLiNT, which has already boasted an exclusive first ... [read more]
Mark Millar Promotes ‘Kick-Ass 2′ by Telling Readers ‘Don’t Buy Digital’
Filed under: Culture, Digital Comics Mark Millar's earned a reputation as an aggressive self-promoter over the years, often using crass advertising to sell his projects -- a technique that's paid off in issues sold and titles adapted to feature films a... [read more]
Mark Millar Defends ‘Favorite Writer’ Frank Miller from Fan Backlash [Op-Ed]
Filed under: Opinion Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and 300 creator Frank Miller has faced a great deal of criticism lately for his controversial behavior and commentary, from the anti-Muslim sentiment of his self-described "propaganda" graphic novel ... [read more]
‘Kick-Ass’ Creator Mark Millar Creates Millarworld Productions, Eyes ‘American Jesus’ Adaptation
Mark Millar has never been short on ideas. Over the years the comic scribe has led large-scale initiatives within the Marvel Universe. His creator-owned line of various publisher projects collected under the title “Millarworld” has seen Hollywood success with adaptations of “Wanted” and “Kick-Ass,” while renewed studio interest in “War [read more]
Link Ink: New ‘Fresh Ink! Online,’ Blink’s ‘New Mutants’ Return, and Optimus Prime in Yarn
Filed under: Link Ink, Culture
Fresh Ink! Online: Host Blair Butler returns for this week's episode as she and guest, writer Jay Faerber (Dynamo 5, Near Death), share their picks from last weeks comics including Batman, Wonder Woman, Supergir... [read more]
Mark Millar’s ‘War Heroes’ Recruited By Universal
The Iraq War is almost over, but it's just heating up on the paneled page… and, it seems, on the big screen: "War Heroes," the six-issue Image Comics limited series from writer Mark Millar ("Kick Ass," "Wanted") and artist Tony Harris ("Ex Machina," "Starman"), is looking to invade a theater [read more]
‘Kick-Ass’ Duo Matthew Vaughn And Mark Millar Collaborate On New Movies
Mark Millar fans, get ready to kick some ass again.
It's been announced that "X-Men: First Class" director Matthew Vaughn, who directed the adaptation of Millar's "Kick-Ass" in 2010, has secured the film rights to two more Millarverse titles: "Superior," the Scottish writer's superhero tale illustrated by "Secret Invasion" artist Leinil [read more]
Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons Team For ‘The Secret Service’ in February
Filed under: News
The Secret Service, the long-teased collaboration between Mark Millar (Kick-Ass, Nemesis) and Dave Gibbons (Watchmen, The Originals) will come to fruition in February 2012 at Icon, as revealed today at CBR and in the pages of Milla... [read more]
Link Ink: Matthew Vaughn Picks Up ‘Superior,’ Disco ‘Star Wars’ And Bat Nuts
Filed under: Link Ink, Culture
Movies: Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn has purchased the rights for Mark Millar's Superior. Millar is allowing National MS Society to use the character to promote MS awareness and research funding. [CBR]
Health: A... [read more]
‘Kick-Ass 2′ Will Likely Need New Director, Says Mark Millar
"Kick-Ass" will most assuredly kick ass again — it's just a matter of who's doing the kicking, according to Mark Millar.
In a new interview, the "Kick-Ass" comic book creator strongly suggested that a sequel to the 2010 bloody action comedy is in development, but he conceded that the creative team [read more]
Digital ComicsAlliance: ‘Rambo’ & ‘Wolverine’ for $0.99, ‘Graveyard of Empires’
Welcome to Digital ComicsAlliance, your headquarters for digital comics news and recommendations. This week, we're taking a look at Jim Rugg's absurd Rambo 3.5, Mark Sable and Paul Azaceta's surprising Graveyard of Empires, and Mark Millar and ... ... [read more]
Beyoncé And ‘The Hunger Games’ In Today’s Twitter Report
Beyoncé and the new "Hunger Games" sneak peek attracted more responses than any other moments among comics tweeters last night at the MTV Video Music Awards. Writers and artists alike immediately put their imaginations to use predicting what motherhood will be like for the pop star.
In the meantime, Ben Templesmith [read more]
Earthquake On The East Coast, ‘Hellraiser: Revelations’ And ‘Conan’ In Today’s Twitter Report
Earthquakes are a serious matter, but Twitter quickly devolved into the world's largest comedy club on the subject yesterday after vibrations hit Washington, D.C., and New York. West Coasters in particular were quick to poke fun at everyone on the receiving end of the shakes.
"Conan the Barbarian" remains the big [read more]
‘Ultimates’ #1 Puts The Series Back On Track [Spoiler-Free Review]
Filed under: Marvel, Reviews, Opinion
This week, Marvel Comics brings back the Ultimates - no "new", no numbers like Ultimates 2 or Ultimates 3, just a regular ol' ongoing series - with Ultimates #1 by Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribic and Dean White. Bu... [read more]
London Riots, ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ And A ‘Doctor Who’ Bunny In Today’s Twitter Report
Whether they live in the U.K. or the U.S., comics creators in the feed have been expressing collective shock over the course of the last day in response to the London riots that broke out over the weekend. Simon Pegg and Mark Millar both offered their perspectives, and Tony Lee [read more]