5 Millarworld Properties Ready For Netflix
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Nemesis
Artist: Steve McNiven
The original tagline for Nemesis, "What if Batman was the Joker," turned quite a few heads (including DC Comics') but it does a pretty solid job of describing what the series is all about.
Nemesis imagines what would happen if someone with all of the intelligence, skills, and resources of Batman had the morality, or total lack thereof, of the Joker.
While that sounds like a fun "what if?" scenario on the surface, the series goes deeper by revealing a backstory for Nemesis that rivals the childhood trauma of Batman himself.
This blend of superhero action and psychological drama could be right at home on Netflix.
prevnextJupiter's Legacy/Jupiter's Circle
Artist: Frank Quitely
Millar and Quitely's Jupiter's Legacy examines the world that is entering its first post-superhero generation and is meant to explore Millar's take on the American ideal through the overlap between superhero fiction and celebrity culture.
The series primarily follows the children of superheroes Lady Liberty and the Utopian. While one of those children, Brainwave, fights alongside his parents and their allies, the other two, Chloe and Brandon, show very little appreciation for their parents' missions and take their celebrity for granted.
The companion series, Jupiter's Circle, is a prequel that focuses on The Utopian and Lady Liberty during their prime. Combining the two narratives into a single series would give Netflix a series that plays out like a modern take on Watchmen.
prevnextSuperior
Artist: Leinil Yu
Superior takes the innocent charm of Golden Age hero Shazam! and gives it a dark twist.
The series follows Simon Pooni, a young boy who is bitter over a life spent struggling with multiple sclerosis. When a magical monkey named Orman appears in front of him and grants him one wish, Pooni wishes to become Superior, the comic book superhero he's always idolized.
The twist comes when Orman reveals himself to actually be a demon from hell and tells Pooni that he'll have to sell his soul to the devil if he wants to continue being Superior.
prevnextEmpress
Artist: Stuart Immonen
With Empress, Millar and Stuart Immone took inspiration from classic science fiction movies like Flash Gordon and Star Wars to create one of the brightest works in the Millarworld stable.
Empress follows Emporia, the wife of a galactic dictator who decides its time to take her family and leave her husband for good. With the assistance of her royal bodyguard, Emporia flees with her three children in an attempt to reach her home planet where her sister still resides.
Empress has the potential to be a space opera with a strong family drama at its core.
prevnextWanted
Artist: JG Jones
Wanted has already been turned into a major motion picture, but its inclusion in Netflix's teaser video for Millarworld suggests it's something they could turn into a new series or film.
Wanted presents a superhero world where supervillains have secretly already won and taken over. Protagonist Wesley Gibson discovers that he is the son of a supervillain assassin known as the Killer. When his father dies, he's invited to take his place as a member of the Fraternity, a secret society of supervillains, to take the Killer's place.
Wanted is a dark comic book with a twisted ending that could attract a lot of attention from Netflix viewers.