In recent news, Ultimate X-Men writer Mark Millar has been chosen to serve as a creative consultant for Twentieth Century Fox's upcoming projects based on Marvel Comics properties. Comic Book movies keep rising to the top in Hollywood, it's like Comic book movies hit the movie jack pot, being that recently
"Marvel Studios demonstrated that just like in the comics, separate
stories and characters can be brought together in a shared,
interconnected cinematic universe." - Rob Keyes
Twentieth Century Fox plans to do the same with the
X-Men and
Fantastic Four franchises and they’ve hired Mark Millar to be their very own mastermind on the future projects. He will help guide the future
X-Men movies along with Josh Trank’s
Fantastic Four reboot.
Upcoming for the studio is "The Wolverine,"
starring Hugh Jackman, directed by James Mangold; "X-Men: Days of
Future Past," directed by Matthew Vaughn; and a reboot of Fantastic Four,
to be directed by Josh Trank ("Chronicle").
Mark Millar, writer for The Ultimates and Marvel’s successful Civil War crossover as well as "Wolverine: Old Man Logan," is also founder of Millarworld (millarworld.tv), where he
continues to develop existing film franchise titles Wanted and Kick-Ass, as well as newer comic properties The Secret Service, Superior and Nemesis.
Here is Millar's Official Statement:
“As someone who has spent his entire life obsessed with both comic books
and movies, this is essentially my dream gig as it's a unique
combination of both,” stated Millar. “I spent ten years working at
Marvel and am really happy with the work I did on the comic side of
things so the idea of working with these characters now in a brand new
medium is enormously exciting for me. I really like the Fox team, love
this bold new direction they have for their franchises and am proud to
be working alongside some of modern cinema's biggest talents. James
Mangold is incredible, Matthew Vaughn's one of my closest pals and Josh
Trank gave us, in my opinion, one of the greatest superhero movies of
the last decade with 'Chronicle.' The invitation to join this crew was
maybe the coolest phone call I've ever had.”
The Wolverine hits theaters July 26, 2013.
X-Men: Days of Future Past hits theaters on July 18th, 2014.
Source: Marvel, SR
X-Men/Fantastic Four cover art by Pat Lee.
