With the adaptation rights Daredevil most likely reverting back to Marvel from 20th Century Fox in October it seems that the people Fox are doubling their efforts to bring some comic book legitimacy to their future Marvel adaptations in what is presumably an attempt to stay in the competition with Marvel Studios. Coming Soon reports that Fox have signed on Mark Millar, you know that kind of unknown guy that wrote those little independent works like the “Ultimates 1 & 2” and “Kick-Ass” among others, to consult on Fox’s future Fantastic Four and X-Men comics.
Here’s what Millar himself had to say about his new position:
“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. 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.”
Be sure to head over to Coming Soon for the full statement from Fox.
