Mark Millar on the future of superheroes, new project ‘The Chosen One’: ‘It’ll come back’
nypost.com“Kick-Ass” and “Kingsman: The Secret Service.” His latest project is “The Chosen One” on Netflix, his third show for the streamer following “Super Crooks” and “Jupiter’s Legacy.”Based on the graphic novel trilogy “American Jesus” that Millar co-wrote with Peter Gross, the series follows 12-year-old Jodie (Bobby Luhnow), a boy growing up in Mexico who’s being raised by a single mom (Dianna Agron).
After Jodie survives a freak accident, he begins performing Jesus-like miracles such as turning water into wine and healing the sick.
The graphic novel came out in 2004, and Millar said there’s a reason it took so long to hit the screen.“I was quite lucky. The very first thing that I tried was a thing called ‘Wanted’ that was picked up as a [2008] movie with Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy,” Millar told The Post . “‘American Jesus’ was the second thing that I tried.
So, because ‘Wanted’ was a hot property, suddenly all these producers came out of nowhere wanting to make the movie. I was really excited, but I’m actually quite careful with my adaptations, because I really like the books.
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