Mark Millar on his Superman Screenplay: "I'll stick with Marvel"

Mark Millar on his Superman Screenplay: "I'll stick with Marvel"

Comic Book writer, Mark Millar shares his thoughts on his 'Superman' screenplay and where he thinks the franchise is heading.

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By JoshWilding - Sep 14, 2009 01:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Superman
Source: MTVSplashPage

"I don't think they could afford me now," Millar told MTV News. "I'll stick with Marvel."

Seeing his personal Top Cow and Marvel stories come to life in Hollywood, Millar admittedly prefers to keep his hands busy with creator-owned work. However, that doesn't mean he's any less enthusiastic about Superman.

"I've got Superman's cape hanging up in my hall - I bought Christopher Reeves' cape 5 years ago - that's how much it means to me," he explained. "I would love a chance to do it, but there's something just magical about dong your own stuff."

Millar also said that he likes the idea of assigning the storytelling duties to comic book writers, such as Geoff Johns, who recently landed on "Shazam." "I've seen Superman's head on the screen before but what's in Geoff Johns' head and mine, I've never seen on the screen before."

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THEHAWK
THEHAWK - 9/14/2009, 1:50 PM
tHIS OLD NEWS THE GUY HAS BEEN HARPING ON HIS sUPERMAN SCRIPT FOR YEARS.
TheUnknown
TheUnknown - 9/14/2009, 1:50 PM
I wonder how much he got Reeve's Superman cape for.
Anyways, it's always great when a creator has control over their creation, it makes things more authentic.
Talontd
Talontd - 9/14/2009, 1:52 PM
The problem with Hollywood is ARTISTS like Millar don't have a loud enough voice and the damn SUITS get to determine everything based on what the "masses" think is cool.

DC and WB need someone with more vision......or they will always be copying Marvels' formula.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 9/14/2009, 2:12 PM
Talontd: couldnt agree more! Millar is a damned genius and if they had someone like him (or any of the other great comic book writers) with a larger involvment in CBM's then they'd probably be 100x better! Still at least Marvel seem to be heading this way with comic book writers consulting on The Avengers etc.
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 9/14/2009, 2:15 PM
@ josh

millar is the man, for sure!! and if there's anyone out there that doesn't think so, they need to read civil war...

i like the new avatar too, was that from Captain Britain:MI-6?? i loved that series, it got cancelled before its time.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 9/14/2009, 2:23 PM
teabag: thanks man! good to see you back on CBM! (im not actually sure if you were ever gone but i wasnt on for a couple of weeks when my laptop broke and havent seen you in a while, lol!)

CorndogBurglar: damn right! Civil War, Marvel Knights Spider-Man (#1-12), Wolverine: Enemy of the State, Old Man Logan and The Ultimates 1 & 2 are just some of Millars best stuff and all just happen to be some of my favourite ever comic books! The guy is probably the best comic book writer out there IMO! Oh and thanks, the pic is actually from Ultimate Captain Britain but I just read the first volume of that Captain Britain series today (excellent!) and am just about to order the next few volumes now!!
ASSASSIN666
ASSASSIN666 - 9/14/2009, 2:33 PM
I think if you really loved the character you wouldn't put a price on it. Millar is talented, but being able to afford him? that's a lot of ego talking there whether you're worth it, or not.
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 9/14/2009, 2:33 PM
teabag: ive been meaning to ask you about that! im glad you enjoyed it - it was a brilliant series (here's hoping for a sequel sometime in the future with the same writing/art team!) hope you're feeling better now man! :)
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 9/14/2009, 2:52 PM
THE APOCOLYPSE WILL HAVE COME AND GONE AN WE WILL STILLNOT HAVE SEEN A DECENT SUPERMAN FILM.
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 9/14/2009, 2:58 PM
HE'S STICKING TO MARVEL BECAUSE THEY DONT SCREW WITH STUFF THEY OWN
DDD
DDD - 9/14/2009, 3:04 PM
MAKE MINE MARVEL!!! Yeah Millar!

But I likes me sum DC too! :D
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 9/14/2009, 3:48 PM
Hey guys - check out my Fantastic Four FAN CAST! :)

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/joshw24/news/?a=10054
lowflams3137
lowflams3137 - 9/14/2009, 4:03 PM
everyone should stay away from dc
mgalusick
mgalusick - 9/14/2009, 4:52 PM
I love to dong my own stuff!
MarkCassidy
MarkCassidy - 9/14/2009, 5:07 PM
Millar is an excellent writer no doubt, but that doesn't neccessarrilly mean he would be an excellent screenwriter. maybe the "suits" didn't go with his idea for a movie because it sucked! We only have his word that it didn't.

Anyway, Old Man Logan FTW, now that is a movie i wanna see someday!
GUNSMITH
GUNSMITH - 9/14/2009, 5:40 PM
HONESTLLY THE ONLY COOL THING THEY GOT IS DARKNIGHT, THEY HAD OTHERS BUT RIGHT NOW, ITS JUST DARKNIGHT..MARVEL,THEY GOT WAY MORE TO TALK ABOUT, THEY DONT SCREW AROUND.
supermarioworldE
supermarioworldE - 9/14/2009, 5:43 PM
What about watchmen?
georgia49th
georgia49th - 9/14/2009, 7:50 PM
Marvel and DC have both had their ups and downs to say one is better than the other is unfair to both.
Both have characters that have become icons in America.,
As for me Im burned out on superhero comics there's only one comic fo me and that's JONAH HEX !!!!!!!!!!
supermarioworldE
supermarioworldE - 9/14/2009, 8:12 PM
@skyhook, clearly, you've never read native son.
48and2
48and2 - 9/14/2009, 9:31 PM
Millar is excellent, but yeah I agree with Rorshach, a great writer doesn't mean great screenwriter. They're fundamentally different.

Plus I think the artist vs. suits argument is more of a complex topic than you guys are delving into, but it's probably better not to get too far into it here. If you want no holds barred free market capitalism (which is what most of the people who have money in America want), then you're stuck with the suits for a long time to come. I'm not even gonna put my highly idealistic views out there on the subject, in this forum, because it'd turn into, well it'd get BAD =)... I am an artist, in several mediums, and I've been stifled very dramatically by "the suits" to give some insight. It is something I would and will fight to the death over.

I will say, there are those among us who believe that having money is the only thing that's important. In my opinion if that's all you're here in this life for than you have a pretty narrow perspective, and you're not really serving any higher purpose, because money is just an idea anyway. And there are other ideas that are as important, if not more important to us as human beings. The way I see it, money is just a tool to use as leverage to bring those other ideas to fruition. And art, in all its forms, is certainly one of them.

Which came first: the painting on the cave wall, or the shell collectors. I'll place all my shells on the bet towards the cave painting.

But anyway, I think most of us here who have a passion for this medium of art, and others, have a pretty good grasp on that concept - so generally, I'm probably preaching to the choir.

In the end, if there's any progress to be made, anymore comic books to be written and drawn, any $350 million movies to be made, we'd better find a healthy balance somewhere in between.

And Marvel and DC hopefully create just that - both great things already have, and inevitably will come from both.

supermarioworldE: you just PWNED Skyhook!
kyle
kyle - 9/14/2009, 9:31 PM
the only way a comic book movie is good if it's faithful to its source, or it is your own...
georgia49th
georgia49th - 9/14/2009, 9:54 PM
SpiderMan3 - poor
X-Men 1 an 2- poor
wolverine origins = sucked
DareDevil - fair
Hulk -poor
The Incredible Hulk- good
Iron man- really good
Ghost Rider - fair
FF-1 ----- fair
FF 2 ------ fair
SuperMan 1---- Good
SuperMan 2---- good
Superman 3---- poor (Fans at fault for this screw up)
SuperMan Returns--- fair
CatWoman --- sucked
Batman-----good
batman returns --good
Batman forever -- good
Batman and Robin -- nearly kills franchise
watchmen ------ good
Batman Begins --- good
Batman Dark Knight --good
I'd say marvel and DC are pretty even with hits an misses in the movie department

CaptainAmerica
CaptainAmerica - 9/14/2009, 10:02 PM
did you just say X-Men 1 and 2 were poor? lololollololololololololololololololololololololol ok im done :)
DDD
DDD - 9/15/2009, 12:48 AM
X-men 1 & 2 poor?! Now that IS laughable! The characters for the most part were right on the money! And Xavier's mansion is exactly as I pictured it in my mind! Wolverine was so good that no one can see another actor in the roll! Well, no one except maybe me. But POOR? Man that just makes my head hurt!

MARVEL--
Spiderman 1: one of the best ever!
Spiderman 2: Even better
Spiderman 3: OK
X-men 1 & 2: great!
Wolverine: Origins: a travesty!
Daredevil: good, especially Bullseye & Kingpin
Hulk: Fair
Incredible Hulk: Excellent!
Iron Man: Perfection!
Ghost Rider: Fair
FF1: Good
FF2: Awful except for Silver Surfer. Bring on his movie!

DC--
Superman 1: A classic of all time!
Superman 2: Awesome!
Superman 3: WTF?
Superman Returns: Wish he hadn't!
Cat Woman: WTF...I mean FTW!!!!
Batman: Classic
Batman Returns: good
Batman Forever: OK
Batman & Robin: What the hell were they thinking?
Batman Begins: Awesome
The Dark Knight: Amazing!
Watchmen: Perfect!

No new Supes. No Flash. No Wonder Woman. Failed, stupid JL movie!

Marvel is kicking DC'S ass!!!
LEEE777
LEEE777 - 9/15/2009, 3:46 AM
Oh god, theres a ULTIMATE CAPTAIN BRITAIN???

It just gets worst lol!

DEATH TO THE SH!TTY Lame ULTIMATE UNIVERSE!!!!

Get the BEYONDER TO WIPE IT OUT!!!!!
JoshWilding
JoshWilding - 9/15/2009, 3:48 AM
LEE: If you didnt know that theres an Ultimate Captain Britain you've obviously never read The Ultimates!!! You really should read it before you judge it man - its an amazing piece of work!!!
DDD
DDD - 9/15/2009, 6:25 AM
Communism, Bad, Bad!!!
Free enterprise, Good, Good!!!

@Misterunderhill, I beg to differ about FF 1 being pure utter crap! It was no where as good as it should have been but sure wasn't utter crap! The second one was bad because of the Galactus cloud, that's fer sure! But surfer was good!

I dare anyone to say there was ANY GOOD in Batman & Robin or Catwoman! There has not been one modern Marvel movie that has reached the depths of those two wastes of Celluloid!

And Superman Returns had a stalker-Supes, a stupid Supe's kid that should have never, ever existed, a child- abandoning Superman and Superman flying around with an island continent of Kryptonite on his head! That is the worst CBM writing I think I've ever seen!

And they are only playing keep up with marvel on their idea they stole from Marvel to make single hero movies and then the JL movie. Pretty sad I think!

And Marvel never had a movie all ready to go and then it just fizzled out...that JL movie was a stupid as a stump idea anyway! 90210 JL my ass!

Marvel wins! DC wines!
TheNameIsBetty
TheNameIsBetty - 9/15/2009, 6:53 AM
Haha! The article says "dong your own stuff"

lmao
Boogie138
Boogie138 - 9/15/2009, 8:52 AM
i dig millar's work, thought he'd do a good job w/ supes.

as for the communism comment, who cares. i read plato's the republic and studdied marxism, and don't feel threatened by it or changed by its opinions. Not sure why you even felt the need to mention it? most early communist movements were christian, and while i belive in democracy i refuse to judge ANY form of government as none of them work in practice as they appear on paper. i simply live on the side of the globe where our goverment functions better (but far from perfect) then some places. that by no means says we are better off or happier. its a matter of opinion.

even if millar is a commie, im not going to stop reading or respecting his work.
supermarioworldE
supermarioworldE - 9/15/2009, 10:12 AM
This topic of communism is really opinionated but I just want to point out that judging someone for their political beliefs is wrong. I'm not calling anyone out, im just saying....
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 9/15/2009, 10:23 AM
@ DDD

to each their own buddy. i hardly thought xmen 1 and 2 were "great". entertaining, yeah, but they could have been SOOOOO much more! and you think that bullseye and kingpin were done very well in daredevil?? see, to me thats lunacy, lol. kingpin was played SO corny. i dont know man, lol, to each their own
CorndogBurglar
CorndogBurglar - 9/15/2009, 10:24 AM
@ supermario

lol, so its wrong to call nazis bad??
supermarioworldE
supermarioworldE - 9/15/2009, 10:46 AM
Communists are not Nazis. This isn't the simpsons!
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