Netflix bought Millarworld in August, 2017 and now owns the full rights to all 17 properties purchased, later hiring Mark and his wife Lucy to act as President and CEO of their Millarworld line and help develop these comic-books into big-budget movies, shows and animated series. The most recent Kingsman movie, The King’s Man, is released in 2021.

Kingsman was released as a movie in 2015 and, like Kick-Ass has spawned at least one sequel. Quitting Marvel soon after, Millar focused all his attention on Millarworld and co-created properties which include Jupiter’s Legacy, The Magic Order, American Jesus, Supercrooks, Sharkey The Bounty Hunter, Empress, Superior, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Chrononauts, Starlight, Nemesis, Space Bandits, MPH and Huck. Wanted grossed $342 million on a $70 million budget and paved the way for the successful adaptation of his Kick-Ass comic in 2010, starring Nicolas Cage. Wanted was his first comic-book under the Millarworld banner, a huge hit that spawned the 2008 movie starring Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy. On the advice of Stan Lee, Mark decided to branch out from Marvel and create his own franchises while still working at the company. His Superman book, Red Son, is the highest-selling Superman graphic novel in history and was adapted by Warner Bros as an animated movie in 2020. Screen-writer Zak Penn credits The Ultimates as his template for the 2012 Avengers movie and both Civil War and his classic Wolverine: Old Man Logan provided the inspiration for two massive-grossing movies of the same name. He worked with the best artists in the industry and launched his X-Men revamp at number one with Ultimate X-Men, re-thinking The Avengers next and shattering his own sales numbers with The Ultimates before creating the Marvel Civil War storyline in 2006, remaining Marvel’s most financially successful event of the 21st century and their best-selling graphic novel of all time.

In Summer 2000, Marvel brought Millar in as part of a new team to revitalise their comic-book line.

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