Netflix has cancelledJupiter’s Legacyafter just one eight-episode season that only just premiered on May 7, but the streaming service isn’t giving up onMark Millar’s Millarworld just yet.Jupiter’s Legacywill now be reworked into an anthology, withSupercrookscoming to live-action as the next Mark Millar adaptation.
The entire principal cast of Jupiter’s Legacy and their terrible wigs have been released from their contracts, and you get the distinct impression that pivoting towards an anthology model so soon wasnever the platform’s planhaving initially shelled out over $30 million to acquire Millarworld in the first place, of whichJupiter’s Legacywas the very first project. Indeed,THR’s Borys Kitreports that the first season ofJupiter’s Legacyas a whole cost a whopping $200 million, but the show failed to pick up the kind of buzz the streaming service was hoping for.
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Supercrooksdoes take place in the same mythology asJupiter’s Legacy, so it’s a lateral move in storytelling terms, with Millar releasing a statement shortly after the news broke expressing his excitement about bringing the comic into live-action, with an animated version already in the works for Netflix as part of the Millarworld deal.
“I’m really proud of what the team achieved with Jupiter’s Legacy and the amazing work everyone did on that origin season. I’ve been asked a lot about what we’re planning next with this world, and the answer is to see what the supervillains are getting up to. I’ve always loved crime stories, from Scorsese to Tarantino, and supervillains are always the most fun part of any superhero story. To do something exclusively focused on the villains they fight just feels incredibly fresh as we explore what it’s like to be a bad guy in a world crawling with good guys who want to put you in jail.”
Supercrooksfollows a disparate band of supervillains, con artists and thieves who team up to plan the heist of the century in what can be sweepingly surmised asOcean’s ElevenmeetsX-Men, and Netflix will be hoping the second stab at Millarworld lasts at least a little longer than the first, especially whennumerous other titlesare in various stages of development includingThe Magic Order,American Jesus,Empress,Huck,Sharkey the Bounty Hunter, andProdigy.
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