Mark Millar's JUPITER'S LEGACY NETFLIX Series

[Comic-Reader Lad]

We now have some casting news about the upcoming Jupiter's Legacy series that will air as part of the Millarworld-Netflix deal.

Here's the press release info:

Among the first slate of series and movies based on the stories of Mark Millar and based on the graphic novels of the same name by Millar and artist Frank Quitely, Jupiter’s Legacy follows the world’s first generation of superheroes who received their powers in the 1930s. Now, in present day, they are the revered elder guard, but their superpowered children struggle to live up to the legendary feats of their parents.

Steven S. DeKnight serves as showrunner and executive producer, with Mark Millar, Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Dan McDermott, and Frank Quitely, also serving as executive producers for the series. DeKnight also will write and direct the first episode.

Specific character details are below:

JOSH DUHAMEL is Sheldon Sampson.

Sheldon Sampson (The Utopian) is the storied leader of the superhero team The Union. But times have changed, and he doesn’t understand the world we live in anymore. Or his own family.

BEN DANIELS is Walter Sampson.

Walter Sampson (Brain-Wave) is Sheldon’s older brother. A man of vast intellect and cunning who, unlike Sheldon, isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty. Or bloody.

LESLIE BIBB is Grace Sampson.

Grace Sampson (Lady Liberty) is Sheldon’s wife and one of the most powerful heroes on the planet. She doesn’t always agree with Sheldon, but strives to balance his ideals with the reality of the modern, often violent, world they live in.


ELENA KAMPOURIS is Chloe Sampson.

Chloe Sampson is Grace and Sheldon’s daughter. Rejecting everything her parents stand for, Chloe has forged her own hedonistic path far away from them. A path that threatens to go against everything her parents have sworn to protect.

ANDREW HORTON is Brandon Sampson.

Brandon Sampson is Grace and Sheldon’s son. In training to assume the mantle of The Utopian and become the new leader of The Union, he struggles to live up to his father’s mythic legend.


MIKE WADE is Fitz Small.

Fitz Small (The Flare) is the heart and soul of The Union. Despite suffering injuries that ended his career as a superhero, he continues to be one of the most valued members of the team. And is often the only thing holding them together in the face of an increasingly hostile world.

MATT LANTER is George Hutchence.

George Hutchence (Skyfox) was Sheldon Sampson's closest friend and ally before turning against him and the rest of his teammates in The Union. Now considered the greatest supervillain in the world, George plots his revenge on the teammates he believes betrayed him.

For those who don't know showrunner Steven S. DeKnight, his credits include writing/directing Pacific Rim: Uprising as well as writing for such TV shows as Buffy, Angel, Dollhouse, Smallville, and Daredevil.

What are your reactions to this cast?

Now that we have a cast in place, I'd guess the series will either debut either late this year or early 2020.

[Comic-Reader Lad]

So, has anyone read the Mark Millar / Frank Quitely Jupiter's Legacy comic?

What did you think of it?

Do you think it will translate to TV well?

[Powerboy]

So, has anyone read the Mark Millar / Frank Quitely Jupiter's Legacy comic?

What did you think of it?

Do you think it will translate to TV well?

I read up to where the Utopian and his wife concluded their part of the story and wasn't interested after that.

I don't know how well it would translate to television but it might be just the sort of thing that does well on Netflix- and I do think that television versus net streaming is a difference that is more than just a technicality.

[Ilan Preskovsky]

So, has anyone read the Mark Millar / Frank Quitely Jupiter's Legacy comic?

What did you think of it?

Do you think it will translate to TV well?

It's a really good read. One of Millar's best.

Will it translate to TV, though? I'm not sure. On the one hand, pretty much all of Millar's creator owned works are basically written to be adapted but, on the other, it's hard for me to imagine it divorced from Quitely's art.