Mark Miller Discusses His Consultant Role For Fox’s Marvel Superhero Movies
By Angie Han/Oct. 10, 2012 4:22 pm EST
The outspoken Millar was quick to acknowledge Fox’s spotty history with superheroes (Elektra, anyone?), but pointed out that the studio’s had some major successes as well:
What’s changed, Millar says, is a new staff dedicated to bringing their Marvel movies to the next level:
Although Fantastic Four, The Wolverine, and X-Men: Days of Future Past were in the works long before Millar was hired, he was enthusiastic (if vague) in his praise for them.
The team who is running the show over there now I’m very comfortable with. I actually really like everything that they’re doing, and they recognise more than anyone the mistakes that they’ve made in the past and they just want to do right by the fans. Hiring myself was a first step in a number of things that they’re planning and they just really want to be respectful to the material I think. X-Men: First Class, which I absolutely loved, just feels like planting the flag for what they’re planning to do over the next few years.
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Hiring Josh Trank for Fantastic Four…it could just not be more different than the first Fantastic Four movie from what I’ve seen so far. Even just as a fan, I’m very, very excited by the level of talent they have on the directors side of things.
I can’t say too much about it right now, but The Wolverine has only just started shooting really, I mean it’s been shooting for a few weeks now. I really do like it and I’m really impressed by it. Days of Future Past, which is being written at the moment, is the next one up and at the same time, Fantastic Four is being written right now. In a weird way, it’s just the easiest job in the world as I’m surrounded by people who are so good!
As a longtime Marvel writer (he’s worked on The Ultimates, Fantastic Four, and Civil War, among other titles), Millar should be able to offer some valuable insight. It’s far too soon to tell how much control and influence Millar will really have, but just the fact that they’ve hired him seems like a step in the right direction.
