Mark Millar

Glasgow Film Festival 2013 programme announced

Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing and Henry Coombes' Entre Chien et Loup among highlights

The Glasgow Film Festival looks set to light up the silver screen with a programme that's bigger and (arguably) better than ever before. A stonking 368 events will be showcased in 27 venues across the city, with 57 UK premieres and 6 world premieres…

Mark Millar: Fantastic Four reboot will defy expectations

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Mark Millar claims the 'Fantastic Four' reboot will be radically different from any other superhero film. The 'Kick-Ass' co-creator has hinted that director Josh Trank's reboot of the popular 2005 blockbuster - on which Mark will work as creative…

Mark Millar & Lenil Yu - Supercrooks: The Heist

An amalgam of tried and tested formulas heightened by Millar's thrilling enthusiasm

You can see the pitch meeting now: ‘It’s Ocean’s 11 but with superpowers!’ And like so many of Mark Millar’s recent creator-owned series, it would make an absolutely stonking blockbuster. Supercrooks: The Heist is essentially a big heist caper as a gang…

Hot 100 2012: 19-11

David Greig, Karen Gillan and Chris Hoy among Scotland's hottest cultural contributors in 2012

The Hot 100 is our list of Scotland’s 100 hottest individuals and groups who’ve made a splash this year, from comic book writers to comedians, artists to actors. If they've contributed to Scotland's cultural landscape in 2012, you'll find them here.

Glasgow Film Festival 2013 programme highlights

James Cagney retrospective, Mark Millar-curated programme and strand exploring Brazilian cinema

Glasgow Film Festival looks set to continue its mighty fine form this February, making a welcome return to the city, with screenings from around the globe. The three major strands of 2013’s bumper line-up include a new project by Burnistoun…

Nemesis film picks up pace

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Joe Carnahan has begun work on 'Nemesis'. The director has revealed he is in the process of adapting Mark Millar's comic book series with the help of his brother Matthew and is busy penning a "beast" of a script. He tweeted: "My brother and I have…

Profile: Comic book and animation artists in Scotland

An overview of comic and graphic novel authors and artists

We’ve always loved comics in Scotland. DC Thomson ruled the roost in kids comics, launching The Dandy and The Beano in the 1930s. ‘Sales peaked at 1.92m a week in the 50s, that’s about 100m copies in a year,’ says former Dandy editor Morris Heggie. DC…

Fantastic Four reboot confirmed

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A 'Fantastic Four' reboot has been confirmed. Fox creative consultant Mark Millar revealed a remake of the Marvel comic book movie will stay true to Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's original comics, and insists he has complete faith in 'Chronicle' director…

Mark Millar & John Romita Jr - Kick-ass 2

Fast paced follow-up lacks edge and satire of precursor

Mark Millar’s Kick-Ass was a darkly humorous, violent take on the idea of men in spandex. It also made for a fantastic film. Now we’re back on the streets of New York, where real life superheroes have come out of the closet and patrol the night; while…

Mark Millar & Leinil Francis Yu - Superior

The Kick-Ass creator's latest ponders what superpowers would mean to those who needed them most

(Titan) Glasgow writer Mark Millar has really picked up the pace on his creator-owned series over the last few years, but what’s more remarkable is how high the quality has remained. Wanted, Kick-Ass and Nemesis were action blockbusters but Superior…

GFF 2012 - Mark Millar interview

The comic book creator of Kick-Ass and Wanted tells us about his role at the Glasgow Film Festival

Mark Millar has written some of the biggest comics of the last 20 years. He’s tackled the X-Men, Spider-Man, Superman and Fantastic Four alongside...

Glasgow Film Festival highlights

A selection of the best events at GFF 2012

Music We’re excited about DIY promoter Cry Parrot’s event with soundtrack dark lord Umberto who will provide the music for a secret film of his choice (SWG3, 25 Feb, 8pm). Douglas Hart, founding member of The Jesus and Mary Chain, has made videos for…

Glasgow Film Festival 2012 programme announced

Highlights include Your Sister's Sister, The Muppets and Tom Twyker's 3

The programme for the Glasgow Film Festival 2012 was launched today, providing details of the films and events taking place in Cinema City during February. The main branch of the Festival takes place from Thu 16–Sun 26 Feb, and starts off with a gala…

Hot 100 2011 - No. 49 to 1

The definitive list of Scottish creative talent

The Hot 100 is the definitive list of Scottish creative talent. From fashion designers to performance artists, everyone who has made a sizeable splash in 2011 has a place in this countdown. It’s for people who’ve created a buzz, but it’s also about…

Words: North Lanarkshire Festival of Books and Writing 2011

Dennis Canavan, Mark Millar and James Robertson feature on line-up

At locales in places such as Cumbernauld, Kilsyth, Bellshill and Wishaw, the sixth annual North Lanarkshire Festival of Books and Writing unveils a raft of top authors and events for the family which will have the area buzzing for a full month. From the…

Nemesis

Mark Millar and Steve McNiven collaborate on supervillain story

Mark Millar took the top spot in The List’s Hot 100 at the end of 2010 and with the release of Nemesis in hardback you can see why. It’s a full-throttle thrill ride boasting some of Millar’s most audacious action set pieces to date and with a title…

Glasgow Film Festival explores the world of mainstream comics and graphic novels

GFF Ambassador Mark Millar celebrates Scotland’s strength in the field

For a city that doesn’t (yet) boast a gallery of its own Lycra-clad do-gooders in the way that the superhero capital New York does, it’s ironic that it is writers Mark Millar and Grant Morrison, two sons of Glasgow, who are the current creative driving…

The Hot 100 2010 - No. 1: Mark Millar

Comic-book king turned movie maverick on his amazing journey from Argos to Tinseltown

How would you sum up your 2010? So busy that I haven’t really had a chance to appreciate it, almost. I think I’ve got some kind of OCD, I get very bored quickly, so this year has been mental: launching a magazine, directing a movie [Miracle Park] and…

Mark Millar & Steve McNiven - Nemesis No.1

(Icon) With Mark Millar’s last creation currently tearing up cinema screens, what better way to drum up interest in his new project than with a cover strapline bearing the claim ‘Makes Kick-Ass Look Like S#it’? Another collaboration with Steve…

Mark Millar's Kick-Ass get the big screen superhero treatment

How come no one has ever ‘done a Batman’? In a world full of disenfranchised youth, disillusioned loners and delusional outsiders, where superhero movies top the box office, comics sell by the bucket-load and Spider-Man is one of the biggest pop culture…

Restored Pandora and the Flying Dutchman among the GFF highlights

Glasgow Film Festival blog

So last night didn’t quite work out as planned. It was a toss-up between Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant or the Comrade Couture documentary, showing in Glasgow’s hippest warehouse, SWG3. Much as I’m keen to see Nic Cage getting his crazy on, I decided the…

Mighty Boosh, Todd Solondz and Michael Moore amongst Glasgow Film Festival highlights

Youth Journey of the Childmen: The Mighty Boosh on Tour Documentary look at the genius of the Boosh being screened with Julian Barratt’s short Curtains and a Q&A (tbc) with the cast. GFT, Fri 12 Feb, 8.15pm. Cary Grant Bringing up Baby…

Hitlist: Books

The best of the literary fest

Suhayl Saadi, Frank Gardner, Steve Toltz, Tobias Hill, Susie Orbach, Mark Millar, Douglas Coupland

Mark Millar

Helping comics go widescreen

Mark Millar is surely the Steven Spielberg of the comics world. It’s a tricky task to be hugely popular while retaining massive critical acclaim, but he’s managed to successfully straddle the world of art and commerce with his love of mainstream heroes…