Mark Millar and
Frank Quitely s smash comic book comes Netflix s latest superhero drama. Over one hundred years ago six ordinary people traveled to a mysterious island where they are granted powers far beyond those of mortal men. A century later The Union must not only battle supervillains but also struggle with the next generation of supers in a world that has somewhat outgrown their antiquated ideals.
Jupiter s Legacy isn t about battling evil super villains or stopping runaway trains for eight episodes. Although that does happen, this story is about kids who never asked for superpowers wanting to live their own life. Imagine your relationship with your parents, now add capes.
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Logan. So when Netflix bought Millarworld for somewhere between $40 and $50 million, according to
The Hollywood Reporter, it was a big deal and one that only has Disney buying Marvel in 2009 and Warner Bros. buying DC in 1969 as precedent. It took four years to see what that deal would actually yield for Netflix, but the first piece of that puzzle is
Jupiter s Legacy, a superhero series starring Josh Duhamel and based on a comic series that Millar wrote himself starting in 2013.
Millarworld will have plenty more projects make their way onto Netflix s crowded catalogue, but its this first one that should be able to build a bit of steady buzz. The first season tells a superhero story that feels a bit different from what we re accustomed to with the Marvel or D.C. worlds; the biggest difference? We don t know these characters from decades and decades of canon and influence. And that s what allows for some of the biggest twists and turns of the show s first eight-episode season.
Mike Wade on season one, episode two of Jupiter s Legacy.
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Flashbacks featured throughout season one showed how Sheldon Sampson (Josh Duhamel) assembled a group of six total people to travel with him to a mysterious island that he saw in visions. Among the six people were Fitz (Mike Wade), who worked at the mill owned by Chester Sampson with his father named Willie.
Scenes from the present-day showed that Fitz is now retired and in a wheelchair while his daughter, Petra (Tenika Davis ), has taken on the mantle of The Flare II.
It s likely that Fitz may have been injured while on a mission, but it s never addressed on season one. It was alluded to during a conversation between Fitz and Petra, when he said he was worried she d get hurt bad like he did in the field.