Mark Millar tackles MOS? – UPDATE

Since the story that came out today that Mike Doughtery and Dan Harris are not going to be writing the Superman sequel “Man of Steel”, later on another story came out about Mark Millar, the writer of Marvel’s Ultimate series wants to tacke it.

From Millar’s forum.

As most here know, I have literally hundreds of pages of notes and sketches
just waiting for this opportunity. This would be my dream gig and, as a fan, I
know exactly what this project needs to work. This has to be Superman for the
21st Century, keeping everything we adore, but starting from scratch and making
the kids love it as much as the 30-somethings. I would honestly write this thing
for free.Anyway, my treatment is being polished as we type. Wish me luck. I want
to do that Superman movie we all want to see.

UPDATE 10/24/07:

Well, sadly, I’m a Marvel guy and we were surprised to find out that WB couldn’t
hire me for a DC property. They were incredibly nice and superbly apologetic
about it, but when they discussed the matter seriously DC explained just how
associated I am with Marvel Comics at the moment and it’s against company policy
to hire the competition. It’s absolutely nothing personal. I spoke to some
friends at DC and they explained this has happened with a couple of big Marvel
writers in the last couple of years and I absolutely respect that. It’s a
business after all and to have a guy writing Fantastic Four, 1985, Kick-Ass and
another super-big project for Steve McNiven this year which would be mentioned
in every article about a Superman movie is not only an insult to their own
writers, but makes bad business sense. I have nothing but respect for the DC
high-ups and, though obviously disappointed, can absolutely appreciate their
position. They’re the custodians of these properties and they obviously know
what they’re doing.So no Millar-penned Superman movie at this stage, I’m afraid.
That situation may change, of course. As a Warner chum said to me last night,
the last Superman movie had a number of starts and stops and who knows what will
happen over the next couple of years, especially after my Marvel contract
expires. In the meantime, I’m keeping my 200 pages of notes and sketches on a
slow boil, just in case. As for the next movie, I wish whoever does land this
gig nothing but the best of luck. I wanted to bring my vision to the screen out
of nothing but pure love and hope to be as thrilled as everyone else. They’re
talking to a couple of guys with a better screen-writing track record and, like
the rest of you, I’ll keep my fingers crossed that this sequel to Bryan’s first
picture all works out great.