Mark Millar, creator of the American Jesus comic, unveiled the first official poster for The Chosen One, the live action series based on his work. We show you here!
One of the comic adaptations to live action series that Netflix will premiere this year is The Chosen One. This is based on the comic of three installments of Mark Miller called American Jesus. And we had no news about this project, until thousandthrough the Twitter of Netflixpresented the first official poster of the series where we can see the protagonist of this story.
In it you can also see a light pole in the shape of a cross and it reveals that we can enjoy it on the screen of Netflix soon. thousand at the time he confirmed that this first season will adapt the first comic, called chosen. Also, along with the poster, he released the official synopsis: “A little boy discovers that the reason his mother disappeared with him and they are hiding in a small town is because he is the Jesus Christ what rdischarge and they are doing everything they can to stay alive so that he can grow up and face the antichrist in the city of megiddoaccording to Biblical prophecy. At the moment, only three actors who will participate in the live action have been confirmed, but not who they will play.
‘The Chosen One’, the series based on the graphic novel ‘American Jesus’, created by writer Mark Millar and artist Peter Gross, is getting closer. Coming soon on Netflix. pic.twitter.com/Fbt1iEOytX
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The adaptation is based on the comic of thousand and Peter Gross which began to be published in 2004 through darkhorse. With the acquisition of millarworld by Netflix in July 2018the producer confirmed this adaptation of American Jesus in the form of a live action series. This is not the first time that there is talk of a project based on the comic since in 2011 and 2016 Waypoint Entertainment he wanted to turn the story into two films, but was unsuccessful.
series of Netflix will be led by Everardo Gout (The Purge) who also produced and wrote it with his brother Leopold Gout. “What they did with the material is incredible”commented thousand recently. “It looks like Rome either City of Godan incredibly beautiful six-part series and I loved every second of it.”
Millarword he also described the story as a horror story that has similarities to Stand by Me. They also confirmed that it is perfect for people who love Star Wars, video games and everything related to the 80s. This is not the only project thousand which will fit in Netflix. Another of the titles that we will see on the platform is supercrookswhich will arrive in the format of a confirmed live action series in 2021. The latter will be in the same universe as Jupiter’s Legacyseries that Netflix canceled after just one season. But we’ll see how it goes The Chosen One when it comes out in the near future.