Mark Millar has never been short on ideas. Over the years the comic scribe has led large-scale initiatives within the Marvel Universe. His creator-owned line of various publisher projects collected under the title “Millarworld” has seen Hollywood success with adaptations of “Wanted” and “Kick-Ass,” while renewed studio interest in “War Heroes” indicates that the mutually beneficial relationship is not soon to end.

It's no surprise then that Millar is starting his own film and television production company, "Millarworld Productions," with a focus on filming within his home country of Scotland. In a high energy interview with The Scottish Sun, Millar states that he feels passionately about doing in Scotland what Peter Jackson did in New Zealand with "Lord of the Rings."

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Mark MillarMatthew Vaughn borrowed more than just a story and costumes from Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.'s "Kick-Ass" comics when he filmed the movie that hits theaters today. He managed to fit both of the creators and a number of comic book Easter eggs into his shots as well. Millar didn't make the final cut. He does hold on to hope, however, that he'll show up on the DVD release along with his collaborator from the mini-series.

"There is a cameo by John Romita Jr., the other author of the book, which nobody has spotted yet because Johnny has his back to you in the cameo," Millar told MTV News, acknowledging that the second-generation comic book artist made it on screen as a bartender. "Yeah just for a fraction second you see him."

Millar didn't even get to show theater audiences his backside by the time edits were made, but he explained what could have been included.

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MythBustersAs much as Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman and their "Build Team" of Kari Byron, Tory Belleci and Grant Imahara seem to appreciate superheroes, toppling fans' suspended disbelief doesn't seem to bother them one bit. Following their foray into super-powered phenomena, such as Spider-Man's arachnid origins, the Hulk's gamma-powered transformations and Namor's undersea breathing capacity, the "MythBusters" team continues to tackle the paneled powers of comic book characters this week on Discovery Channel.

Tonight's episode, "Curving Bullets," looks at the physics behind 2008's "Wanted," which may or may not debunk the powers of weavers. Read More...

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FROM MTV MOVIES: Once again, the MTV Movie Awards will be honoring Hollywood's most pursued puckerers with the Best Kiss trophy on Sunday. And when you realize that half of these folks not only got to kiss Angelina Jolie, James Franco, Robert Pattinson and others but now they get an award for it, well, sometimes life just isn't fair.

From forbidden romances with vampires and slumdogs, to man-on-man displays of affection, to a "Wanted" woman and one last twirl on the dance floor from Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, this year had many memorable smooches. Now, it's time to handicap the winner and tell the rest to kiss off.

Check out our full breakdown of the 2009 MTV Movie Awards "Best Kiss" nominees over at Movies.MTV.com.

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FROM MTV MOVIES: What happens when you take five women who gave five very different performances in five very different movies? Well, you get the five ladies nominated for Best Female Performance at this year's MTV Movie Awards.

Angelina Jolie brought the action with her role in "Wanted," Anne Hathaway used her comedy chops to get nominated in "Bride Wars," and the drama queens — Kristin Stewart in "Twilight," Kate Winslet in "The Reader" and Taraji P. Henson in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" — are all going head to head to try and secure themselves a trophy.

With an overwhelmingly strong Twilighter fanbase, it seems likely that Stewart will take home the prize come Sunday. But don't count out the fanboys who thought Jolie was the hottest femme fatale to grace the big screen since Uma Thurman in "Pulp Fiction."

Continue reading our breakdown of the MTV Movie Awards "Best Female Performance" nominees at Movies.MTV.com.

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FROM MTV MOVIES: Here at MTV, we embrace the outrageous, celebrate the bizarre and fist-bump everything that is thoroughly head-scratching in pop culture. That's why we've introduced a brand-new category for the 2009 MTV Movie Awards: Best WTF Moment.

The requirements for this category can no more be defined than comprehended, so let's just set the stage. You're sitting in the theater enjoying a flick, when a scene flashes across the screen that is so outlandish, so hilarious, so mind-bogglingly fantastic it becomes an instant classic. It's the scene you're talking about when you leave the theater, the scene you're telling everyone about the next day, the scene that compels you to keep asking yourself and others, "What the f---?!?"

Continue reading the MTV Movie Awards "Best WTF Moment" breakdown over at Movies.MTV.com.

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'Wanted 2'Last month, it came as a bit of surprise that a new screenwriter would be brought in to script the sequel to "Wanted," 2008's live-action adaptation of Mark Millar and J.G. Jones' comic book series. The studio's choice of "Pooh's Heffalump" writer Evan Spiliotopoulos as the scribe for the next chapter of the violent, R-rated tale came as an even bigger surprise.

While Millar has already seen fit to voice his support for Spiliotopoulos' role in crafting the "Wanted 2" story, I spoke to original "Wanted" screenwriter Chris Morgan to get some details on why the change was made.

"I'm actually still involved with 'Wanted,'" Morgan told MTV News, explaining that his current workload made it necessary for him to step aside from primary writing duties on the film. However, he'll still have input on the sequel's creative development -- which includes the "global" angle to the story he revealed last year. Read More...

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'The Dark Knight'Voting is officially open for the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, and you've never had more opportunities to let your votes do the talking when it comes to comic book movies.

Last year's wealth of films based on comic book properties is indeed reflected in this year's list of MTV Movie Award nominees, with 11 nominations spread over 7 categories -- from the grand "Best Movie" all the way to the most head-scratching "Best WTF Moment."

You can log in and cast your votes for all of the categories before Wednesday, May 27, but voting for "Best Movie" will remain open right up until the big show on Sunday, May 31. Read on for a roundup of the categories and nominees comic book fans should pay extra attention to this year. Read More...

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WantedUniversal Pictures and The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) are butting heads over Angelina Jolie's gunplay in an advertisement for the big-screen adaptation of "Wanted" that was recently launched in the UK. The film, based on the Top Cow comic by Mark Millar and J.G. Jones, doused itself in bullets and over-the-top violence when it hit theaters in 2008, but the regulation agency now says Jolie makes guns look way too attractive for television.

"We concluded the ad could be seen to condone violence by glorifying or glamorising the use of guns," stated the ASA in a comment to Telegraph.co.uk. (You can check out the offending advertisement and more on the legal scuffle surrounding it after the jump.) Read More...

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Samuel L. JacksonWhat do "Batman," "Superman," "Akira," "Hellboy," "The Hulk," "Iron Man," "The Punisher," "Spider-Man," "The Spirit," "Dragonball," "Wanted," "Transformers," "X-Men" and "Watchmen" all have in common? Easy!

It's no secret that the comic-to-movie translation can be hit or miss. On one hand, you have someone like the Punisher — one of the most intense, complex and dark characters ever created in the comic book universe — so you would have thought his story and swagger alone would be enough to make a great action movie with maybe even a good sequel. Apparently not! The movie studios messed up that franchise not once ... not twice ... but three times (once with Dolph Lundgren, then Thomas Jane and most recently with some guy called Ray Stevenson).

But then, on the other hand, we all know the $1 billion story of "The Dark Knight," not to mention "Iron Man," which totally revived Robert Downey Jr.'s career.
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