Though he's had some mixed fortunes with adapting his work into Netflix series (Jupiter's Legacy had an ignominious one-season but others are in the works), Mark Millar's Millarworld is still part of the streaming giant's world. His next adaptation will be a fresh take on American Jesus called The Chosen One.
Co-created by Millar and artist Peter Gross, the comics first hit stands in 2004, but it has been a labour of love and years for the pair to finish the series – and at one point, was going to become a movie directed by Kick-Ass' Matthew Vaughn.
For the Netflix version, the story is being switched to Mexico. Jodie, a twelve-year-old boy, suddenly discovers he has Jesus-like powers: he can turn water into wine, make the crippled walk, and, perhaps, even raise the dead! As the Evangelical and the Yaquí leaders in town try to get him to use his powers to save mankind, all Jodie wants to do is impress the girl he likes and stand up to his bullies. As Jodie struggles and eventually comes to terms with his destiny, everything gets thrown for a loop when he realizes he's discovered the truth about his identity…
"Relocating American Jesus to Mexico makes the mythological much more authentic and the apocalyptic all the more real," Millar says.
The show has actually been in the works for a while (once called El Elegido, which translates to The Chosen One), and assuming it stays the same, will feature Black Panther: Wakanda Forever's Tenoch Huerta, Dianna Agron and Carlos Bardem (yes, Javier's older brother).
No word on when it might actually come to Netflix's servers, but hopefully we won't have too long to wait.