‘The Magic Order’: James Wan To Direct Mark Miller’s Netflix Pilot
By Ben Pearson/May 16, 2019 11:30 am EST
James Wan (Aquaman, Saw) will direct the pilot episode of The Magic Order, based on an original comic that Millar wrote and Netflix published last year. This is exciting both because Wan rarely steps into the world of TV, and because the premise for this show is pretty damn great. Here’s what we know so far.
Here’s the description of the show:
And here’s a trailer for Millar’s comic that was released last year, to give you a sense of the scale of this story:
Millar will executive produce this live-action adaptation of the comic alongside James Wan and Lindsey Beer, the latter of whom will write the script and serve as the showrunner. Beer is an up-and-coming writer whose only credit so far is on the Netflix series Sierra Burgess is a Loser, but she’s become a go-to writer for big budget Hollywood projects. She’s writing Chaos Walking, The Kingkiller Chronicle movie, a Fast & Furious spin-off, an “Amblin-esque re-imagination of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” and films based on M.A.S.K., Silver Sable, and more. Plus, she’s writing Netflix’s Empress movie based on a different Mark Millar comic.
Wan, of course, is best known for his film work – he’s only directed one episode of television over his entire career, and that was the network pilot of the MacGuyver reboot a few years ago. (He’s also executive producing DC Universe’s Swamp Thing, but he hasn’t directed any of that show.) The fact that he’s taking the time away from overseeing his Conjuring universe movies and working on future Aquaman-related properties (whether it’s the sequel or the Trench spin-off) is good news for The Magic Order. Millar has always been fantastic at creating hooky premises, and I’m looking forward to seeing how Wan and Beer brings that magical world to life.
