Supercrooks, a fast-moving heist saga, co-created with artist Leinil Yu, was a four-issue miniseries from Marvel’s Icon imprint in 2012 that was collected into a graphic novel published in 2013. The high concept here is that the heist team that pulls off the caper is composed of supervillains (based on the theory that you can’t have too many flamboyant, attention-grabbing characters in any one saga). Supercrooks has been optioned before (in 2011—see “Big Two Just Became the Big Three”)
Millar told Dateline that he was extremely pleased with the new agreement with Waypoint and the current prospects for these properties: “I only come to LA one week a year and do all my meetings in the pub during those seven days every September. On my most recent trip I met these guys and was wowed by their plans and the scale they’re working on. Leinil and I couldn’t be more delighted to have Supercrooks up and running with such talented people, and Peter Gross and I have held American Jesus back for a decade until the right team came along. This really is that team! The level of talent we’re talking about behind the camera has us all ridiculously excited. Fans of the books are in for an absolute treat.”
