Jupiter’s Legacy turned out to be short-lived. Netflix and creator Mark Millar have confirmed the superhero series is done after just one season. The series starred Josh Duhamel, Leslie Bibb, Ben Daniels, and more as a family of superheroes dealing with the burden of their gifts, and passing the torch to a younger generation. All of the show’s stars have been let go from their contracts, which had left the door open to multiple seasons. So much for that.
In its place will be another series based on a Mark Millar comic, Supercrooks, about a rag-tag group of supervillains pulling off the ultimate heist. The story is set in the same universe as Jupiter’s Legacy (which also had a small heist component at one point), but it’s unclear if there will be some familiar faces.
This is just the latest in Netflix’s deal to produce multiple adaptations of Millarworld comics. American Jesus, Empress, Prodigy, Sharkey the Bounty Hunter, and others are in various stages of development right now.
I wanted to like Jupiter’s Legacy. The first episode was a rush with that big, bloody battle at the end. But then they let too much backstory and exposition intrude on telling an entertaining story. Every time they flashed back to The Utopian’s quest I got bored, and finally I quit when one episode was just unwatchably dull.
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— Millarworld (@mrmarkmillar) June 2, 2021