Mark Millar, who wrote the Jupiter's Legacy comic series, recently likened Netflix's adaptation to Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather.

Millar made the comparison to the Sampson family to EW, noting that the upcoming series is similar to the mob franchise "in the sense that it's about an unusual family at the heart of the most outrageous situation." Millar continued, "But it feels incredibly human and very layered because you can relate to everybody within the story and it gives it that humanity."

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Millar's comments came hours after the first trailer for the Jupiter's Legacy series debuted from Netflix. The minute-long first look opened with the camera panning over an artist's workspace and highlighting some of the original comic drawings by artist Frank Quietly.

The teaser proceeds to introduce various characters from Jupiter's Legacy world, including villain Blackstar (Tyler Mane) and Hutch (Ian Quinlan), who is described as the "son of one of the world's greatest supervillains." Fans also get a sneak peek at Chloe Sampson, the daughter of the world's greatest superhero, The Utopian.

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Alongside the trailer, Netflix released a series of Hi-Res images from the teaser, including close-up shots of Andrew Horton's Brandon Sampson, John Duhamel's Sheldon Sampson/The Utopian and Leslie Bibb's Lady Liberty in full superhero costumes. Creators Millar and Quitely serve as executive producers on Jupiter's Legacy along with Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Dan McDermott, Steven S. DeKnight, James Middleton and Sang Kyu Kim.

Jupiter's Legacy is the first of several adaptations of Millar's work coming to Netflix after the streaming platform purchased his Millarworld imprint in 2017. In addition to the upcoming release of Jupiter's Legacy, Netflix is currently developing a series based on American Jesus, as well as films based on Empress, Huck and Sharkey the Bounty Hunter.

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The synopsis for Jupiter's Legacy reads,

After nearly a century of keeping mankind safe, the world's first generation of superheroes must look to their children to continue the legacy. But tensions rise as the young superheroes, hungry to prove their worth, struggle to live up to their parents' legendary public reputations -- and exacting personal standards.

Netflix's Jupiter's Legacy stars Josh Duhamel as The Utopian, Ben Daniels as Brain-Wave, Leslie Bibb as Lady Liberty, Elena Kampouris as Chloe Sampson, Andrew Horton as Brandon Sampson, Mike Wade as The Flare, Anna Akana as Raikou and Matt Lanter as Skyfox. The series premieres May 7 on Netflix.

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Source: EW