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Miles Millar
Miles Millar (/ˈmɪlər/ MIL-ər; born 1967) is an Australian-British screenwriter, showrunner, producer, creator, developer, and director.
He is best known as the creator of Netflix's 2022 live-action comedy horror series Wednesday, the Tim Burton helmed Addams Family spin-off. It holds the record as the most-watched English language series in the history of Netflix.
Alongside his longtime writing/producing partner Alfred Gough, Millar also created, produced, wrote, and developed other television programs like The WB/The CW's action-adventure Superman-prequel television hit series Smallville, AMC's 2015 wuxia-influenced dystopian television series Into the Badlands and MTV's 2016 epic fantasy drama television series The Shannara Chronicles (based on The Sword of Shannara Trilogy book trilogy by Terry Brooks). He also co-wrote other feature films like Tom Dey's Shanghai Noon and its sequel Shanghai Knights, Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2 and Rob Cohen's blockbuster action-adventure film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, as well as Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the sequel to the iconic 1988 movie. He has worked alongside his writing/producing partner Alfred Gough since they met at USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Miles Millar grew up in Sydney, Australia but emigrated to the United Kingdom when he was 9 years old. He was educated at Claremont Fan Court School, and is a graduate of Christ's College, Cambridge. He attended The Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California where he teamed up with his writing/producing partner, Alfred Gough.
They sold their first script while still studying at USC. "Mango", a buddy-cop story where a cop who was allergic to animals was paired with an orangutan, sold to New Line Cinema for $400,000. The film was never made, but proved to be a professional launching pad.
Miles Millar and his professional partner Alfred Gough are prolific writers/producers. The films Millar and Gough have written or produced have a combined global box office in excess of one billion dollars. Their feature credits include Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2, Tom Dey's Shanghai Noon, as well as its 2003 sequel, Shanghai Knights, starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson, Rob Cohen's action-adventure The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Herbie: Fully Loaded, Richard Donner's Lethal Weapon 4, and D. J. Caruso's science fiction action I Am Number Four. Millar and Gough also produced Hannah Montana: The Movie, which was based on the Disney Channel smash hit teen sitcom TV series of the same name starring Miley Cyrus. The feature marked the first film for the duo's Disney-based production company.
Millar and Gough’s work also spans the world of television. The duo created and served as executive producers/showrunners of the Superman-based television action-adventure series Smallville, which aired from October 16, 2001 to May 13, 2011. It is the longest-running live-action comic book-based television series of all time, and was the No. 1 show in the history of The WB. Millar and Gough left the series in 2008, after seven seasons, breaking the news of their departure with an open letter posted to a Smallville fan site. In 2010, the duo filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against WB Television, claiming that Warner Bros., the studio that produced Smallville, had undercut potential profits by selling the series to WB network which it owned, thereby cutting the duo out of tens of millions of dollars. The lawsuit was finally settled in May 2013, mere weeks before a scheduled June trial; the terms of the settlement were not made known to the public.
In 2015, Millar and Gough began creating and producing the epic fantasy television series The Shannara Chronicles for MTV. It is an adaptation of The Sword of Shannara trilogy of fantasy novels by Terry Brooks. It follows three heroes as they protect an ancient tree to stop the escape of banished demons. The series was filmed in the Auckland Film Studios and on location elsewhere in New Zealand. The series starred Austin Butler, Ivana Baquero and Manu Bennett. Jon Favreau was one of the executive producers along with Dan Farrah. The pilot episode was directed by Jonathan Liebesman.
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Miles Millar
Miles Millar (/ˈmɪlər/ MIL-ər; born 1967) is an Australian-British screenwriter, showrunner, producer, creator, developer, and director.
He is best known as the creator of Netflix's 2022 live-action comedy horror series Wednesday, the Tim Burton helmed Addams Family spin-off. It holds the record as the most-watched English language series in the history of Netflix.
Alongside his longtime writing/producing partner Alfred Gough, Millar also created, produced, wrote, and developed other television programs like The WB/The CW's action-adventure Superman-prequel television hit series Smallville, AMC's 2015 wuxia-influenced dystopian television series Into the Badlands and MTV's 2016 epic fantasy drama television series The Shannara Chronicles (based on The Sword of Shannara Trilogy book trilogy by Terry Brooks). He also co-wrote other feature films like Tom Dey's Shanghai Noon and its sequel Shanghai Knights, Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2 and Rob Cohen's blockbuster action-adventure film The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, as well as Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, the sequel to the iconic 1988 movie. He has worked alongside his writing/producing partner Alfred Gough since they met at USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Miles Millar grew up in Sydney, Australia but emigrated to the United Kingdom when he was 9 years old. He was educated at Claremont Fan Court School, and is a graduate of Christ's College, Cambridge. He attended The Peter Stark Producing Program at the University of Southern California where he teamed up with his writing/producing partner, Alfred Gough.
They sold their first script while still studying at USC. "Mango", a buddy-cop story where a cop who was allergic to animals was paired with an orangutan, sold to New Line Cinema for $400,000. The film was never made, but proved to be a professional launching pad.
Miles Millar and his professional partner Alfred Gough are prolific writers/producers. The films Millar and Gough have written or produced have a combined global box office in excess of one billion dollars. Their feature credits include Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 2, Tom Dey's Shanghai Noon, as well as its 2003 sequel, Shanghai Knights, starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson, Rob Cohen's action-adventure The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Herbie: Fully Loaded, Richard Donner's Lethal Weapon 4, and D. J. Caruso's science fiction action I Am Number Four. Millar and Gough also produced Hannah Montana: The Movie, which was based on the Disney Channel smash hit teen sitcom TV series of the same name starring Miley Cyrus. The feature marked the first film for the duo's Disney-based production company.
Millar and Gough’s work also spans the world of television. The duo created and served as executive producers/showrunners of the Superman-based television action-adventure series Smallville, which aired from October 16, 2001 to May 13, 2011. It is the longest-running live-action comic book-based television series of all time, and was the No. 1 show in the history of The WB. Millar and Gough left the series in 2008, after seven seasons, breaking the news of their departure with an open letter posted to a Smallville fan site. In 2010, the duo filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against WB Television, claiming that Warner Bros., the studio that produced Smallville, had undercut potential profits by selling the series to WB network which it owned, thereby cutting the duo out of tens of millions of dollars. The lawsuit was finally settled in May 2013, mere weeks before a scheduled June trial; the terms of the settlement were not made known to the public.
In 2015, Millar and Gough began creating and producing the epic fantasy television series The Shannara Chronicles for MTV. It is an adaptation of The Sword of Shannara trilogy of fantasy novels by Terry Brooks. It follows three heroes as they protect an ancient tree to stop the escape of banished demons. The series was filmed in the Auckland Film Studios and on location elsewhere in New Zealand. The series starred Austin Butler, Ivana Baquero and Manu Bennett. Jon Favreau was one of the executive producers along with Dan Farrah. The pilot episode was directed by Jonathan Liebesman.