“Jupiter’s Legacy” is a new superhero show based on a comic by Mark Millar with the same name. It premiered on Netflix.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the show.
- Jupiter’s Legacy is an American superhero streaming television series
- It was created by Steven S. DeKnight
- It is based on the Image comic book series by Mark Millar
- With art from Frank Quitely
- The series had its premiere on Netflix on May 7, 2021
- The series stars Josh Duhamel, Ben Daniels, Leslie Bibb, Elena Kampouris, Andrew Horton, Mike Wade, Matt Lanter and David Julian Hirsh
- Jupiter’s Legacy follows the story of the world’s first superheroes who received their powers in the 1930s
- In the present day, they are the revered elder guard but their superpowered children struggle to live up to the legendary feats of their parents
- On July 17, 2018, it was announced that Netflix had given the production a series order for an eight-episode first season
- The series was created by Steven S. DeKnight, who is credited as an executive producer alongside Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Dan McDermott
- On September 16, 2019, it was confirmed that DeKnight departed the series as showrunner over creative differences in the midst of the production for the first season
- In November 2019, it was announced that Sang Kyu Kim was taking over as showrunner, following DeKnight’s exit from the series
- In February 2019, it was announced that Josh Duhamel, Ben Daniels, Leslie Bibb, Elena Kampouris, Andrew Horton, Mike Wade and Matt Lanter would star in the series
- In April 2019, it was reported that Tenika Davis had been cast in a recurring role
- In August 2019, it was reported that Chase Tang had been cast as a supervillain
- In September 2020, Anna Akana was cast in recurring role
- Principal photography for the first season was scheduled to initially commence in May 2019
- Filming for the first season commenced in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on July 2, 2019
- It ended on January 24, 2020
- Additional reshoots occurred in January 2021
- On February 24, 2021, a teaser trailer for the series was released
- On April 7, 2021, Netflix released the official trailer for the series
- The official trailer for the series features “Play God” by British artist Sam Fender
- For the series, review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 36%
- Based on 28 critic reviews
- With an average rating of 5.48/10
- The website’s critics consensus reads, “Despite some truly epic fights, Jupiter’s Legacy is simply too overstuffed and slow-moving to land many narrative punches”
- Metacritic gave the series a weighted average score of 45 out of 100
- Based on 14 critic reviews
- Indicating “mixed or average reviews”
