‘Jupiter’s Legacy’ | The Power of Inspiration
Mark Dillion
July 2021
The Netflix series Jupiter’s Legacy, adapted from the comic by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely, recounts the saga of a gifted family — superpowered and slow to age — as the younger generation challenges the code
of the Union of Justice, the crime-fighting group the older generation
founded in the 1930s.
“Every department — including costumes, production design,
VFX and stunts — was trying to be true to the comic, and they did
such a beautiful job,” says cinematographer Nicole Hirsch Whitaker,
who cites the comics as inspiration, “not only in terms of design, but
also composition.”
The Netflix series Jupiter’s Legacy, adapted from the comic by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely, recounts the saga of a gifted family — superpowered and slow to age — as the younger generation challenges the code
of the Union of Justice, the crime-fighting group the older generation
founded in the 1930s.
“Every department — including costumes, production design,
VFX and stunts — was trying to be true to the comic, and they did
such a beautiful job,” says cinematographer Nicole Hirsch Whitaker,
who cites the comics as inspiration, “not only in terms of design, but
also composition.”