After Netflix made its big move to snap up Millarworld, creator Mark Millar is now being counted on to deliver a wave of new titles, Borys Kit and Graeme McMillan report:

The comic creator is said to have approached studios earlier this year offering a deal for his library and future stories. But because some of his marquee properties, such as Kick-Ass, Kingsman and Wanted, already are spoken for, it was difficult to determine the deal’s value, a studio source says. Netflix, however, determined the answer was quite a lot.

Terms of the Aug. 7 deal were not disclosed, but two sources pegged it in the $30M to $50M range. Also part of the deal are future works; one source says Millar has been holding back a wave of titles in anticipation of such a deal. “You get whatever he comes up with next, that’s the value here,” says one exec.

Netflix can mine Millar properties like Reborn, a drama that suggests that the afterlife brings?you into a war alongside those you knew when you were alive, and MPH, about speedy teens in rundown Detroit. The crown jewel may be Jupiter’s Legacy — featuring multigenerational hero stories — which could lend itself to cinematic universe?treatment.

Meanwhile...

^Deadpool 2 motorcycle stunt death backstory emerges. Scott Johnson's new reporting: The 20th Century Fox sequel’s producers had been exerting pressure to have the 40-year-old S.J. Harris, who had raced professionally but had never worked on a film, perform that day’s stunt because, as an African-American, she was a believable stand-in for Zazie Beetz, who portrays Domino in the film.

But several crewmembers warned the producers that Harris wasn’t ready, a production source tells THR. A member of the stunt team alerted the movie’s producers to these concerns but was ignored, according to the source who trained Harris.

“The producers put pressure to have somebody of the same sex and ethnicity in a position she wasn’t qualified to be in,” says Conrad Palmisano, a veteran stunt coordinator and second unit director with 47 years in the entertainment industry. Palmisano says he has been in close touch with several people who were on the Deadpool 2 set that day. Full story.

Elsewhere in film...

? Joker movie in the works with Hangover filmmaker. Warner Bros. has tapped Todd Phillips to co-write, and possibly direct, a movie based on the classic Batman villain. Scott Silver, writer of the 2002 Eminem movie 8 Mile as well as The Fighter, will co-write.

+ Aaron Couch notes: What's even more tantalizing is that sources say it's part of the studio's plans for a label for DC films that will fit outside of the continuity of its superhero shared universe, allowing for movies at different budgets and set in different time periods.

? Han Solo movie loses Michael Kenneth Williams. The actor's half-animal alien character will no longer appear in the untitled spinoff after its director switch. Williams, currently shooting the Chris Evans thriller The Red Sea Diving Resort, wasn't available for reshoots.

? How China's $780M blockbuster was made. Wolf Warrior 2's only American actor, Frank Grillo, discusses becoming an overnight celebrity in the Middle Kingdom, why director Wu Jing is the "next global superstar" and what can be learned from the film's success. Q&A.

? YA adaptation The Hate U Give adds Common. George Tillman Jr. is directing Fox 2000's big-screen translation of Angela Thomas' Black Lives Matter novel, starring Amandla Stenberg. The film is due to begin shooting in Atlanta in September.

? Robert De Niro comedy The War With Grandpa pushed back. TWC-Dimension Films is moving the film from an Oct. 20 release to Feb. 23 of next year. The change is a result of a late start in production.

? Morgan Freeman to get SAG Awards' lifetime honor. The Oscar-winning actor will receive the guild's highest honor during the 24th annual gala on Jan. 21, 2018.

In THR, Esq: Hollywood's senior living facility hit with lawsuit. The Motion Picture & Television Fund’s Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, the industry’s gold-standard nursing home, stands accused of negligent care. A suit alleges a female patient was assaulted by a recent male resident. The claim.