''Chrononauts'' is a British comic book series created by

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and

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, published by

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, and set in the Millarworld. Described as "''

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'' meets '' The Time Machine''", the title was announced near the end of 2014, with the first volume running for four issues from March to June 2015. Two sequels followed: the four-issue '' Chrononauts: Futureshock'' (2019; illustrated by Eric Canete) and the five-issue '' Big Game'' (2023; illustrated by Pepe Larraz), with a further series to be published by Dark Horse Comics. A

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, ''Chrononauts: Prom Night'', written by Shaun Brill and illustrated by Conor Hughes, was also published in 2017. A ''Chrononauts'' feature film has been in development since 2015, and

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since 2017.

Plot summary

''Chrononauts''

Corbin Quinn and Danny Reilly are two buddies and scientific geniuses who love to have fun. When their research leads them to the invention of time-travel, will they use their knowledge for the good of all mankind? Or use the space-time continuum for their own ends? This is the story of man's first, televised steps through the time-stream and how everything goes wrong in the process.

''Prom Night''

In 2017, ''Chrononauts: Prom Night'', written by Shaun Brill and illustrated by Conor Hughes, was published as part of the ''Millarworld New Talent Annual 2017'', an

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annual consisting of one-shot specials containing winning entries from the online contest for up-and-coming creators held by Millar in 2016. Set after the events of ''Chrononauts'', the story sees Danny Corbin using time travel to attempt to improve the quality of his prom night.

''Futureshock''

As time-traveling physicists Corbin Quinn and Danny Reilly attempt to conquer the future with their newest time machine—The Timehawk. A little older but none the wiser, the best friends return for their biggest mission yet, as their old Professor and classmate Bronwyn present them with an explosive new mission to prevent the end of all human civilisation—the boys returning to the past to protect the utopian future from collapse.

''Big Game''

Recruited by billionaire Dr. Edison Crane and "Bobbie Griffin", Corbin Quinn and Danny Reilly must face off against the Secret Lord of Earth and leader of the Fraternity of Super-Criminals Wesley Gibson, and save all the world's superhumans he wiped out, as his father had once done in 1986, in addition to facing off against the

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Collected editions

Adaptation

In March 2015, Universal Pictures optioned ''Chrononauts'' for a feature film adaptation, to be produced by Chris Morgan under his Chris Morgan Productions banner, with

and

executive producing, with one actor attached to star by May, and Philip Gawthorne joining as screenwriter by April 2017. That same month, Millar revealed that prior to becoming a comic, ''Chrononauts'' had been intended as a short film, before he was asked by a "pal at Universal" (who ultimately left the company) to develop it into a comic that could then be adapted into a film starring

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and Chris Hemsworth, but that the duo were not guaranteed to be cast as the titular characters, since no casting would take place "until a script is done and dusted". In August 2017, Netflix acquired the Millarworld imprint of creator-owned titles, with the ''Chrononauts'' feature film consequently entering

References

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