Comic book creator Stan Lee talks with Bloomberg’s Jon Erlichman about comic-book characters that may be featured in future films. Walt-Disney Co. acquired a 10 percent stake in Lee’s POW! Entertainment Inc. for $2.5 million late last year as it completed its acquisition of Marvel Entertainment Inc.
Category: Marvel
Marvel still looking for the right Captain America
So the July 2011 deadline is approaching fast and it seems Marvel still hasn’t picked out the actor to play Captain America in The First Avenger: Captain America film. The latest news is that Chris Evans, who already logged Marvel Comics superhero time as Johnny Storm/Human Torch in two Fantastic
Will Marc Webb Be Teaming Up With Avatar Team For Spider-Man Reboot?
Marc Webb was at the Independent Spirit Awards last week and MTV news caught up with him to discuss the Spider-Man reboot. While discussing the fact it will be in 3-D, Marc drops the bombshell that he had met with James Cameron and his producing partner Jon Landau about the
Marvel’s “The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes” coming soon to Disney XD
Disney confirmed yesterday that they would be picking up The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes for Disney XD’s Fall 2010 line-up. This is no doubt a way for Disney & Marvel to introduce kids to The Avengers in preparation to the movie coming out next year. This isn’t the first appearance
Marvel and Airwalk to Launch Unique Brand Collaboration
Exclusive Co-Branded Collection of Marvel x Airwalk Merchandise to Launch in Fall 2010 Collective Licensing International, LLC, owner of Airwalk, a leading global youth lifestyle brand, and Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a global character-based entertainment licensing company, announced the launch of a unique brand collaboration — Marvel x Airwalk — which
Disney/Marvel The First Avenger: Captain America Leading Role
The Marvel Studios March deadline is quickly approaching for casting of the lead role in The First Avenger: Captain America Movie. It looks like it is down to 6 actors. Out of all the articles that is floating around the interwebs the guys at Film School Rejects seem to have
Stan Lee Hypes Future Marvel Movies
Great article from Screen Rant talking about Marvel & Stan Lee. In Stan’s tweets he throws out some exciting Movie News to all his fans. Then Screen Rant goes into more details about the upcoming Marvel Movie releases. Stan Lee is seemingly trying to get fans excited today with some
Marvel Captain America Casting Soon – Shooting Begins in June
Article from the HD Room talking about Capt America: I was beginning to think Marvel had forgotten all about Captain America: The First Avenger. It hits theaters a little over two months after Thor, yet Thor is well into principal photography while Captain America is still without a cast.In speaking
Marvel superheroes could pose antitrust risk for Disney, Universal
Spider-Man has Walt Disney World and Universal Orlando in a web that legal experts say could put the rival resorts at risk of antitrust complaints. The issue stems from the Walt Disney Co.’s recently completed, $4 billion purchase of Marvel Entertainment, the comic-book company that has for years licensed its
Disney/Marvel inks deal with Turk Telekom
Walt Disney-owned Marvel on Monday unveiled a licensing deal with Turkish telecom giant Turk Telekom that will lead to such offers as animated shorts, an animated TV series for mobile phones and the Internet, casual games online and for the PC, mobile applications, merchandise and a customized kids Web site.
Marvel To Trade 1 Comic For Every 50 Destroyed DC Comics
Marvel Comics is offering retailers a rare issue of its new mega-event Siege. The catch? Store owners have to send Marvel 50 torn-up DC Comics titles. In a move seemingly out of Norman Osborne’s playbook, Marvel is offering comic book stores a special Deadpool variant cover of Siege #3. All
Bob Iger’s redrawing of Walt Disney Co continues
Found this quite lengthy article from the LA Times. They talk about all the house cleaning Bob Iger is doing at Walt Disney Co, and the vision he has with Disney, Marvel, and Dreamworks. I’m assuming that the giant pillars of the Seven Dwarfs are still atop the Team Disney
Marvel Kills ‘Spider-Man 4,’ Looks To Reboot Franchise
Is this a little bit of a Disney influence? Or is this something that should’ve been done all along? Marvel Studios and Columbia Pictures has pulled the plug on the current Spider-Man franchise, opting instead to do a reboot, putting Peter Parker in high school. That means director Sam Raimi
Disney Marvel Sues for Mutant Rights
You kinda figured this was coming with Disney’s buyout of Marvel. Seems Marvel is suing to keep the rights to Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and X-Men—from the heirs of artist Jack Kirby. A federal lawsuit filed Friday in Manhattan asks a judge to invalidate notices sent by the heirs to
