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We here at Famous Monsters love the San Diego Comic-Con, and if you have made the yearly summer pligrimige to sunny California, you surely love it too. The exclusives, costumes, collectibles, panels and Q&A sessions are the stuff of nerd nirvana, and now there is finally a film that revels in it all: COMIC-CON EPISODE IV:… [Continue Reading]
Columbia premiered their trailer for THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN during the Super Bowl, giving a first glimpse of the studio’s new, much darker, vision for the web slinger. Is that Christopher Nolan directing? No, it is actually relative newcomer Marc Webb helming Spidey’s big screen return. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN stars Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis… [Continue Reading]
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Comic book legend Stan Lee is getting his own superstar treatment in a documentary entitled, WITH GREAT POWER… THE STAN LEE STORY which showcases the comic guru’s life story growing up in the Depression era, his early start in comics, World War II, comic censorship and revolutionizing Marvel and the way comics are written. The… [Continue Reading]
The grandfather of the superhero genre still has a few tricks up his sleeve. It was announced that writer Dan Gilroy (REAL STEEL) would write THE ANNIHILATOR for Magic Storm Entertainment. The film is based off an idea generated by Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment. Here’s the full press release from Magic Storm: Hollywood, CA - December… [Continue Reading]
Comic Book Legend Stan “The Man” Lee is back in an interview with THR about his new comic, a collaboration with pop culture website MTV Geek. The science fiction adventure comic entitled THE SEEKERS will launch digitally in 2012, but Lee has big plans for the property, citing print, feature films, television and video games… [Continue Reading]
Comic Book guru Stan Lee, Creator of SPIDER-MAN, THE X-MEN, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, IRON MAN, THE FANTASTIC FOUR, DAREDEVIL, THE AVENGERS – …must I go on? – is to be given the Visual Effect’s Society’s 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award. The award will be bestowed at the 10th annual VES Awards on February 7th, 2012 at… [Continue Reading]
Rock and roll has invaded every other form of media, so it’s about time it came to comics. Musical greeting cards have been a staple at paper stores for several years, but no one has attempted to conquer a larger literature market with a similar concept. In the Indigo Ballroom at Comic-Con on Thursday, Image… [Continue Reading]
Last time I spoke a bit about Dave Marchant and the circumstances under which I first met him. Today I’ll go forward from that and talk a bit about Comic Con 2008 and my experiences there, one of which would involve my biggest celebrity introduction to date. Upon arriving at the hotel in San Diego,… [Continue Reading]
What do you get when you combine the work of Stan Lee and Hiroyuki Takei? – The Ultimo project. Shonen Jump Magazine’s July issue features Stan Lee and Hiroyuki Takei’s groundbreaking collaborative series, Ultimo. Ultimo represents a historic collaboration between comics legend Stan Lee, co-creator of many iconic superheroes including Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and… [Continue Reading]
Stan Lee may have recently turned 85 but he remains a relentless idea factory. His POW! Entertainment just signed with Rainmaker Entertainment and Brighton Partners to turn his newest creation, Legion of 5, into an animated feature film series. A full-scale licensing effort will be made for Legion to be found in comic books, video… [Continue Reading]
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