Stan Lee

Shareholders of an ill-fated Stan Lee business are suing for more than $750 million in profits from films and other works based on classic Marvel comic characters such as SPIDER-MAN , X-MEN and IRON MAN . The lawsuit was filed this past Monday in a Manhattan federal court on behalf of the shareholders of Stan Lee Media Inc. The defendants include Stan Lee, his wife, New York-based Marvel Entertainment Inc, and former Marvel chief executive officer Avi Arad. The suit names four shareholders who live in Florida, California and Canada. Their lawyer, Martin Garbus, has said the suit is aimed at reclaiming money for ... Read Full Story

JUST as superhero fans were getting over the Warner Bros versus Fox battle over Watchmen, another row over rights has started. Stan Lee, the creator of many of Marvel's classic comic book characters, is being sued in a $750million (£528million) lawsuit by a company which claims they own the rights to a string of superheroes. Lee, aged 86, founded Stan Lee Media in the 1990s but it went bankrupt in 2001. The organisation re-emerged in 2006 and the shareholders want cash they say they are owed for film and book profits from Spider-Man, X-Men, Iron Man and other projects. They say all the rights ... Read Full Story

Recently Collider posted a video interview that they conducted with legendary comic book maven Stan Lee !.. During the interview Lee gave away such information as who he is going to play in “ Iron Man 2 “. He also talked about his dealings with Kenneth Branagh and who he might play his Thor film. Iron Man 2 stars Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Jon Favreau, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson. It comes to theaters May 7, 2010. Read Full Story

Comic book creator Stan Lee wants to make Will Smith the first black Captain America - if Barack Obama wins the presidential election. A movie version of the Marvel graphic novel Read Full Story

Posted by --girl October 30, 2008 I personally don’t think being vapid and pretty are good superpowers, but Stan Lee has been sucked in by the Hollywood elite and seems to disagree. The Marvel Comic master Stan Lee wants to turn Posh and Becks into superheroes. He’s done it before with Pamela Anderson on the series, Striperella, and is working with Ringo Starr, Hugh Hefner and Paris Hilton (who all, come to think of it, have the superpower of making me want to vomit). “(David and Victoria Beckham are) great looking, talented and colorful. Now, here’s the exciting part, just imagine how cool they’d ... Read Full Story