We love Stan The Man! With Great Power is a new documetary about the life of the comic book legend and by the looks of the trailer its fantastic.
At 89 years old, Stan Lee’s name appears on more than one BILLION comics in 75 countries in 25 languages. He is without a doubt the most recognized name in comics as the co-creator of over 500 legendary pop culture characters including Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Iron Man, Thor and The Hulk. Stan continues to create new material and entertain fans of all ages with fantastic stories and characters in all areas of entertainment.
With Great Power: the Stan Lee Story, explores the vivid life and imagination of Stan Lee, from the early days of his Depression-era upbringing through the MARVEL Age of Comics and beyond! The film uncovers original transcripts, illustrations, photographs and stories of Lee’s fascinating journey from his early years at Timely Comics and World War Two, the comic book industry’s censorship battle of the 1950’s led by Dr. Fredric Wertham, the dawn of Marvel Comics and the legendary characters Stan co-created, to his current company POW! Entertainment.
With Great Power: the Stan Lee Story is told through the words of Stan himself as well as numerous interviews with comic book creators, actors, film producers, family and friends. It paints a portrait of a man whose creativity knows no bounds and whose characters have grown from humble beginnings in the pages of Marvel Comics in the early 1960’s to powerhouse properties in all media, including film television, video games and beyond.
There are enormous amount of people appearing in the film:
- Producer Avi Arad
- Actor Sean Astin
- Comic Illustrator Dick Ayers
- Director Kenneth Branagh
- Producer Ian Bryce
- Actor Nicolas Cage
- POW! COO Gill Champion
- Actor Michael Chiklis
- Actor Thomas Haden Church
- Comic Illustrator Gene Colan
- Producer Roger Corman
- Producer Grant Curtis
- Producer Tom DeSanto
- Composer Ramin Djawadi
- Actress Kirsten Dunst
- Composer Danny Elfman
- Writer Harlan Ellison
- Writer Mark Evanier
- Director Jon Favreau
- Producer Kevin Feige
- Actor Lou Ferrigno
- Actor James Franco
- Writer Evan Goldberg
- Attorney Jim Goodkind
- Producer Michael Helfant
- Socialite Paris Hilton
- Actor Samuel L. Jackson
- Director Kenneth Johnson
- Actor Jason Lee
- Comic Illustrator Jim Lee
- Stan’s Wife Joan Lee
- Editor In Chief Stan Lee
- President Paul Levitz
- Comic Illustrator Larry Lieber
- Executive Ralph Macchio
- Actor Tobey Maguire
- Actor James Marsden
- Director Garry Marshall
- Comic Illustrator Todd McFarlane
- Comic Historian Jim McLauchlin
- Actress Eva Mendes
- Director Frank Miller
- Composer John Ottman
- Producer Steven Paul
- Actor Jeremy Piven
- Editor In Chief Joe Quesada
- Director Brett Ratner
- President Mike Richardson
- Actor Cliff Robertson
- Actor Seth Rogen
- Comic Illustrator John Romita, Sr.
- Comic Illustrator Joe Simon
- Director Bryan Singer
- Comic Illustrator Joe Sinnott
- Director Kevin Smith
- Colleague Aaron Sowd
- Musician Ringo Starr
- Secretary Flo Steinberg
- Actor Patrick Stewart
- Director Mel Stuart
- Editor In Chief Roy Thomas
- Executive Producer Michael Uslan
- Composer Christopher Young
- Producer Laura Ziskin
At the moment the film is on the film festival circuit. We will keep an eye out on when we can expect to see it in South Africa.