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SPIDER-MAN CO-CREATOR STAN LEE LAUNCHES
POW! ENTERTAINMENT
Stan Lee, former Editor-In-Chief and Chairman of the Board of Marvel Comics founded POW! Entertainment, Inc. After years of working exclusively for Marvel Comics, the creative genius behind so many of the characters that are now icons of the entertainment industry is doing it on his own terms.
Stan Lee, founder, Chairman, and CCO of POW! Entertainment is credited with co-creating many of the world's best known superheroes including Spider-Man®, X-Men®, The Hulk®, DareDevil®, Fantastic Four®*, and hundreds of others. Stan's creations have been spun off into television programs and feature films that have grossed hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office. Stan Lee is truly a global icon whose name is on a body of work encompassing over 2 billion books and comic books.
POW! (Purveyors of Wonder) Entertainment, Inc. was founded by world famous comic book icon Stan Lee, together with award winning producer Gill Champion and Arthur Lieberman, Esq. POW!'s principals, combined, have 90 years experience creating, producing and licensing original intellectual properties. POW! will specialize in franchises for the entertainment industry, including animation and live-action feature films, plus television, DVDs, video games, merchandising, and related ancillary markets, all of which aid in the establishment of global franchises. POW! partners with studios and networks in creating new and exciting characters that will perpetuate the brands of both POW! and Stan Lee. In some cases, POW! creates "custom-tailored" properties for a specific star or director. From one character alone, millions in sales can be generated from many arenas including movies, television, DVD's, video games, toys, clothing, etc.
POW! founders Stan Lee with Gill Champion and Arthur Lieberman have a proven track record with 90 years experience in the industry.
POW! intends to partner with third parties for financing to keep overhead minimal.
POW! has already established relationships with, MGM, IDT, Sci-Fi Channel, MTV, Spike TV, and many other studios and networks.
POW! currently has over 40 projects in development.
Los Angeles , CA December 13, 2005- POW! Entertainment ( POWN.PK ), has announced that POW! Entertainment acquired the exclusive rights and ownership in perpetuity to the name Stan Lee, his likeness, brand and signature slogans Stan Lee Presents, Excelsior and Stan's Soap Box. POW! also acquired most of the intellectual properties created by Stan Lee during the period beginning after his tenure as Marvel's chief creative officer, editor in chief, and publisher and predate POW! Entertainment. The rights are in addition to new properties that are currently being developed by Stan Lee for other major entertainment conglomerates on behalf of POW! Entertainment.
The agreements gave POW! Entertainment the rights to licenses and receive royalties from Stan Lee's future and more recent creations that have been emerging in voluminous quantities since Stan Lee's negotiated release from Marvel. Marvel retains the exclusive rights to his former co-creations like Spider-man®, The Hulk®, Daredevil®, X-men®, Fantastic Four®* and other Stan Lee originals while at Marvel.
Stan Lee says, "Over the years, I fortunately managed to maintain the rights to my name and other signature slogans that I have developed. I am ever so pleased POW! Entertainment is both the custodian and manager of my current and future works. POW! not only has a strong business management team but also has maintained a creative artistic element among its officers and directors.
* These characters are tradmarks of Marvel Characters Inc. |
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