The Four Color Media Monitor

The Wrap says there's a new movie project in development based on one of Stan Lee's later projects:

Stan Lee’s “The Excelsiors” is set to be developed for TV and film by Kartoon Studios, the studio announced Monday. The company, also the controlling partner of Stan Lee Universe, plans to launch the project with a graphic novel published by indie comic publishing label Legible Comics.

The project is being produced by “Batman” film series executive producer Michael Uslan, on board with the DC franchise since bringing the 1989 film to the big screen.

The studio describes the project as “one of the largest initial superhero ensemble creations by the legendary Stan Lee,” featuring a 10-superhero team working for near future corporation “Amaz-Ing Tech LLC.” The team’s name is inspired by Lee’s famed “excelsior” catchphrase. The story is set in a world with global corporations running the world rather than governments (perhaps not too unlike what some see as happening in our own world).

If they're depicting corporations in a negative light, that's certainly surprising, considering how badly Stan's own creations were mangled by corporate wokeness by the time he passed on. But if most conglomerates are run by leftists, that's something they likely won't dwell on, even though there's potential to such a premise, and the producers of this film project are likely to be leftist themselves too. Ultimately, who knows if any finished project will be worth the celluloid it's filmed upon? If the Eternals movie wasn't a success, it wouldn't be surprising if this too ends up just as botched.

For now, we can only wait and see where a movie project like this goes, and it wouldn't be surprising if in the end, the film project is cancelled before any filming officially begins, if they decide the viewpoint doesn't conform to modern PC standards.

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