Though we’re still several months away from Marvel Studios dropping their next batch of films on us, first in line when the time comes will be Captain Marvel, which will serve as the much-anticipated big screen debut of Carol Danvers. But while the upcoming Brie Larson-led flick will surely work wonders in raising the profile of this long-running comic book heroine, Carol also came pretty close to getting her first ever solo series for the small screen.
It was storyboard artist Ben Bates who proposed a Captain Marvel animated show before he even knew of the upcoming flick. Having worked on the animated Avengers Assemble and Guardians of the Galaxy shows, Bates put together a 5-minute proof of concept for project, featuring Carol calling on the help of her friend Spider-Woman to stop a plane from crashing.
Bates’ video comes with the following description:
“Before I knew a...
It was storyboard artist Ben Bates who proposed a Captain Marvel animated show before he even knew of the upcoming flick. Having worked on the animated Avengers Assemble and Guardians of the Galaxy shows, Bates put together a 5-minute proof of concept for project, featuring Carol calling on the help of her friend Spider-Woman to stop a plane from crashing.
Bates’ video comes with the following description:
“Before I knew a...
- 8/27/2018
- by David Pountain
- We Got This Covered
Reel-Important People is a monthly column that highlights those individuals in or related to the movies that have left us in recent weeks. Below you'll find names big and small and from all areas of the industry, though each was significant to the movies in his or her own way. Dennis Banks (1937-2017) - Native American Activist, Actor. He appears in The Last of the Mohicans and Older Than America, as himself in Thunderheart and the documentaries Incident at Oglala and Sing Your Song. He was also the subject of the 2010 doc A Good Day to Die. He died on October 29. (Star Tribune) Ben Bates (1933-2017) - Stunt Man. In addition to doing stunts for TV's Gunsmoke and the movie The White Buffalo, he also played...
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- 11/1/2017
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
Stunt double Ben Bates, best known for his work substituting for Gunsmoke star James Arness for more than 25 years, died Oct. 4 in Sun City, California, according to his family. He was 84. Bates’s long career included doubling spots for the television series How the West Was Won (for which he was also a stunt coordinator), McClain’s Law, Bosom Buddies, The Fall Guy and Matt Houston. He also appeared in the film The Legend of the Lone Ranger and the TV movies The Alamo: Thi…...
- 10/21/2017
- Deadline TV
Ben Bates, who served as the stunt double for James Arness, the star of Gunsmoke, for more than 25 years, died Oct. 4 in Sun City, Calif., his family announced. He was 84.
In addition to stepping in for Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon on the long-running CBS Western, Bates doubled for the actor on the TV series McClain's Law and How the West Was Won (on which Bates also served as stunt coordinator) and in the TV movies Red River and The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory.
In 2001's James Arness: An Autobiography, Bates said that each...
In addition to stepping in for Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon on the long-running CBS Western, Bates doubled for the actor on the TV series McClain's Law and How the West Was Won (on which Bates also served as stunt coordinator) and in the TV movies Red River and The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory.
In 2001's James Arness: An Autobiography, Bates said that each...
- 10/20/2017
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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