Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige continues to push for a live-action "Doctor Strange" feature, with the 'Sorceror Supreme' up on the big screen as part of 'Phase 3' in the 'Marvel Cinematic Universe' :
"'Doctor Strange,' I've been talking about for years," said Feige.
"He's a great, original character, and he checks the box off this criteria that I have: he's totally different from anything else we have (and) totally different from anything we've done before...which keeps us excited."
Written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Steve Ditko, 'Doctor Strange' debuted in Marvel Comics' "Strange Tales" #110 (July 1963), with Ditko fashioning the physical look of the character after creator Lee Falk's 1930's hypnotic comic strip character "Mandrake The Magician".
'Dr. Stephen Strange' was an arrogant, womanizing world-renowned neurosurgeon, until a Chappaquiddick-like car accident damaged his hands, preventing him from conducting surgery.
In bitter desperation, he seeks out...
"'Doctor Strange,' I've been talking about for years," said Feige.
"He's a great, original character, and he checks the box off this criteria that I have: he's totally different from anything else we have (and) totally different from anything we've done before...which keeps us excited."
Written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Steve Ditko, 'Doctor Strange' debuted in Marvel Comics' "Strange Tales" #110 (July 1963), with Ditko fashioning the physical look of the character after creator Lee Falk's 1930's hypnotic comic strip character "Mandrake The Magician".
'Dr. Stephen Strange' was an arrogant, womanizing world-renowned neurosurgeon, until a Chappaquiddick-like car accident damaged his hands, preventing him from conducting surgery.
In bitter desperation, he seeks out...
- 1/29/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
While we’re all busy celebrating the 49th anniversary of Doctor Who and the 50th anniversary of both Spider-Man and the James Bond movies, the daddy of heroic fantasy characters quietly turned 76 way back in February. Or, depending upon how you look at it, he turned 476.
The Phantom was the very first masked, costumed hero in comics, debuting in the pages of the many Hearst papers February 17, 1936. He wore a dark outfit – when the feature added a Sunday page, an unthinking engraver made the costume purple for some unknown reason and the color stuck. He fought piracy and other crimes and handed down his clothes, his weapons, his Skull Cave, his fortune and, most important, his legacy to his son. The current guy – most have been named Kit Walker – is the 21st. This cool concept predated Doctor Who by a generation.
One would think the locals were pretty stupid to...
The Phantom was the very first masked, costumed hero in comics, debuting in the pages of the many Hearst papers February 17, 1936. He wore a dark outfit – when the feature added a Sunday page, an unthinking engraver made the costume purple for some unknown reason and the color stuck. He fought piracy and other crimes and handed down his clothes, his weapons, his Skull Cave, his fortune and, most important, his legacy to his son. The current guy – most have been named Kit Walker – is the 21st. This cool concept predated Doctor Who by a generation.
One would think the locals were pretty stupid to...
- 11/28/2012
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Marvel Studios, a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, owned by The Walt Disney Company, is the film production/distribution company that currently owns rights to all characters based on Marvel Comics except the "X-Men", "Spider-Man", "Ghost Rider", "Fantastic Four", "Man-Thing" and "Kick-Ass".
During a New York Comic Con, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige talked about his desire to see a big screen "Doctor Strange" motion picture as part of the 'Marvel Cinematic Universe'.
"I think I can probably say sooner rather than later in some announcements on 'Doc Strange'," said Feige. "I would love to see him..."
Written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Steve Ditko, 'Doctor Strange' debuted in Marvel Comics' "Strange Tales" #110 (July 1963), with Ditko fashioning the physical look of the character after creator Lee Falk's 1930's hypnotic comic strip character "Mandrake The Magician".
'Dr. Stephen Strange' was an arrogant, womanizing world-renowned neurosurgeon, until a Chappaquiddick-like car accident damaged his hands,...
During a New York Comic Con, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige talked about his desire to see a big screen "Doctor Strange" motion picture as part of the 'Marvel Cinematic Universe'.
"I think I can probably say sooner rather than later in some announcements on 'Doc Strange'," said Feige. "I would love to see him..."
Written by Stan Lee and illustrated by Steve Ditko, 'Doctor Strange' debuted in Marvel Comics' "Strange Tales" #110 (July 1963), with Ditko fashioning the physical look of the character after creator Lee Falk's 1930's hypnotic comic strip character "Mandrake The Magician".
'Dr. Stephen Strange' was an arrogant, womanizing world-renowned neurosurgeon, until a Chappaquiddick-like car accident damaged his hands,...
- 11/13/2012
- by M. Stevens
- SneakPeek
Variety has landed a couple of scoops concerning the upcoming film adaptations of Mandrake The Magician and Moby Dick. First up, the site reports that Warner Bros. has hired Tom Wheeler (who has previously scripted Dreamworks Animation's Puss In Boots spin-off) to rewrite their Mandrake The Magician movie, which will be a new modern take on the character (who is described as "a powerful illusionist who hypnotized foes from gangsters to aliens"). The film will be based on the classic comic strip created by Lee Falk in 1934. David and Janet Peoples wrote the first draft of the script. The film has been in development since 2009 at WB/Altas Entertainment. Charles Roven and Andy Horwitz are overseeing the project for Atlas, while Sarah Schechter will oversee for WB. No director is currently attached. Meanwhile, Variety also reports that Universal Pictures has set a new writer for their adaptation of the...
- 6/15/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
During a recent interview, Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, said there are currently 5 more films in the 'Marvel Cinematic Universe' pipeline.
Marvel Studios, a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, owned by The Walt Disney Company, is the film production/distribution company that currently owns rights to all characters based on Marvel Comics except the "X-Men", "Spider-Man", "Ghost Rider", "Fantastic Four", "Man-Thing", "Daredevil' and "Kick-Ass".
"We want to do two films a year," said Feige.
"'Avengers' is our only film this year, but in a week and a half we begin filming 'Iron Man 3'. By the end of the summer we'll be working on the next 'Thor' film. Early next year the next 'Captain America' film. Those are the three we've announced so far. We've got two beyond that that we haven't announced yet, but we're working on."
Feige talked about a big screen "Doctor Strange" motion...
Marvel Studios, a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, owned by The Walt Disney Company, is the film production/distribution company that currently owns rights to all characters based on Marvel Comics except the "X-Men", "Spider-Man", "Ghost Rider", "Fantastic Four", "Man-Thing", "Daredevil' and "Kick-Ass".
"We want to do two films a year," said Feige.
"'Avengers' is our only film this year, but in a week and a half we begin filming 'Iron Man 3'. By the end of the summer we'll be working on the next 'Thor' film. Early next year the next 'Captain America' film. Those are the three we've announced so far. We've got two beyond that that we haven't announced yet, but we're working on."
Feige talked about a big screen "Doctor Strange" motion...
- 5/15/2012
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
For someone who's considered one of the greatest filmmakers in history, Sergio Leone was not especially prolific. While he worked extensively as an assistant director (with credits including "Bicycle Thieves," "Quo Vadis" and "Ben Hur"), he was only credited on seven films across his thirty-year career (with uncredited direction work on three others -- "The Last Days Of Pompeii," "My Name Is Nobody" and "A Genius, Two Partners and A Dupe").
But given that those films include some of the greatest Westerns -- the Man With No Name trilogy, and "Once Upon A Time In The West" -- and a wonderful crime epic, "Once Upon A Time In America," it's hard not to mourn that we didn't get more films from the director, who passed away 23 years ago today, on April 30th, 1989. But it wasn't for a lack of trying, as there were a number of other projects that Leone considered,...
But given that those films include some of the greatest Westerns -- the Man With No Name trilogy, and "Once Upon A Time In The West" -- and a wonderful crime epic, "Once Upon A Time In America," it's hard not to mourn that we didn't get more films from the director, who passed away 23 years ago today, on April 30th, 1989. But it wasn't for a lack of trying, as there were a number of other projects that Leone considered,...
- 4/30/2012
- by Oliver Lyttelton
- The Playlist
In development since Sneak Peek first reported on it in 2007, Warner Brothers have now acquired King Features' "Mandrake The Magician", to adapt as a 'contemporary adventure' feature, based on creator Lee Falk's 1930's newspaper comic strip character.
The film will be in direct competition with Disney's developing "Dr. Strange" ("Master Of The Mystic Arts') feature, based on the Marvel Comics character (which in turn was based on "Mandrake").
Created in 1934, 'Mandrake' was an illusionist whose work was based on hypnotic technique. When Mandrake "...gestured hypnotically..." he could induce anyone to hallucinate.
In 1939, Columbia produced a 12-part "Mandrake the Magician" movie serial, starring actor Warren Hull as Mandrake and Al Kikume as his sidekick 'Lothar'.
NBC produced a "Mandrake" TV pilot in 1954, starring stage magician Coe Norton as Mandrake and Woody Strode ("Spartacus") as Lothar.
Actor Anthony Herrera starred in the 1979 TV movie "Mandrake" with Ji-Tu Cumbuka as Lothar.
The film will be in direct competition with Disney's developing "Dr. Strange" ("Master Of The Mystic Arts') feature, based on the Marvel Comics character (which in turn was based on "Mandrake").
Created in 1934, 'Mandrake' was an illusionist whose work was based on hypnotic technique. When Mandrake "...gestured hypnotically..." he could induce anyone to hallucinate.
In 1939, Columbia produced a 12-part "Mandrake the Magician" movie serial, starring actor Warren Hull as Mandrake and Al Kikume as his sidekick 'Lothar'.
NBC produced a "Mandrake" TV pilot in 1954, starring stage magician Coe Norton as Mandrake and Woody Strode ("Spartacus") as Lothar.
Actor Anthony Herrera starred in the 1979 TV movie "Mandrake" with Ji-Tu Cumbuka as Lothar.
- 3/16/2012
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Warner Bros. has picked up the rights to Mandrake The Magician, a pulp comics character from the comic strip created in 1934 by Lee Falk (The Phantom). Mandrake, a specialist in hypnosis and illusion, uses his magical abilities to fight crime ranging from gangsters to masters of disguise to aliens, alongside Lothar, an African Prince [...]
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- 3/14/2012
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
The last time one of Lee Falk's creations made it to the big screen the result was a disaster. I'm referring to director Simon Wincer's The Phantom, starring Billy Zane and Catherine Zeta-Jones. While heavily marketed, the film ended up being a total dud, both with critics and at the box office, bringing in only $17 million domestically after debuting at #6 with a $5 million take in the opening weekend. Let's hope that Falk's next character to arrive at the movies fares better. According to THR, Warner Bros. is now planning to create a film based on Falk's Mandrake The Magician. The story follows the titular illusionist, who has the ability to hypnotize people at great speed and have them do his bidding. Along with his African strongman parter, Lothar, Mandrake would work to rid the world of evil, "ranging from gangsters to masters of disguise to aliens." Should the...
- 3/13/2012
- cinemablend.com
Although recent adaptations of The Shadow, The Phantom, and now John Carter would seem to suggest that modern audiences aren’t particularly interested in early-20th-century pulp heroes, thanks, Warner Bros. is clearly feeling cocky today—so cocky that they’ve just begun developing an adaptation of Lee Falk’s classic 1930s comic strip Mandrake The Magician. Numerous filmmakers have tried for decades to do something with the illusionist who can hypnotize at super speed with a simple flick of the wrist—a talent that led him to be branded by some historians as comics’ “first superhero,” which should look good ...
- 3/13/2012
- avclub.com
There was a time when Mandrake The Magician strode the entertainment world like a colossus, appearing across comics, radio and movie serials. Unfortunately for him, that time was back in the 1930s and '40s and since then, aside from a couple of attempts to make him work on TV and the stage, he’s largely been consigned to the pop cultural cave of limbo. That could all change if Warner Bros. and Atlas Entertainment have their way, as the companies are working on a new version of the top hat-wearing hero. Originally created by Lee Falk for comic strips in 1934, Mandrake follows the titular illusionist, who boasted powerful hypnotic powers and a desirer to right wrongs and battle evil. Along with African strongman sidekick Lothar, he took on aliens, gangsters and assorted villains. He even had a twin brother who had similar powers but – as with many fictional twins...
- 3/13/2012
- EmpireOnline
Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige talked about a big screen "Doctor Strange" motion picture @ the New York Comic Con, and about how next year's "The Avengers" feature will pave the way for 'phase two' of the 'Marvel Cinematic Universe'.
"I think I can probably say sooner rather than later in some announcements on 'Doc Strange'," said Feige. "I would love to see him part of 'phase two'..."
A big screen adaptation of Marvel Comics' 'Sorcerer Supreme', "Dr. Strange" has always interested parent company Disney, looking to be part of a potential billion dollar earning, "Harry Potter"-type 'sorcery' movie franchise, with several spin-off possibilities including Strange tutoring a young novice (s) .
Following their Marvel Comics' success with "The Amazing Spider-Man", writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko debuted'Doctor Strange' in Marvel Comics' "Strange Tales" #110 (July 1963), fashioning the physical look of the character after creator Lee Falk's popular,...
"I think I can probably say sooner rather than later in some announcements on 'Doc Strange'," said Feige. "I would love to see him part of 'phase two'..."
A big screen adaptation of Marvel Comics' 'Sorcerer Supreme', "Dr. Strange" has always interested parent company Disney, looking to be part of a potential billion dollar earning, "Harry Potter"-type 'sorcery' movie franchise, with several spin-off possibilities including Strange tutoring a young novice (s) .
Following their Marvel Comics' success with "The Amazing Spider-Man", writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko debuted'Doctor Strange' in Marvel Comics' "Strange Tales" #110 (July 1963), fashioning the physical look of the character after creator Lee Falk's popular,...
- 10/17/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Development continues on Marvel Studios comic book adaptation of a younger version of Marvel Comics' 'Sorcerer Supreme', "Dr. Strange", with Disney very interested in getting in on a potential, billion dollar earning, "Harry Potter"-type 'sorcery' movie franchise.
According to reports, the latest screenplay draft by Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer ("Conan the Barbarian"), has been turned in, with Marvel Studios preparing a list of potential directors.
Following their Marvel Comics' success with "The Amazing Spider-Man", creators Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko debuted 'Doctor Strange' in the comic book "Strange Tales" #110 (July 1963), fashioning the physical look of the character after creator Lee Falk's popular, 1930's comic strip character "Mandrake The Magician".
'Dr. Stephen Strange' was an arrogant, world-renowned neurosurgeon, until a car accident damaged his hands, preventing him from conducting surgery. In desperation, a bitter Strange seeks out a legendary Tibetan hermit living in a...
According to reports, the latest screenplay draft by Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer ("Conan the Barbarian"), has been turned in, with Marvel Studios preparing a list of potential directors.
Following their Marvel Comics' success with "The Amazing Spider-Man", creators Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko debuted 'Doctor Strange' in the comic book "Strange Tales" #110 (July 1963), fashioning the physical look of the character after creator Lee Falk's popular, 1930's comic strip character "Mandrake The Magician".
'Dr. Stephen Strange' was an arrogant, world-renowned neurosurgeon, until a car accident damaged his hands, preventing him from conducting surgery. In desperation, a bitter Strange seeks out a legendary Tibetan hermit living in a...
- 8/5/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
As Sneak Peek first reported April 25, development continues on the Marvel Studios, Disney film venture "Dr. Strange", based on the Marvel Comics superhero, created by writer Stan Lee and illustrator Steve Ditko.
According to new reports, Marvel Studios has hired "Conan" writers Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer to adapt the "Dr. Strange" property.
Following their Marvel Comics success of "Spider-Man", co-creators Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko debuted 'Doctor Strange' in Strange Tales #110 (July 1963), fashioning the physical look of the character after creator Lee Falk's popular, 1930's comic strip character "Mandrake The Magician".
'Dr. Stephen Strange' was an arrogant, world-renowned neurosurgeon, until a car accident damaged his hands, preventing him from conducting surgery. In desperation, a bitter Strange seeks out a legendary Tibetan hermit living in a 'Lost Horizon' of the Himalayas who may have the cure to his debilitating condition.
Strange finds 'The Ancient One',...
According to new reports, Marvel Studios has hired "Conan" writers Thomas Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer to adapt the "Dr. Strange" property.
Following their Marvel Comics success of "Spider-Man", co-creators Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko debuted 'Doctor Strange' in Strange Tales #110 (July 1963), fashioning the physical look of the character after creator Lee Falk's popular, 1930's comic strip character "Mandrake The Magician".
'Dr. Stephen Strange' was an arrogant, world-renowned neurosurgeon, until a car accident damaged his hands, preventing him from conducting surgery. In desperation, a bitter Strange seeks out a legendary Tibetan hermit living in a 'Lost Horizon' of the Himalayas who may have the cure to his debilitating condition.
Strange finds 'The Ancient One',...
- 6/22/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Walt Disney Co. chief Robert Iger, is reportedly looking at 'obscure' Marvel super heroes among the company's 5,000 proprietary characters, for development into branded film properties.
Currently Paramount distributes Marvel movie properties "Iron Man","Captain America", and "Thor", Sony handles "Spider-Man","Ghost Rider" and "The Punisher", Fox has "X-Men", "Wolverine" and "Fantastic Four" and Universal has "The Hulk" and "Namor: The Sub-Mariner". Artisan and Lionsgate also produced a "Man-Thing" feature in 2005.
Iger said that Disney may 'test' different Marvel characters on cable TV, similar to how Warners showcases its DC Comics super-hero properties on the Vancouver-lensed 'Superman' TV series "Smallville".
"Instead of making a $200 million movie and kind of betting the farm on one character," said Iger, "you can develop a television pilot, or a television series."
Marvel characters with film potential include "Doctor Strange","Ant-Man", "The Black Panther", "Skrull Kill Crew", "Luke Cage" and "Deathlok".
Marvel topper Kevin Feige...
Currently Paramount distributes Marvel movie properties "Iron Man","Captain America", and "Thor", Sony handles "Spider-Man","Ghost Rider" and "The Punisher", Fox has "X-Men", "Wolverine" and "Fantastic Four" and Universal has "The Hulk" and "Namor: The Sub-Mariner". Artisan and Lionsgate also produced a "Man-Thing" feature in 2005.
Iger said that Disney may 'test' different Marvel characters on cable TV, similar to how Warners showcases its DC Comics super-hero properties on the Vancouver-lensed 'Superman' TV series "Smallville".
"Instead of making a $200 million movie and kind of betting the farm on one character," said Iger, "you can develop a television pilot, or a television series."
Marvel characters with film potential include "Doctor Strange","Ant-Man", "The Black Panther", "Skrull Kill Crew", "Luke Cage" and "Deathlok".
Marvel topper Kevin Feige...
- 5/3/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Walt Disney Co. chief Robert Iger, overseeeing the final acquisition of Marvel, is reportedly looking at 'obscure' Marvel super heroes among the company's 5,000 proprietary characters, for rapid development into branded film properties.
Currently Paramount distributes Marvel movie properties "Iron Man" and "Captain America", Sony handles "Spider-Man","Ghost Rider" and "The Punisher", Fox has "X-Men", "Wolverine" and "Fantastic Four" and Universal has "The Hulk" and "Namor: The Sub-Mariner". Artisan and Lionsgate also produced a "Man-Thing" feature in 2005.
Iger said that Disney may 'test' different Marvel characters on cable TV, similar to how Warners showcases DC Comics super-hero properties on the Vancouver-lensed 'Superman' TV series "Smallville".
"Instead of making a $200 million movie and kind of betting the farm on one character," said Iger, "you can develop a television pilot, or a television series."
Marvel characters with film potential include "Doctor Strange","Ant-Man", "The Black Panther", "Skrull Kill Crew", "Luke Cage" and "Deathlok...
Currently Paramount distributes Marvel movie properties "Iron Man" and "Captain America", Sony handles "Spider-Man","Ghost Rider" and "The Punisher", Fox has "X-Men", "Wolverine" and "Fantastic Four" and Universal has "The Hulk" and "Namor: The Sub-Mariner". Artisan and Lionsgate also produced a "Man-Thing" feature in 2005.
Iger said that Disney may 'test' different Marvel characters on cable TV, similar to how Warners showcases DC Comics super-hero properties on the Vancouver-lensed 'Superman' TV series "Smallville".
"Instead of making a $200 million movie and kind of betting the farm on one character," said Iger, "you can develop a television pilot, or a television series."
Marvel characters with film potential include "Doctor Strange","Ant-Man", "The Black Panther", "Skrull Kill Crew", "Luke Cage" and "Deathlok...
- 1/3/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
It turns out that Sci Fi Network’s revamp of “The Phantom” isn’t the only classic Lee Falk comic currently bouncing around a production workshop. Anakin Skywalker himself, Hayden Christensen, has now been announced as the lead in Mimi Leder’s “Mandrake,” based on Falk’s slightly less famous strip “Mandrake the Magician.”
The movie, co-starring Djimon Hounsou, will follow Christensen’s character, an “underground magician and escapologist” who is approached by the CIA to do some work after “a daring escape from an SUV that has been dropped out of an plane at the Burning Man Festival,” according to SuperHeroHype.com. Hounsou will presumably be taking on the role of Mandrake’s assistant, Lothar.
Mandrake and Lothar will be a familiar characters to any watchers of the 1986 cartoon series “Defenders of the Earth,” which starred the pair alongside Flash Gordon and The Phantom.
The top-hatted hero — and possibly...
The movie, co-starring Djimon Hounsou, will follow Christensen’s character, an “underground magician and escapologist” who is approached by the CIA to do some work after “a daring escape from an SUV that has been dropped out of an plane at the Burning Man Festival,” according to SuperHeroHype.com. Hounsou will presumably be taking on the role of Mandrake’s assistant, Lothar.
Mandrake and Lothar will be a familiar characters to any watchers of the 1986 cartoon series “Defenders of the Earth,” which starred the pair alongside Flash Gordon and The Phantom.
The top-hatted hero — and possibly...
- 5/19/2009
- by Brian Warmoth
- MTV Splash Page
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