Showbiz Sandbox 429: Remembering the Genius of Stan Lee
November 13, 2018
In a career that spanned over six decades, Stan Lee became one of the most influential creators and publishers of comics that ever worked in the medium. He helped build Marvel Comics by creating dozens of superheroes including most notably Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk and X-Men. Geoff Boucher, the new genre editor at Deadline Hollywood, joins us to discuss how Lee’s enduring work has heavily influenced the modern pop culture landscape.
Boucher also tells us how he got the exclusive story on Fox’s plans to release a PG-13 version of “Deadpool 2” in the midst of the holiday season. You might be interested to hear how this led to the kidnapping of actor Fred Savage, best known for his role in “The Wonder Years”.
Meanwhile a team from China just won the 2018 “League of Legends” World Championship. Though 110 million people in China play the game, it’s the first time the country has ever captured one of the most prestigious prizes in e-sports.
Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including how we’re headed toward a record year at the North American box office, why Fox News is chastising some of its hosts and pay TV loses over one million subscribers in the third quarter.
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Set for ‘Westworld’ and Other Shows Destroyed in California Fire
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/10/arts/westworld-set-woolsey-fire-california.html
Comscore Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of November 11, 2018
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comscore-announces-official-worldwide-box-office-results-for-weekend-of-november-11-2018-300748061.html
Agony and Ecstasy: China Wins First ‘League of Legends’ Title
http://chinafilminsider.com/agony-and-ecstasy-china-wins-first-league-of-legends-title/
Jessica Fletcher and “Murder, She Wrote” Are Alive and Well
https://crimereads.com/jessica-fletcher-and-murder-she-wrote-are-alive-and-well/
Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes’s Hollywood by Karina Longworth
http://bookfilter.com/2018/02/20/the-seducer-2/
Booksellers Unite in Protest as Amazon’s AbeBooks Withdraws from Several Countries
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/nov/06/booksellers-protest-amazon-abebooks-withdraw-russia-south-korea
After Protest, Booksellers Are Victorious Against Amazon Subsidiary
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/technology/amazon-bookseller-protest-strike.html
Netflix Grants Exclusive Theatrical Release To Andy Serkis’ ‘Mowgli’
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/netflix-grants-theatrical-release-andy-serkis-mowgli-1159414
Netflix Is Developing Animated Shows From the Creators of Moana, Inside Out, and Finding Dory
https://www.theverge.com/2018/11/6/18068736/netflix-animated-childrens-shows-disney-moana-finding-dory
Netflix and Warner Bros. Hit With $50 Million Suit Over Satanic Temple in ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’
https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/netflix-satanic-temple-1203023245/
AMC’s Charlie Collier to Run Fox Network; Gary Newman to Exit
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/amcs-charlie-collier-run-fox-network-gary-newman-exit-1154001
Fox News Hits Sean Hannity for “Unfortunate Distraction” After Trump Campaign Rally
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/fox-news-hannity-trump-appearance-unfortunate-distraction-1158526
Kris Wu’s iTunes U.S. Sales Acquired ‘Fraudulently’ and Won’t Count Toward Charts
https://variety.com/2018/music/news/kris-wus-massive-itunes-u-s-sales-were-acquired-fraudulently-and-will-not-count-towards-charts-1203022049/
What The Kris Wu/Ariana Grande Drama Says About The US Music Industry
https://www.thedailyvox.co.za/kris-wu-ariana-grande-drama-the-us-music-industry-fatima-moosa-shaazia-ebrahim/
Pay-TV Loses Over 1MN Subs for the First Time Ever in Q3
www.rapidtvnews.com/2018111054121/pay-tv-loses-over-1mn-subs-for-the-first-time-ever-in-q3.html
Deadpool 2 Out on BluRay and On Demand in August
https://deadline.com/2018/11/deadpool-ryan-reynolds-disney-pg13-marvel-1202495981/
Stan Lee Is Dead at 95; Superhero of Marvel Comics
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/obituaries/stan-lee-dead.html
Douglas Rain, Voice of HAL 9000 in ‘2001: A Space Odyssey,’ Dies at 90
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/douglas-rain-dead-voice-hal-9000-2001-a-space-odyssey-was-90-1083429
María Irene Fornés, Writer of Spare, Poetic Plays, Dies at 88
Kitty O’Neil, Famed Hollywood Stuntwoman and Daredevil, Dies at 72
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kitty-oneil-dead-hollywood-stuntwoman-daredevil-was-72-1158193
Stunted: How Hollywood’s Content Boom Is Leading to More Stuntperson Injuries and Deaths
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/dark-side-hollywoods-content-boom-1156094
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