Genius Brands Int., Stan Lee’s Pow! Entertainment In Joint Venture For Post-Marvel IP
Jill Goldsmith Genius Brands International and Stan Lee’s POW! Entertainment have inked a deal to create Stan Lee Universe, a joint venture that will assume worldwide rights across media to Lee’s post-Marvel IP.Genius will develop about seven properties a year out of 100 original creations including Tomorrow Men, Stringbean, Black Fury and Virus.The deal gives the new entity rights “in perpetuity, to the name, physical likeness, physical signature, live-action and animated motion picture, television, online, digital, publishing, comic books, merchandising and licensing to the IP, Genius said. Financial terms weren’t announced.