Monday, June 08, 2015 3:57:21 PM
It is still very possible and I am sure we will not hear anything concrete until the legal issue around SLG Entertainment has been resolved. The current issue as I understand it has nothing to do with POW!, NBC Universal or NHL Enterprises the other partners in the deal, but we could hear at anytime and I would think we would hear when it gets resolved. Who knows, the lawsuit took place just after the initial launch in 2011, bringing the whole Project to a halt until the suit gets settled, which could be anytime and maybe we will hear something soon.
It is my bet is the NHL have not totally given up on the idea.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=66928
"The NHL has joined forces with SLG Entertainment leader Stan Lee -- one of the creative geniuses behind the likes of Spider-Man and countless other comic phenoms -- and POW! Entertainment to embark on an unprecedented adventure. The resulting Guardian Media Entertainment (GME) group has developed comic superheroes for all 30 NHL teams.
Development for each character came in discussions with each NHL club, so the creators could get a feel for how to incorporate the feel of the team and town into each individual superhero."
I would think the NHL along with the other partners and would be anxious to get this settled, but as would the case for any project in this situation they are largely as the mercy of the courts and would only proceed cautiously along with the other partners, when they thought it was safe to do so. Lets hope this gets settled soon.
"Stan Lee's Sports Superhero Project Targeted In Lawsuit
Adam Asherson alleges in a lawsuit filed last week in LA Superior Court that the project, now co-owned by NBC Universal, first got off the ground in 2003 after a fellow manager named Anthony Chargin and his former colleague's client, Jake Shapiro, introduced him to the idea of transforming professional team mascots into sports-themed superheroes.
Asherson says he loved the idea and had a strong relationship with Lee. Asherson says he suggested that the Spider-Man co-creator would be the "perfect" partner, and Chargin and Shapiro allegedly told him that if he were to get Lee on board, they would all be equal partners.
Together, the three pitched Lee on the project, originally called Defenders, focused on the NFL with an eye towards extending it out to MLB, NBA, and the NHL.
However, the NFL deal fell apart for unspecified reasons.
Six years later, a similar project entailing the transformation of team mascots into superheroes from Chargin and Shapiro, including the participation of Lee, gained steam.
This time, Asherson says he was shut out.
Asherson claims that Guardian Media Entertainment, SLG Entertainment, Chargin, and Shapiro have breached an oral joint venture agreement, committed promissory estoppel and fraud, and breached fiduciary duties by cutting him out of the NHL deal. He's seeking imposition of a constructive trust and further exemplary and punitive damages. "The claim has no merit and I intend to defend it vigorously," says Shapiro.
Since first being introduced at the 2011 NHL All-Star Game, the Guardian Project has been heating up. In June, NBCU entered into a venture agreement with Guardian Media for the possible creation of graphic novels, television series and movies. NBCU was given an equity stake in Guardian in exchange for promotion.
Meanwhile, the sports-themed-superhero idea has inspired Lee in other ways. Last year for ESPN The Magazine, Lee created superheroes based on professional basketball superstars. At the time, it was hailed as innovative synergy between Disney (owner of ESPN) and its new subsidiary Marvel."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/stan-lees-sports-superhero-project-242075
Go POW!
It is my bet is the NHL have not totally given up on the idea.
http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=66928
"The NHL has joined forces with SLG Entertainment leader Stan Lee -- one of the creative geniuses behind the likes of Spider-Man and countless other comic phenoms -- and POW! Entertainment to embark on an unprecedented adventure. The resulting Guardian Media Entertainment (GME) group has developed comic superheroes for all 30 NHL teams.
Development for each character came in discussions with each NHL club, so the creators could get a feel for how to incorporate the feel of the team and town into each individual superhero."
I would think the NHL along with the other partners and would be anxious to get this settled, but as would the case for any project in this situation they are largely as the mercy of the courts and would only proceed cautiously along with the other partners, when they thought it was safe to do so. Lets hope this gets settled soon.
"Stan Lee's Sports Superhero Project Targeted In Lawsuit
Adam Asherson alleges in a lawsuit filed last week in LA Superior Court that the project, now co-owned by NBC Universal, first got off the ground in 2003 after a fellow manager named Anthony Chargin and his former colleague's client, Jake Shapiro, introduced him to the idea of transforming professional team mascots into sports-themed superheroes.
Asherson says he loved the idea and had a strong relationship with Lee. Asherson says he suggested that the Spider-Man co-creator would be the "perfect" partner, and Chargin and Shapiro allegedly told him that if he were to get Lee on board, they would all be equal partners.
Together, the three pitched Lee on the project, originally called Defenders, focused on the NFL with an eye towards extending it out to MLB, NBA, and the NHL.
However, the NFL deal fell apart for unspecified reasons.
Six years later, a similar project entailing the transformation of team mascots into superheroes from Chargin and Shapiro, including the participation of Lee, gained steam.
This time, Asherson says he was shut out.
Asherson claims that Guardian Media Entertainment, SLG Entertainment, Chargin, and Shapiro have breached an oral joint venture agreement, committed promissory estoppel and fraud, and breached fiduciary duties by cutting him out of the NHL deal. He's seeking imposition of a constructive trust and further exemplary and punitive damages. "The claim has no merit and I intend to defend it vigorously," says Shapiro.
Since first being introduced at the 2011 NHL All-Star Game, the Guardian Project has been heating up. In June, NBCU entered into a venture agreement with Guardian Media for the possible creation of graphic novels, television series and movies. NBCU was given an equity stake in Guardian in exchange for promotion.
Meanwhile, the sports-themed-superhero idea has inspired Lee in other ways. Last year for ESPN The Magazine, Lee created superheroes based on professional basketball superstars. At the time, it was hailed as innovative synergy between Disney (owner of ESPN) and its new subsidiary Marvel."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/stan-lees-sports-superhero-project-242075
Go POW!
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