Excelsior! Stan Lee & Jack Kirby Biopic Script Lands on 2020 Black List
Excelsior! Stan Lee & Jack Kirby Biopic Script Lands on 2020 Black List
Excelsior!, a script which charts the rise of Marvel legends Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, has made it onto this year s Black List.
A big screen biography centered on comic book legends Stan Lee and Jack Kirby is practically inevitable, and could indeed happen soon, with a script telling that exact story now featured on Franklin Leonard s 2020 The Black List. Titled
Excelsior! and written by screenwriter Alex Convery, the script is a look at The true story of the meteoric rise (and subsequent fall) of Marvel Comics and the star-crossed creators behind the panel.
Excelsior!: Stan Lee and Jack Kirby Biopic Script Makes 2020 Black List
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If the stars align just right, two of comics most legendary creators will receive their own biopic before long. Franklin Leonard s 2020 The Black List was unveiled Monday morning and on it was a script for
Excelsior!, a script circulating Hollywood looking at the formation of Marvel Comics and its two primary architects the late great duo of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Written by screenwriter Alex Convery, the script is a look at The true story of the meteoric rise (and subsequent fall) of Marvel Comics and the star-crossed creators behind the panel.
Every year, the
Black List shows off the most well-liked but not-yet-produced screenplays of year. And each year, the Black List offers a glimpse into a world of not just unmade scripts, but of talented writers waiting for their big moment and film projects just waiting for the right person to say “yes.”
The 2020 Black List is no different. There is a lot of imagination on this list of unmade scripts. Some ideas sound ready to become movies right now. Others are so bizarre that they demand a double take. Some even make you cock an eyebrow and question the taste of the more than 375 film executives who were polled to create this list. One thing is for certain though: at least some of these scripts will get made and more than a few of the writers here will go on to write some major movies.