{"id":63437,"date":"2019-01-24T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T17:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/?p=63437"},"modified":"2020-04-24T11:51:22","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T18:51:22","slug":"stan-lee-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/stan-lee-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrities Celebrate the Life of Stan Lee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Next week,\u00a0\u201cExcelsior! A Celebration of the Amazing, Fantastic, Incredible & Uncanny Life of Stan Lee,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0will be attended by Mark Hamill, RZA, Clark Gregg, Felicia Day, Bill Duke, cast members from Marvel\u2019s \u201cThe Runaways,\u201d cast members from FX\u2019s \u201cLegion,\u201d and Fox\u2019s \u201cThe Gifted,\u201d among many other luminaries from the entertainment world.<\/p>\n

Fans wishing to attend \u201cExcelsior! A Stan Lee Celebration\u201d can get a limited number of tickets at\u00a0legionm.com\/stantribute<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>All net proceeds from the event\u2019s ticket sales will go to the\u00a0<\/strong>non-profit organization\u00a0The Hero Initiative<\/strong>, a charity supporting comic book creators, artists and writers in need.<\/p>\n

The tribute event on\u00a0Wednesday, January 30,<\/strong>\u00a0will begin at 4 p.m. PT with a section of the TCL Chinese Theatre forecourt transformed into a fan experience of Stan Lee\u2019s life and career<\/a>. There will be a memorial centered around his cement imprint which will be displayed next to the speaker\u2019s podium. Ticketed fans will be allowed to leave flowers, candles and sign a book of condolences.<\/p>\n

Photos, artwork, Stan\u2019s classic comic books and memorabilia will be on exhibit in the forecourt along with a special preview of pop-culture artist Rob Prior\u2019s upcoming gallery show\u00a0The Legacy Collection of Stan Lee.<\/em>\u00a0Prior will do a live painting in the forecourt during the opening portion of the tribute. Artist Jennifer Contini will also have her series “This Love Lives On” featuring images of Stan Lee on display.\u00a0The\u00a0White Castle Crave Mobile will be serving sliders, one of Stan\u2019s favorite snacks, for all the fans.<\/p>\n

Producers of the event, Legion M\u2019s David Baxter and Terri Lubaroff, Stan Lee\u2019s POW! Entertainment\u2019s Bob Sabouni and Agents of Mayhem Darren Passarello will greet fans and introduce several public speakers before Kevin Smith arrives and assembles an honor guard of world class cosplayers representing many of Stan\u2019s co-creations, including Avengers<\/a>, Spider-Man<\/a>, Dr. Strange<\/a>, and more to pay their respects and lead the crowd in a final salute to this legendary pop culture icon accompanied by a police band of pipes and drums.<\/p>\n

On the red carpet, a group of veterans from Veterans in Media & Entertainment and The American Legion of Hollywood Post 43 will honor Stan for his service during World War II,\u00a0and Chief Paul Cell, President of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, will recognize Stan\u2019s contributions for his work supporting law enforcement and creating safer communities.<\/p>\n

Family from the other co-creators of the Marvel Universe<\/a> will attend to pay their respects and join in the celebration, including Tracy and Jeremy Kirby, grandchildren of Jack Kirby, Mark and Stephen Ditko, nephews of Steve Ditko, and Jenna Parker, daughter of Sol Brodsky, all of whom were part of the original Marvel Bullpen.<\/p>\n

After red-carpet arrivals, the tribute will commence in the TCL Chinese IMAX Theatre where Kevin Smith will moderate conversations with celebrity speakers from the entertainment industry including Mark Hamill, Rob Liefeld (Co-Creator of Deadpool), Michael Uslan (Executive Producer, \u201cThe Dark Knight\u201d), RZA, and Tom DeSanto (Executive Producer, \u201cX-Men\u201d).<\/p>\n

The evening will also include discussions with stars from the comics world and Stan\u2019s personal friends, including Marv Wolfman (Blade creator), Marvel\u2019s Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada and Executive VP, Head of Television Jeph Loeb, artist Bill Sienkiewicz (Elektra: Assassin), and Stan\u2019s business partner at Stan Lee\u2019s POW! Entertainment, Gill Champion.<\/p>\n

Members of the creative team behind the Academy Award\u00ae-nominated \u201cSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,\u201d including writer\/producer Phil Lord and producers Chris Miller, Avi Arad and Amy Pascal will also be on stage to honor Stan. Producers Lauren Shuler Donner and Derek Hoffman round off the evening\u2019s panels as they speak to and celebrate the modern impact of Stan\u2019s characters through two decades of X-Men in film and television.<\/p>\n

The evening will be complete with video tributes from stars who are unable to attend as well as live celebrity performances of Stan\u2019s favorite music and poetry.<\/p>\n

The tribute event is being produced by fan-owned entertainment company Legion M, which is revolutionizing\u00a0the way entertainment is made in Hollywood by uniting a growing fan\u00a0community\u00a0of 50,000+ members, including more than 10,000 fan-owners.\u00a0In addition to producing film and television projects, Legion M organized Stan Lee\u2019s hand and foot imprint ceremony at the TCL Chinese Theatre in 2017. Legion M is producing the tribute with the production and consulting company Agents of Mayhem whose founder Darren Passarello worked for Stan for several years.<\/p>\n

Both companies are working with Stan Lee\u2019s POW! Entertainment, the multimedia company founded in 2001 by Stan with his friend and business partner Gill Champion, its president.<\/p>\n

Under the leadership of CEO Scott D. Williams and Gill Champion, the company\u00a0has been and will continue to be the guardian of Stan Lee\u2019s legacy and is\u00a0excited to roll out new projects\u00a0and new adventures Stan\u00a0had been working on. On behalf of Stan Lee\u2019s POW! Entertainment, Chief Marketing Officer Bob Sabouni\u00a0will be overseeing and guiding the tribute day alongside the other event partners.<\/p>\n

Producers of the tribute event will continue to announce additional details for the event via\u00a0social media feeds. Details of specific speakers, performers and other activities will be shared on the social channels for Kevin Smith, Legion M, Agents of Mayhem, and Stan Lee\u2019s POW! Entertainment. (@TheRealStanLee, @ThatKevinSmith, @LegionMOfficial, @AgentsofMayhem).<\/p>\n

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Next week,\u00a0\u201cExcelsior! A Celebration of the Amazing, Fantastic, Incredible & Uncanny Life of Stan Lee,\u201d\u00a0will be attended by Mark Hamill, RZA, Clark Gregg, Felicia Day, Bill Duke, cast members from Marvel\u2019s \u201cThe Runaways,\u201d cast members from FX\u2019s \u201cLegion,\u201d and Fox\u2019s \u201cThe Gifted,\u201d among many other luminaries from the entertainment world. Fans wishing to attend \u201cExcelsior! […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[1246],"yst_prominent_words":[43021,43029,14287,43027,43030,5925,26545,43025,9893,43019,43020,9273,43026,8456,8450,43018,43028,43024,43022,43023],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63437"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67317,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63437\/revisions\/67317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63437"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=63437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}