It was a melancholy milestone on Friday: Marvel Comics pioneer Stan Lee would have been celebrating his 96th birthday and likely basking in the achievement of Black Panther and The Avengers: Infinity War, which are about to finish 2018 as the year’s two top-grossing films. Both movies were (like so many superhero…

Imax has unveiled details for its Marvel Studios 10th Anniversary Film Festival, an event that will feature screenings of all 20 MCU movies beginning August 30 across many of the company’s large-format screens in the U.S. and Canada. The screenings will include three films that never got the Imax treatment in their…

Geoff Boucher, who earned the admiration of the geek set with the Hero Complex column he launched several years ago in the Los Angeles Times, kicks off Deadline’s San Diego Comic-Con with a look back at Iron Man, the film that distilled a superhero formula that would launch Marvel Studios to a $4.2 billion Disney deal…

The original maroon and gold Iron Man suit worn by Robert Downey, Jr. in the first 2008 movie was reported missing from Movie Prop Storage yesterday. The Pacoima prop house told police that the suit must have gone missing between Feb. and April 25 of this year, said LAPD Sargent Barry Montgomery who said that it  is…

The rock world mourned today as Malcolm Young, co-founder and guitarist for AC/DC and writer on a miles-long list of soundtracks for TV and film, died at age 64. He had been suffering from dementia and was no longer touring with the Australian hard rock band. The band announced his death on its web site. “Today it is…

Robert Downey Jr. took to social media today to caution fans against falling for scammers posing as him online and looking for cash under the guise of donations. In his first post on Twitter in several days, the Oscar nominee who is the on-screen personification of Iron Man asked fans to "have each other's backs" when…

Like a comic book villain, the nearly two-year old copyright lawsuit over Iron Man's armor has been knocked down but not knocked out and will fight on. A federal judge in New York yesterday handed Marvel and Disney most of the dismissal of Horizon Comics action over the Armored Avenger that they had sought. However…

EXCLUSIVE: Just over 2 months after Horizon Comics went after the comic giant and its Walt Disney Company parent over the Armored Avenger – Marvel has struck back, in more ways than one. “Neither the facts of nor parties to this dispute have any connection to Massachusetts,” said the defendants today over the…

As Avatar director James Cameron and Fox can tell you, copyright infringement lawsuits can fly fast and furious around blockbusters. How far they get in the courts is often a mixed result of the statute of limitations; proximity; if the asserted similarities are unique, benign or generic; and financial resources for…

EXCLUSIVE: When I pull up to the home that Robert Downey Jr and his wife and producing partner Susan share in Malibu, there are the trappings you would expect from the house owned by Hollywood’s best paid actor. The small fleet of cars, all tarped; the expanse of Pacific Ocean viewable from most anywhere on the…

Hong Kong Disneyland's ticket counter hasn't exactly been the happiest place on Earth since the park opened in 2005. But Disney is reaching into its $4B bag of Marvel tricks in an effort to juice attendance: An Iron Man-themed thrill ride, shopping area and photo pavilion will open at HK Dis –which turned it meager…

Turns out the Walt Disney Company really does own the rights to the Marvel characters created by Stan Lee, at least according to a federal judge today. U.S. District Judge William J. Martinez Thursday granted with prejudice Disney's motion to dismiss Stan Lee Media's multibillion-dollar lawsuit superhero copyright…