Stan Lee’s POW! & Vuguru Partner Up

BEVERLY HILLS: Stan Lee and his company POW! Entertainment are partnering with Michael Eisner’s Vuguru to produce original digital content.

Comic-book legend Stan Lee co-created Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, X-Men, The Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Daredevil, Silver Surfer and Dr. Strange. In November 2001, Lee founded POW! Entertainment and serves as the chairman and CCO.

“As a fan of Stan Lee and the iconic characters he has created, we are thrilled to work together with POW! Entertainment,” said Larry Tanz, the president of Vuguru. “This is a tremendous opportunity to bring compelling and heroic stories to a mass audience.”

POW! Entertainment’s president Gill Champion, commented, “This announcement is an important move for POW! Entertainment and Stan Lee. It is the start of an exciting new chapter that will enable us to expand our storytelling into the digital realm and more quickly and effectively reach our global audience. Stan and the creative team are delighted to begin developing new worlds and amazing characters and cannot think of a better partner than Vuguru to help realize this ambition.”

Scott Nocas, a digital strategist and consultant for POW! Entertainment, added, “The opportunity to create a collaboration between POW! Entertainment and Vuguru presented an unmistakably unique opportunity. To bring together the iconic Stan Lee brand alongside one of the most innovative digital content studios was a rare and exciting proposition. Their collaboration will certainly lead to a whole new experience in storytelling.”