Michael's visit to Marvel studio
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Interesting video with adorable Michael.
I wonder what year this was (2009?).
I bet he learned a lot that day ... <!-- s;) -->;)<!-- s;) -->
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I wonder what year this was (2009?).
I bet he learned a lot that day ... <!-- s;) -->;)<!-- s;) -->
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Well, this was really interesting. Thanks for sharing. I'd like to know what year this was too - seems earlier than 2009...but IDK. They were talking of Michael as though he was a partner or somehow had a vested interest. Wasn't there discussion at one time that he was going to buy Marvel Comics or was that something else? These stories are running together. It was really nice to see him at ease around others. Blessings.
R.I.P. Michael Jackson: Comic Book Fan, Collector -- And Almost The Owner Of Marvel Comics
Posted 6/25/09 8:09 pm ET by Rick Marshall in Hot Stuff, Marvel, News
Michael JacksonAccording to late-breaking reports, pop icon Michael Jackson died today after suffering cardiac arrest. While various outlets have already posted remembrances of the star's prominent place in the worlds of music, movies and so many other elements of pop culture, it's worth noting that Jackson was also known to have a fondess for comic books that rivaled even the most obsessive fanboy.
From trips to the comic shop to a collection of some of the most impressive comics-related memorabilia around, Jackson made no secret of his affinity for comics -- going so far as to almost buy Marvel Comics in the late 1990s.
Michael Jackson - SupermanThose looking for proof of Jackson's love for comics need look no further than some of the items from his personal collection that were recently put up for auction. Along with a life-size, molded rubber Batman costume (fitted over a life-size replica of Jackson himself), Jackson's personal stash of comic book swag included a massive Superman statue, numerous life-size Spider-Man statues and a variety of other items die-hard comics fans would likely give up a limb to own.
Late last year, Jackson even dropped by Los Angeles comic book shop Golden Apple with his three children to pick up a pile of issues to add to his collection. Hidden behind a pair of massive sunglasses and veil, Jackson had his children wear masks on their way into the store to hide their identities -- including one mask designed to look like Mike Allred's "Madman" character. His appearance prompted a bit of a commotion, but reports claimed that both he and his children happily left with a stack of comics new and old.
Michael Jackson - MADOf course, if Jackson wasn't filling in spots in his collection during that trip to Golden Apple, he might've just been picking up a few more copies of the various comic books in which he appeared over the years. The pop star made cameos at various times in the parody magazines "MAD" and "Spoof," but also had cameos in a 1990 issue of "Disney Adventures," as well as in a 1985 issue of the "Longshot" miniseries published by Marvel Comics.
Possibly the most notable connection between Jackson and the comics world, however, is how close the star came to owning Marvel, one of the industry's "Big Two" publishers, in the late '90s. As chronicled by The Comics Journal in an August 2005 article, Jackson met with Stan Lee and Peter Paul of the newly formed Stan Lee Media to investigate the possibility of buying Marvel Comics.
Michael Jackson - Stan Lee/Marvel"After we built SLM into a public company with a market cap almost twice Marvel's, we talked with Michael Jackson about teaming up to buy Marvel," the article quotes Paul. "I have a videotape of Michael in our offices for over two hours, seeing what we were doing."
Jim Salicrup, a former Marvel editor who was a writer-editor for SLM during the Jackson meetings, told TCJ that at one point, Jackson asked Lee, "If I buy Marvel, you'll help me run it, won't you?"
While the deal eventually fell through, it certainly offers an interesting "What If?" scenario for comics fans -- and an indication of exactly how close the worlds of Jackson and comic books often overlapped.
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I wonder why Michael's comic book Fated isn't published yet.
It was planned for june 2010, but nothing happened.
Stills (7 trousers wanted...):
Spider-Man "Reboot" coming into cinema on July 3, 2011, starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Martin Sheen, Denis Leary, Campbell Scott, Julianne Nicholson, Irrfan Khan, Annie Parisse.
But this was the original planned release date: 2012:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0948470/
That's some unexpected speed-up... to July...
Some of the making of the film:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08uhebIMm80
And even TMZ knew about this:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_5mYVk5ArM
And this is the amazing part (in view of the spider man in TII): http://boingboing.net/2009/08/01/michael-jackson-want.html
http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/07/30/what-if-michael-jackson-made-spider-man-stan-lee-explains-how-it-almost-happened/
Watch the video there.
How about leaving in cinema and coming back in cinema.
That would be sooooo cool...
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(oh and does somebody else think the nose of Spider-Man is a little too little for being Mr. Garfield's? - Just kidding...)
My bad. Still I think the Michael and Marvel connection is cool.
It has been said that it's not published yet because there is no ending - apparently they were almost finished but didn't have the ending done (if my memory serves me correct). LOL. They'll finish it when Michael comes back.
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Oké, thank you.
It makes sense I think.
They just gave us a little peace of the hoax with Fated ... <!-- s;) -->;)<!-- s;) -->