Blogcritics: Comments on Does This Mean He's Not "The Man" Anymore?

Comment by richard kaplan

Tue, 16 Dec 2003 13:12:21 EST

i have an idea for Stan Lee.I would like to email him. do you have an address?

Comment by eddiehaskell

Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:31:11 EST

FYI On the Buchwald thing... One of the studio's main witnesses was UCLA screenwriting guru Richard Walters who said that all Mr. Buchwald gave to the studio was an idea and they get 1000s every day. The only problem was that the "idea" discussed was specifically of a black prince Coming To America. The jurors didn't buy it. Mr. Buchwald won a $900,000 judgement.

Comment by Al Barger

Fri, 11 Jul 2003 23:56:02 EDT

The Buchwald case looked totally bogus from what I could tell of it, though. That movie was all about Eddie Murphy doing Eddie Murphy stuff. What did Buchwald supposedly contribute? He had some kind of a treatment about a Prince going undercover as a commoner. Whoop de frickin' doo! Anybody ever hear of The Prince and the Flippin' Pauper? I don't know what money he ever actually collected, but I hope it weren't much.

Comment by Bill Sherman

Wed, 13 Nov 2002 23:53:12 EST

I tend to favor writer Mark Evanier's prognostication that the whole thing'll be settled out of court - but not before it's given Marvel a few squirmy moments in the press.
The whole story can't help but conjure up memories of Art Buchwald's famous lawsuit against the producers of Coming to America. Though the Eddie Murphy comedy made over $350 million, after Buchwald won writer's credit and a piece of the profits, the studio claimed the flick had made zero "net profit." To this day, it serves as a symbol of Hollywood bookkeeping at its snakiest. . .

Comment by Amber Nussbaum

Wed, 13 Nov 2002 22:50:37 EST

That sucks.

Comment by Chris Puzak

Wed, 13 Nov 2002 16:46:36 EST

True, Spider-Man has made 400 million dollars, but Lee's not getting a percentage of money from that. Lee's supposed to get a percentage of the money Marvel comics itself made. And Marvel, when they announced their Q3 earnings on October 31,had only made two million dollars off the movie. Marvel doesn't have a lot of business sense when it comes to licensing their characters to the movies. So even if Stan Lee wins this case, the amount of money he'll get will probbaly be so small he won't even be able to cover the lawyer's fees.