Stan Lee, the comic-book legend behind Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four and X-Men, has joined forces with SCI FI Channel and Nash Ent. to produce a weekly reality series titled Who Wants to Be a Superhero? Six hour-long episodes are being produced by Nash, the company that brought you the primetime series Meet My Folks, For Love or Money and Who Wants to Mary My Dad?
Contestants on Who Wants to e A Superhero? Will create their own crime-fighting alter egos and compete against each other for a shot at comic-book immortality. Thousands of hopefuls will be whittled down to 11 finalists, who will all live together in a secret lair for six weeks. Each week, they will be challenged with competitions that test their courage, integrity, self-sacrifice, compassion and resourcefulness. The winner will have his or her character brought to life in a new comic book created by Lee and in an original SCI FI Channel movie.
The series is one of many projects in the works for Lee’s POW! Ent.
The company is also developing an animated TV special titled Stan Lee’s Superhero Christmas, and is working with Celebrities in Action to produce The Fantasy Zone, a series of hoe video releases starring well-known public figures living out their superhero fantasies. For more information on Who Wants to Be a Superhero?, go to www.scifi.com/superhero/.
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