Stan Lee, the creative force behind Marvel’s Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, X-Men and Fantastic Four comic-book franchises, is introducing a brand-new superhero to television audiences. The live-action feature LightSpeed will premiere on SCI FI Channel on July 26 at 9 p.m. (ET/PT).
The latest in a series of projects spilling forth from Lee’s POW! Ent., LightSpeed stars Smallville’s Jason Connery (son of Sean Connery) as Daniel Leight, a government agent who survives a deadly mishap and realizes he has the power to run at the speed of light. Harnessing this new skill, Leight becomes LightSpeed and takes on the villainous Python, the half-man, half-snake result of an experiment gone awry. Former Baywatch babe Nicole Eggert and The Six Million Dollar Man star Lee Majors turn in supporting performances.
A production of FWE Picture Company, LightSpeed is directed and shot by veteran camera operator Don E. FauntLeRoy and exec produced by Jeff Franklin (Stuart Little). Steve Latshaw (Curse of the Komodo, Raptor Island 2: Raptor Planet) and John Gray wrote the screenplay.
Lee formed POW! Ent. (Purveyors of Wonder) with award winning producer Gill Champion and intellectual property specialist Arthur Lieberman esq. The compay is also bringing the reality series Who Wants to Be a Superhero to SCI FI on July 27 at 9 p.m. In addition, POW! is 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 home video releases starring well-known public figures living out their superhero fantasies.
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