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Joe Quesada Talks Marvel Television Opportunities

Rob Keyes — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 02:45:47 +0000

With the earth-shattering news last year of Disney acquiring Marvel, many wondered what opportunities such a merger would open doors to for the powerhouse comic publisher. Disney’s empire spans across many mediums including that of television with networks such as ABC for which the Marvel brand could – and will – take advantage of.

Earlier this summer, Marvel Entertainment launched a new division specific to television to be headed up by comic industry veteran Jeph Loeb and Marvel exec Dan Buckly. The new division would handle projects such as cartoons, straight-to-DVD features and what everyone would love to see one day, live-action Marvel television programs.

Back at San Diego Comic-Con, MTV asked Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada about their new-found situation under the ownership of Disney and how it ...

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Comic-Con 2010: Marvel Animation Panel

Kofi Outlaw — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:29:43 +0000

Marvel came to Comic-Con 2010 ready to debut their new animated shows while previewing what they have in store for their returning animated series, including Iron Man: Armored Adventures and Super Hero Squad.

Joe Quesada kicked things off by talking about the changes Marvel has been through in the last year (Disney) and introducing new head of (Marvel TV?) Jeph Loeb, who promised previews of the Iron Man Anime, and The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.

Loeb also made mention of Marvel developing a few live-action TV shows – though the animation panel wasn’t the place for that news . Stay tuned.

Charlie Adler, the voice of Doctor Doom on Super Hero Squad, opened the panel by jacking the microphone to unveil his evil ...

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Jeph Loeb To Head Marvel Television Division

Sandy Schaefer — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:37:50 +0000

Marvel will oversee any future television projects that involve its many lucrative characters and franchises via a new division, which has been appropriately dubbed “Marvel Television.”

The top dog that will run this new section of Marvel Entertainment will be none other than Jeph Loeb, an Eisner award-winning graphic novelist who has left his mark on both the comic book and TV industries.

Dan Buckly – Marvel’s publisher and president of print, animation and digital division – will work with Loeb in the new TV division as well. The two will be involved in any animated or live-action TV projects that come to fruition in the future, as well as all direct-to-DVD ventures.

Marvel continues to shape itself into quite the entertainment powerhouse with this move, as several of its properties – Spider-Man and X-Men ...

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C2E2: Marvel Animation Panel

Mike Eisenberg — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:07:45 +0000

Marvel Animation held a panel at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) this weekend led by Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada and producer Josh Fine to discuss the state of the Marvel’s animated entertainment branch. If you enjoy the animated superheroes of television, this is the panel breakdown you want to read. Among others, Quesada and Fine discussed the future of shows like Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and The Super Hero Squad Show: Season 2.

Although I can’t show you the footage shown at the panel, it is worth noting that fans of The Super Hero Squad Show will be more than pleased. An exclusive clip from the television series was full of hilarious bits, including an extended gag poking fun at the conventions like C2E2. The style seems similar to the Adult Swim show Aqua Teen ...

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Joe Quesada Talks Captain America, Spider-Man 4 & More

Rob Keyes — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:25:01 +0000

Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada, a man who always makes the effort to talk to the fans, held his own Q&A at Big Apple Comic-Con over the weekend. While talking a ton about comics, characters and not being able to talk about the Disney merger, he did address some questions regarding some of the upcoming Marvel superhero movies.

Quesada fielded questions about Spider-Man 4, The First Avenger: Captain America and the new kid-focused cartoon series, Super Hero Squad Show. Read what he had to say after the jump – especially about what he says about the Cap movie!

Comic Book Resources was in attendance making note of what was said and when the subject of Marvel movies first came up from the series of fan questions, the first topic was that of Spider-Man ...

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Review: The Super Hero Squad Show

Rob Keyes — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:29:45 +0000

Marvel’s latest entrance into the young demographic is their new Cartoon Network series, The Super Hero Squad Show, based on the Hasbro toyline.

The toys and the series feature small exaggerated/cartoonish versions of all the popular Marvel characters and the show takes them all and combines them into The Super Hero Squad to fight a combination of villains from all of the different Marvel books.

Since I’m a Marvel fan I thought I’d give the show a viewing by checking out its premiere and tell you what I thought. Continue on to see my feelings on the series and to check out some pics for the series as well as a list of the incredible voice talent they’ve gathered to play our favourite Marvel characters.

In short, this is just a big pile of awesome for kids. For ...

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