THE STORY EXPLORES A SUPERHERO IN THE AGE OF THE INTERNET.
>>> SO TELL ME ABOUT THE
PROJECT.
PROJECT. WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE EXPECT?
>> FIRST AND FOREMOST A CLASSIC
STAN LEE STORY.
THE PROJECT IS TO IMBUED WITH
HIS SENSIBILITY, HIS VOICE, THE
WAY HE SAW THE WORLD.
>> WHAT’S THE STORY ABOUT?
>> I’M TERRIFIED I’M GOING TO
SPOIL IT AND IT’S GOING TO COME
POURING OUT.
POURING OUT. BROAD STROKES, YOU’LL MEET A
YOUNG MAN NAMED CAMERON.
>> THIS IS THE LAST DAY IN THE
ORDINARY LIFE OF CAMERON AT
ATKERSON.
ATKERSON. >> AND A YOUNG WOMAN NAMED MIA
AND THEIR CONNECTION WITH EACH
OTHER IS SOMETHING POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO EITHERDESTROY IT ENTIR
>> YOU GUYS ARE CARRYING QUITE
THE TORCH RVEGS.
TELL ME ABOUT IT.
>> I MET STAN IN THE YEAR 2000.
AT THAT POINT HE WAS KRR ENVERY
ENTHUSIASTIC AND OPTIMISTIC
ABOUT WHAT THE INTERNET COULD
MEAN FOR EVERYONE.
THERE’S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING LIKE
IT.
IT. CUT TO A DECADE AND A HALF LATER
WHEN WE STARTED IDEATING ABOUT
THIS PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT. IT SEEMED TO BE ACTUALLY
DEHUMANIZING US.
DEHUMANIZING US. IT WAS MAKING IT SO THAT WE
WEREN’T SEEING THE PEOPLE ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE SCREEN AS
HUMAN AND WE WERE LOSING THAT
HUMAN CONNECTION.
HUMAN CONNECTION. AND THIS STORY IS VERY MUCH
ABOUT FINDING THE HUMAN
CONNECTION.
CONNECTION. >> HOW DO WE SEE STAN’S HAND IN
THIS?
THIS? WHERE WILL PEOPLE FEEL HIS
PRESENCE?
PRESENCE? >> WITH STAN THE QUESTION IS
WHAT IF.
WHAT IF. HE ASKS THESE KINDS OF
QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS. I WAS INFINITELY CURIOUS ABOUT
THE WORLD.
THE WORLD. THE QUESTIONS REALLY STARTED AT
WHAT IS MORE REAL, THE WORLD
WE’RE BORN INTO OR THE ONE WE
CREATE FOR OURSELVES.
>> WHAT IS MORE REAL, THE WORLD
WE ARE BORN INTO OR ONE WE
CREATE OURSELVES?
CREATE OURSELVES? >> IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARILY
PRESCIENT QUESTION AND SOMETHING
THAT IS THE FOUNDATION TO BUILD
OFF OF ALL OF THESE CHARACTERS.
THAT’S WHAT IS SO EXCITED ABOUT
WORKING WITH STAN IS WHAT ARE
HIS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WORLD.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE IN TYPICAL
STAN LEE FASHION, ONE OF HIS
LAST MOVES WAS ONCE AGAIN TO
CAPTURE THIS CULTURAL MOMENT.
>> THE SUPERHERO IDIOM INVOLVES
ISSUES OF IDENTITY.
YOU HAVE SPIDER MAN AND PETER
PARKER AND HOW DO THESE
INTERACT.
INTERACT. IN THE MODERN AGE WE ALL HAVE
VIRTUAL IDENTITIES.
VIRTUAL IDENTITIES. WE HAVE ALTER EGOS THAT WE
PRESENT TO THE WORLD THROUGH
SOCIAL MEDIA, WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND WHAT IS THE INTERPLAY AND
HOW DO THOSE TWO PERSONAS
INTERACT AND WHAT’S THE DYNAMIC.
>> THE PLATFORM IS ALSO
INTERESTING.
INTERESTING. CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT WHY
YOU CHOSE AUDIO FOR THIS?
>> STAN GOT REALLY EXCITED ABOUT
THE FACT THAT HE’D NEVER REALLY
DONE AN AUDIO IMMERSIVE
EXPERIENCE.
EXPERIENCE. FINDING SOMETHING STAN HASN’T
DONE A MILLION TIMES BEFORE --
>> A CHALLENGE.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. HE REALLY GRAVITATED TOWARD
THAT.
THAT. WHAT I LOVED ABOUT IT WAS THE
FANS WOULD BE ABLE TO VISUALIZE
THE STORY UNLIKE A COMIC BOOK
WHERE’S PRESENTED TO YOU.
AND THE FANS COULD ESSENTIALLY
BE HIS COLLABORATORS.
THEY COULD CREATE THEIR OWN
VERSION OF IT.
>> THIS IS AN AMAZING
OPPORTUNITY TO MARRY THIS VERY
CONTEMPORARY STORY, CONTEMPORARY
PLOT AND CONTEMPORARY CHARACTERS
WITH THE OLDEST FORM OF STORY
TELLING.
TELLING. THERE’S NOTHING MORE ELEMENTAL
THAN SITTING AROUND A CAMPFIRE,
SOMETHING SOMEBODY TELL YOU THE
STORY IN THEIR VOICE.
>> HOW DO YOU THINK STAN WOULD
RESPOND?
RESPOND? >> I THINK HE WOULD BE HIS UN
ENTHUSIASTIC JOVIAL SELF.
I WISH HE COULD HAVE HEARD IT.
>> IT FEELS LIKE HE’S PRESENT
STILL IN A WAY.
HE’S SUCH A PART OF THIS.
IT’S LIKE HIS EXCITEMENT IS