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Chinese film fans on Jan18 celebrated the return of Marvel movies to the country's cinemas after an absence of nearly four years.

Foreign films are tightly controlled in China, which imposes an annual release quota, and movies in the hugely popular Marvel franchises have been off the silver screen since the release of "Spider-Man: Far from Home" in July 2019.

The late Marvel Comics visionary Stan Lee will be the focus of an upcoming documentary.

Disney+ announced on Dec. 28, on what would have been Lee's 100th birthday, that an original documentary about him will arrive in 2023.

Lee, the co-creator of "Spider-Man," "The Avengers,"X-Men," along with hundreds of other characters, began his career in 1941.

In Hollywood's latest attempt to score in the huge - but highly restrictive - Chinese market, an Asian actor has been cast as a leading Marvel superhero for the first time.

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There will be only one T'Challa: Disney paid tribute to the late Chadwick Boseman on Dec. 10 by announcing that his pioneering role in "Black Panther" will not be recast in the sequel, as the company set out details of its upcoming Marvel superhero films and series.

Marvel President Kevin Feige is preparing a new Star Wars movie with Lucasfilm.

Walt Disney Studios co-president Alan Horn said it was logical for Feige and Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy to work together.

Walt Disney Co's Marvel Studios on July 20 unveiled a star-packed slate of superhero films for the next two years that includes Angelina Jolie in "The Eternals," Mahershala Ali in a remake of "Blade" and Natalie Portman as a female "Thor."

Greek artist Virginia Axioti's work is seen by thousands of people every week, but none of it is digital. As the designer of hand-painted billboards that hang over the entrance to Athens' Athinaion cinema advertising the newest film, she can count on a regular audience without having to embrace the internet.

Spider-Man: Homecoming" sees one of the most successful superheroes in movie history return to his comic book roots but the film's release is a landmark Hollywood event for a different reason.

The $175 million blockbuster brings together two corporate leviathans, Disney-owned Marvel and Sony, in a rare example of cooperation between rival studios on a major film.

Spider-Man: Homecoming" sees one of the most successful superheroes in movie history return to his comic book roots but the film's release is a landmark Hollywood event for a different reason.

The $175 million blockbuster brings together two corporate leviathans, Disney-owned Marvel and Sony, in a rare example of cooperation between rival studios on a major film.