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Ron Lach · Pexels · Pexels License
Film history13 Sep 2026No spoilers

Stan Lee in Film Credits: How to Investigate Authorship When a Signature Moves Between Character, Screenplay and Production

Stan Lee’s association with a film can mean very different things: that an adaptation draws on characters linked to his work in comics, that he held a production role, that he made a cameo, or that an economic agreement covered Marvel’s audiovisual exploitation. None of those forms of evidence, on its own, shows that he wrote, directed or controlled the finished film.

By MovieResort Editorial Team
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Mikhail Nilov · Pexels · Pexels License
Film history12 Sep 2026Moderate spoilers

From Playable Icon to Filmed Space: Two Models of Adaptation in The Super Mario Bros. Movie and A Minecraft Movie

The Super Mario Bros. Movie and A Minecraft Movie begin with worlds players learn by traversing, testing and altering them. In bringing them to the screen, they cannot retain that agency: they must replace it with framing, duration, sound and a fixed narrative route. The comparison makes it possible to distinguish between reproducing references and translating a game logic into audiovisual form.

By MovieResort Editorial Team