Fox just bought the rights to a Stan Lee action adventure movie

Stan Lee is coming to the movies.

Yes, the iconic co-creator of Marvel Comics characters has made countless appearances in movies but this time, it’s a slice of Lee’s life that is getting the cinematic treatment. But not in the way you might expect.

Twentieth Century Fox, the studio behind the most Marvel movies after Disney and the studio behind the X-Men and Fantastic Four franchises, has acquired Lee’s life rights with a goal of creating a period action adventure movie, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.