Mumbai, December, 2013: Stan Lee, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of POW! Entertainment and the co-creator of some of the world’s most popular superheroes including Spider-Man™, X-Men™, Fantastic Four™, Iron Man™, Hulk™, The Avengers™, and many others will discuss his first original superhero for India, ‘Chakra The Invincible, at the 4th edition of TEDxGateway. This will be Stan Lee’s First TEDx talk anywhere in the world.
Chakra The Invincible, a new animated film that recently launched on Cartoon Network India, was created by Stan at POW! Entertainment, working with director, Sharad Devarajan and Graphic India.
TEDxGateway will showcase an exclusive video from legendary
creator, Stan Lee, entitled “Secrets of Great Superheroes.” Through
the video, the comic book legend will reveal his process and storytelling
secrets for making great superhero characters.
Commenting
on the project Stan Lee said, “The incredible story of Chakra, one of my
latest and most exciting superhero creations promises to captivate audiences in
India and around the world with his adventures. I am thrilled to share some of
my thoughts on creating great superheroes with the wonderful audience at TEDxGateway."
The
4th edition of TEDxGateway comprises
of speakers like Dr Shashi Tharoor, Minister of State
Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India, Pushpa Basnet, Nepali woman, who has been
working to promote the rights of children living behind bars with their
incarcerated parents, Franz Gastler,
co-founder of Yuwa which uses football to combat child marriage, illiteracy and
human trafficking, Jonathan Rives, a
poet and multimedia artist from New York City, Steve Winter, Director of Media for Panthera and photographer
with National Geographic, and others.
