A big screen biography centered on comic book legends Stan Lee and Jack Kirby is practically inevitable, and could indeed happen soon, with a script telling that exact story now featured on Franklin Leonard’s 2020 The Black List.
A cinematic depiction of the friendship, creative partnership and backstage drama between Stan Lee and Jack Kirby is certainly something that movie fans would be interested in seeing.
Kirby unfortunately died in 1994 at the age of 76, with Stan Lee sadly passing away in 2018.
While Excelsior! has not yet been picked up, The Black List has led to all sorts of projects being produced, including The Wrestler, Arrival, The Wolf of Wall Street and Looper.