Netflix is firming up its Indian content strategy, unveiling on Monday its first original series in the country, Sacred Games. The drama will be co-produced with Phantom Films whose founders include director Anurag Kashyap, director Vikramaditya Motwane and producer Madhu Mantena. Kashyap's latest title, Raman Raghav 2.0, premiered at Cannes' Directors' Fortnight this year. The partnership marks the first co-production for an original series between Netflix and an Indian banner. Phantom's other projects include Motwane's upcoming film version of Chakra The Invincible, Spider-Man creator Stan Lee's first Indian superhero property that has also aired on Cartoon
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- 6/6/2016
- by Nyay Bhushan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It may not be relevant to us here in the states, but this is a pretty big deal. i09 reports that Stan Lee's superhero Chakra The Invincible, an India-based superhero, will be getting his own Bollywood live action film!
Chakra The Invincible is a kid (or man depending on comic/movie) who uses a techno suit to access all his chakras, giving him superpowers. He first made his debut in a 2013 Cartoon Network India movie.
Man, that is some rough animation compared to our standards. Lee, of course, is excited about the project. All I want to know is whether or not he will be making an appearance in the film! I would love to see him in a choreographed dance scene!
Honestly, I want to see more foreign superhero films...can we make that happen?!
Chakra The Invincible is a kid (or man depending on comic/movie) who uses a techno suit to access all his chakras, giving him superpowers. He first made his debut in a 2013 Cartoon Network India movie.
Man, that is some rough animation compared to our standards. Lee, of course, is excited about the project. All I want to know is whether or not he will be making an appearance in the film! I would love to see him in a choreographed dance scene!
Honestly, I want to see more foreign superhero films...can we make that happen?!
- 4/27/2016
- by Mick Joest
- GeekTyrant
Mumbai-based Phantom Films is joining forces with Graphic India and Stan Lee’s Pow! Entertainment to co-produce a live-action feature, Chakra The Invincible, directed by Vikramaditya Motwane.
Motwane, a co-founder of Phantom Films, is working on the screenplay with Lee and Graphic India co-founder and CEO Sharad Devarajan. Phantom’s Madhu Mantena will produce with Devarajan and Pow! Entertainment’s Gill Champion.
Motwane’s agent, Datta Dave at Tulsea, brought the parties together and structured the arrangement.
Chakra The Invincible is the first Indian superhero created by Lee and Devarajan. The character was first launched as a kids animated film on Cartoon Network India two years ago. Three new animated TV movies are currently in production to be released on Cartoon Network and Toonami later this year.
Unlike the animated film, the live action version of Chakra will feature an older version of the character in his twenties, set against the backdrop of Mumbai.
“I’m a fan...
Motwane, a co-founder of Phantom Films, is working on the screenplay with Lee and Graphic India co-founder and CEO Sharad Devarajan. Phantom’s Madhu Mantena will produce with Devarajan and Pow! Entertainment’s Gill Champion.
Motwane’s agent, Datta Dave at Tulsea, brought the parties together and structured the arrangement.
Chakra The Invincible is the first Indian superhero created by Lee and Devarajan. The character was first launched as a kids animated film on Cartoon Network India two years ago. Three new animated TV movies are currently in production to be released on Cartoon Network and Toonami later this year.
Unlike the animated film, the live action version of Chakra will feature an older version of the character in his twenties, set against the backdrop of Mumbai.
“I’m a fan...
- 4/25/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Mumbai-based Phantom Films is joining forces with Graphic India and Stan Lee’s Pow! Entertainment to co-produce a live-action feature, Chakra The Invincible, directed by Vikramaditya Motwane.
Motwane, a co-founder of Phantom Films, is working on the screenplay with Lee and Graphic India co-founder and CEO Sharad Devarajan. Phantom’s Madhu Mantena will produce with Devarajan and Pow! Entertainment’s Gill Champion.
Motwane’s agent, Datta Dave at Tulsea, brought the parties together and structured the arrangement.
Chakra The Invincible is the first Indian superhero created by Lee and Devarajan. The character was first launched as a kids animated film on Cartoon Network India two years ago. Three new animated TV movies are currently in production to be released on Cartoon Network and Toonami later this year.
Unlike the animated film, the live action version of Chakra will feature an older version of the character in his twenties, set against the backdrop of Mumbai.
“I’m a fan...
Motwane, a co-founder of Phantom Films, is working on the screenplay with Lee and Graphic India co-founder and CEO Sharad Devarajan. Phantom’s Madhu Mantena will produce with Devarajan and Pow! Entertainment’s Gill Champion.
Motwane’s agent, Datta Dave at Tulsea, brought the parties together and structured the arrangement.
Chakra The Invincible is the first Indian superhero created by Lee and Devarajan. The character was first launched as a kids animated film on Cartoon Network India two years ago. Three new animated TV movies are currently in production to be released on Cartoon Network and Toonami later this year.
Unlike the animated film, the live action version of Chakra will feature an older version of the character in his twenties, set against the backdrop of Mumbai.
“I’m a fan...
- 4/25/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Stan Lee is going Bollywood. After launching Chakra The Invincible - his first Indian superhero comic character - back in 2011 as exclusively reported by THR, the legendary superhero creator is now developing a film version of the property. The project is being developed by Lee's Pow! Entertainment and Indian character entertainment company Graphic India. Lee and his producing partners, Gill Champion from Pow! Entertainment and Graphic India CEO Sharad Devarajan have been meeting with leading Bollywood directors, producers and writers to adapt Chakra as a Bollywood live action film. The original comics revolved around an Indian teenager, Raju Rai, a technology
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- 10/10/2014
- by Nyay Bhushan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The man behind some of the most iconic superheroes in history has a new creation. Stan Lee is behind Chakra The Invincible, an animated web series distributed through Rovio's Toons.TV online video platform. Chakra follows Raju Rai, a young Indian boy who becomes a superhero when he and his mentor develop an Iron Man suit that allows Raju to manipulate the powerful chakras within his body. Raju must then take on a menacingly-named group of supervillains: The Shattering Steelfist, Kildune, The Destroyer, Agni, The Living Flame, and Boss Yama. Here is the first episode, where Lee introduces his newest creation. Chakra The Invincible lives on Toons.TV, an animation video platform created by Rovio, the company best known for creating Angry Birds. In a press release, Lee made note of Rovio's most famous game while promoting the series. "Angry Birds! How about ‘Angry Stan’, I can’t win at that game!
- 3/14/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
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