MARVEL RENAISSANCE
MARVEL UNIVERS
Documentaries by Philippe Guedj and Philippe Roure / France (2013 and 2015)
X-Men, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Batman, Superman, Captain America, Avengers, Wolverine... Since 2000, superheroes have truly escaped their original comic books to invade Hollywood and our cultural landscape. Today, they are everywhere.
They've come a long way: in the late 1990s, they nearly disappeared forever, swept away by the financial collapse of Marvel, a major publisher of comics in the United States. Declared bankrupt at the end of 1996, how did Marvel miraculously recover to become, fifteen years later, a powerful film studio acquired for a fortune by Disney? Who are the two men who, behind the scenes, orchestrated Marvel's incredible transformation and revolutionized the entire entertainment industry?
From New York to Los Angeles, this documentary delves into the behind-the-scenes story of a spectacular renaissance with colossal industrial stakes. A financial and cultural epic, but also an extraordinary human adventure...
Marvel Renaissance (52'): March 7, 2014 on Canal+ and April 13, 2016 on France 4
Marvel Univers (78'): October 23, 2015 on Ciné+ Frisson
Directed and written by Philippe Guedj and Philippe Roure
Produced by Thierry Tripod, Joachim Landau and Raphaël Rocher
Official Selection - Utopiales Festival Nantes (2014)
Official Selection - Glasgow Film Festival (2016)