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Call No: 753.5 MSC
Author: McSweeney, Terence
Source: US/UK
Place: London
Publisher: Wallflower Press published by Columbia University Press
PubDate: c2018
PhysDes: vii, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject: SUPERHEROES IN FILMS; HEROS IN FILMS; COMIC STRIP CHARACTERS IN FILMS; CRITICISM; MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT; IRON MAN (US, Jon Favreau, 2008); IRON MAN 2 (US, Jon Favreau, 2010); THOR (US, Kenneth Branagh, 2011); INCREDIBLE HULK, THE (US, Louis Leterrier, 2008); CAPTAIN AMERICA : THE FIRST AVENGER (US, Joe Johnston, 2011); AVENGERS, THE (US, Joss Whedon, 2012); IRON MAN 3 (US/ C, Shane Black, 2013); THOR: THE DARK WORLD (US, Alan Taylor, 2013); CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER (US, Anthony Russo and Joe Russo, 2014); GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY (US/UK, James Gunn, 2014); ANT-MAN (US, Peyton Reed, 2015); AVENGERS : AGE OF ULTRON (US, Joss Whedon, 2015); CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR (US, Anthony Russo/Joe Russo, 2016)
Summary: "We are living in the age of the superhero and we cannot deny it. Avengers Assemble! is a vibrant and theoretically informed interrogation of one of the defining and most financially successful film franchises of the new millennium. In the first single-authored monograph on the topic of the Marvel cinematic universe, this book asks, "Why has the superhero genre reemerged so emphatically in recent years?" In an age where people have stopped going to the cinema as frequently as they used to, they returned to it in droves for the superhero film. What is it about these films that has resonated with audiences all around the globe? Are they just disposable pop culture artifacts or might they have something interesting to say about the fears and anxieties of the world we live in today? Beginning with Iron Man in 2008, this study provocatively explores both the cinematic and the televisual branches of the series across ten dynamic and original chapters from a diverse range of critical perspectives which analyse their status as an embodiment of the changing industrial practices of the blockbuster film and their symbolic potency as affective cultural artifacts that are profoundly immersed in the turbulent political climate of the era in which they were made." -- BOOK BACK COVER
Notes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references and index; Also issued online
ISBN: 9780231186254
Donation: Senses of Cinema
Contents: 1. 'That's how Dad did it, that's how America does it ... and it's worked out pretty well so far' : The Stark doctrine in Iron Man and Iron Man 2 -- 2. Allegorical narratives of gods and monsters : Thor and The Incredible Hulk -- 3. State fantasy and the superhero : (Mis)remembering World War II in Captain America : The First Avenger -- 4. 'Seeing ... still working on believing!' : The ethics and aesthetics of destruction in The Avengers -- 5. 'Nothing's been the same since New York' : Ideological continuity and change in Iron Man 3 and Thor : The Dark World -- 6. 'The world has changed and none of us can go back' : The illusory moral ambiguities of the Post-9/11 superhero in Captain America : The Winter Soldier -- 7. Blurring the boundaries of genre and gender in Guardians of the Galaxy and Ant-Man -- 8. 'Isn't that why we fight? So we can end the fight and go home?' : The enduring American monomyth in Avengers : Age of Ultron -- 9. 'What does S.H.I.E.L.D. stand for?' : The MCU on the small screen in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Marvel's Agent Carter -- 10. The necessary vigilantism of the defenders : Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist.

Call No: 210.31(73) FRI
Author: Fritz, Ben
Source: US
Place: Boston
Publisher: Eamon Dolan Book/ Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
PubDate: 2018
PhysDes: xxv, 278 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject: SONY CORPORATION; MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT; AMAZON; NETFLIX; IMAX; WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS; BUENA VISTA INTERNATIONAL; WARNER BROS.; FRANCHISES; STAR WARS [...] (US, 1977-2015)
Summary: "The stunning metamorphosis of twenty-first-century Hollywood and what lies ahead for the art and commerce of film. In the past decade, Hollywood has endured a cataclysm on a par with the end of silent film and the demise of the studio system. Stars and directors have seen their power dwindle, while writers and producers lift their best techniques from TV, comic books, and the toy biz. The future of Hollywood is being written by powerful corporate brands like Marvel, Amazon, Netflix, and Lego, as well as censors in China. Ben Fritz chronicles this dramatic shakeup with unmatched skill, bringing equal fluency to both the financial and entertainment aspects of Hollywood. He dives deeply into the fruits of the Sony hack to show how the previous model, long a creative and commercial success, lost its way. And he looks ahead through interviews with dozens of key players at Disney, Marvel, Netflix, Amazon, IMAX, and others to discover how they have reinvented the business. He shows us, for instance, how Marvel replaced stars with "universes," and how Disney remade itself in Apple's image and reaped enormous profits. But despite the destruction of the studios' traditional playbook, Fritz argues that these seismic shifts signal the dawn of a new heyday for film. The Big Picture shows the first glimmers of this new golden age through the eyes of the creative mavericks who are defining what our movies will look like in the new era." -- Book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-263) and index.
ISBN: 9780544789760
Contents: A notes on sources ix -- Introduction: Groundhog Day-How franchises killed originality in Hollywood xii -- Part 1: How Hollywood got here -- The Odd Couple: Lynton and Pascal's glory days at Sony -- Reality Bites: How everything went wrong for the movie business -- Inception: The secret origin of the superhero movie -- Revenge of the Nerds: The rise of Marvel Studios -- Spiderman: Homecoming- why Sony gave up its most valuable asset -- Star Wars: The decline of the A-list -- A Star is Born: Netflix, the new home for movie stars -- Frozen: Why studios stopped making mid-budget dramas -- Trading places: How tv stole movies' spot atop Hollywood -- Part 2: Where Hollywood is headed -- The Terminator: Disney, the perfect studio for the franchise age -- The Producers: Creativity meets franchise managment -- The Shop Around the Corner: Amazon saves the indie film business -- Apt Pupil: China's shifting relationship with Hollywood -- Field of Dreams: Studio defectors and the future of nonfranchise films -- The Last Picture Show?

Call No: 203 ELB
Author: Elberse, Anita
Source: US
Place: New York
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
PubDate: 2013
PhysDes: 307 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject: INDUSTRY, FILM. USA; INDUSTRY, TV. USA; WARNER BROS.; SPORT ON TV; MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT
Summary: Explores "what's behind the phenomenal success of entertainment businesses such as Warner Bros., Marvel Entertainment, and the NFL--along with such stars as Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, and LeBron James--[and] which strategies give leaders in film, television, music, publishing, and sports an edge over their rivals"--Dust jacket flap
ISBN: 9780805094336
Contents: Betting on blockbusters -- Launching and managing blockbusters -- Investing in superstars -- How superstars use their powers -- Will digital technology end the dominance of blockbusters? -- Will digital technology threaten powerful producers? -- The future of blockbuster strategies -- No business like show business?

Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; BLOCKBUSTERS
Author: Shearer, Geoff
PhysDes: Clippings File Article
Subject: BLOCKBUSTERS; MONSTERS IN FILMS; MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT; WARNER BROS.; COMIC STRIP CHARACTERS IN FILMS
Summary: Looking at the trend of blockbuster Hollywood films that use storylines and characters from other films to create crossover universes. Some of the key studios undertaking this include: Marvel Entertainment, Warner Brothers DC, Legendary Pictures, and Unviersal Studios

Call No: 753.5 BUR
Author: Burke, Liam
Source: US
Place: Jackson
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
PubDate: c2015
PhysDes: viii, 372 pages ; 24 cm
Subject: ADAPTATIONS; MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT; CARTOONS; COMIC STRIPS AND THE CINEMA; COMIC STRIP CHARACTERS IN FILMS; COMIC STRIPS
Summary: "In the summer of 2000 X-Men surpassed all box office expectations and ushered in an era of unprecedented production of comic book film adaptations. This trend, now in its second decade, has blossomed into Hollywood's leading genre. From superheroes to Spartan warriors, The Comic Book Film Adaptation offers the first dedicated study to examine how comic books moved from the fringes of popular culture to the center of mainstream film production. Through in-depth analysis, industry interviews, and audience research, this book charts the cause-and-effect of this influential trend. It considers the cultural traumas, business demands, and digital possibilities that Hollywood faced at the dawn of the twenty-first century. The industry managed to meet these challenges by exploiting comics and their existing audiences. However, studios were caught off-guard when these comic book fans, empowered by digital media, began to influence the success of these adaptations. Nonetheless, filmmakers soon developed strategies to take advantage of this intense fanbase, while codifying the trend into a more lucrative genre, the comic book movie, which appealed to an even wider audience. Central to this vibrant trend is a comic aesthetic in which filmmakers utilize digital filmmaking technologies to engage with the language and conventions of comics like never before.The Comic Book Film Adaptation explores this unique moment in which cinema is stimulated, challenged, and enriched by the once-dismissed medium of comics" -- LIBRARIES AUSTRALIA
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN: 9781628462036
Contents: -- acknowledgments -- introduction -- The Golden Age of Comic Book Filmmaking -- The Comic Book Movie Genre -- Fans, Fidelity, and the Grammar of Value -- A Comic Aesthetic -- How to Adapt Comics the Marvel Way -- the future of the comic book movie -- North American box-office totals for comic book film adaptations -- notes -- works cited -- index --

Author: Stephenson, Chris
PhysDes: Article
Subject: COMIC STRIPS AND THE CINEMA; MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT
Summary: Stephenson loves comics in both traditional formats and new media because, despite being super heroes, the characters are eternally relatable and have a valiable lesson for content

Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT
Author: Maddox, Garry
PhysDes: Clippings File Article
Subject: MARVEL ENTERTAINMENT
Summary: The Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane is to feature the largest Marvel Entertainment related exhibition ever from May to September 2017, including costumes, props and art from various Marvel films