Stan Lee to Make TV Drama 'Lucky Man'
Reknown comic book creator Stan Lee is doing a different kind of superhero story, this time for TV. Deadline reported that Lee is teaming up with Carnival Films, the same outfit that brought to TV "Downton Abbey," to work on a new drama series called "Lucky Man."
"Lucky Man" was reportedly ordered by British network Sky1, which will be a 10-part one-hour long series. It will be Lee's first time to work in British TV, particularly the drama genre. It will be aired sometime in 2016. NBC Universal will distribute the series internationally.
Actor James Nesbitt, of "The Missing" has been cast to play the lead role in the series. Other cast members are Eve Best as the wife, Sienna Guillory, Amara Karan, Darren Boyd, Omid Djalili, Jing Lusi and Kenneth Tsang.
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"Lucky Man" will be based on a character created by Lee. As he is well known for his superhero creations such as Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man, among others, his story for "Lucky Man" is focused on a different kind of superhero.
The "lucky man" is Harry Clayton, a down and out of luck cop working in a Murder Squad in Central London. His wife and child has left him and he owes a ton of debt to a local crime lord because of his gambling. His luck changes when he is given a charm by some mysterious woman that apparently lets him control luck itself.
According to another report in the Den of Geek, luck has always fascinated Lee.
"Luck has always been a fascinating subject to me, and I am excited to finally share that fascination with audiences around the world," he said.
One of the show's producers, Richard Fell of Carnival Films calls it "a different superhero show — Stan has come up with an absolutely brilliant idea; something that we can all relate to. What if you could control luck? Would that be the greatest thing you could give someone, or their worst nightmare? It's a twist which brings the whole superhero genre right back down to Earth, which we hope will appeal to the Sky1 audience."
