| Mosaic | |
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| Directed by | Roy Allen Smith |
| Written by | Stan Lee (story) Scott Lobdell |
| Starring | Anna Paquin Kirby Morrow Cam Clarke Gary Chalk Nicole Oliver |
| Editing by | Shawn Logue |
| Distributed by | Anchor Bay Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | January 9, 2007 |
| Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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| IMDb profile | |
Mosaic is an animated superhero film about a new character created by Stan Lee. It features the voices of Anna Paquin, Kirby Morrow, and Cam Clarke. It was released under the Stan Lee Presents banner, which is a series of direct-to-DVD animated films distributed by POW Entertainment with Anchor Bay Entertainment. The story was by Stan Lee, with the script by former X-Men writer Scott Lobdell.
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Plot
It is the story of an aspiring young actress named Maggie (Paquin) who gains chameleon-like powers after she is exposed to an electrical storm and a magic rune. Her powers are from a secret and ancient race called the Chameliel, who are able to hide in plain sight due to their shape shifting abilities. Maggie and a Chamelial named Mosaic (Morrow) must battle another Chameliel named Maniken who is intent on gaining the power of his dead wife and ruling the world. [1] [2] Mosaic was released on DVD on January 9, 2007, and had its television premiere on March 10, 2007, on Cartoon Network's Toonami. [3]
Cast
- Anna Paquin - Maggie Nelson
- Kirby Morrow - Morrow (Mosaic)
- Cam Clarke - Stephan, Italian Captain
- Ron Halder - Manikin
- Gary Chalk - Nathan Nelson
- Nicole Oliver - Agent Newell
- Jim Ward - Tour Guide, Belligerent Detective
- Kathleen Barr - Facade, Mrs. Nottenmyer
- Scott McNeil - Mr. Bullwraith, Landlord
- Stan Lee - Stanley
Trivia
- Anna Paquin is no stranger to Stan Lee and his Marvel Comics creations starring as Rogue in the X-Men films.
- Stan Lee made an animated appearance in this movie as a security guard named "Stanley."
- At one point, Maggie is trying her powers climbing a wall and a little kid with his mother sees her climbing the walls and says, "Look, Mommy! She's like Spider-Man!" which the mother says, "You've been reading too many comic books, young man!" another one of Stan Lee's creations and a parody of his first comic book appearance as Peter tries out his powers climbing a wall and instead of saying he looks like Spider-Man the little boy says, "Look, Mommy! That man's crawling on the wall!" The mother says, "That is the last horror movie I take you to, young man!"
- Manikin transform into the Lizard to battle Maggie, like the one of Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's creations of the Lizard, Spider-Man's arch enemy.
- The plays that Maggie performs at the beginning and the end are A Midsummer Night's Dream (she performs Puck's last lines in a local performance theater) and Hamlet both written by William Shakespeare.
- Given the open-ended conclusion of the film, there may be a possibility for a sequel or series. There are, however, no current plans for such a continuation.
- Stan Lee wrote a special comic featuring the characters from the movie.
- The movie is apparently set in the same universe as The Condor, another animated film created by Stan Lee. A picture of him is seen on the newspaper Mosaic reads on the plane. It is unclear wether the earlier live action Stan Lee present's film Lightspeed is also in this universe.
References
External links
- Mosaic at the Internet Movie Database
