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	Avi Arad Biography - Comic book escape, The story of Marvel, Marvel revived
		Avi Arad was born in Poland, but soon after his birth his parents took their young son to live in Israel.
		Arad and Perlmutter tried to advise Perelman that he was sitting on a gold mine, and that Marvel characters had the potential to be marketed in many ways.
		Arad, however, believed the story had a special appeal for kids, since it focused on the exploits of a group of outsiders (known as mutants because of their special powers) who are shunned by society because they are different.
	www.notablebiographies.com /news/A-Ca/Arad-Avi.html (2413 words)

	Avi Arad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Arad can be seen in the movie X-Men as a diplomat at a party.
		On July 4, 2003, Arad became a naturalized citizen of the United States.
		And you saw 'Family Man', which is totally different, a very emotional story.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Avi_Arad (176 words)

	Marvel.com - Execs
		Avi Arad, has been Chief Creative Officer of the Company and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company's Marvel Studios Division (which is responsible for motion picture and television licensing and development) since October 1998.
		Arad was President and Chief Executive Officer of New World Animation, a media production company under common control with MEG, from April 1993 until February 1997 and held the same position at the Marvel Studios division of MEG from February 1997 until November 1997.
		Avi Arad (class II), has been Chief Creative Officer of the Company and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company's Marvel Studios Division (which is responsible for motion picture and television licensing and development) since October 1998.
	www.marvel.com /company/execs.htm (2009 words)

	Moviehole.net - Avi Arad leaves Marvel
		Arad resigned as chairman and CEO of Marvel Studios and chief creative officer of parent company Marvel Entertainment and created Avi Arad Prods., he said Wednesday.
		Arad said he will remain a creative adviser to Marvel Studios for the rest of the year, and he'll keep his office at Marvel's Beverly Hills location for the foreseeable future.
		Arad and Feige couldn't say which Marvel character -- Hulk, for the second time since 2003, or Iron Man -- would hit theaters first under the new arrangement, only that at least one of them would be out in 2008.
	www.moviehole.net /news/20060601_avi_arad_leaves_marvel.html (846 words)

	Avi Arad News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Avi Arad has finally chosen the villain for the second Hulk movie and the winner is "Abomination", a former Yugoslav spy who has mutated into a 980-pound freak of terrifying strength and unpleasant demeanor.
		For that villain of 'Hulk 2', producer Avi Arad has chosen one of his favorite baddies: Abomination, a former Yugoslav spy who has mutated into a 980-pound freak of terrifying strength and unpleasant demeanor.
		On February 15th the Associated Press sat down with Avi Arad and discussed the possibility of an adaptation of Captain America.
	rss.topix.net /who/avi-arad (405 words)

	Movies - Avi Arad called us Idiots - Jinxworld Forums
		Arad, who was close to hiring Ratner several times previously, is just confused by all the vitriol.
		Arad won't confirm or deny any specific changes, but he says that Ratner has, indeed, already left his fingerprints all over the script, originally written by Zak Penn and Simon Kinberg.
		Working in Arad's favor is the overwhelming fan community support for the first two "X-Men" and "Spider-Man" films, as well as the fact that all four films have reached blockbuster status.
	www.606studios.com /bendisboard/showthread.php?t=21531&page=1&pp=10 (1247 words)

	Shared - Movies - Interviews - A - Arad Avi 062005
		Like Professor X looming over the students of his School for Gifted Youngsters, Avi Arad is the father figure of Marvel Studios, studying the development of the comic company's most promising stars and deciding when — and how — they will get their chance to dazzle moviegoers.
		Arad says it will have a PG-13 rating and a "Southern rock" soundtrack and ethos, and that one scene will feature the motorcycle-riding protagonist facing the unlikely challenge of a tidal wave.
		As for a sequel to 2004's "The Punisher," Arad confirms that Jigsaw will be the villain and that, with the first movie, "blood and intestines should have been blown out on the wall, because that's the Punisher." He added that the sequel will be among a handful of Marvel films with an R rating.
	www.mtv.com /shared/movies/interviews/a/arad_avi_062005 (1640 words)

	February 20, 2004 - Avi Arad Interview
		ARAD: Polite skeptical couldn't figure out how to make these movies Obviously, CGI in the last ten years has gone through such leaps and bounds that today, people are looking for these kinds of movies to wow audiences with technology.
		ARAD: The word "Marvel" wasn't even on the movie, because we had some people in the war between my partner and I and Eichen and his people that didn't want to put "Marvel" on it because it was an R-rated movie.
		ARAD: But then when you saw him lifting the tank or going up on a jet, or emptying the soldiers out of the tank I mean, there were a lot of things about the Hulk I actually love the opening, with the little boy.
	www.thepunisher.com /past_news/february_2004/arad_interview.html (5346 words)

	Marvel Studios CEO Exits - In 'X-Men' aftermath, Arad starts new production shingle - Zap2it
		Avi Arad, both a fanboy hero and villain as the head of Marvel Studios, has ditched his role with the company in favor of starting his own production venture.
		Arad's decision to change his role at the company came in the immediate aftermath of one of his biggest successes.
		The Arad legacy, though, may be the $525 million debt facility the company arranged last year to allow Marvel to operate as an independent production arm with ownership over its characters and film rights.
	www.zap2it.com /movies/news/zap-aviaradexitsmarvel,0,2541374.story?coll=zap-movies-headlines (413 words)

	Meet Avi Arad, the Man Who Launched the Superhero Craze
		Businessman Avi Arad may be the most influential human in the world of comic books.
		Arad: The bigger the movie, the more the expectation that you'll see something new.
		Arad: It took two and a half years for this one shot of Sandman.
	www.wired.com /entertainment/hollywood/news/2007/05/spider_aviard (677 words)

	Marvel studios CEO is a ‘kid in a very big candy store’ - INQ7.net (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Arad, born in Israel in 1948, was part of Toy Biz when he began collaborating with Marvel, and gained greater control and responsibility when Toy Biz acquired Marvel in 1998.
		Arad, who serves as a producer on the film, thinks the movie will win over audiences because of its focus: "'The Punisher' is a big part of the Marvel Universe.
		Arad also explains that Tom Jane (previously seen in "Deep Blue Sea" and "Dreamcatcher") was a good choice to don the skull-adorned shirt, notably Jane's first solo lead role.
	news.inq7.net /entertainment/index.php?index=1&story_id=14569 (1744 words)

	The New York Times > Movies > Does Whatever a Spider (and a C.E.O.) Can
		Arad sometimes speaks of the "Marvel brand" or refers to the company's characters as "intellectual property." More often, though, he talks about the comics as "literature" with the universal resonance of Greek myth.
		Arad started his own toy-design business when he realized that, as a mere employee, he wouldn't be sharing in the air hockey profits.
		Arad said, is to capture the internal conflicts that have kept the characters compelling through decades of publication.
	www.nytimes.com /2004/06/27/movies/27LEVI.html?ex=1403668800&en=1bc2716d07bee120&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND (1248 words)

	IGN: Avi Arad's Big Move
		Arad's resignation will not prevent him from being actively involved in Marvel's future flicks, namely Iron Man and the Hulk sequel; those are expected to be the first two pics financed and produced by Marvel under its new financing slate.
		Arad said during the conference call that he expects a director to be hired in the next 30-45 days for Hulk 2.
		The reign of Avi Arad, from Blade to Hulk!
	movies.ign.com /articles/710/710688p1.html (343 words)

	Exclusive Interview: Avi Arad for "Bratz"
		Israeli Avi Arad is best known as the producer of some of hollwood'ds biggest franchises, from X-Men to Spider-Man, and The Hulk and the upcoming Iron Man. So a movie about teenage girls bsased on a doll doesn't quite seem to be Avi's movie.
		But Arad is one of trhe key producers of Bratz and he predicts its success will lead to a sequel.
		Arad: Well the key attraction was I looked at the brand, as you know, I love brands, and my friend owns the company and I got involved and I looked at it and I said I know what story to tell.
	www.darkhorizons.com /news07/aviarad.php (1920 words)

	AskMen.com - Avi Arad
		Avi Arad could be the most influential producer of the last decade.
		Avi Arad was born in Cyprus in 1948.
		With not a single failure on his CV, Avi decided to step down as the CEO of Marvel Entertainment in May of 2006 to focus his energy on his own production company, Avi Arad Productions.
	www.askmen.com /toys/interview_200/238_avi_arad_interview.html (1239 words)

	Arad, the Iron Man of super-hero flicks, eyes gaming movies - May. 9, 2008
		Before Arad became involved in bringing Marvel characters to the big screen, comic nerds of my generation used to think that somehow Marvel's lineup lacked the genetic code necessary for the leap from page to action, unlike the heroes of rival DC Comics, particularly Superman and Batman.
		Arad holds producer titles on both these films, but few realize that these will be the last heroes he brings to the screen for Marvel.
		Arad had played a central role in reviving Marvel - which went through a dark period that included filing for bankruptcy protection in the 1990s - as a quasi-studio and not just a licensor of its well-known characters to others.
	money.cnn.com /2008/05/08/magazines/fortune/Siklos_Avram.fortune/index.htm (1063 words)

	IESB.net - Movie News, Reviews, Interviews and More! - Exclusive Interview: Avi Arad and the IESB Go 1:1!
		Avi Arad: Itâs always difficult, depends on the difficulty, getting it made, no, but what to make the movie about, what is the theme, the creative, itâs not difficult, itâs challenging but itâs not difficult, actually itâs a pleasure so I donât view it as difficult, I just view it as challenging.
		Arad: As soon as we are ready to shoot it, every time we go to place someone shows up with a camera, we want to manage the way it comes out, so we can do a first look and it ties in with the film schedule.
		Arad: (Laughter) I donât know where that came from, you should know that every time someone said that they went to a screening of a Marvel property, they are full of it.
	iesb.net /index.php?option=com_ezine&task=read&page=1&category=2&article=2344 (1543 words)

	First Mutant's Mutant X Warehouse - Mutant X Interview Transcripts: Avi Arad
		Avi Arad: Comics Continuum 5/01 interview, on A Palladium Universe (An excerpt from this interview is also on Scifi Wire)
		Marvel's Avi Arad said that Mutant X, the upcoming live-action television series, will take a different approach to genetics and mutation than Marvel has done in the past.
		Arad, who created the concept with Rick Ungar, said the series was originally called Genome X. "The thing that prompted me was that it was the right time to do it," Arad said.
	www.greatestjournal.com /users/firstmutant/23438.html (425 words)

	COMICON.com: WIZ WORLD LA FANTASTIC FOUR MOVIE w/ARAD & EVANS
		Arad joked before explaining to the audience that the appropriate technology and script were crucial to creating the right movie.
		Arad where based on internet rumors and speculation and were all handled with an adequate amount of obscurity and side-stepping.
		Arad said that there was no bad blood and that what happened was simply how the business works.
	www.comicon.com /cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=003577 (996 words)

	Interview with Avi Arad about upcoming Marvel Comics films - tpwwforums.com
		As for a sequel to 2004's "The Punisher," Arad confirms that Jigsaw will be the villain and that, with the first movie, "blood and intestines should have been blown out on the wall, because that's the Punisher." He added that the sequel will be among a handful of Marvel films with an R rating.
		Of course, there are plenty of Marvel superheroes currently in a state of superlimbo after audiences received their first film adventures with mixed responses.
		Arad says the recent reinvigoration of Batman and DC Comics' upcoming slate of Superman and Wonder Woman movies doesn't scare him.
	www.tpww.net /forums/showthread.php?t=32210 (2031 words)

	Avi Arad - Trailer - Showtimes - Cast - Movies - The New York Times
		Early pre-studio jobs for Arad included being a soldier in the Israeli army, a toy designer, and a rental-car salesman; in time, he became one of Tinseltown's most powerful players.
		The Cyprus-born Arad reportedly learned to read by studying comic books as a young boy, which foreshadowed his subsequent involvement with the Marvel corporation.
		Avi Arad, the chairman and chief executive of Marvel Studios, is the king of the summer comic book movie.
	movies.nytimes.com /person/242576/Avi-Arad (349 words)

	Avi Arad
		Avi Arad will team up with Wowwee Ltd. to make a partly-animated feature film about their toy Robosapien.
		Avi Arad talks about upcoming Fantastic Four, M-Men, Spiderman and Iron Man cartoons, producing future movies in house, and recasting the Hulk.
		Avi Arad is recasting the Bruce Banner role for next Hulk film, which he will produce.
	www.suite101.com /reference/avi_arad (285 words)

	Avi Arad Interview, BRATZ - MoviesOnline
		Avi explains, "I felt that there is a story to be told to young girls that has to do with empowerment, with believing in yourself.
		AVI ARAD: Well, comic books are metaphors of real life and I fell in love with the idea of the Bratzâs diversity story.
		AVI ARAD: My high school experience was weird because I lived at a time when television didnât exist in Israel and I was a fantasy books/comic book guy and that wasnât very popular.
	www.moviesonline.ca /movienews_12529.html (2172 words)

	Avi Arad Making Robosapien Movie - ComingSoon.net
		The former CEO and Chairman of Marvel Studios, Avi Arad, toy industry legend and a self proclaimed comic book fanatic, has been the driving force behind the enormously successful resurgence of movies based on comic book characters.
		Arad is the producer of Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3; X-Men: The Last Stand; Ghost Rider; The Hulk; Daredevil; The Punisher; Elektra; and Fantastic Four.
		Arad is currently working on Bratz: The Movie, a live-action film based on MGA's popular doll line, Bratz.
	www.comingsoon.net /news/movienews.php?id=19232 (393 words)

	ComicsPriceGuide.com - Avi Arad Making Robosapien Movie
		The former CEO and Chairman of Marvel Studios, Avi Arad, toy industry legend and a self proclaimed comic book fanatic, has been the driving force behind the enormously successful resurgence of movies based on comic book characters.
		Arad is the producer of Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3; X-Men: The Last Stand; Ghost Rider; The Hulk; Daredevil; The Punisher; Elektra; and Fantastic Four.
		Arad is currently working on Bratz: The Movie, a live-action film based on MGA's popular doll line, Bratz.
	www.comicspriceguide.com /forum2/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=37446 (313 words)

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