Book excerpt: Wonder Woman is banned in Lebanon.Shazam was in development for 19 years.Justice League was nearly animated.Most people don't notice that Miley Cyrus stars in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.It took two years to edit Logan.In every film in The Dark Knight trilogy, the main villain pretends to be a henchman.Rhys Ifans despises comic books despite the fact he played the Lizard in Amazing Spider-Man.Originally, Thor was going to be played by two actors.Christian Bale put on 100lbs to play Batman.Will Smith nearly played Superman.Every US flag in Watchmen has 51 stars.Iron Man was rejected 30 times for being "too obscure."Anthony Hopkins and Hulk Hogan nearly played Mister Freeze.The film, Daredevil, is directly responsible for creating the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Stan Lee's favorite Marvel film is Spider-Man.Howard the Duck appears in the final battle in Avengers: Endgame.