A documentary exploring the tumultuous final years of Stan Lee has found a home.
Osmosis Global has taken the rights to Stan Lee: The Final Years, which Lee’s former assistant Jon Bolerjack directed and edited based on hundreds of hours of footage he shot before Lee’s death at age 95 in 2018.
Osmosis is now in the stages of figuring out a release plan. But first, some audiences will get to see the movie June 27 at the Dances with Film festival in Los Angeles.
The Final Years made waves when its existence was unveiled in March 2025. Bolerjack sought funds to complete it, raising nearly $85,000. He estimates the film has cost about $500,000 to produce in total, between filming costs, legal fees and post-production.
It has already been well reported that Lee, the comic book industry’s most famous creator known for X-Men, Spider-Man and many more, endured a challenging final years. A The Hollywood Reporter investigation explored allegations of elder abuse as various people struggled for control his care and his estate. Bolerjack says that his camera shows first-hand what happened, including an exhausted and overworked Lee being carted around to various signings and appearances.
