Comments on: Max Payne Fan Film Shot Down By Fox

By: Shhh! Max Payne Fan Film Revived…sort of « Fan Cinema Today

Shhh! Max Payne Fan Film Revived…sort of « Fan Cinema Today — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:11:33 +0000

[...] We’ve covered the untimely demise of the Max Payne fan film, Payne & Redemption, a few times here on FCT, and it’s all been bad news. Now, finally there’s something good to [...]

By: More On Studios Stopping Fan Films « Fan Cinema Today

More On Studios Stopping Fan Films « Fan Cinema Today — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:35:59 +0000

[...] isn’t the only studio attacking fan films these days, though; as I noted some time ago, Fox recently sledgehammered Max Payne: Payne and Redemption, a fan flick based on the popular video game franchise. The filmmakers spent three years on the [...]

By: cliveyoung

cliveyoung — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:29:47 +0000

I agree that they should’ve played it cool and not drawn attention to themselves. That’s how Marc Kimball’s Superman movie got a C&D back in 2000—he made a trailer and then three months later released his movie. They were probably ready and waiting, as he got hit in less than 4 days! Luckily, DC has a different attitude—as to a lot of companies—so it’s fair that perhaps they didn’t realize that they were playing with fire. Also, they had the blessing of the game’s creator, which must have felt like a bit of protection (and why not?). I suspect it will slip out sooner or later–and the studio might well be OK with that, judging from some punctuation used on the movie’s blog…just a thought.

By: Christopher Moshier

Christopher Moshier — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:16:46 +0000

My opinion is pretty standard and not unexpected. This is horse crap. Instead of FOX embracing people’s creative passion for a character made for no profit by the creator they shoot their deep fan base in the foot. MARVEL is also guilty of this same stupidity. Fan Films aren’t going away. As the technology becomes more accessible this genre of filmmaking is going to grow. AND why the hell would any studio deny free publicity for their concepts. Debate with me all day long, but I will always think it asinine.

To play Monday morning quarterback to filmmakers who are thinking about putting a spin of their own on a licensed character is to keep a very low profile. Get the film made and get it out there on the internet. Once it’s finished then make a major push to publicize it. When the assholes at “said” studio come along to order it down it will be too late. The film would have already been downloaded and distributed to the point of not being able to be stopped thanks to the fans.