Monthly Archives: April 2009

Stan Lee, Star Trek, Forgotten Realms and RED:
Fan Cinema Today’s Week In Tweets

If you follow the Fan Cinema Today Twitter feed, you already know that you get extra stories that don’t appear on the blog; everyone else is missing out on that extra fan film awesomeness. On the other hand, I hate to see a good thing go to waste, so here’s some Tweets of the Week. [...]

TODAY ONLY: FREE Filmmaking Book Giveaway!

Michael Wiese was the producer of the legendary Hardware Wars (George Lucas’ favorite Star Wars parody!), but these days, he runs a great publishing company that specializes in books about filmmaking, screenwriting, video production and more. They’re very accessible, written by pros, and for the next 24 hours (April 30-May 1), he’s GIVING AWAY BOOKS! [...]

Terminator Resistance Fan Film Trailer Fires Away

There’s a summer full of blockbuster sequels ahead of us, and whenever one hits big, it inevitably spawns a number of fan films; just look at the wave of Batman flicks that followed The Dark Knight last year. Aiming to beat everyone to the punch, R. Majid of London-based Flawless Design Studios is hard at [...]

Brian Michael Bendis Fan Film Has Powers

Many fan films are incomprehensible unless you’re already familiar with the characters. Fortunately, that’s not the case with Powers, a great little short based on the comic book series of the same name by Michael Avon Oeming and Brian Michael Bendis. The premise is simple: If other comic-based movies ask “Who watches the Watchmen?” well, [...]

Make A Fan Film, Win A Trip To Florida!

In an amazing case of irony, The Industry Trust for Intellectual Property Awareness is fighting copyright infringement by holding a fan film contest at www.youmakethemovies.co.uk. The movie industry has long considered fan films to be huge copyright violations, but the Trust doesn’t, and is encouraging people to make short movie tribute films. Best of all, [...]

5 Must-See Short Star Wars Fan Films

This is the first in a series of articles, each one covering five “must-see” fan films. After all, there’s so many flicks out there—how do you find the good stuff? Try these! Some are classics, others are just cool, but either way, you’ll be entertained. This time out, we cover some of the shorter, classic [...]

Stop–Hammer Time! Fan Film Event A Success

The big fan film program at Los Angeles’ Hammer Museum was a big hit, showing not only some classic flicks and previews of upcoming works, but also attracting a veritable Who’s Who of the Southern California fan film scene. For those coming in late, here’s the story: The Hammer asked me to come out to [...]

Firefly, Final Fantasy VII and Dark Knight Fan Films: Fan Cinema Today’s Week In Tweets

If you follow the Fan Cinema Today Twitter feed, you already know that you get extra stories that don’t appear on the blog; everyone else is missing out on that extra fan film awesomeness. On the other hand, I hate to see a good thing go to waste, so here’s some Tweets of the Week. [...]

Great Gollum Trailer Ignites LOTR Faithful

The second (and final) trailer for The Hunt For Gollum, the 45-minute fan film due to premiere at Sci-Fi London, The Eighth London International Festival of Science Fiction and Fantastic Film on May 3 has been burning up the Internet, exciting both casual and die-hard Lord of the Rings fans in the process. Made for [...]

Hey LA! Meet Sandy Collora, Trey Stokes (and Me) at the Hammer Musuem TONIGHT!

UPDATE: The fan film program was a big success—more in a few days (and a veritable Who’s Who group photo of the L.A. fan film crowd). That’s right–tonight (Wednesday, April 22) is the big fan film talk at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles! Starting at 7PM, I’ll be hosting a night of fan film [...]

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