Tag Archives: Batman

Go Green With The Shamelessly She-Hulk Fan Film!

June 25th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Batman, Comic Books, Copyright, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, Iron Man, Mainstream Media, News, Spider-Man, Superheroes, Superman, , marvel comics, science fiction, stop motion animation

Fan filmmaker Garrett Gilchrist is making Shamelessly She-Hulk, an ambitious, feature-length fan film that sports not only Jennifer Walters (AKA She-Hulk), but also Spider-Man, The Punisher, Blade, Captain America, Iron Man, Superman, Batman, Black Widow and even an animated Howard The Duck.

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When Harley Met Pee Wee: A Romantic Fan Film

June 23rd, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Batman, Comic Books, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, History, Mainstream Media, News, Review, Superheroes,

Harley Quinn’s Big Blind Date is a crossover fan film between minor Batman villain (and The Joker’s main squeeze) Harley Quinn, and 1980s Saturday Morning mainstay, Pee Wee Herman.

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Michael Bay’s The Dark Knight Fan Film

June 18th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Batman, Contest, Copyright, DC Comics, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, Harry Potter, History, Horror Movies, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Review, Superheroes, Superman, TV, Writing, , friday the 13th, science fiction

Michael Bay’s ‘The Dark Knight’ is a fan film based on the fake script that’s been circulating online that ‘Michael Bay’ wrote, unsolicited, only to be rejected by WB.

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SOFTWARE REVIEW: Toast 10 Titanium

June 11th, 2009 | Posted in Amazon, Analysis, Batman, Copyright, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Mainstream Media, News, Review, Software, TV, Writing,

Toast 10 Titanium is a suite of integrated media programs devoted to different forms of archiving.

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Batman: Ashes To Ashes French Fan Film Is DOA

June 8th, 2009 | Posted in Batman, Comic Books, DC Comics, Eli Roth, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, Horror Movies, News, Review, Superheroes, Writing,

The new French fan film, Batman: Ashes To Ashes, is tearing up the internet and going viral. The popularity of this film is just as incomprehensible as the movie itself, and believe me, this flick makes no sense at all.

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Nightwing: Resurrected Fan Film Struggles To Take Flight

May 22nd, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Batman, Comic Books, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, News, Review, Superheroes

Nightwing—AKA The Superhero Formerly Known As Batman’s Sidekick, Robin—gets his own fan film with Nightwing: Resurrected.

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NPR, Gollum, Star Wars Vs. Star Trek and Doctor Who: Fan Cinema Today’s Week in Tweets

May 18th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Batman, Books, Comic Books, Contest, DC Comics, Doctor Who, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, Homemade Hollywood, Indiana Jones, Iron Fist, Lord of the Rings, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Publishing, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Review, Software, Star Trek, Star Wars, Superheroes, TV, Uncategorized, Writing, , science fiction,

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. [...]

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Unmasking Sandy Collora’s Hunter Prey

May 15th, 2009 | Posted in Amazon, Analysis, Author, Batman, Books, Comic Books, DC Comics, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, History, Homemade Hollywood, Horror Movies, Mainstream Media, Monster Movies, News, Pink Five, Public Screening, Publishing, Sandy Collora, Superheroes, Superman, Uncategorized, Writing, science fiction

I’ve talked with Sandy Collora—the director behind the legendary fan films Batman: Dead End and World’s Finest—on and off for a few years, and interviewed him extensively for Homemade Hollywood. However, it wasn’t until a few weeks ago that we finally got to meet, when he and Trey Stokes (Pink Five; Ark) were Special Guests [...]

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The Greatest Fan Film of All Time: Is It?

April 20th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Batman, Comic Books, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, Iron Man, News, Review, Spider-Man, Superheroes, Superman, Writing, marvel comics, science fiction

“We’ve created Batman’s Gonna Get Shot in the Face and Nintendo: Oldschool Revolution, and they’ve both racked up millions of views,” Larry Longstreth told me. “We’re proud of them, but we also realize that we have got to move beyond the realm of fan films if we want to grow. So, we’re saying goodbye with [...]

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Call Me Mr. J: When Harley Met Joker

April 14th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Batman, Blinky Productions, Books, Comic Books, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, News, Superheroes, Writing,

Chris Notarile of Blinky Productions, the most prolific fan filmmaker on the planet, recently released his latest flick, Call Me Mr. J, and while it finds him in the title role of The Joker (AKA “Mr. J”), the flick centers on the origins of the villain’s main squeeze, Harley Quinn. Taking place after The Dark [...]

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the first book about fan films, was written by the editor of this blog. If you like Fan Cinema Today, you'll LOVE the book!

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