Tag Archives: Captain America

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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Memorial Day Weekend Fan Films: Captain America

May 25th, 2009 | Posted in Comic Books, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, History, News, Superheroes, , marvel comics

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Superman Laid Off As Gladiators Tanks

January 7th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Comic Books, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Homemade Hollywood, News, Sandy Collora, Superheroes, TV,

Michael O’Hearn, the actor who portrayed Superman in Sandy Collora‘s classic fan film, World’s Finest (which I wrote about in Homemade Hollywood), hit the big time in 2008 when he was cast in NBC’s remake of American Gladiators. According to The Hollywood Reporter, however, the show has been dropped: Gladiators ready? No, gladiators are not [...]

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Captain America Throws His Mighty Fan Film

November 18th, 2008 | Posted in Comic Books, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, History, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Superheroes, , marvel comics

Even though Marvel Comics is the biggest comic book company around, the DC Comics characters get all the fan film attention. This week, FCT takes a look at some of the Marvel-based fan flicks that have been flying under the radar. Captain America has always gotten the short end of the stick when it comes [...]

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O’Hearn To Play Conan and Captain America?

August 13th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Comic Books, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Iron Man, Mainstream Media, News, Sandy Collora, Superheroes

Mike O’Hearn, who I’ve written about a few times, appears as “Titan” on NBC’s American Gladiators, but fan film fans know him as Superman from Sandy Collora’s World’s Finest faux trailer fan film from 2004. Now Slashfilm has reported that O’Hearn is in the running for big-screen reboots of Conan The Barbarian and Captain America. [...]

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Go Green With The Shamelessly She-Hulk Fan Film!

Memorial Day Weekend Fan Films: Captain America

Superman Laid Off As Gladiators Tanks

Captain America Throws His Mighty Fan Film

O’Hearn To Play Conan and Captain America?

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