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Superman Fan Film Wins Award and $300

June 19th, 2009 | Posted in Comic Books, Contest, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, History, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Review, Superheroes, Superman, science fiction

The annual Superman Celebration took place in Metropolis, IL on June 13-14, and included a superhero fan film contest; George Doerr nabbed the grand prize and a cool $300, for his fan film, Villains Day Off.

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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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G.I. Joe Fan Film to Appear in DVD Box Set!

June 17th, 2009 | Posted in Comic Books, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Mainstream Media, News, Star Wars, TV, , science fiction, stop motion animation

We’re hearing from credible sources that the popular fan film G.I. Joe and the Battle for the Serpent Stone will appear as an “extra” in the forthcoming cartoon series DVD box set, G.I. Joe A Real American Hero: Season 1.1.

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Star Trek Fan Film Feels The Pinch

June 16th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, News, Review, Star Trek, TV, science fiction

What if the Vulcan Nerve Pinch™ really worked? Wouldn’t that be awesome? Let’s find out, courtesy of Pinch, a fan film made a few years back by Buffalo, NY-based filmmaker Jerry MacKay of Littleflick Pictures.

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Aliens Epilogue UK Fan Film Underway

June 16th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Batman, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, History, Horror Movies, Mainstream Media, Monster Movies, News, Sandy Collora, Writing, science fiction

Aliens Epilogue picks up where Aliens finished and will see the United Kingdom Colonial Marines pitted against the Aliens.

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Star Trek: Phase II‘s Cawley in J.J. Abrams’ Trek Reboot

June 12th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Books, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, Henry Jenkins, History, Homemade Hollywood, James Cawley, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Star Trek, Star Trek: New Voyages, TV, Writing, science fiction

James Cawley, ‘Captain Kirk’ on the fan film series Star Trek: Phase II, cameos in the new J.J. Abrams reboot feature film, but have the fans really spotted him? Decide for yourself.

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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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Spider-Man: Beyond The Dark Italian Fan Film Debuts

June 10th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Comic Books, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, News, Review, Spider-Man, Superheroes, , marvel comics

Suddenly in the world of fan films, Spider-Man and European fan productions are all the rage. Combining both trends, then, is Stefano Morandini’s Spider-Man: Beyond The Dark, an Italian Spidey flick which just hit YouTube.

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Fan Film Festival on Long Island TONIGHT!

June 9th, 2009 | Posted in Amazon, Author, Books, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Libraries, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Publishing, Writing

Tonight (June 9) at the Port Washington Library, I’ll be doing an author talk/book signing, where I’ll show some of the all-time greatest fan films on the big screen, and give a multimedia presentation tracing fan movie history from 1926 to the present.

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Watchmen : The High School Years Fan Film Series

June 9th, 2009 | Posted in Books, Comic Books, DC Comics, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, Mainstream Media, News, Review, Superheroes, Watchmen, , science fiction

Here’s a series of Watchmen fan films endorsed by Rorschach himself—Jackie Earle Haley.

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