Tag Archives: Homemade Hollywood

Swing into Indiana Jones and the Staff of Ra

April 15th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Books, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Indiana Jones, News, Publishing, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Steven Spielberg, Writing

There are characters that people never tire of—James Bond…Batman…Winnie the Pooh. You can definitely include Indiana Jones on that list. We’ve covered a ton of indie Indy flicks on Fan Cinema Today, from the famous Mississippi trio that made a shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark throughout the 1980s (which I wrote about [...]

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Pink Five Returns…Sort Of

April 13th, 2009 | Posted in Amazon, Analysis, Author, Batman, Books, Comic Books, DC Comics, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Homemade Hollywood, Mainstream Media, News, Pink Five, Public Screening, Publishing, Sandy Collora, Star Wars, Superheroes, Superman, Writing, , science fiction

When it comes to the Women of Star Wars, well, you can keep ‘em. Slave-bikini Leia? Whatever. Wimpering Amidala? Yawn. Or how about…um…there really aren’t any other women in Star Wars, unless you count Aunt Beru. Me, I’d want to hang out with Stacey, the Valley Girl heroine of Pink Five—and I’m not alone on [...]

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Borders Wants Your Janet Evanovich Fan Films

April 10th, 2009 | Posted in Author, Books, Contest, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Publishing, Writing,

Borders Bookstores have always been among my favorites: They have a killer magazine rack, good bargains on the kiddie books, my pal Lowell works at one, and hey, I’m not above pointing out that my book, Homemade Hollywood, is currently available at a Borders near you. Today, they announced something kinda cool: a Janet Evanovich [...]

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Iron Fist, Elektra & Star Wars Fan Films Team Up In NYC

April 8th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Blinky Productions, Books, Comic Books, Continuum Books, DC Comics, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Iron Fist, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Publishing, Review, Steven Spielberg, Superheroes, Tawnya Manion, Writing, , marvel comics, science fiction

This past weekend was a double-header of fan film goodness for Fan Cinema Today, as I hosted movie event/author talks two days in a row, first at Anthology Film Archives in New York City on Friday night, and then the next day, out on Long Island at I-Con 28, the long-running Sci-Fi convention. The Anthology [...]

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Sandy Collora’s Hunter Prey Trailer Hits The Web!

April 7th, 2009 | Posted in Amazon, Author, Batman, Books, Comic Books, DC Comics, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Mainstream Media, Monster Movies, News, Pink Five, Public Screening, Publishing, Sandy Collora, Star Wars, Superheroes, Superman, Writing, , science fiction

It’s been a busy time for Sandy Collora, the emerging director who first made a name for himself in the mid-00′s with the back-to-back, big-budget fan films Batman: Dead End and World’s Finest. Last November, news of his impending feature film directing debut, Hunter Prey, broke across the internet (after Fan Cinema Today actually broke [...]

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Spider-Man: Beyond The Dark Fan Film From Italy

April 6th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Batman, Books, Comic Books, DC Comics, Dan Poole, Fan Film, Filmmaking, History, Homemade Hollywood, News, Spider-Man, Superheroes, The Green Goblin's Last Stand, Writing, , marvel comics

Spider-Man may live in New York City, but he’s popular everywhere. Case in point? Check out Stefano Morandini’s upcoming Spider-Man: Beyond The Dark fan film, produced in Italy. Currently in the editing phase, Morandini’s flick examines what keeps a superhero fighting when he just doesn’t care anymore. Heroes can take a punch and give one [...]

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Live From New York, It’s FAN FILMS!

March 31st, 2009 | Posted in Author, Batman, Blinky Productions, Books, Comic Books, Continuum Books, DC Comics, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, Henry Jenkins, History, Homemade Hollywood, Iron Fist, Mainstream Media, News, Pink Five, Public Screening, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Sandy Collora, Superheroes, Superman, TV, , science fiction

I’ve hosted fan film programs before, but this is the highest profile event yet—a night of fan films at the world-famous ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES in New York City, presented as part of the NEW FILMMAKERS FESTIVAL. I’ve got five words for you: FAN FILMS ON THE SILVER SCREEN! The show is THIS FRIDAY, April 3 [...]

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New News for Star Ranger 7 and Star Trix

March 27th, 2009 | Posted in Author, Books, Comic Books, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, History, Homemade Hollywood, News, Superheroes, Superman, TV, Writing, , science fiction, stop motion animation

Just because a fan film comes out doesn’t mean that it’s all said and done; here’s the latest on some flicks we’ve covered previously: • Star Ranger 7, the original Sci-Fi short by the creator of Superman: The Super 8 Movie–Special Edition (the legendary fan film shut down by DC Comics, as covered in my [...]

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Homemade Hollywood Hits Airwaves, Podcasts & Press

March 5th, 2009 | Posted in Amazon, Analysis, Author, Books, Comic Books, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, James Cawley, Mainstream Media, News, Publishing, Review, Star Trek, Star Trek: New Voyages, Superheroes, TV, Writing

Homemade Hollywood, my new book about the world of fan films, has been getting some attention lately. Besides getting nominated for the Rondo Awards‘ “Best Book of 2008″ (please vote!), it also landed me a few interviews on the airwaves, in cyberspace and even in print. Last week, I got to hang at the podcast [...]

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Fan Film Follow-Ups: Star Ranger 7, Dark Knight, Mega Man

February 13th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Batman, Fan Film, Film Threat, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Mainstream Media, Review, Software, Superheroes, Superman, Uncategorized, Video Games

Fan Cinema Today covers a lot of fan films; some are awful while others are brilliant, but given the rate of turnover around here, sometimes even the more interesting efforts can wind up fading into distant memory. Every so often, we’ll realize, “Hey, whatever happened to that one?” Well, in the interests of both attempting [...]

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