Tag Archives: Sandy Collora

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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Stop–Hammer Time! Fan Film Event A Success

April 24th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Batman, Books, Continuum Books, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Mainstream Media, News, Pink Five, Public Screening, Publishing, Review, Sandy Collora, Superheroes, Superman, Writing, , science fiction

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 [...]

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

April 22nd, 2009 | Posted in Amazon, Analysis, Author, Batman, Books, Comic Books, Continuum Books, Copyright, DC Comics, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Mainstream Media, News, Pink Five, Public Screening, Publishing, Sandy Collora, Star Wars, Superheroes, Writing, , science fiction

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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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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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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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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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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2008: The Year in Fan Film News

December 31st, 2008 | Posted in Amazon, Analysis, Author, Batman, Books, Comic Books, Copyright, DC Comics, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Horror Movies, Indiana Jones, James Bond, Lord of the Rings, Mainstream Media, Max Payne, News, Public Screening, Publishing, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Review, Sandy Collora, Software, Son of Rambow, Star Trek, Star Trek: New Voyages, Star Wars, Superheroes, Superman, TV, Video Games, Writing, , marvel comics

Ah, the last post of 2008—and what a year it was for fan films. Fan Cinema Today has been bringing you all the news since it sputtered back to life in April, and there’s been plenty to write about. It was a year where fan films made tremendous strides forward in the public eye, with [...]

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2008: The Year in Batman Fan Films

December 30th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Batman, Comic Books, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, History, Homemade Hollywood, Mainstream Media, News, Review, Sandy Collora, Superheroes, Superman, TV, Writing,

Fan films were big this year, but clearly the big movie story was The Dark Knight. The feature film flew off with most of the summer box office, and now it may well do the same with upcoming awards season trinkets. Unsurprisingly, the movie lead to a lot of fan-created Batman tributes, ranging from an [...]

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Batman: Dead End Director’s Hunter Prey Peek!

November 18th, 2008 | Posted in Fan Film

I know, I know—I said it was gonna be “all Marvel, all the time” this week, but that was before io9, the biggest Sci-Fi blog on the planet, dropped a bombshell on fan film lovers: the first major interview with Sandy Collora about his upcoming feature film debut, Hunter Prey. Collora, you may recall, was [...]

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