Tag Archives: Superman

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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Homemade Bollywood Brings Relief In India

December 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Comic Books, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Mainstream Media, News, Superheroes, Superman

For most fan filmmakers, making a movie is an opportunity to have some fun, learn a little and pass the time. A recent article in The Washington Post, however, profiles a young Indian fan filmer whose spoofs of Bollywood and Superman are bringing relief and cheer to his struggling community. Shaikh Nasir dropped out of [...]

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Superman and Star Wars Lead To Star Ranger 7!

December 18th, 2008 | Posted in Author, Books, Comic Books, Copyright, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, History, Homemade Hollywood, Mainstream Media, News, Publishing, Review, Superheroes, Superman

I’ve mentioned Superman: The Super 8 Movie—Special Edition numerous times and I wrote about it extensively in my new book on fan films, Homemade Hollywood, but no one could actually see the movie, because it was forced offline by lawyers a decade ago. Back then, DC Comics sent a cease and desist letter to filmmaker [...]

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Superman is Old News in Tomorrow’s Memoir

December 12th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Batman, Comic Books, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Review, Superheroes, Superman

There’s thousands of fan films out there, enough that it’s impossible to find time to watch all the “really good ones” that get raved about. Millions of people have watched the Chad Vader series, for instance, but I don’t know anyone who’s watched every episode. Nonetheless, good fan flicks tend to at least get attention, [...]

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Geek Love Strikes in Mr. Right Fan Film

December 11th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Comic Books, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Superheroes, Superman, marvel comics

Here’s a fan film that mixes Star Wars, Superman, Ring of Honor pro wrestling, Stephen King, X Files, Stargate, Lord of the Rings, Sliders, and romance. Yes, you read that right: romance. I can’t recall the last fan movie that featured that foreign substance, but it’s the driving force behind Mr. Right, a recent effort [...]

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FCT Roadtrip Report: New England Fan Experience

November 24th, 2008 | Posted in Author, Books, Comic Books, Doctor Who, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Homemade Hollywood, James Cawley, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Publishing, Star Trek, Star Trek: New Voyages, Superheroes, Superman

It’s almost midnight as I write this—I just got in from hours of driving and haven’t unpacked yet, so it’s short one today. I hit the New England Fan Experience in Cambridge, MA over the weekend to both show tons of fan films during two separate programs and introduce my brand-new masterpiece humble tome, Homemade [...]

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FCT Roadtrip Report: Five Towns College

November 14th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Batman, Books, Comic Books, Contest, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Hardware Wars, History, Homemade Hollywood, Indiana Jones, Iron Fist, Mainstream Media, Public Screening, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Review, Sandy Collora, Superheroes, Superman

Is a roadtrip a roadtrip if it’s only a 40-minute drive? On Election Day, I spoke about fan films as a guest speaker at Five Towns College in Dix Hills, NY. About a year ago, I sat in on the school’s “Comics To Film” course and interviewed its professor, Dan Galiardi, for Homemade Hollywood, so [...]

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Superman: The Super 8 Movie Returns!

October 29th, 2008 | Posted in Amazon, Author, Comic Books, Continuum Books, Copyright, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Publishing, Superheroes, Superman

Tonight, I’ll be hosting a night of fan films/author talk at the Mass Bay Film Project‘s new home, the Cape Ann Community Cinema in Gloucester, MA (Wednesday, Oct. 29). On Monday, I also mentioned that I’d be screening a super-secret fan film tonight that was shut down by lawyers in the late 1990s—it hasn’t been [...]

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HOMEMADE HOLLYWOOD!

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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!

"A loving, exhaustive history of the fan-film…this book's a real treasure, an inspiration."---Cory Doctorow

"Part celebration, part scholarly history, Clive Young's homage to fan-made flicks is a passionate, persuasive exercise in balance."---Total Film

"Young's account is intelligent and partisan."---Times Literary Supplement (London)

"Riveting!...Grade: A"
--Adam-Troy Castro,
SciFi Channel Magazine

"The writing is lively; the storytelling engaging…As someone who has been researching fan culture off and on for more than 20 years, I learned something on almost every page.”--Dr. Henry Jenkins, Director, MIT Comparative Media Studies Program

"Terrific…. The cool, revealing tales…make Clive Young's book, Homemade Hollywood, an absolute pleasure to read. If you're interested in fan movies, or the subterranean world of Hollywood, it's a must-read."
--Annalee Newitz, io9.Com

"Young brings the rigors of a scholar and the Inside Baseball of a fan to this well-researched and -written survey…. A fascinating chronicle of how [fan film] culture came to be.”--PopMatters.Com

"A thoroughly entertaining read that should be required reading for teenagers who claim there’s absolutely nothing cool to do in their town."--FilmFetish.Com

"I just loved the hell out of this book...It’s a fun, jaunty, well-organized retrospective [with] a breezy-yet-very knowledgeable style which is entertaining without being showy."--Republibot.Com

"A pretty fascinating read, one that balances scholarship with entertainment value." --Twitch.Com

"Clive Young has put together a really nice history of fan films."--Kevin Kelly, Spout.Com

"Clive Young has researched the heck out of this topic and written an entertaining, fact-filled book to boot. A must for the geek in all of us." --, James Bond and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell novelist.

"He knocked this book out of the park...I had a hard time putting Homemade Hollywood down."--ComicBookBin.Com

"Homemade Hollywood appeals not just to the fanboy, but also to those who enjoy good books about filmmaking."--Comic Related

"It is an amazingly inspirational book for filmmakers. In fact, in my opinion, it ties for best inspirational read with Rebels on the Backlot." --MicroFilmmaker

"Clive Young's book does a great job putting together the unknown history of fan films…I never got to make a fan film, but after reading Homemade Hollywood, I wish I had." --RetroThing.Com

"I bought a copy and read it in two days, then bought a second copy to send to a family member. For anyone who is interested in fan films or just loves filmmaking, this is a must read.”--Phase II eMagazine
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