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Quantum Leap Fan Film Lands This Month!

March 2nd, 2009 | Posted in Batman, Fan Film, Filmmaking, History, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Star Trek, TV, Writing,

RASCO Motion Pictures stunned fandom a few years ago with Star Trek Vs. Batman, a seemingly terrible idea that was far more enjoyable than anyone would have suspected (see my old review for more). Now the RASCO crew is putting the finishing touches on a new effort that honors yet another cult TV series: Quantum [...]

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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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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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FCT Hosts Fan Films, Debuts Homemade Hollywood Book at New England Fan Experience This Weekend!

November 20th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Batman, Books, Comic Books, Continuum Books, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, History, Homemade Hollywood, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Publishing, Star Wars, Superheroes

I’ve been doing a lot of roadtrips recently to promote my new book, Homemade Hollywood, and this weekend ain’t no exception. I’ll be hosting not one but two programs about fan films at the New England Fan Experience, a pretty wild convention in Cambridge, MA that starts today and runs through Sunday. I’ll also finally [...]

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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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Batman Fan Film Stuntman Blows Out Knee

November 7th, 2008 | Posted in Batman, Comic Books, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Mainstream Media, News, Superheroes, TV,

Fan filmmakers are a certain breed: They work hard and they play hard, and sometimes the two things are one and same. So it’s good to be reminded every so often that it’s easy to get carried away, and your intensity can backfire on you if you’re not careful. Just take the unfinished flick, Batman [...]

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Lost Fan Films: Batman Reborn

October 20th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Batman, Comic Books, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, History, Homemade Hollywood, Superheroes,

This is the latest installment in an occasional series on fan films that were never completed. Plenty of fan films get announced every year—fan film forums are filled with ancient posts where an eager amateur filmmaker announces, “Hey, I’m gonna make a flick, and it’s gonna be awesome, with stunts, explosions, fights, car chases and [...]

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Homemade Hollywood Arrives In Stores TODAY!

October 15th, 2008 | Posted in Amazon, Analysis, Attack of the Show, Author, Batman, Books, Comic Books, Contest, Continuum Books, Copyright, DC Comics, Dan Poole, Education, Eli Roth, Fan Film, Film Threat, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, Harry Potter, Henry Jenkins, History, Homemade Hollywood, Indiana Jones, Mainstream Media, News, Publishing, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Spider-Man, Star Trek, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, Superheroes, Writing,

Well, today’s October 15—the big day when Homemade Hollywood: Fans Behind The Camera hits the shelves! A full 10 years after I first had the idea for this baby, it’s finally out of my head and into the real world. Here’s a goofy idea: If you see a copy of the book out in the [...]

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Little Batman Goes Indy

October 7th, 2008 | Posted in Batman, Comic Books, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Indiana Jones, News, Public Screening, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Steven Spielberg, Superheroes

Regular FCT readers may recall a fairly big-budget fan production I wrote about back in June, The Amazing Adventures of Little Batman. The flick launched last year on YouTube and has since become an online phenomenon, seen by more than 65,000 people. Now Jordan H. Wachtell, the fan film’s producer—not to mention the Dad of [...]

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Dark Knight Returns to Fan Films

September 25th, 2008 | Posted in Batman, Comic Books, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Superheroes

Dark Knight mania may have ebbed in the few months since the blockbuster feature film’s release, but that just means people are biding their time until the DVD comes out, just in time for the holiday buying season. Until then, there’s no reason why you can’t enjoy the resulting wave of fan films inspired by [...]

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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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