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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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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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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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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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O’Hearn To Play Conan and Captain America?

August 13th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Comic Books, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Iron Man, Mainstream Media, News, Sandy Collora, Superheroes

Mike O’Hearn, who I’ve written about a few times, appears as “Titan” on NBC’s American Gladiators, but fan film fans know him as Superman from Sandy Collora’s World’s Finest faux trailer fan film from 2004. Now Slashfilm has reported that O’Hearn is in the running for big-screen reboots of Conan The Barbarian and Captain America. [...]

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Fan Film News Updates

June 13th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Comic Books, Contest, Fan Film, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Sandy Collora, Superheroes, Superman, TV, Uncategorized

We’re always on the case here at Fan Cinema Today (actually everyone’s always on my case, but hey, that’s just details). Here’s some new news on some old news: • • • A while back, I mentioned that the actor who played Superman in Sandy Collora’s World’s Finest fan film, Mike O’Hearn, is now a [...]

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Batman: Dead End Director’s New Feature Film

May 19th, 2008 | Posted in Batman, Comic Books, Fan Film, Monster Movies, News, Sandy Collora, Superheroes, Superman, Uncategorized

If you follow fan films, you’ve seen the name Sandy Collora; he made a big splash in 2003 with Batman: Dead End, and then followed up the next year with World’s Finest, a faux movie trailer featuring Superman and The Dark Knight. Both flicks were huge online hits, and in their wake, Collora had a [...]

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From Superman Fan Film To TV Personality

May 14th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Comic Books, Fan Film, Mainstream Media, News, Superheroes, Superman, Uncategorized,

When we talk about fan film folks trying to make it big, we tend to focus on the directors, but hey, sometimes the stars get to make it big, too. Case in point: I’m walking home through Times Square the other day when I look up at a billboard and see a somewhat familiar face [...]

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Tag Archives: World’s Finest

Unmasking Sandy Collora’s Hunter Prey

Stop–Hammer Time! Fan Film Event A Success

Superman Laid Off As Gladiators Tanks

Batman: Dead End Director’s Hunter Prey Peek!

FCT Roadtrip Report: Five Towns College

O’Hearn To Play Conan and Captain America?

Fan Film News Updates

Batman: Dead End Director’s New Feature Film

From Superman Fan Film To TV Personality

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