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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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The ZomBeatles: All You Need Is Brains Tastes Funny

March 24th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, History, Horror Movies, Mainstream Media, Monster Movies, News, Review, TV, Writing,

There are Beatles fans, people who dig zombie movies, and folks like Doug Gordon who count themselves as members of both tribes. It was Gordon’s varied interests, then, that led to his new mockumentary, The ZomBeatles: All You Need Is Brains. The 23-minute flick’s new trailer follows the trials, travails, and tasty tibias of the [...]

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See Watchmen NOW—In Under 45 Minutes!

February 23rd, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Books, Comic Books, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Gray Areas, History, Mainstream Media, News, Review, Superheroes, Watchmen,

IT’S WATCHMEN WEEK ON FAN CINEMA TODAY! FCT has covered Watchmen fan films a few times (and even the occasional cool knock-off). With the feature film hitting theaters soon, you’d think there would be an onslaught of related fan productions hitting the web. You’d also be wrong. Hurm. Nonetheless, this week, we’ll take a look [...]

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Loads of Lord of the Rings Fan Films

November 10th, 2008 | Posted in Author, Books, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Lord of the Rings, Writing,

Superheroes and Sci-Fi always seem to lead the way when it comes to franchises that get the fan film treatment. Perhaps it’s because they’re more challenging to low-budget filmmakers; it’s not easy to make it look like your actors are on another planet, or that a superhero is tossing cars like empty beer cans. Fantasy, [...]

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Batman: Reborn is Reborn!

November 6th, 2008 | Posted in Batman, Comic Books, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, News, Superheroes,

A few weeks ago, FCT profiled the unfinished fan film, Batman: Reborn. The brainchild of Bronx filmmaker Nick Ortiz, the flick took a radical new view of Batman as a denizen of the inner city instead of a rich multi-millionaire from the suburbs of Gotham. Unfortunately, the promising production ground to a halt in 2007, [...]

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Fan Film Murder Suspect Hits Court Wednesday

November 4th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Mainstream Media, News, Star Wars

As reported on FCT yesterday, Mark Twitchell, a Star Wars fan filmmaker in Edmonton, Canada, was arrested on Halloween for allegedly killing a man. The suspect was originally expected to appear in court yesterday, but will now go before a judge on Wednesday. In late September, Twitchell filmed a short horror movie, House of Cards, [...]

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Star Wars Fan Film Director Arrested for Murder

November 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Mainstream Media, News, Star Wars, TV, Writing,

Canadian fan filmmaker Mark Andrew Twitchell, 29, was arrested on Halloween in Edmonton, Alberta, accused of murdering a man in an effort to live out the plot of his latest movie. Twitchell recently shot a horror film in his garage, according to Detective Mark Anstey, who told CTV Edmonton, “The movie was about luring a [...]

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James Bond Returns…in Moonraker ’78

October 17th, 2008 | Posted in Books, Fan Film, Filmmaking, History, Homemade Hollywood, James Bond, Mainstream Media, News, Pink Five,

If you’ve watched a few James Bond movies (OK, even one), you know that Ian Fleming’s super-spy can escape anyone’s clutches; now, a 007 fan film has done the same thing. As noted on FCT back in June, MGM forced YouTube to take down the classic fan production, Moonraker ’78, even though the flick had [...]

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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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Fan Film Book Review: 15 Minutes of Fame

October 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Amazon, Analysis, Author, Books, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, History, Homemade Hollywood, Mainstream Media, News, Publishing, Review, Writing,

A few weeks ago, Chad Hurley, one of the co-founders of YouTube, posted his musings on the future of web video—and naturally, he felt his lil’ company would be the cornerstone of it. You can read his short posting here, but the main thing I walked away with was that 13 hours of video are [...]

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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

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"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."
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Tag Archives: YouTube

Borders Wants Your Janet Evanovich Fan Films

The ZomBeatles: All You Need Is Brains Tastes Funny

See Watchmen NOW—In Under 45 Minutes!

Loads of Lord of the Rings Fan Films

Batman: Reborn is Reborn!

Fan Film Murder Suspect Hits Court Wednesday

Star Wars Fan Film Director Arrested for Murder

James Bond Returns…in Moonraker ’78

Homemade Hollywood Arrives In Stores TODAY!

Fan Film Book Review: 15 Minutes of Fame

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