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FCT Roadtrip Report: Mass Bay Film Project

October 31st, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Batman, Books, Continuum Books, DC Comics, Dan Poole, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Hardware Wars, History, Homemade Hollywood, Indiana Jones, James Bond, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Spider-Man, Star Wars, Superheroes, Superman, The Green Goblin's Last Stand, Video Games

Wednesday, I flew up to Gloucester, MA to run a night of fan films and discussion of the history of fan films, and it went pretty well. Rob Newton, head of the Mass Bay Film Project, hosted; the evening was part of his organization’s current ’60 Films in 33 Days’ festival, kicking off its current [...]

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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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Super Secret Fan Film Announcement Tonight!

October 28th, 2008 | Posted in Author, Books, DC Comics, Fan Film, Homemade Hollywood, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening

I promised that today, I’d reveal the legendary lost fan film that I’ll be screening at the Mass Bay Film Project’s fan film night/author talk, being held tomorrow (Wednesday, October 29) at the Cape Ann Cinema in Gloucester, MA. Well, the details are ironed out, but you’re gonna have to wait until the stroke of [...]

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WOO-HOO—IT’S A FAN CINEMA TODAY ROADTRIP! Fan Film Fest In Massachusetts!

October 27th, 2008 | Posted in Amazon, Analysis, Author, Batman, Books, Comic Books, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Harry Potter, History, Homemade Hollywood, Indiana Jones, James Bond, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Publishing, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, Superheroes, Superman, Writing

So you live in Eastern Massachusetts and you have a boring week ahead. Take this Wednesday, for instance: Nothing to do! The Red Sox didn’t make the World Series, so you won’t be watching the game. TV is dead on Wednesday nights, and you can’t go out drinking (OK, shouldn’t), ’cause you’ve got work the [...]

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FCT Roadtrip Report: Mass Bay Film Project

Superman: The Super 8 Movie Returns!

Super Secret Fan Film Announcement Tonight!

WOO-HOO—IT’S A FAN CINEMA TODAY ROADTRIP! Fan Film Fest In Massachusetts!

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