Tagged: film

December 14, 2015 @ 3:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, actor and director of the cult classic Super Troopers, Jay Chandrasekhar, announced that he is currently working on his memoir. Entertainment Weekly reports that Chandrasekhar’s memoir will look back at his childhood growing up in “the lily-white suburbs of Chicago,” his years at… Read More

December 11, 2015 @ 10:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, Indiegogo released a new report on film crowdfunding that revealed eight insights from 22,000 campaigns. The global crowdfunding platform revealed in a recent blog post: “Indiegogo is an open platform, where all ideas get an equal shot at success. In an industry as… Read More

December 4, 2015 @ 2:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With more celebrities turning to the crowd for new projects, Indie Crowd Funder has revealed the key reasons why Hollywood stars should consider using equity-based instead of reward-based crowdfunding. The platform shared in a recent blog post: “Since the beginning of Hollywood, the access to needed… Read More

November 21, 2015 @ 11:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, the creators of the Indiegogo-success film, Miles Ahead, announced that it will be hitting theaters on April 1, 2016. This news comes just one month after its premiere at the 53rd annual New York Film Festival. Academy-Award nominated actor Don Cheadle launched a… Read More

October 23, 2015 @ 1:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Calling all Super Trooper fans: The highly anticipated sequel of the hilarious comedy has officially started filming. Earlier this year, production company Broken Lizard announced the sequel just 14 years after the first film’s release at the 2001 Sundance Festival. The crew revealed that the movie would… Read More

October 22, 2015 @ 10:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Continuing to build hype for its new film, Lazer Team, Rooster Teeth announced this week the release dated of the highly anticipated Indiegogo project. Lazer Team hit Indiegogo July 2014 to raise $650,000 and within three days raised well over $1M. By the end of its crowdfunding run, the… Read More

October 12, 2015 @ 4:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Over the weekend, The New York Film Festival ended on a high note with the premiere of Indiegogo success, Miles Ahead.  As previously reported, Academy-Award nominated actor Don Cheadle launched a campaign on the global crowdfunding platform for the featured film, which focus on a few day days… Read More

September 27, 2015 @ 4:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Iron Sky, the cult film, is back on Invesdor once again to raise more capital. We last heard from Iron Sky in 2014.  The camp classic film about Nazi’s who are hiding out on the moon, hit Invesdor to raise €150,000 to help finance the movie… Read More

September 11, 2015 @ 4:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival already in full swing, Indiegogo unveiled 10 crowdfunded films that viewers at the fest will want to see. The crowdfunding platform’s Amy Yeh wrote: “The 40th annual Toronto International Film Festival has officially begun, and this year’s lineup… Read More

September 1, 2015 @ 3:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kicking Bird Pte Ltd, a Singapore based film distribution and production house, announced plans to  launch a crowdfunding campaign on FundedByMe to raise funds for the production of the upcoming film Untot, a fictional horror film set in World War II starring Hayden Christensen of Star… Read More

September 1, 2015 @ 11:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cinedigm (NASDAQ: CIDM) will release Kickstarter alum and award-winning film A BRAVE HEART: THE LIZZIE VELASQUEZ STORY on Friday, September 25th in the following cities: New York, Los Angeles, Austin, Washington D.C., Dallas, Houston, Philadelphia, Scottsdale/Phoenix, San Antonio, Minneapolis, San Francisco, and Chicago, as well as on Digital… Read More

August 26, 2015 @ 2:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, the team at Rooster Teeth announced that Indiegogo success Lazer Team will officially be premiering at the 2015 Fantastic Festival in Austin, Texas. Lazer Team hit Indiegogo July 2014 to raise $650,000 and within three days raised well over $1M. By the end of its crowdfunding run,… Read More

August 17, 2015 @ 10:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Continuing to build more hype for the new game, Red Ash, the creator Keiji Inafune and his team at comcept USA has launched a second crowdfunding campaign for its 92-minute feature film through website, STUDIO4℃FUN&. Inafune teamed up with STUDIO4℃ for the film’s Kickstarter last month… Read More

August 14, 2015 @ 11:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, writer and director Matthew Cooke launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $100,000 so that he and his film crew may finish the documentary Survivor’s Guide to Prison. While sharing details about the project, Cooke revealed: “We have the largest prison… Read More

August 13, 2015 @ 2:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With a few hours before the closing of its Kickstarter initiative, Bill Nye’s new film has reached over $800,000 thanks to 16,000 backers. Due to its popularity, the project has been dubbed the crowdfunding giant’s most funded documentary. New York City producers David Alvarado and Jason… Read More

August 12, 2015 @ 11:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter has successfully crowdfunded over $1.62 billion for over 90,000 successfully funded projects. The Kickstarter name has become synonymous with rewards based crowdfunding. The platform continues to evolve and adapt with the changing internet funding space but is now broadly viewed as a viable method to… Read More

August 8, 2015 @ 8:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than a week until the Kickstarter comes to an end, Bill Nye Documentary is so close to raise its initial $650,000 goal! The project surfaced last month and has slowly (but surely) continued to gain funding momentum and popularity. New York City producers David… Read More

July 30, 2015 @ 4:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Curiosity Kills Ltd., the production firm behind the upcoming film Welcome to Curiosity, recently launched a third equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise another £30,000 following a series of problems on the set. According to Insider Media, Welcome to Curiosity is first hit the crowdfunding platform in June 2014… Read More

July 30, 2015 @ 3:15 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  While the crew behind a great movie may think outside the box to create the flick, the single-occupant Solo Theater, from Japanese design house Lucy Alter Design, means you can now watch a film in a box, using your smartphone or tablet–all by yourself. Now overfunding on Japanese platform Makuake,… Read More

July 28, 2015 @ 2:54 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  When filming a documentary about crowdfunding, crowdfunding seems only natural as the way to fund it. Enter “Capital C,” among the first crowdfunded feature-length documentaries about crowdfunding–or as the tagline states, “Crowdfunding. Crowdsourcing. Bottle Koozies.” “Capital C” successfully raised $84,298 with 586 backers on Kickstarter. For the documentary, filmmaking… Read More