May 18, 2013 @ 1:15 pm By CFI Correspondent  |  

In this weeks edition of Crowdfunding Mailbox we have a interesting mix; Guns, Booze, Princesses and a Robbery film.   Somehow they all go together.  From the serious to the sincere, the creative to audacious, everyone at Crowdfund Insider admires what you do.  Please keep your crowdfunding submissions coming.  We do try and look at… Read More

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May 17, 2013 @ 12:30 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

It’s the story that won’t die. Worldview Entertainment has stepped into the frey with Zach Braff’s upcoming release Wish I Was Here. The movie, a spiritual successor to Braff’s hit Garden State, is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter. It sits at $2.6 million pledged with a week left on the clock. Worldview Entertainment will provide gap financing, bringing… Read More

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May 16, 2013 @ 8:54 am By Forbes  |  

With the success of the Veronica Mars and Garden State-sequel Kickstarter campaigns, it appears that the crowdfunding business model has made its way to mainstream Hollywood. While crowdfunding certainly has advantages, including giving filmmakers more creative control over their projects, this business model is open to potential claims of fraud, misappropriation, conversion and embezzlement, which lead to the risk… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals, Opinion  |  Tagged film, kickstarter, lawsuit, movies, tips

May 15, 2013 @ 11:55 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Video Games: The Movie is a feature length documentary which aims to tell the untold story of video games by an in depth look into not only how games are made, marketed and consumed by looking back at the industry’s history, current trends as well as the evolution of gamer culture. Where is the industry and the audience headed? Is it… Read More

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May 13, 2013 @ 9:31 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Robert Downey Jr. has done quite nicely for himself playing the lead role in the Iron Man film series. With Iron Man 3 just released, people obviously want to know whether or not to expect a fourth installment in the series. Well, last week on Jimmy Kimmel Live the actor addressed speculation with tongue firmly planted in cheek… Read More

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May 12, 2013 @ 1:25 pm By CFI Correspondent  |  

Recently there have been a lot of headlines and discussions regarding celebrities or the affluent utilizing crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter.  High profile film crowfunding for a Veronica Mars film or the project by Zach Braff have engendered a healthy discussion about who crowdfunding is for and the “fairness” of the 1% taking advantage of this… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals, Featured Headlines, Offerings, Opinion  |  Tagged film, kickstarter, opinion, veronica mars, zach braff

May 9, 2013 @ 8:48 am By CFI Correspondent  |  

Completely politically incorrect, this video shows what actually goes into raising the ‘easy money’ known as ‘kickstarting’ or ‘crowdfunding’. Crowdfunding is a ton of work.  Taking on a crowdfunding project is no Field of Dreams because you have to fight you way to the top.  This video shares some of the challenges and stress associated… Read More

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May 7, 2013 @ 8:04 am By LA Times  |  

Even as Zach Braff was taking heat for asking the public to help finance his next movie, the actor and director was contributing to another Kickstarter campaign — to help save a historic theater in Northern California. Braff was among nearly 500 donors who helped raise $65,753 through the Kickstarter crowd-funding site to help the owners of… Read More

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May 6, 2013 @ 3:56 am By CFI Correspondent  |  

CrowdIt crowdfunding platform has announced that a local film company, Brutal Brothers Films, will receive a crowdfunding opportunity at no charge, as part of the “DreamIt Award” given at the SATO48 film contest for Springfield and the Ozarks filmmakers.  Brutal Brothers Films will have the opportunity to expand production through raising capital and networking on CrowdIt…. Read More

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May 4, 2013 @ 12:37 pm By Huffington Post  |  

It was inevitable. After the Veronica Mars folks raised their $2 million in record time, you knew a similar project would come along. Hollywood, after all, is pretty good at taking what works and doing it over and over and over again until everyone is sick of it. So you just knew that some multi-millionaire from TV would launch… Read More

Read more in: Opinion  |  Tagged film, kickstarter, melissa joan hart, movies, rob thomas, veronica mars, zach braff

May 4, 2013 @ 12:34 pm By Twitch  |  

Andrew Morgan is an experimental filmmaker, with his feature debut Yes No Yes Yes Go a sort of documentary-fiction hybrid, so it’s fitting that he’s also decided to release the film in an experimental way. It’s a variation of what we’ve seen before, releasing a film online for a pay-per-view fee, but instead of using an iTunes-style… Read More

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May 4, 2013 @ 12:25 pm By Hollywood Reporter  |  

The “Garden State” director talks “Veronica Mars,” anxiety over hitting the crowd-funding goal and answering all his critics. Zach Braff has heard the arguments about why he shouldn’t be using Kickstarter to fund his new film. But he doesn’t buy his detractors’ logic. “My brain has trouble with the logic of saying I’m taking money away… Read More

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May 2, 2013 @ 9:20 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Internet continues to voice concern, praise and displeasure about two recent high-profile Kickstarter movie projects.

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May 1, 2013 @ 8:34 am By Charles Luzar  |  

As we saw with the Veronica Mars project, the Internet at large is opining on whether or not Zach Braff should be using a platform like Kickstarter to launch his new movie. Two examples today… Kickstarter Abuse: Why Are You Giving Your Money to Wealthy Celebrities? “As is the case with all amazing things, however,… Read More

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April 30, 2013 @ 7:41 am By The Guardian  |  

Actor and director Zach Braff has hit back against suggestions he ought to have used his own money to fund his next film, rather than turning to the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform. Braff recently reached a $2m (£1.29m) target to shoot Wish I Was Here, a follow-up to his well-received 2004 directing debut Garden State, just five days after launching his… Read More

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