Tagged: film

August 17, 2013 @ 11:47 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Spike Lee can start celebrating. He just surpassed a $1.25 million goal on Kickstarter for his new film, which as of now is still shrouded in a bit of mystery. It’s about love and it’s about blood, but in the words of Lee “The reason… Read More

August 13, 2013 @ 12:37 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Despite being razzed by Trish Regan on live TV and catching flack from others, Spike Lee has successfully raised over $1 million on Kickstarter for his new film. His campaign seems on track to hit his $1.25 million goal by the time the campaign ends in… Read More

August 8, 2013 @ 6:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

The 3rd Annual Kickstarter Film Fest was held this past week and reports from Kickstarter show it was an incredible success.  The event held in Brooklyn under the shadow of the Williamsburg bridge was a gather filled with music, film and much fun by all… Read More

August 6, 2013 @ 11:40 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Spike Lee is making headlines again regarding his currently-running campaign on Kickstarter. Yesterday he was interviewed by BET and one of the subjects at hand was his recent tiff with CNBC pundit Trish Regan, who led an interview with Lee by alluding to criticisms he… Read More

August 3, 2013 @ 8:52 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Spike Lee has a high-profile Kickstarter campaign for his new film and the campaign has just crossed $500,000 of funding with a little over two weeks to go. As is often the case with celebrities on Kickstarter, Lee has carried the torch for crowdfunding and… Read More

August 2, 2013 @ 2:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowfunding on FundAnything Platform Carolla Surpasses $1 Million Target with 15 Days Left in Campaign Actor, comedian and podcasting aficianado Adam Carolla’s crowdfunding  campaign for his new movie “Road Hard” has surpassed the $1 million goal initially set for his fundraising effort on FundAnything.  … Read More

July 31, 2013 @ 8:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Accomplished Film Director Spike Lee was interviewed on CNBC today regarding his current Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for a future film about human beings addicted to blood.  He is looking to raise $1.25 Million and he is almost half way their with just under $500,000.  Steven… Read More

July 30, 2013 @ 11:08 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Screenrant recently followed up on an appearance by Keving Heffernan and Steve Lemme on the Bertcast podcast. On it they discussed a current deal on the table with Fox to produce a sequel to the campy cult classic Super Troopers. From the article… The deal basically puts… Read More

July 30, 2013 @ 8:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity Crowdfunding Campaign Launched on Seedrs by Renowned Fund Managager Nicola Horlick.  Seeks £150,000 for 10% Equity in New Venture. Nicola Horlick, one of Britain’s most successful and well-regarded fund managers, has launched a campaign on equity crowdfunding site Seedrs to raise seed capital for… Read More

July 29, 2013 @ 5:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fire City creators, Michael Hayes and Brian Lubocki, pooled their money for  test footage and started shopping their product around but as studios heard about the footage offers came in.  But the studios wanted the film rights but not the creators.  Fearing another “soul-less, forgettable… Read More

July 29, 2013 @ 10:14 am By Charles Luzar  |  

A documentary about the interplay of private funds and politics is approaching $150,000 in funding, which would double the original goal of $75,000. We first reported on Citizen Koch earlier this month when the campaign had just surpassed the stated goal. Kickstarter has stepped in as a… Read More

July 23, 2013 @ 9:16 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Spike Lee has launched a crowdfunding campaign in an attempt to fund a new movie about “human beings who are addicted to blood.” on Kickstarter. He has set a goal of $1.25 million in 30 days. Nothing in Life is Free and if you want… Read More

July 18, 2013 @ 10:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Below are the videos currently scheduled to be screened at the 3rd Annual Kickstarter Film Festival.   [new_royalslider id=”3″]

July 18, 2013 @ 5:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Trailer Cash, a party that seeks to invigorate independent filmmaking in New York by screening teasers or “trailers” of films and new media in development and awarding a donation to the winners to help complete the films, has posted a call for submissions for their 2013… Read More

July 14, 2013 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding on Kickstarter, “Citizen Koch”. a film directed by Carl Deal and Tia Lessin, has surpassed their crowdfunding goal of $75,000 with plenty of time left on their crowdfunding campaign. The project currently stands at over $105,000 pledged by over 2000 supporters. “Citizen Koch” is… Read More

July 11, 2013 @ 11:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Radio personality, actor and comedian, Adam Carolla’crowdfunding campaign on FundAnything has surpassed $400,000 in first week.  Carolla is crowdfunding his film, “Road Hard” with a goal of raising $1,000,000 over the next 37 days. Carolla will write, direct and star in this film which entails… Read More

July 8, 2013 @ 10:35 am By Charles Luzar  |  

This release was submitted to Crowdfund Insider and republished in its entirety. Scott Conditt is an Arizona-based filmmaker launching a documentary about Kickstarter project creators. A project titled “Kickstarted: Documenting the Crowdfunding Revolution” recently received funding through the premiere crowd-funding entity itself, Kickstarter.com. Indie-film and crowd-funding enthusiast… Read More

July 5, 2013 @ 9:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Independent film crowdfunding site Seed&Spark, has announced the completion of a successful crowdfunding round for $32,500 on the Seed&Spark platform. Tthe Seed&Spark community of 198 supporters funded the campaign in 30 days, The goal was to raise $32,500 in cash, goods and services in order to… Read More

July 1, 2013 @ 1:20 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Zach Braff has made TheWrap.com’s list of 12 people who are changing Hollywood for his noted “Wish I Was Here” Kickstarter campaign. That guy started an internet feeding frenzy earlier this year when he decided to crowdfund a follow-up called “Wish I Was Here” at… Read More

June 28, 2013 @ 9:11 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Center for Independent Documentary has chosen Mimoona as the service provider for their new documentary-focused crowdfunding platform. Mimoona is one of a number of white-label crowdfunding platforms that enable entrepreneurs to launch a crowdfunding platform quickly and easily. Mimoona takes 2.5% of total funds raised… Read More