Tagged: film

October 19, 2017 @ 12:01 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Fifteen filmmakers advanced today to the finals of Seed&Spark’s Hometown Heroes Crowdfunding Rally, moving on to pitch their local feature film to Mark and Jay Duplass, who will executive produce up to five of the movies as well as provide up to $25,000 in no-interest… Read More

August 28, 2017 @ 4:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two weeks after announcing Super Troopers 2 will debut in theaters on April 20, 2018, the film studio behind the Indiegogo-funded comedy, Broken Lizard, released its official teaser. As previously reported,  Broken Lizard sought to raise $2 million for the sequel of the 2001 cult… Read More

August 24, 2017 @ 10:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Legion M, a fan-owned entertainment company, says it has extended the deadline for their second round of funding until Sept. 2, 2017. The company said it was adding an additional week to accommodate demand from fans. According to the campaign page on Wefunder, Legion M… Read More

August 18, 2017 @ 11:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, film studio Broken Lizard announced the highly anticipated, Indiegogo-funded comedy Super Troopers 2 is set to hit theaters on April 20, 2018. As previously reported, Broken Lizard sought to raise $2 million for the sequel of the 2001 cult classic Super Troopers during its Indiegogo campaign in 2015… Read More

August 17, 2017 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding giant Kickstarter recently announced that for the second year it is teaming up with The Brooklyn Comedy Festival to present the annual Brooklyn Comedy Film Festival. According to Kickstarter, this year’s festival has been expanded from short films only to a week-long program that… Read More

August 4, 2017 @ 10:52 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Readers may remember that last March, after receiving keen investor interest for its Reg CF offer, Legion M launched a Reg A+ crowdfunding round to raise a minimum amount of $500,000 on Wefunder, the first Reg A+ offer to be listed on the prominent investment… Read More

August 4, 2017 @ 8:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Broken Lizard announced that its highly anticipated comedy Super Troopers 2 has finished its post-production process. The production company’s crew revealed they completed the sound mix and color correction which are the final steps to bringing the film to life. As previously… Read More

July 25, 2017 @ 12:42 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Seed&Spark has made its niche within film industry crowdfunding, raising over $7M for film projects since launching in 2012 under the helm of CEO & Founder Emily Best. The platform is currently hosting a crowdfunding rally for national filmmakers in partnership with Mark Duplass.  The… Read More

July 20, 2017 @ 4:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Producer Earl M. Benjamin, Director Sean McNamara, and Writer Harris Goldberg have teamed up to launch a campaign on Indiegogo/MicroVenture’s equity crowdfunding platform to raise funds for the upcoming film The Three Little Stooges. According to the campaign, The Three Little Stooges will feature… Read More

July 18, 2017 @ 4:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the equity crowdfunding campaign on MicroVenture/Indiegogo’s platform set to close next week, producer Mychal Simka and executive producer Bart Baker has successfully secured funds for their upcoming feature films, Adventures of Bunny Bravo and Un Conejo de Huevos. As previously reported, Adventures of Bunny Bravo is a… Read More

June 16, 2017 @ 9:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Producer Mychal Simka and Executive Producer Bart Baker have recently launched a Reg CF campaign through Indiegogo/Microventure’s equity crowdfunding platform for the new animated feature films, Adventures of Bunny Bravo and Un Conejo de Huevos, which are films about a loveable misfit rabbit who journeys to… Read More

May 24, 2017 @ 10:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

“Our aim is to enable women behind and in front of the camera in the industry during a time when gender inequality still exists.” UK online investment platform SyndicateRoom announced that the independent UK film Kat and the Band has been fully funded, having reached its £400,000 target…. Read More

April 13, 2017 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival set to kick off next week in New York City, crowdfunding platform Kickstarter announced the funded film projects that are making their way to this year’s event. According to the funding portal, fourteen Kickstarter-funded films will debut at the… Read More

March 29, 2017 @ 4:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Follow-up film from the creators of ABCs of Death series, The Field Guide of Evil, successfully oversubscribed through Indiegogo/Microventures’ equity crowdfunding platform. The Field Guide to Evil is noted to be a brand-new anthology, a feature-length film that will be directed by Veronika Franz and… Read More

March 21, 2017 @ 1:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

After receiving a solid amount of investor interest in their Reg CF offer, Legion M has launched a Reg A+ crowdfunding round to raise a minimum amount of $500,000.  The campaign is live now on Wefunder and is the first Reg A+ offer to be… Read More

March 3, 2017 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding giant Kickstarter announced on Thursday it is teaming up with True/False Film Festival to bring childcare to the 2017 event. The True/False Film Festival described as an event that offers a four-day weekend of creative placemaking in which filmmakers, artists, musicians and others in… Read More

February 22, 2017 @ 4:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nearly two months after announcing to Indiegogo backers they were continuing the editing process, director of Super Troopers 2, Jay Chandrasekhar along with castmate Kevin Heffernan, announced the movie is officially been screened by their friends and family. As previously reported, film studio Broken Lizard sought to… Read More

February 17, 2017 @ 9:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dante Basco, the actor who played Lost Boy Rufio in the 1992 Steven Spielberg film Hook, has launched a Kickstarter campaign seeking $30,000 for the Rufio prequel, Bangarang.  The film’s synopsis reads: “This is the story about Rufio, before the mohawk, before Neverland, before he was… Read More

February 15, 2017 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Indie Crowd Funder, a crowdfunding platform set up to provide equity capital for films and entertainment, has seen solid progress on their Raven Fund 1. Using Tier 2 of Reg A+, Raven Fund 1 has now garnered over $43 million in investor interest. Crowdfund Insider… Read More

February 13, 2017 @ 12:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ira Steven Behr, the showrunner for the hit sci-fi series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo last week for his documentary on the show, What We Left Behind: Looking Back at Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.  The story behind the documentary reads:… Read More