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Fans Finance Films They Want To See

Crowdfunding used to be a last resort for projects that couldn’t raise money any other way. But in the movie business over the past year, a growing number of accomplished directors, producers and screenwriters have turned to the masses to avoid the hassle of dealing… Read More

Zach Braff Launches Kickstarter For Follow Up To “Garden State”

Zach Braff is perhaps most famous for his prominent role on the hit TV show “Scrubs,” but he also wrote and directed “Garden State.” The 2004 movie which also featured Natalie Portman won various awards, including a Grammy for best soundtrack. It is now a… Read More

Filmmakers Have Earned $128 Million in Pledges on Kickstarter

Film projects on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter have raised $127 million in pledges since April 2009, Kickstarter’s Stephanie Pereira announced onstage at TFI Interactive. The $127 million figure has now increased to $128 million on Kickstarter’s live stats page. More than 1 million people have pledged money to help… Read More

Image Nation Abu Dhabi Talks Crowdfunding with Local Filmmakers

Image Nation Abu Dhabi is inviting filmmakers and movie enthusiasts to take part in its Bopcorn & Sawaalef event this week, as the film club discusses the worldwide phenomenon of crowdfunding and how this simple concept can help local filmmakers to get their ideas off… Read More

‘Canceled’ Doesn’t Mean Canceled Anymore, And That’s A Big Problem

Happy Endings is hanging by a thread at ABC. Heroes has been canceled since 2010. Pushing Daises has been, well, pushing up daisies since it went kaput almost four years ago. But fans needn’t worry. The word “canceled” simply doesn’t hold that much weight these days. Any defunct show can… Read More

Crowdfunding Site Launched for Movie Theater Digital Conversion

SaveOurCommunityTheaters.org a niche crowdfunding site for movie theater digital conversion By the end of 2013, Hollywood film studios will stop distributing movies on 35-millimeter film and convert entirely to digital. This conversion will save billions for studios, which no longer need to deliver cumbersome film,… Read More

FilmFunder enters film Crowdfunding Space

FilmFunder has set out to create a unique fundraising experience for professional producers with quality products and institutional investors who are exploring motion pictures as a viable alternative asset. Crowdfunding film production has become increasingly popular in the recent months, but professionals are still warming… Read More

Veronica Mars Closes on Kickstarter at $5,702,153

The Veronica Mars film crowdfunding saga has been covered extensively in the press, including these pages.  The incredible amount of funds, the high profile of the organizers and the glam of Hollywood have combined to create a compelling crowdfunding odyssey which has come to exemplify… Read More

Growth vs. Innovation: if crowdfunding exists in China

A sub-category in film genre by format, shorts were never unheard-of in Mainland China. However, it was not until late 2010 that they suddenly gained millions of Chinese fans. The watershed film is Old Boys, a 42-minute short about unfulfilled dreams and aspirations as people grow old… Read More

Entrepreneur Kickstarting Google Glass Enabled Documentary

Chris Shaw, an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Kansas City-based startup accelerator and business incubator Think Big Partners has been selected by Google to be a beta tester of its exclusive Glass hardware. Google selected only 8,000 people worldwide to be part of its Glass Explorers program, an… Read More

Rob Thomas Reacts To $5 Million In Funding For Veronica Mars

Rob Thomas shares his reaction to the Veronica Mars Movie Kickstarter reaching $5 million dollars. More on the Veronica Mars project on Crowdfund Insider: Veronica Mars Crosses $5 Million With 2 Days To Go Veronica Mars Movie Wants To Be Biggest Kickstarter Movie Ever Veronica… Read More

Calvin and Hobbes Meet the Kickstarter Era

In the age of Twitter and online streaming content, the endurance of a treasured comic strip (from something as archaic as a newspaper) especially among the Facebook generation, might be a bit puzzling and unexpected. It’s also the subject of the new documentary “Dear Mr. Watterson,” which… Read More

‘Veronica Mars’ movie Kickstarter crosses $5 million with two days to go

The Kickstarter campaign to fund the“Veronica Mars” movie reached its original $2 million goal in less than 12 hours, and now it has officially passed the $5 million mark with over two days still to go. How high will the crowdfunded budget go? Back when the Kickstarter was at… Read More

Veronica Mars Film Crowdfunding Wants to Be Biggest Ever

The Kickstarter crowdfunding effort launched by Rob Thomas to crowdfund the Veronica Mars film has set a new goal.  Thomas wants their crowdfunding campaign to be the largest ever – in number of supporters. On a recent update posted on their campaign page, Thomas stated,… Read More

Film Crowdfunding Platform Seed&Spark Partners with Film Independent and Big Vision Empty Wallet

Partnership Brings Membership Rewards Program Building on New Ecosystem for the Independent Film Community Seed&Spark, a New York based crowdfunding and digital distribution platform for independent film, has announced a partnership with Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produces the Film Independent Spirit Awards,… Read More

Crowdfunding gathers momentum in India

Mumbai: Crowdfunding, a practice that takes advantage of the collective effort of individuals who pool money mostly through the Internet to support start-ups, appears to be gathering momentum in India with at least four such initiatives being introduced in the past one year. Referred to… Read More

OF COURSE THERE’S A HOLLYWOOD CROWDFUNDING CONSULTING COMPANY NOW

A fool and his money are soon parted, especially when it’s a lot of fools and a lot of money. I wrote about the Veronica Mars kickstarter a while back with a pretty positive tone – I was a fan of the show and thought… Read More

Blue Run Media Launches Crowdfunding Services for Film Industry

BlueRun Crowdfund, a division of BlueRun Media (BlueRun), announced the recent launch of their crowdfunding services firm for the film industry, including announcing some of BlueRun’s current clients and eight ongoing or soon-to-start crowdfund campaigns. “The success of Veronica Mars with crowdfunding has certainly placed… Read More

Could Kickstarter One Day Completely Oust Hollywood? [Video]

There’s been something of an uproar lately about Kickstarter. Specifically, folks have been questioning the meaning of the immensely successful Veronica Mars movie campaign. Does this mean we can use Kickstarter to fund whatever we want? Can we cut out Hollywood entirely? On the negative… Read More

Crowdfunding Film: Cleared For Stripping

DAVE KELLETT and Fred Schroeder set out to shoot a documentary about the art of cartooning. In the process, however, the film, called “Stripped”, turned into a story about the disruptive and often positive effect of the internet on comic strips. Mr Kellett, meanwhile, turned… Read More

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