Tagged: film

September 15, 2016 @ 8:34 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In just a few days since launching, the UK independent film produced by ItchyFishFilm has secured over £342,000 toward its £640,000 goal to support production for the film. £305,000 has been fronted by the film’s lead investor group Ken Anderson, Chairman of Bolton Wanderers FC; ItchyFishFilm will seek… Read More

September 7, 2016 @ 2:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, SyndicateRoom announced the equity crowdfunded movie Salty has finished the filming stage of its production. As previously reported, the project first appeared on SyndicateRoom in 2014 and the offer allowed smaller investors to participate in the film project for as little as £1,000. The film’s campaign successfully… Read More

August 27, 2016 @ 7:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The creators of the Indiegogo funded film, She Started It, recently announced it is set to be featured at the 2016 Mill Valley Film Festival, which will take place in San Rafael, California from October 6th to October 16th. She Started It is described as a documentary… Read More

August 22, 2016 @ 10:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, aspiring writer and director Shane Vader launched a campaign on Indiegogo to raise only $666 for his new film, Higher Powers. Vader describes the film as a satirical thriller that is about a small-town police department invaded by a dangerous and power-hungry supernatural… Read More

August 13, 2016 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, the crew of Indiegogo-funded Super Troopers 2 announced that the highly anticipated film is once again back into its production stage. Back in spring 2015, production studio Broken Lizard announced the sequel just 14 years after the first film’s release at the 2001 Sundance Festival…. Read More

August 9, 2016 @ 9:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Over the weekend, creators of the Kickstarter project, Atlas of the Soul, announced Star Wars legend, James Earl Jones, is set to join the cast of the upcoming romantic drama. The film, which debuted on the crowdfunding platform in May 2015, successfully raised $29,476 from 180 backers and is described as “an… Read More

June 27, 2016 @ 3:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Olga Kurylenko has reportedly signed up to join the cast of the equity crowdfunding film, Salty. This news comes nearly two months after Antonio Banderas signed up to star in the upcoming movie. As previously reported, the project first appeared on SyndicateRoom in 2014. The offer allowed smaller… Read More

June 23, 2016 @ 4:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just six months after Paramount and CBS announced they have filed a lawsuit against Star Trek:Axanar for copyright infringement, creators of the crowdfunding success have unleashed the film’s first two trailers. The film has raised over $1 million through Indiegogo and Kickstarter campaigns. Although it is considered a feature film,… Read More

June 6, 2016 @ 4:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to bring Peter Flannery’s novel, First And Only, to the big screen, a UK-based studio with the same name as the book has launched a Seedrs initiative to raise £120,000 for the film’s production. The thriller, which was published through Amazon, has had over 60,000 downloads since its… Read More

June 6, 2016 @ 3:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than two weeks until its Kickstarter comes to an end, Chuck Palahniuk’s Lullaby film adaptation project has successfully secured its initial $250,000 goal. As previously reported, Oregon independent filmmaker, Josh Leake, and his team at Mindpollen Studios launched the Kickstarter initiative for the 2002 novel. Palahniuk is an American novelist and… Read More

June 3, 2016 @ 3:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

KAsh Pictures, a Los Angeles production studio, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $100,000 for the new film, The Order. The action-packed movie will star various actors of the hit TV series, Power Rangers.  The Order follows a group of vigilantes who often shadows… Read More

May 27, 2016 @ 12:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Actors & Artists Agency, described as one of the fastest growing full-service entertainment industries, has formed a partnership with investment crowdfunding platform Indie Crowd Funder.  The arrangement seeks to provide Actors & Artists filmmakers access to both accredited and non-accredited investors.  The deal will also… Read More

May 22, 2016 @ 6:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

  There is a tidal wave of Asian money that wants to head to North America and diversify into different asset classes.  Yet Chinese officials have made it challenging for many individuals to move money out. DreameGGs is a relatively new platform that is seeking… Read More

May 19, 2016 @ 1:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Captain America: Civil War directors, Anthony and Joseph Russo, announced they have joined forces with writer/director Jay Alvarez to produce Indiegogo funding project, Dizzy Pursuit. Alvarez and his team hit the crowdfunding platform earlier this week to raise nearly $30,000 for the production of the film. Dizzy Pursuit is described… Read More

May 18, 2016 @ 10:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Oregon independent filmmaker, Josh Leake, and his team at Mindpollen Studios launched a Kickstarter initiative to raise $250,000 for the film adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s 2002 novel, Lullaby. Palahniuk is an American novelist and freelance journalist, and is known for his other novels including Fight Club.  Lullaby… Read More

May 15, 2016 @ 7:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter is getting more proactive in its pursuit of filmmakers using their rewards based platform to raise funding for films.  According to a report in The Hollywood Reporter, Dan Schoenbrun, Senior film outreach lead at Kickstarter, is talking up the process in Cannes during the annual… Read More

May 13, 2016 @ 10:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Indie Crowd Funder, a platform designed to provide crowdfunding services for Hollywood professionals, has received FINRA approval to operate as a funding portal under Title III of the JOBS Act.  IndieCrowdFunder joins a growing list of platforms that have applied and since been approved to… Read More

May 11, 2016 @ 9:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Antonio Banderas has signed up to star in the equity crowdfunded film Salty. In 2014, the project launched an investment campaign on SyndicateRoom. The offer allowed smaller investors to participate in the film project for as little as £1000. The offer later closed having raised… Read More

April 27, 2016 @ 4:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, director of Ugly Americans, Aaron Augenblick, and his team at Augenblick Studios, hit global crowdfunding Indiegogo to raise $100,000 for his latest project, Adventures of Drunky.  The rated-R adult animated film’s synopsis reads: “The Adventures of Drunky is about a hapless barfly named Drunky (Sam Rockwell)…. Read More

April 26, 2016 @ 10:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Great art isn’t made by committee–it’s made by empowering great artists (and then getting out of their way!). Legion M is looking to a wider audience of committed fans and investors to finance their vision of a new century media entertainment company. Launched this past… Read More