Tagged: movies

April 11, 2013 @ 9:15 am By Word & Film  |  

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

April 10, 2013 @ 11:26 pm By Zap2It  |  

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

April 1, 2013 @ 10:08 am By Geekosystem  |  

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

February 18, 2013 @ 2:27 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

February 13, 2013 @ 6:42 pm By Karsten Strauss, Forbes  |  

Several months ago we spotlighted a soon-to-launch crowdfunding company that sought to bring crowdfunding to independent film. That company – Seed & Spark – has launched and now boasts an upcoming film starring Edward Burns among its list of financing projects. Largely financed by Atlantic Pictures, the… Read More

January 3, 2013 @ 3:29 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Kickstarter just posted to their blog that they’ve officially raised $100 million in funding for independent films. Here are 10 quick facts from the post: $102.7 million pledged in total $85.7 million collected Almost 900,000 backers Over 8,500 funded projects Documentaries were the most funded… Read More

December 12, 2012 @ 2:58 pm By Bryce J. Renninger, Indiewire  |  

When Indiewire went to its film festival programmers to ask what they wanted filmmakers to know about how programmers use crowdfunding sites, they all wanted to make one thing clear:  programmers make sure that every film that passes over their desks gets seen by someone,… Read More

December 12, 2012 @ 1:55 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

As an investor, where can you get more info on the prospects of investing in film? EarlyShares will release their own educational site soon. @crowdfundinside EarlyShares.com & soon @earlyshares University will have courses to explain the process #CrowdFilmChat #Crowdfilmchat — EarlyShares (@EarlyShares) December 12, 2012… Read More