Tagged: zach braff

July 16, 2015 @ 4:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nearly one year after Kickstarter success Wish I Was Here was released, Zach Braff sat down to reflect on the crowdfunding campaign. The Wish I Was Here  campaign launched on the crowdfunding giant’s platform in 2013 and captured $3.1 million from over 46,000 backers. Its synopsis reads: “A struggling actor,… Read More

October 1, 2014 @ 3:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Despite the success of his Wish I Was Here crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, actor Zach Braff revealed he will never use the funding method ever again. Screen Daily reported that during a recent interview at the Zurich Film Festival, the former Scrubs start admitted he was… Read More

September 14, 2014 @ 10:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Kickstarter film success Wish I Was Here received mixed reviews over the past couple months, and now Zach Braff has started to discuss the film’s popularity along with his project on the crowdfunding platform.  During an interview with the New Zealand Herald and on Reddit, the former Scrubs star has spoken… Read More

July 23, 2014 @ 1:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Making sure he stays true to his word, Zach Braff shared embarrassing details about giving back to those who contributed to his “Wish I Was There” crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. During a recent interview, the former “Scrubs” star admitted he regrets agreeing to record voicemails… Read More

July 21, 2014 @ 11:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Actor Zach Braff’s new film and successful Kickstarter campaign “Wish I Was Here” hit theaters last week, but now backers of the famous project reveal they are still waiting for supposed perks ranging form a free t-shirt to a live online screening hosted. The “Wish… Read More

July 18, 2014 @ 10:41 am By JD Alois  |  

So the emblematic film by Zach Braff, “Wish I Was Here” hits cinema screens across the nation today.  The film raised around $3 million on Kickstarter in 2013 setting  the pace for crowdfunding films.  While not quite achieving the success of  Veronica Mars, a film… Read More

July 15, 2014 @ 6:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

One of the biggest names in film crowdfunding, Zach Braff’s “Wish I Was Here” is scheduled to hit cinemas across the country this Friday, July 18th.  The film raised $3.1 million crowdfunding on Kickstarter in May of 2013.  More than 46,000 fans supported the project… Read More

June 19, 2014 @ 3:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With his new film “Wish I Was Here” set to hit theaters July 25th, actor-turned-filmmaker Zach Braff along with his co-star Donald Fasion sat down with Time Warner Cable News’ Victor Diaz to discussing the highly anticipated comedy/drama. Last year, Braff launched a crowdfunding campaign… Read More

January 22, 2014 @ 10:03 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Zach Braff’s Kickstarter-funded feature film Wish I Was Here premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last week. Reviews were mixed, of course… And to those who thought Braff was out of line asking for a hand-out, be satisfied in knowing that his second directorial effort — which… Read More

January 21, 2014 @ 1:40 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Kung Fury is a campy movie done in classic 80’s over-the-top action style that is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, and the campaign is about to come to an end. Crowdfunding for the film will cease this Sunday, January 25th at about 11 AM EST. Will Kung Fury… Read More

December 19, 2013 @ 9:15 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Congratulations are in order for Zach Braff and the team behind his Kickstarter-funded film Wish I Was Here. The film will premiere at 2014’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The festival is slated to take place between January 16-26, 2014. It isn’t the only… Read More

October 22, 2013 @ 10:10 am By Charles Luzar  |  

PolicyMic | Crowdfunding For Private Security in Oakland Ignores a Few Key Facts PolicyMic takes a deeper dive into the recent Crowdtilt campaigns funding private security forces in Oakland. What did they find? That some of the neighborhoods don’t have as much crime as one… Read More

July 11, 2013 @ 11:37 am By Charles Luzar  |  

This is pretty amazing. A backer of Zach Braff’s Kickstarter campaign for his new movie “Wish I Was Here” managed to get the actor and director to help him propose to his girlfriend. Matt Hulbert created a video for his girlfriend Janice, and the video… 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 26, 2013 @ 4:41 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

UPDATE: Funding successful! The documentary was fully funded overnight and the project is a go. Kickstarted, the Kickstarter documentary crowdfunding on Kickstarter, is teetering on the edge of missing a funding goal with less than 24 hours left in the campaign. We first reported on… Read More

June 11, 2013 @ 11:20 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Rob Thomas changed crowdfunding forever with his campaign for Veronica Mars, legitimizing the funding method as a way for successful folks to circumvent the powers-that-be. The crowd can now greenlight creative products by sheer power in numbers. Gatekeepers? That’s so 2010. Zach Braff took this… Read More

June 9, 2013 @ 12:15 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Kickstarted, the crowdfunding documentary currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter, has released a video on YouTube running down the top 5 most controversial crowdfunding campaigns. Can you guess which campaign is number one? Kickstarted has raised just $21,000 of an $85,000 goal to date with a little… Read More

June 6, 2013 @ 4:21 pm By Variety  |  

Kickstarter has leveled the playing field for artists in need of funding. But the influx of pros like Zach Braff has many wondering how crowdfunding will be transformed by showbiz (and vice versa). Over the past four years, Kickstarter has earned a reputation as the place where creators… Read More

May 31, 2013 @ 9:44 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Jon Lajoie is probably best known for his role on TV’s The League. He has now launched a fake crowdfunding page soliciting fake donations in order to “acquire massive wealth.” It’s a (pretty hilarious) tongue-in-cheek parody of celebrity-powered crowdfunding campaigns. He specifically takes shots at… Read More

May 31, 2013 @ 8:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Just launched on Kickstarter is a crowdfunding project for a documentary film entitled “Kickstarted“.   In a poetic fashion the film is chronicling the meteoric rise of crowdfunding and the revolutionary change this innovation is bringing to entrepreneurs everywhere.  Organized by filmakers Jason Cooper and… Read More