Now that video games have surpassed films in terms of original storytelling, there are tons of properties that are ripe for adaptation. A bunch of those are already coming to fruition, but one that fans have decided not to wait forever for is the first person shooter Bioshock.
There has been talks about Gore Verbinski taking on the film, but in the meantime, Internet filmmaker Jared Pelletier has decided to take things into his own hands with his very own live action Bioshock film set for the spring of 2013. To get fans ready for the film’s release (and expected production diary leading up to it), he has posted the first teaser for the film online.
Full of classic swingy goodness, and maybe a few shots of action, the teaser is more than enough to hold fans over for a bit of time.
Take a look at it after the jump, and subscribe to the official Bioshock fan film channel on YouTube. Here’s to hoping we can beat Hollywood to the finish line!
Anyone who follows The Flickcast knows I’m not the film guy by any means. I’m the video game guy. It is a rare feat to find a strong combination of the two. Portal: No Escape is one of those rare exceptions.
The world of Portal is filled with mystery and though some questions were answered in Portal 2 through the oral history of Aperture Science being explained by the recordings of Cave Johnson, many more questions remained. As a result, the world of Portal is ripe for fan fiction to fill in its many blanks.
That’s where director and editor Dan Trachtenberg’s fan film Portal: No Escape comes in. Though it doesn’t provide any new insight into the world of Portal, it gives a different perspective to its inhabitants. As seen by the events of Portal and Portal 2, the subjects who are used for testing “in the name of science” are not there of their own free will and do whatever they feel they must to escape.
Portal: No Escape follows one of these attempts. With music from Inception trailer composer Mike Zarin, and vision from director Dan Trachtenberg, this fan film is incredibly tense and compelling and can be appreciated by those who are fans of the series or those who may have never seen it before.
Give Portal: No Escape a watch after the jump and make sure to let us know here at the Flickcast what you think of it.
Since the arrival of affordable and professional level video editing and effects equipment, it’s become more and more common for a small fan film on the Internet to have as good or better visuals (and often a story) than many of the big Hollywood films we usually see. That case is clear once again with the new short film Robots of Brixton by Kibwe Tavares.
The film takes an interesting look at a futuristic (and not very optimistic) world where robots not only rule, but have the same hardships as humans.
With some of the most unsettling and gorgeous visuals we’ve seen in a some time, Brixton runs a short 5 and a half minutes. However, that time will go by fast and once you’re done, you’ll want to watch it again.
Check out the full synopsis and short itself after the jump.
Just in time for Joe Johnston to bring us yet another classic WWII era superhero in Captain America, The First Avenger, another film of his is hitting a milestone. Last week marked the 20th anniversary of the release of Disney’s The Rocketeer.
Hard to believe it’s been that long since Billy Campbell donned the brass helmet and flew around the Disney back lot with Alan Arkin by his side, but here we are.
Because the film was such a classic, as was Dave Stevens’ original comic book, diehard fan and animator John Banana put together a little homage animated short in which The Rocketeer shows some of his stuff.
The animation style is superb and the short managed to capture the original magic and wonder that the film brought us back in 1991. All without the use of Jennifer Connelly, Timothy Dalton, or Terry “Locke” O’Quinn.
Check it out after the jump, and let’s hope this revitalizes interest in the project enough for Disney to give us an animated reboot!
While internet pioneers have yet to find an exact science to viral videos, there seems to be a pretty simple algorithm for highly successful fan films. Basically, spoof a distant classic video game, TV, or film franchise, or spoof something so new, that it’s already top of brain.
What happens, however, if you combined a spoof of a classic video game with a modern film, however? Fan film magic.
We present to you College Humor’sThe Fantastic Mr. Starfox, in which Wes Anderson is the focus of satire, and the classic arcade game Starfox is the vehicle of funny.
In it, we get some great references to the classic 1983 Atari game and its following sequels, as well some pretty hilarious realizations about Anderson’s one-note directing style and how laughable the premise of The Fantastic Mr. Fox was, when looked at from a distance.
Check out the fan film after the jump, and hope that this doesn’t spark some studio’s interest in rebooting the Starfox franchise.
With any true fan film, the one element that needs to stand out above all else is that pure “fan” element that is embedded in the source material any aspiring director decides to adapt into a short film.
That’s what director Paul J. Helin of New Dawn Productions had in mind with his short film The Duke: Fate of Humanity, focusing on one of the most bad ass video game characters of all time: Duke Nukem.
All shot on the Red One, the film has incredible cinematic shots, but not much of a geeky pay off, which could very well come down the line if we get a longer version.
Check out the possibly NSFW (not really) fan film after the jump, and keep an eye out for more from New Dawn Productions.
It’s no secret that we all get giddy for LEGOS around the Flickcast office. Whether it’s playing Lego Batman in our spare time, reviewing Lego Rock Bandfor the site or watching “8-Bit Trip” for Fan Film Fridays, Legos hold a special place in our hearts. It’s also no secret that we love ourselves some video games here and it is impossible to say you love video games if you don’t love Halo.
Now, six years in the making comes a trailer combining two things we love the most. No, Traveller’s Tales and Bungie are not pairing up to release Lego Halo for the XBox 360 but we are getting the next best thing. Using the magic of stop motion animation, a lot of free time and a passion for the two properties, Alex Kobbs has created a twenty-five minute long homage to his two most beloved properties with “Battle of the Brick: Built for Combat”.
Every week, we at the Flickcast try to bring you a new web video in the that relates to the geek culture we all know and love. This week’s video, 8-Bit Trip, came from a true labor of love, or possible insanity. To animate classic video game moments and characters, the skilled filmmakers spent 1500 hours doing the most “stop motion” capture around.
Instead of being able to move just a single piece per frame, they had to deconstruct and reconstruct models to produce this 3:49 piece of Lego insanity. To give you some frame of reference, that comes out to 62.5 days working non-stop or 37.5 standard forty hour work weeks to complete this project.
Hats off to these incredibly talented, and somewhat insane, filmmakers for their work on this project. One can only wonder just how many thousands of Legos went in to the production of it.
Well…not really. It may not be Fan Film Friday yet, but this is a fan trailer that just needs to get seen. Those who have seen the Inglourious Plummers fan trailer are in store for something special, as the first trailer for Mario Kart: The Movie has popped up.
The obsession with the animated racing game began in 1992 with the release of Super Mario Kart on the Super NES system. Of the other sports Mario and his gang partook in, from golf to baseball, grand prix racing seemed to be the most popular. The game series ran through all of Nintendo’s systems including the Nintendo 64, Wii, and even the handheld systems.
The trailer shows the inner emotion of each of these races, and just what kind of a toll it took on our Italian-American hero. For fan films, the acting was pretty good, the story was quite well thought out, and there are even a few laugh-out-loud moments.
Its not like this should be a surprise to anyone. After all, Olivia Munn is a self-professed Star Wars nerd and often makes her fans extremely happy by dressing as their favorite Star Wars princess — complete with slave outfit. Example on the right.
So it makes perfect sense that she would want to utilize her Star Wars knowledge and also her creative abilities in a new way. And what better way then by producing and starring in some cool new Star Wars fan films? I can’t think of a better way and apparently, Olivia agrees because she just signed a deal with Atom.com to produce and star in fan films exactly like we are talking about.
Want to know more? Of course you do. Fortunately, here’s all the info from the official Atom.com press release:
ATOM.COM JOINS FORCES WITH OLIVIA MUNN TO PRODUCE
STAR WARS FAN FILMS
“Operation Olivia” Videos To Premiere With Munn’s Appearance At
Atom.com And Lucasfilm Events At Comic-Con On Friday And Saturday Nights
“Operation Olivia” Site Debuts Saturday At http://olivia.atom.com
Atom.com announced today that Olivia Munn –Attack of the Show co-host, current Playboy cover girl, and all-around geek goddess — has signed to star in and executive-produce Star Wars fan films for the digital comedy network.
Munn is joining Atom at San Diego Comic-Con International this weekend to premiere the first of the Star Wars-themed videos she is producing through “Operation Olivia: The Star Wars Challenge,” a new online destination that will launch Saturday, July 25 at http://olivia.atom.com. (Select photos from Munn’s first fan film production are already available on the site.)
There are plenty of decent shows on HBO lately, from southern vampires to man-whores to polygamy, but one show in particular that has tons of potential, but keeps coming up short is the semi-biographical tale of Marky Mark Whalberg, Entourage.
Unfortunately, the show has a great premise, but comes up short when looking at it from the standpoint of character development or plot conflict. Our friends over at College Humor feel the exact same way, and illustrate it in this week’s Fan Film Friday.
For those who are unaware or don’t get the premium channels on their monthly cable bill, Entourage follows actor Vincent Chase and his group of childhood friends from Queens as they constantly fail upwards in Hollywood.
The show ends up becoming more about the supporting cast than the focal character, but I suppose that is explained in the name. Check out the video after the jump, which also stars new SNL cast member Bobby Moynihan and almost Vincent D’Onofrio.
Normally, Fan Film Friday is reserved for a web video that relates to this weekend’s big release in theaters, but seeing as how this weekend is bringing us Eddie Murphy’s Imagine That and The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, there isn’t a whole lot to spoof here.
On this week’s episode of The Flickcast, both Christina and I shared our love of A Cappella, which brings us to this week’s FFF. Most people are aware of Andy Samberg’s half-joke musical group The Lonely Island from their digital shorts on SNL. Samberg was even proven to be big enough in his demographic to host this year’s MTV Movie Awards.
Some of their more popular songs have become apart of pop culture today, with one or two standing out. The one I’m referring to? “I’m On A Boat”. Originally performed with T-Pain, the song was a pretty big hit on the ‘net and even inspired the A Cappella group “Acquire A Cappella” from UC Santa Cruz college to do their own version.
Now that video games have surpassed films in terms of original storytelling, there are tons of properties that are ripe for adaptation. A bunch of those are already coming to fruition, but one that fans have decided not to wait forever for is the first person shooter Bioshock.
Its not like this should be a surprise to anyone. After all, Olivia Munn is a self-professed Star Wars nerd and often makes her fans extremely happy by dressing as their favorite Star Wars princess — complete with slave outfit. Example on the right.
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