Still nothing like the big screen when web series look this good. Seriously, at the risk of selling out my 640 pixel comrades, there is something that happens when you sit back and watch some of these web series we all get excited about in their full uncompressed HD glory. And The Bannen Way, the high octane thrill ride shot on the Red One camera, is well worthy of some cinematic screen time. That and sharing the experience with a few hundred fellow vicarious adrenaline junkies. This Friday evening Sony's Crackle is hosting a special La screening of the complete first season of The Bannen Way at the American Cinemateque's Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. It's the latest in a series of screenings at the Egyptian that show the internet some love, with previous screenings including Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, The Guild, Strike.TV and Funny or Die. On hand for a...
- 2/9/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
With the fall of some of the early web content studios like maniaTV, 60Frames and ABC/Disney's Stage 9, there were some web series projects that went down with their ships that we thought might never see the light of day. Trenches, a sci-fi action series from creator Shane Felux was one such project. Our last check in with Felux was in August of 2008, when Stage 9 had released its pricey comedy series Squeegees to mixed results. A few months later ABC shuttered its nascent digital studio, leaving Trenches in distribution purgatory. Now the series has found a new home, with Sony Pictures Television licensing the project from ABC to be released starting February 16, 2010 on Crackle. Set in the future on a a distant war torn planet, the story centers around two groups of opposing soldiers fighting against each other only to realize that the real enemy is something else. The 10-episode series,...
- 1/21/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
George Lucas might not want to make any more Star Wars movies now that Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith is secure in its crown as the top-grossing domestic movie of the year. But that didn't discourage West Virginia-based filmmaker Shane Felux, who this year created a sequel of his own: Star Wars: Revelations, a 47-minute opus with genuine production value, impressive special effects and -- true to the Star Wars template -- wooden dialogue and stilted acting. All Felux needed was about $20,000 to complete his film, which drew quick notice on the Internet when it debuted in April. On iFilm, the short film Web site, his film was downloaded more than 3 million times, and he earned notices in USA Today and an appearance on CNN. But despite the attention, Felux has been disappointed to discover that Revelations hasn't provided him the entrance to Hollywood that other film shorts inspired by Lucas' franchise have brought in the past. "I was hoping that the industry might stand up and go, 'All right, that's pretty good for something a little under 20K, what do you want to do next?' " Felux said. "And I'd go, 'Well, here is the next thing I want to do, here's how much it's going to cost.' And hopefully go on and make another film."...
- 12/21/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
George Lucas might not want to make any more Star Wars movies now that Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith is secure in its crown as the top-grossing domestic movie of the year. But that didn't discourage West Virginia-based filmmaker Shane Felux, who this year created a sequel of his own: Star Wars: Revelations, a 47-minute opus with genuine production value, impressive special effects and -- true to the Star Wars template -- wooden dialogue and stilted acting. All Felux needed was about $20,000 to complete his film, which drew quick notice on the Internet when it debuted in April. On iFilm, the short film Web site, his film was downloaded more than 3 million times, and he earned notices in USA Today and an appearance on CNN. But despite the attention, Felux has been disappointed to discover that Revelations hasn't provided him the entrance to Hollywood that other film shorts inspired by Lucas' franchise have brought in the past. "I was hoping that the industry might stand up and go, 'All right, that's pretty good for something a little under 20K, what do you want to do next?' " Felux said. "And I'd go, 'Well, here is the next thing I want to do, here's how much it's going to cost.' And hopefully go on and make another film."...
- 12/21/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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