Adventures of a Fan Turned Producer
The I-Maniacs Fan Club has some really cool items for bid on eBay right now. Included are a couple of authentic clothing items that were given to crew members of The Invisible Man TV show. The auctions end June 3, 2007, so get your bids in if these items interest you!
If you’re itching to come to the I-ManiCon this summer, you’ll be interested in knowing that the official website is now up. I can’t take credit for doing it this year as I had to bow out due to time constraints. This film project keeps me busy! But, thanks go to Deb, the I-Maniacs Fan Club webmaster, for taking over the job.
This year you can find the con website at the I-Maniacs Fan Club website. The direct link is http://imaniacs.org/cons_events/imanicon2007/index.htm.
Last year, Vincent Ventresca, Paul Ben-Victor, Eddie Jones, and Mike McCafferty were able to attend. It was such a treat to have them there! This year, Joyce, the fan club president, tells us that all four guys are available to come again. Of course, that could change if they have to work, but I’m hoping that all four will be able to make it again this year. No word on whether Shannon Kenny can come yet, but I’m hopeful. It would be so cool to have the entire cast at the con this year.
The registration form is up at the site and the cost of attendance is $40 for the one-day con. Just print out and fill in the form and send it in with your money. The admission price does not include meals. Those are optional. But I highly recommend that you attend the dinner also because you’ll get to dine with the cast. We always take them out to dinner as a token of our appreciation for taking time out of their busy schedules to visit with us.
If you’re sitting on the fence wondering if you should go or not, I can assure you that you’ll find the experience worth your while. It’s a great bunch of fans getting together with a great cast.
Time is running out. There are less than nine weeks to the con, which will take place on July 21, 2007. So get your registration in ASAP!
Hope to see you there!
If you’re looking for some new I-Man icons to jazz up your profile on bboards and such, here are 60 to choose from. Thanks go to Kansas, the creator of these very cool icons.
Hello team,
Sadly, L33t Haxxors 4 did not win the final contest on Acceptable TV because, well, we got hacked.
The winner, a good friend of mine who is also the creator of the wildly popular “Chad Vader” series, posted on his site that his show was up for voting. Ambitious readers, noting that voting was unlimited, took that to heart and set up autoclicking programs to rig the game. We tried to fight it with our own ballot stuffing but in the last hours of voting, we lost by 2%. Ugh.
I mention L33t here because as writer and co-director of the past 3 episodes I’ve definitely started to mold the duo of Overlord and Razorwire to resemble Fawkes and Hobbes, respectively. I think they’re really starting to hit their stride and hopefully we’ll shoot a few more of these. Take another look and see if you can spot the similarities.
Also, check out the last three episodes of Mr. Sprinkles. I did the voice of Agent Pedone, who works for Homeland Security. I was surprised that the animation looked a lot like Eberts! I hadn’t even thought about that until I saw the first episode and then it hit me that this could be Eberts, post 9/11. Admittedly, a harsher, no nonsense version, but hey, it’s been quite a few years since we’ve seen him so who knows?
As far as the I-Man, well, you know the story thus far. I’d love to get the cast together for a little I-man short in the vein of the Star Trek online series that use Trek talent. It’d be a non-profit fan film, maybe something to jump start the whole process of a feature. I dunno, if you all support this, maybe you should post comments and let me know.
Having said that, I support Amanda’s quest to bring us all back to the big screen some how. She’s tireless and fearless, both of which are crucial in the battle against Hollywood. I know she’ll succeed someday, when is the million dollar question.
Thanks,
Mike
Back in December I blogged about the upcoming reality show On The Lot. Now after months of waiting, it’s hard to believe the show begins airing next week on Fox.
Out of 12,000 videos that were submitted to the show, only 50 made it to the semi-finals. Wow. Talk about tough competition. So today, as I was scanning the list of semi-finalists’ names for the first time, I was thrilled to see that one name in particular had made it through: Karla Jean Davis.
Karla is a very talented 25-year old tape operator from Altanta, Georgia. I’ve only had time to watch a very small portion of all those submissions and, fortunately, Karla’s was one of them. I was immediately impressed with her talent and right away added her film to my favorites list. Well, it looks like Steven Spielberg has taken note of her talent also and has chosen her for the top 50. I’m tickled pink for her! I should mention that Karla is also a blog mailing list subscriber, so if I seem a bit biased, I admit it. I totally am. Way to go, Karla! Congratulations on making it into the semi-finals. I’ll be rooting for you!
Be sure to check out Karla’s film submission.
On The Lot airs its two audition rounds next Tuesday, May 22, at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT and Thursday, May 24, at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT.