The co-production between Legion M and Co-Op Entertainment will also debut in a 40-page comic next year.
Read MoreThanks to fans demanding it be shown in more theaters, RLJ Entertainment, the distributor of "Mandy," has the movie booked in theaters until November.
Read MoreCinephilia is a year-round condition, and thus it’s always an ideal time to honor the best of the current movie crop. Now more than midway through 2018, a wide range of stellar offerings have illustrated that, no matter the genre, potential greatness abounds at both the multiplex and the art house.
Read MoreThis Nicolas Cage spectacle is equal parts art house and grind house
Read MoreDirector Panos Cosmatos has scored an instant cult hit with Mandy, an ultra-metal revenge thriller set in the early '80s that stars Nicolas Cage in vintage gonzo Cage mode. It's a movie filled with surprises, but perhaps the biggest of them is the adorable, hard-puking ad mascot called Cheddar Goblin.
Read MoreChanges in crowdfunding laws are expanding the reach of companies looking to take advantage of this innovative way of raising capital funds. Legion M’s goal is to make and promote content funded by fans.
Read MoreStartups like Wattpad and Tongal (for directors and cinematographers), and new financing platforms like Legion M (for producing features) are aiming to elevate new talent and provide what the companies hope will be built-in audiences for successful new programming on platforms like Netflix, Apple, and others — and the hundreds of networks that are vying for attention in an increasingly fragmented media landscape.
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Read MoreRuby Que and Varun Belur from The Cornell Daily Sun interview with Legion M cofounder, Paul Scanlan.
Read MoreDo you ever use fruits to critique films? You likely don’t use real ones, but you’ve probably used Rotten Tomatoes to check a movie’s overall quality. High Rotten Tomato ratings seem to be few as of late, but “Mandy,” a new film coming to the Tower Theatre on Sept. 14, exceeds expectations.
Read MoreLegion M, founded by Paul Scanlan and Jeff Annison, claims to be the world’s first fan-owned entertainment company. The pair previously co-founded MobiTV, an entertainment media company that won an Emmy for Technical Achievement in Advancing Television. They’ve used their knowledge and connections to create what they call “a business model with the potential to change Hollywood forever.”
Read MoreComing to theaters for a special advanced screening on Thursday, September 13th is Mandy, a movie being billed as a “wildly phantasmagorical thriller” starring Nicolas Cage. The screening will be followed by a prerecorded Q&A session with Cage and the director of the film, Panos Cosmatos.
Read MoreIn speaking about how Jóhannsson became involved with “Mandy,” friend and manager Tim Husom said: “The last music he created before his death was the score to ‘Mandy.’ We were working on it right up until the film was delivered to Sundance in early January.
Read MoreAs a psychologist who researches and writes about fandom, and as a passionate fan myself, I was fascinated by an innovative group called Legion M who had a presence at this year’s Comic-Con. Actually, they had a physical presence, as in they took over the bottom floor of the Harbor House restaurant in Seaport Village and turned into the Legion M fan lounge.
Read MoreThe producers at SpectreVision (Lisa Whalen, Daniel Noah, Josh C. Waller, and Elijah Wood) have been friends and allies of Legion M since day one, and we've been searching for the right project to work on. For Mandy, Legion M has invested in both the film and Jóhann Jóhannsson's heavy metal soundtrack. It's a production stage investment (meaning that we haven't seen the film, as it's not yet complete), but we have had the opportunity to see some of the footage.
Read MoreThe Geek Speak Show's Henry San Miguel talks to Legion M President & Co-Founder Jeff Annison at San Diego Comic Con 2018.
Read MoreFirst there was the Stargate panel Thursday afternoon at San Diego Comic-Con … then there was the party!
Read MoreLegion M brought the Legion M Lounge to San Diego Comic-Con this year. One of the highlights of the Lounge occurred on Friday as the Lounge filled up for the Mandy event.
Read MoreWe talk with Legion M was founded by Paul Scanlan and Jeff Annison in March, 2016. Legion M We talk with Legion M was founded by Paul Scanlan and Jeff Annison in March, 2016. Legion M is the world’s first entertainment studio that allows fans to invest in and be part of the creation of new movies, television shows, virtual reality and other pieces of entertainment content.
Read MoreOver the past year, Hollywood has been rabid with negative headlines portraying an industry broken by a pervasive all-boys club culture. It’s an industry with deep, dark roots that have not been disrupted in over 80 years.
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