Los Angeles, California - September 12, 2022 - Legion M, the world's first fan-owned entertainment company, proudly announces its innovative and game-changing app, FILM SCOUT, will be available for festival-goers at this year’s Fantastic Fest and FF@Home!

WHAT: FILM SCOUT is designed to bring fans into the “greenlighting” process and gather users' opinions to help inform decisions made on behalf of the company and the 35,000+ fans that own it. From kicking off at Sundance Film Festival in 2019, to making waves at SXSW and now Fantastic Fest, to partnering with distributors like Bleecker Street and Screen Media as well as key industry organizations including the International Screenwriters’ Association – FILM SCOUT continues to grow and expand.

HOW IT WORKS: Film Scout is an example of how Legion M can use mobile gaming to harness the “wisdom of the crowd” to help make real-world business decisions. At Fantastic Fest, users will be presented with information about the films screening at the in-person Festival and online, and asked to rate which ones they’d like to watch. The whole process is gamified, making it both fun and easy-to-use. FILM SCOUT also asks users to make predictions about films playing at the festival – and then grades them on the accuracy of their predictions. At the end of the festival, a leaderboard is released that shows exactly how users stack up compared to every other scout on the platform. The top 5% of players are granted access into Legion M’s “Elite Scout” program, where they can be given greater opportunities to scout films on behalf of the company. Not only can people across the US engage with the Austin-based festival as Film Scouts, but they can also participate virtually with an FF@Home badge.

• Prizes will be awarded to players including badges for next year's fest, Fantastic Fest Gear, Legion M gift cards and more. There are both skill based prizes and random drawings, so you can win by being good…or by getting lucky.. 

• The Alamo Drafthouse will use the results from FILM SCOUT to help program their Fantastic Fest Presents program where they do special screenings of Fantastic Fest films at Drafthouse’s around the country, as well as award films at this year’s fest based on votes from the app.

WHERE: The FILM SCOUT app is available for download on iOS or Android phones.

ANALYTICS: FILM SCOUT is more than just a game, it's also a powerful data analytics tool. Legion M uses data generated by the platform to make content decisions for the company.

• In 2020, over 120,000 FILM SCOUT votes at Sundance led Legion M to partner with Bleecker Street for the release of the critically acclaimed comedy Save Yourselves!

• In 2019, FILM SCOUT at Sundance led Legion M to partner with Screen Media for the purchase and release of the critically acclaimed documentary Memory: The Origins of Alien

Thanks to the votes cast by Film Scouts, Legion M's shareholders have a stake in both of these highly acclaimed films, a powerful testament to the power of bringing fans into the scouting process!