Legion Insider #047
According to GoodHousekeeping.com, Spielberg's 1982 film E.T. was shot in chronological order to make the experience as real for the child actors as possible. 10% of the film's $10.5 million budget went to developing the lifelike animatronic E.T. which certainly paid off, earning special effects artist Carlo Rambaldi an Oscar for Best Visual Effects. And believe it or not, a scene featuring Harrison Ford was cut from the film!
Worldwide Toast
Join us for a live-streamed event June 23 at 4pm PT / 7pm ET as we cheers to the success of Round 8, our most successful fundraising round in company history. Set a Google calendar reminder here.
Paul Scanlan On The TEDx Stage
CEO Paul Scanlan was in London earlier this week for TEDx Soho discussing the power of digital communities and Legion M’s disruptive business model. Congratulations Paul on a well curated talk and thank you for repping the Legion! Once the video is available from TEDx we'll be sure to share with you.
myCast
Legion M has partnered with our friends at myCast to give our community a brand new way to be a part of the development process. Five of Legion M’s current films/series in development are listed on their homepage, visit myCast.io to set up an account and give your casting suggestions for these projects.
Stock Split and Round 8 Rewards Update
Round 8 is complete and we've received almost all the names of our new investors from StartEngine. We sent out a big batch of rewards for Legion M Shop Gift Cards last week — if you haven't seen yours, please search your email for orders@legionm.com to make sure it didn't land in your spam or promotions folder. There's only about 50-100 investors still being processed by StartEngine — once we get those names we'll close the book on Round 8 and split the stock. Stay tuned!
Development Diaries
The latest updates on Legion M's projects in development!
Christopher Lloyd Joins the Cast of Nandor Fodor & The Talking Mongoose
We got the Doc! Lloyd joins Simon Pegg and Minnie Driver to play Nandor’s colleague “Dr. Price”. The news broke last week in TheWrap where an exclusive first look at Simon Pegg as Nandor Fodor was revealed (pictured above).
Marvin Jones III joins Legion M as Defiant Producer
Legion M is thrilled to welcome Marvin Jones III (aka “Krondon”) to the in-development feature film Defiant, which details the incredible true story of Civil War hero, Captain Robert Smalls. You may recognize Marvin from his roles as “Tobias Whale” in the CW show Black Lightning and as “Tombstone” in Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. Marvin will join the project Defiant, as a producer. Learn more about Marvin, his career, and his role on Defiant and stay tuned for more exciting news on this amazing project in the near future.
Upcoming Events
FanExpo Dallas - June 17-19 - Booth #218
San Diego Comic-Con - July 21-24 - Booth #3917
Investor Spotlight
This week we’re highlighting Legion M Investor Rick Bradley!
Hometown: Meridian
Why do you love Legion M? I love the content and style in the projects Legion M in involved in.
What's your all time favorite movie or TV show? Movie - Pulp Fiction, TV - X-Files
Favorite movie quote to live by? "Come on, lets step into character"
What is it about movies that inspires you? Movies allow so much for the fans. Everything from insight, emotion, excitement, escape, intrigue and on and on and on...............
What is your profession/bio? Residential Architect
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