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Action, chickenf*ckers! Those lovable, raunchy state troopers are back on set today as they start filming on Super Troopers 2, the sequel to the 2001 cult hit film. The news was posted on Broken Lizard’s Facebook page. Back in March, the comedy troupe launched an Indiegogo campaign to raise $2M for the film's budget…

EXCLUSIVE: Arrow star Stephen Amell has spent four seasons fighting the bad guys of Star City on the CW, but he wants to bring some original action of his own to the big screen – and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows actor may be well on the way. Halfway through its run on Indiegogo and offering perk…

EXCLUSIVE: There were little print and marketing costs prior to launching the action comedy Lazer Team and minimal publicity expenses. Instead, the film collected a record-breaking $2.4M for its production budget from Indiegogo, then pre-sold tickets through Austin-based crowdsourcing company Tugg to the tune of…

If Dennis Hopper’s last film went the crowd funding route, why not Orson Welles on his 100th birthday? The Citizen Kane helmer’s last film, The Other Side of the Wind, has gone to Indiegogo for finishing funds. Hopper is part of the cast, along with John Huston, Peter Bogdanovich, and numerous others. They are  hoping…

Comedy troupe Broken Lizard has launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to raise $2M for a sequel to their cult hit Super Troopers. The 2001 comedy about five zany Vermont state troopers who take delight in pranking people they pull over, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was purchased by Fox Searchlight…

Firefly is never going to be revived, but fans hoping to see stars Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk reunited onscreen will get their wish. The pair’s proposed online comedy series, Con Man, a comedic look at life as a science fiction actor on the convention circuit, has broken multiple funding records on crowdfunding…

Jon Stewart's Egyptian doppelganger Bassem Youssef is getting the documentary treatment courtesy of The Daily Show's Sara Taksler. Tickling Giants, a chronicle of how Youssef went from being a heart surgeon to hosting an immensely popular — and controversial — satirical news magazine, has already been filmed, with…

Crowd funder Indiegogo is claiming that a film it helped birth, the Sundance award winner Dear White People, is now the top crowd funded grosser with $4.4 million, besting the $3.6 million gross by Zach Braff’s Wish I Was Here. At the same time, I am hearing more and more from the distributors that buy these films…

Indiegogo and Vimeo are joining forces with the latter to serve as the preferred distribution platform for the film funding site. In addition, Vimeo has also committed to a film fund for select Indiegogo feature campaigns in exchange for exclusive distribution on Vimeo On Demand. Additionally, there will be a…

EXCLUSIVE: Horror anthology Tales Of Halloween has recruited director Lucky McKee as the holiday-themed project continues filming in Los Angeles. The director of 2002’s genre favorite May, The Woods, Red and Sundance controversy-maker The Woman most recently helmed last year’s tongue-in-cheek horror comedy All Cheerlea…

Tom Sizemore has taken to crowdfunding platform Indiegogo to raise funds for his passion project An Honest Thief, a noir-ish thriller that the Heat and Saving Private Ryan actor is putting together as a starring vehicle. It’s his first film as a producer and a step toward rebuilding his up-and-down career following a…

True Crime novelist, screenwriter, and conservative commentator Andrew Klavan (One Missed Call, A Shock To The System, Haunting Melissa) has been hired to script the crowdfunded TV film project Gosnell, about Philadelphia abortionist Dr. Kermit Gosnell. The infamous doctor was convicted of three counts of first-degree…