Read the in-depth piece on "Tfios" which appeared in Re/code: The Online Fandom That Launched "The Fault in Our Stars" by fanthropogist, Meredith Levine, in which she lays out just how this social media phenom happened,
According to ticketing website Fandango, 20th Century Fox's, "The Fault in Our Stars" has sold more advanced tickets than any romantic drama in their 14-year history, besting 2012’s "The Vow". Meanwhile critics are also praising the film. The Washington Post says "Tfios" "“achieves that rare feat of eliciting as many cheers as tears;"while movie news website JoBlo writes that it, “should do for a generation of kids what 'Ghost' did for their parents.”
The Wrap praises its social media edge as the determining factor in its popularity, stating, "Green has a hugely popular Tumblr — over two million subscribers, easy — and a YouTube network with his brother (aptly, it's called the VlogBrothers) that has over 600 million total views. This book is incredibly popular, with at least 43 Tumblr blogs dedicated to it; Green has at least 30 different meme sites about him, which is incredible for a young Ya author." Read more Here
What is not reported widely however, is what fanthropologist, Meredith Levine, delves into more deeply in her blog on Zefr, a young company founded by Richard Raddon which provides software solutions for brands and rights holders on YouTube, connecting brands and fans. To further the aims of fans suits the suits just fine but in the case of "The Fault in Our Stars" branding and fandom takes a more altruistic route toward by using media as a means to improve our world. To really understand “The numbers” as The Wrap reports them, Read:
The Vlogbrothers and The Project 4 Awesome shows some of the activities of John Green.
"YouTube has a reputation for being a platform for entertainment, but YouTubers also understand how to wield their influence for the greater good.”
For further reading on this Ya phenom and the film adaptation of the best selling book which is wowing the crowds, read screenwriters Scott Newstadter and Michael Weber as they talk about adapting it here in Zorianna Kit ’s Studio System News: http://www.studiosystemnews.com/from-start-to-finish-screenwriters-scott-neustadter-michael-weber-talk-adapting-the-much-loved-novel-the-fault-in-our-stars/...
According to ticketing website Fandango, 20th Century Fox's, "The Fault in Our Stars" has sold more advanced tickets than any romantic drama in their 14-year history, besting 2012’s "The Vow". Meanwhile critics are also praising the film. The Washington Post says "Tfios" "“achieves that rare feat of eliciting as many cheers as tears;"while movie news website JoBlo writes that it, “should do for a generation of kids what 'Ghost' did for their parents.”
The Wrap praises its social media edge as the determining factor in its popularity, stating, "Green has a hugely popular Tumblr — over two million subscribers, easy — and a YouTube network with his brother (aptly, it's called the VlogBrothers) that has over 600 million total views. This book is incredibly popular, with at least 43 Tumblr blogs dedicated to it; Green has at least 30 different meme sites about him, which is incredible for a young Ya author." Read more Here
What is not reported widely however, is what fanthropologist, Meredith Levine, delves into more deeply in her blog on Zefr, a young company founded by Richard Raddon which provides software solutions for brands and rights holders on YouTube, connecting brands and fans. To further the aims of fans suits the suits just fine but in the case of "The Fault in Our Stars" branding and fandom takes a more altruistic route toward by using media as a means to improve our world. To really understand “The numbers” as The Wrap reports them, Read:
The Vlogbrothers and The Project 4 Awesome shows some of the activities of John Green.
"YouTube has a reputation for being a platform for entertainment, but YouTubers also understand how to wield their influence for the greater good.”
For further reading on this Ya phenom and the film adaptation of the best selling book which is wowing the crowds, read screenwriters Scott Newstadter and Michael Weber as they talk about adapting it here in Zorianna Kit ’s Studio System News: http://www.studiosystemnews.com/from-start-to-finish-screenwriters-scott-neustadter-michael-weber-talk-adapting-the-much-loved-novel-the-fault-in-our-stars/...
- 6/17/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
See TheWrap's Complete Coverage of the 2013 TheGrill@ Locations Show Are traditional studios doomed to extinction if they don't adapt to the realities of the new-media era? That certainly seemed to be the opinion of the panelists at TheWrap's "Innovators Changing Hollywood Debate the Future," at the site's TheGrill@ Locations Show Friday in the West Hall of the L.A. Convention Center. The rapid-fire panel featured four of the TheWrap's first annual "12 Innovators Who Are Changing Hollywood" list: YouTube filmmaker Freddie Wong, Zefr co-founder Richard Raddon, Lowercase Capital partner Matt Mazzeo and the...
- 6/29/2013
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
By Sean O’Connell
hollywoodnews.com: The blogosphere isn’t backing off of commercial director Brett Ratner, whose derogatory comment regarding rehearsals being for “fags” and a crude, misogynistic diatribe on Monday’s “Howard Stern” show have many in the media demanding that he be fired from his upcoming gig as producer of the Academy Awards.
Mark Harris started the charge on Grantland, writing that Ratner’ homophobic remarks were inexcusable in 2011.
“There’s not really a long, nuanced debate to be had about this,” Harris wrote. “If he had used an equivalent racial or religious slur, the discussion would go something like, ‘You’re fired.’ Apology or not. The same rule applies here. You don’t get a mulligan on homophobia. Not in 2011.”
Several other Oscar bloggers weighed in on the situation, which continued to hang over the Academy Tuesday.
Salon movie write Andrew O’Hehir added, “He should quit or be fired,...
hollywoodnews.com: The blogosphere isn’t backing off of commercial director Brett Ratner, whose derogatory comment regarding rehearsals being for “fags” and a crude, misogynistic diatribe on Monday’s “Howard Stern” show have many in the media demanding that he be fired from his upcoming gig as producer of the Academy Awards.
Mark Harris started the charge on Grantland, writing that Ratner’ homophobic remarks were inexcusable in 2011.
“There’s not really a long, nuanced debate to be had about this,” Harris wrote. “If he had used an equivalent racial or religious slur, the discussion would go something like, ‘You’re fired.’ Apology or not. The same rule applies here. You don’t get a mulligan on homophobia. Not in 2011.”
Several other Oscar bloggers weighed in on the situation, which continued to hang over the Academy Tuesday.
Salon movie write Andrew O’Hehir added, “He should quit or be fired,...
- 11/8/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
A new site called MovieClips.com has launched on the back of a lot of press attention at South by Southwest and a few posts from Jeff Wells, and it's intended "to give movie lovers, movie bloggers, and everyone else a place to easily find and embed licensed movie clips," says cofounder Richard Raddon, who formerly ran the Los Angeles Film Festival (until his controversial donation in support of Prop 8 led to his resignation). Raddon says the site is still a work in progress, but that the quality and interface is better than YouTube. I decided to take it for a test drive.
- 3/16/2010
- Movieline
Here is your dose of film news for June 22, 2009:
• Oscar winner Charles Gibson, who worked as visual effects artist on films such as "Terminator Salvation" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," will make his directorial debut with "The Goblin," a comedy about a family who encounters a goblin in their new home. Geoff Rodkey wrote the script. (Variety)
• Universal will develop a comedy based on a pitch by Stacey Harman. The plot will center on a group of women who do anything but work on a corporate trip. Harman also wrote "Shared Fare," which DreamWorks is developing with Brian Robbins. (Variety)
• Focus Features is gearing up to develop "The Dubber," a comedy French actor Alain Chabat (pictured) is attached to star in. Mark and Jay Duplass wrote the most recent script (earlier writers include David Gilcreast, Jay Chandrasekhar, Richard Raddon and Marina Zenovich), about...
• Oscar winner Charles Gibson, who worked as visual effects artist on films such as "Terminator Salvation" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl," will make his directorial debut with "The Goblin," a comedy about a family who encounters a goblin in their new home. Geoff Rodkey wrote the script. (Variety)
• Universal will develop a comedy based on a pitch by Stacey Harman. The plot will center on a group of women who do anything but work on a corporate trip. Harman also wrote "Shared Fare," which DreamWorks is developing with Brian Robbins. (Variety)
• Focus Features is gearing up to develop "The Dubber," a comedy French actor Alain Chabat (pictured) is attached to star in. Mark and Jay Duplass wrote the most recent script (earlier writers include David Gilcreast, Jay Chandrasekhar, Richard Raddon and Marina Zenovich), about...
- 6/23/2009
- by Franck Tabouring
- screeninglog.com
Focus Features is developing The Dubber , a buddy comedy with French actor Alain Chabat attached to play the title role. Chabat plays Napoleon in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian . The film centers on a man who provides the French dubbing voice for a top Hollywood star. When the A-lister has an on-set meltdown and goes missing, the dubber travels to the U.S. to help find him. The original idea for The Dubber was hatched by former Los Angeles Film Festival director Richard Raddon and filmmaker Marina Zenovich ( Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired ). The duo brought the idea to scribe David Gilcreast and writer-director Jay Chandrasekhar, who wrote the first draft of the script. A second draft was written by Mark and Jay Duplass ( Baghead ).
- 6/22/2009
- Comingsoon.net
- For those who don't know him, Alain Chabat has had a lengthy career in France as an actor, producer and writer who mostly works in comedy, and I believe it was a little bit after the promotional tour in the U.S. for The Sciene of Sleep where he might have decided to test out the waters on this side of the Atlantic. Fittingly, Chabat is attached to a comedy called The Dubber - which would let him work in both French and in broken English. Focus Features have attached themselves to a buddy comedy that enters on a man who provides the French dubbing voice for a top Hollywood star. When the A-lister has an on-set meltdown and goes missing, the dubber travels to the U.S. to help find him. I could easily see him paired with Robin Williams in this one. The Dubber is developed by an army of people,
- 6/22/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Now it might not seem like the most obvious of comedy premises - voice artist dubs Hollywood actor for foreign market, said Hollywood actor goes Awol, "dubber" steps in to help find him - but there are sure to be some funny voices and mismatched lip movements afoot in Focus Features' new buddy movie The Dubber.Night At The Museum: Battle Of The Smithsonian's very own grumpster Napoleon - and the first ever man to make Ben Stiller feel tall - Alain Chabat will take the lead role.Chabat himself is no stranger to a spot of dubbing for the international market, as alongside his own acting, he is also well known as the French voice of Shrek.Chabat - who has written and directed a number of films in his native France - will co-produce the film with Stephanie Danan and Richard Raddon, the man who co-created...
- 6/22/2009
- EmpireOnline
Actors weathered a number of storms in 2008, several of which won't pass anytime soon. The biggest is the financial crisis that has made it more difficult to get credit, which every sector of the entertainment industry relies on, particularly movies and theatre. Beyond that, there was ongoing friction within organized labor, injuries on stage, and a reduction of scripted content on television.Depressing RecessionThe entertainment industry turned out not to be recession-proof soon after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy Sept. 15 — the largest filing in U.S. history — and helped usher in the biggest economic crisis since the Depression. Share prices of major media companies such as Time Warner, Sony, and Disney tumbled, and subsequent months brought massive layoffs at NBC Universal and Viacom, among others. Economic conditions and the possibility of a Screen Actors Guild strike in early 2009 also caused studios to put several productions on hold.Broadway was particularly hard hit.
- 12/19/2008
- by Lauren Horwitch
- backstage.com
The director of the Los Angeles Film Festival has resigned after he came under fire for donating funds in support of the California's recent ban on same-sex marriages.
Richard Raddon was heavily criticised by Hollywood heavyweights and gay-rights campaigners after it emerged he had given $1,500 (GBP1,000) to help pass the controversial Proposition 8 law.
Same-sex unions were legalised in the state in May, but the legislation was reversed early this month when the majority of voters backed the bill to reintroduce the ban.
According to reports, the festival's boardmembers refused to accept his initial resignation two weeks ago.
But Raddon, a devout Mormon, was granted his bid to resign earlier this week after he feared his actions had brought the festival, and its organisers, Film Independent, "negative attention".
He tells the Hollywood Reporter, "I have always held the belief that all people, no matter race, religion or sexual orientation, are entitled to equal rights.
"But I am profoundly sorry for the negative attention that my actions have drawn to Film Independent and for the hurt and pain that is being experienced in the Glbt community."
A representative for Film Independent says, "(Raddon) has always shown complete commitment to our core principles of equality and diversity during his long tenure. We are sorry to see him go."...
Richard Raddon was heavily criticised by Hollywood heavyweights and gay-rights campaigners after it emerged he had given $1,500 (GBP1,000) to help pass the controversial Proposition 8 law.
Same-sex unions were legalised in the state in May, but the legislation was reversed early this month when the majority of voters backed the bill to reintroduce the ban.
According to reports, the festival's boardmembers refused to accept his initial resignation two weeks ago.
But Raddon, a devout Mormon, was granted his bid to resign earlier this week after he feared his actions had brought the festival, and its organisers, Film Independent, "negative attention".
He tells the Hollywood Reporter, "I have always held the belief that all people, no matter race, religion or sexual orientation, are entitled to equal rights.
"But I am profoundly sorry for the negative attention that my actions have drawn to Film Independent and for the hurt and pain that is being experienced in the Glbt community."
A representative for Film Independent says, "(Raddon) has always shown complete commitment to our core principles of equality and diversity during his long tenure. We are sorry to see him go."...
- 11/26/2008
- WENN
New York -- In the wake of harsh industry criticism over his $1,500 donation in support of Proposition 8, the California initiative that banned same-sex marriage, Richard Raddon has resigned as director of the Los Angeles Film Festival. He had held the post at the fest, run by Film Independent, since 2000.
"I have always held the belief that all people, no matter race, religion or sexual orientation, are entitled to equal rights. As many know, I consider myself a devout and faithful Mormon," said Raddon, whose donation became public after gay-rights supporters began scanning lists of political donors. Members of the Mormon Church contributed more than $20 million toward the "Yes on 8" campaign that helped the proposition pass in a 52%-48% vote this month.
"I prefer to keep the details around my contribution through my church a private matter," Raddon said. "But I am profoundly sorry for the negative attention that my actions...
"I have always held the belief that all people, no matter race, religion or sexual orientation, are entitled to equal rights. As many know, I consider myself a devout and faithful Mormon," said Raddon, whose donation became public after gay-rights supporters began scanning lists of political donors. Members of the Mormon Church contributed more than $20 million toward the "Yes on 8" campaign that helped the proposition pass in a 52%-48% vote this month.
"I prefer to keep the details around my contribution through my church a private matter," Raddon said. "But I am profoundly sorry for the negative attention that my actions...
- 11/25/2008
- by By Gregg Goldstein
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Directors Arthur Dong, Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass, Chris Eska, Clark Gregg, Davis Guggenheim and Freida Lee Mock are among the participants in Film Independent's fourth annual Filmmaker Forum, which will be held Sept. 26-28 at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles.
Producer Ted Hope will deliver this year's keynote address at the three-day event, which focusses on the latest developments in independent filmmaking.
The forum will kick off on Sept. 26 with a screening of Rian Anderson's "The Brothers Bloom," followed by a Q&A with producer Ram Bergman and other members of the creative team and a reception in the DGA atrium.
On Sept. 27 and 28, panel discussions will be held on such topics as "Finding the Financial Sweet Spot"; "What's Up Doc?"; "The Micro Budget Film as a Calling Card; New Tools for Audience Building; The Cost of Cutting Corners: Production Dos and Don'ts"; "Keeping Your Documentary on...
Producer Ted Hope will deliver this year's keynote address at the three-day event, which focusses on the latest developments in independent filmmaking.
The forum will kick off on Sept. 26 with a screening of Rian Anderson's "The Brothers Bloom," followed by a Q&A with producer Ram Bergman and other members of the creative team and a reception in the DGA atrium.
On Sept. 27 and 28, panel discussions will be held on such topics as "Finding the Financial Sweet Spot"; "What's Up Doc?"; "The Micro Budget Film as a Calling Card; New Tools for Audience Building; The Cost of Cutting Corners: Production Dos and Don'ts"; "Keeping Your Documentary on...
- 9/18/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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