27
November 2005
A complete site redesign is in progress, and will be online in the
first few days of December.
The
camera is expected to be back at the end of the week, filming is expected
to restart over the weekend. A call to check the camera’s status
will be made Monday.
23
November 2005
A new Contact Us page is now online. We have also set up an account
on Myspace for the film.
22
November 2005
The Preproduction section of the Gallery has been updated with photos
from the Joker makeup test tonight, as well as a photo of Paul Orr
with the finished Superman cape.
19
November 2005
Behind the Scenes page has been updated, most old items cleared out
and one new one added.
Joker
makeup test using airbrush makeup either this weekend or early next
week. Most likely a photo shoot afterwards.
17
November 2005
There’s an excellent new blog from Brady Crane (co-director,
Director of Photography, and responsible for the trailer’s filming
and editing) now up, gives a great rundown on the overall history,
what went into this so far, and the trailer and filming. By far the
best entry up to now, go check it out.
New
montage poster added to the Downloads section. The matching desktop
is in the Wallpaper section.
Joker
makeup test using the new airbrush makeup either this weekend or sometime
next week. Most likely a photo shoot as well.
16
November 2005
The Character Bios page in the Downloads section is now up. The Wallpaper
page has been updated as well.
A
new blog is now up, there will probably be another one, possibly two,
later today or tomorrow.
15
November 2005
The second trailer is now online and available for download in the
Video section. Quicktime 7 is required to view it. Screencaps coming
soon.
Cast
& Crew page has been updated.
Header
banners on all pages updated. New banner added to the Downloads section.
New
blog(s? possibly multiple ones) about the trailer and the project
in general will be posted later today.
Project
Status on this page has been updated.
14
November 2005
Emily Rowley has joined the cast and will be playing Harley Quinn.
Photo coming soon.
More
trailer shooting tonight, additional footage will be shot tomorrow.
Still on track for the new trailer being online Tuesday.
Latest
estimate from JVC is that the HD camera will be back in approximately
three weeks.
13
November 2005
Blog has been updated with photos and commentary from the trailer
shoot Saturday night.
New
trailer will be online Tuesday afternoon at latest, possibly as early
as Monday night. As is now standard, Quicktime 7 will be required
to view it.
New
poster added in the Downloads section.
08
November 2005
Amy Engel’s photo has been added to the Cast page.
Filming
this weekend for the new trailer.
Apparently
some photos from the Spanish Moon’s Halloween party made it
onto the Tiger Weekly website. Check them out here, here, and here.
Blog
about Brady Crane’s 21st birthday coming soon. Hopefully with
some visual aids.
05
November 2005
Some cast and crew photos are now online. The Cast & Crew and
Cast pages have been updated.
Kyle
will be posting a new blog sometime later today or tomorrow on the
meeting.
04
November 2005
Chest armor is now also up for auction on Ebay. The chest armor auction
ends Monday night, the Hush collection auction ends early Tuesday
morning.
Cast
and crew meeting tomorrow at 1pm, photos should be online later Saturday
or sometime Sunday.
03
November 2005
Complete run of Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee’s Hush is now on Ebay,
second printings for #608 and #612 (sketch cover) are included. You
can check out the auction by clicking here. Chest armor and possibly
a cowl will be put up for auction tomorrow.
Cast
and crew meeting this weekend to go over the script, work on the trailer,
etc.
A
new blog with photos from Halloween has been posted.
01
November 2005
As promised, lots of updates. First, welcome to the new cast and crew
members:
Joker
– Jeffrey Cruz
Superman – Paul Orr
Oracle/Barbara Gordon – Amy Engel
Sarah Essen-Gordon – Lana Roberts
Edward – Alvin A. Temple
Stunt Coordinator/Fight Choreographer – Paul Orr
Assistant Fight Choreographer – Ryan Bergeron
Photos
coming soon. The Cast & Crew page has been updated. Harley Quinn
is still being selected.
New
all-CGI teaser is online in the Video section. The camera is off for
repairs, so footage can’t be pulled from the tapes until it
gets back. A new full-length trailer will be online November 15. And
if you don’t like the new teaser, your problem. We put it together
in about an hour, burned it to a DVD with Just What I Needed, then
ran it over to the premiere.
We’ve
added a new weblog to the site. Site updates will still be kept here,
but the blog will be a more relaxed, informal place for the cast and
crew to write about what’s going on. There will probably be
entries once or twice a week. I’ve already put up the first
one, about Crane Films’ Just What I Needed.
Banner
page updated.
Project
Status at the top of this page has been updated.
August
news has been moved to the Archive.
And
finally, Happy Halloween!
18
October 2005
Updated test screencap of the still-in-progress Gotham City has been
added to the Behind the Scenes page.
13
October 2005
(second update) Auditions will be held Wednesday, October 19, from
5:00-8:00 in the Vermillion room (3rd floor) of the LSU Union.
13
October 2005
Details on when and where auditions will be held next Wednesday is
coming later today, I apologize for the delay. Look for an update
before midnight at latest.
Projects,
Cast & Crew, and Video pages have been updated.
09
October 2005
The initial HD rendering of the Batmobile leaving the Cave is finished;
slight corrections are needed on a handful of frames, but a smaller,
compressed version of the five-second clip is now online in the Video
section.
Due
to multiple requests, additional auditions will be held Wednesday,
October 19, with call-backs on the 20th. Full details coming by Wednesday.
The
second trailer will be online on Halloween (Monday, October 31).
Updated
test rendering of Gotham is now online in the Behind the Scenes section.
07
October 2005
First full, HD-quality rendering is finished and ready for the next
trailer. Screencaps possibly this weekend.
Auditions
this weekend, casting announcements will be on Sunday or Monday.
06
October 2005
LSU changed the room we have booked, auditions will be held in Acadiana
in the Union, next door to Feliciana.
01
October 2005
Slight site redesign with the main page now being banners that will
be changed out relatively frequently. August news moved to the Archive.
30
September 2005
The Auditions page with full information is now online. Links to a
downloadable version of the casting flyer and a list of audition roles
are also on the Auditions page.
Project
Status on this page as been updated.
30
September 2005
Auditions for Formulas will be held Oct. 8-9 at LSU, in the Union.
Full information will be online later today.
29
September 2005
Video page updated with rough test animations of the CG cave and downtown
Gotham. Behind the Scenes page updated with new high-resolution renderings
of downtown Gotham.
Casting
call information coming soon. We are trying to get a room booked at
LSU for October 8-9 (Saturday-Sunday). More information when we have
something definite.
26
September 2005
Banners and Links pages updated.
25
September 2005
(second update) Two new desktop backgrounds added to the Wallpaper
section. One of the Crane Films animated logo (to first be used with
Just What I Needed) and one of the new Toxic Lipstick logo.
25
September 2005
Tickets for Just What I Needed are now on sale at the Manship Theatre
website. Specific seats can be selected by clicking on the seating
chart and picking the ones you want.
Green
Lantern: New Dawn has their teaser online now. A definite must-watch
for any Green Lantern or DC Comics fans.
Filming
will most likely start again after Halloween. Cost issues tied to
Katrina, Just What I Needed, and the camera have pushed back when
the camera will be ready. The weather will also be best for filming
at that time, with temperatures and humidity well below what they
are now, making it more comfortable for everyone.
A
new trailer will probably be released in conjunction with Just What
I Needed, Halloween weekend.
23
September 2005
New desktop wallpaper added to the Downloads section.
22
September 2005
(second update) Renderings of the finished Cave can be found on the
Behind the Scenes page.
22
September 2005
First there was Katrina, now there is Rita. While the current track
takes Hurricane Rita into the Houston area, the storm is so big that
we will most likely be getting tropical storm-force winds (40+mph)
for several hours continuously as it makes landfall. Most likely power
will again be lost, because the power companies did not remove the
dead branches that had not fallen, so Rita’s winds will knock
them down. As of early this afternoon, rain bands are already coming
over New Orleans, with predicted landfall sometime late Friday or
early Saturday. So again, there may not be any further updates for
the foreseeable future.
We
have been featured in an article in the new Fan Films Quarterly magazine.
You can order a copy of the magazine (color or black and white) here.
We
will be doing another photo shoot in the near future, most likely
towards the end of next week, circumstances permitting. Waiting for
it to cool off somewhat before we do, the average daily high lately
has been in the mid-90s.
16
September 2005
Information about auditions, magazine articles, photo shoots, estimated
release, and the second trailer coming soon, most likely by the end
of the month at latest.
More
CGI test renderings (Daily Planet and the still-being-built Cave)
have been added to the Behind the Scenes page.
Finally,
Crane Films has been given the rights to use music from The Pretentious,
Cock Sparrer, Torrent Vaccine, and Macrosick for Just What I Needed.
And for any Myspace users, you can now add Just What I Needed.
07
September 2005
CGI test renderings have been added to the Behind the Scenes page,
and older reference images on it have been removed to make it load
faster.
Due
to Hurricane Katrina, Crane Films has pushed back the release of Just
What I Needed to October 29. More information available on their site.
05
September 2005
Morgan Freeman (Lucius Fox in Batman Begins) has put up an action
figure, poster, and script signed by him for auction to raise money
for Katrina relief.
CGI
work for a few shots in the film is in progress, initial renderings
will be put up soon. To be clear, at least 90% of the film will be
shot on location. There’s just some things we can’t do,
and if the CG doesn’t look right it won’t be used because
it won’t be absolutely critical shots.
Happy
Labor Day, everyone.
02
September 2005
Just got power back late this afternoon. As has been widely reported,
New Orleans has essentially been wiped out, and rebuilding will not
start for a minimum of two months. As we are located in south Louisiana,
this is a very personal crisis for us. All of us urge you to help
those in need however possible.
Red
Cross
Salvation
Army
www.shareyourhome.org
http://www.hurricanehousing.org
Network
for Good
More
Links
Film
updates coming soon. Obviously Hurricane Katrina is having an impact
on it, and the film is not a priority at this time.
July
news moved to the Archive.
28
August 2005
Last update for the foreseeable future. Hurricane Katrina is on track
to make landfall sometime Monday, and the area is expected to lose
power for up to two weeks. Updates will be posted whenever possible,
though it may be a while.
Best
guess is auditions will be held Sunday, September 11, we’re
still trying to get confirmation and approval. Information will be
posted as soon as possible, check here and Crane Films for any updates.
24
August 2005
To all the Comics2Film.com visitors, welcome. The site’s under
constant construction, so it’s constantly getting updated.
Unfortunately,
I wasn’t planning for the bandwidth spike, so I almost had to
take the trailer down for the rest of the month (80% of the monthly
bandwidth allowance was used in under a week). Thanks to Paul, the
Brotherhood of the Bat webmaster, for hosting it on his site to allow
it to stay online. The link to the trailer on the Video page has been
updated.
22
August 2005
Close to locking down a date, time, and location for the auditions.
Casting information coming soon.
Camera
problems are close to being resolved. Filming should restart sometime
in the next couple of weeks, and hopefully the weather will be cooler
by the time we start shooting again.
Also,
Crane Films has announced when the premiere screening for Just What
I Needed, one of their other projects, will be. Visit their site or
the Just What I Needed minisite for more information and teasers.
Look for the final trailer on their site sometime this week.
11
August 2005
Recent computer problems resulted in the loss of all emails from June,
July, and the first week of August. If you emailed us about the auditions
and have not received a reply, please resend it.
10
August 2005
Camera problems have delayed filming indefinitely. Hopefully the issues
with it will be resolved shortly.
Auditions
will most likely be held in the LSU Union (not definite) and will
probably be near the end of August after classes have begun.
Project
Status on this page updated.
Black
& White status on the Projects page updated.
June
news moved to the archive.
25
July 2005
Preproduction gallery updated with photos of the nearly-complete Robin
costume. Batman & Robin photos with the finished suit this weekend.
25
July 2005
Behind the Scenes page updated with photos of the work in progress
Robin costume.
24
July 2005
Casting information is now available at the link above. Filming went
well last night, also shot another DVD extra. Robin costume will probably
be finished this week. Initial preproduction on Black and White started.
20
July 2005
(second update) Behind the Scenes page updated. Filming Saturday night
at LSU, shooting solo Batman scenes and shots.
20
July 2005
Banner page in the Downloads section and Projects page updated. News
Archive added, everything from April and May has been moved there.
No older news available.
19
July 2005
Casting information banner added to this page, Projects link added
to the navigation sidebar. Project Status listing on this page updated.
When the casting information is available, a note will be made on
this page.
Check
out the teaser for Crane Films’ latest project, it went online
at midnight.
17
July 2005
Auditions for Joker, Harley Quinn, Superman, and other parts will
be held sometime in August, most likely the Saturday the 13th. More
information available in the near future.
Targeted
release date is the weekend of October 22, just before the Batman
Begins DVD release and a little over a week before Halloween.
Batman:
Black and White shorts will most likely be filmed while Formulas is
being filmed, or shortly after. If some are ready in time, they will
most likely be included on the DVD. More project announcements coming
soon.
14
July 2005
Blake Hernandez has had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. We
wish him the best of luck and hope to be able to work with him again
soon.
Currently
working on finding someone to play Joker. If you are interested, send
us an email.
Production
meeting this weekend sometime.
Header
banners on every page changed.
05
July 2005
New desktop background added to the Wallpaper page in the Downloads
section, and Project Status note on this page updated. The convention
we were planning on showing the finished movie at has not returned
our emails and apparently has no interest in showing it, so we will
hold the premiere on our own.
Website
note: today is the one year anniversary of the site going online,
and in that time we have received well over 13,000 hits.
24
June 2005
One of the cowls is now up on Ebay. Auction ends Monday afternoon.
21
June 2005
Shooting has begun, most or all of the solo Batman scenes will be
shot this weekend. DVD extras are being planned and filmed. Rotating
banners added to this page; Javascript is being used, so if firewalls
are up they may not show.
11
June 2005
Preproduction Gallery page updated to load faster. Behind the Scenes
page updated. The upgraded version of the suit is in progress, photos
will be online by next weekend.
07
June 2005
Screencaps of the trailer are now online in the Filming section of
the Gallery. Higher quality ones coming soon. Final Cut Pro 5 came
in on the 6th, so editing in high definition is no longer a problem.
05
June 2005
Screencaps early this week, as well as a production meeting. More
filming most likely next weekend. Countdown clock to Crescent City
Con added on this page. Crane Films is getting Final Cut Pro 5 in
the next couple of days. A new, smaller file for the trailer will
be online soon. Nine days until Batman Begins.
28
May 2005
The first desktop backgrounds have been added to the Wallpaper page
in the Downloads section. Screencaps from the trailer coming soon.
Production meeting sometime this weekend or early next week, with
more filming in the near future.
25
May 2005
More reviews added to the Video section. Mobicon summary still pending.
Some props and costume pieces are making their way to Ebay, check
here for listings. Most items will go up on Wednesdays as five-day
auctions.
Trailer
note: the trailer has now been downloaded well over 1000 times, and
the responses have been overwhelmingly positive.
15
May 2005
(Second update) The Cast & Crew, Crew, Banner, and Poster pages
have been updated. Some reviews of the trailer have been added to
the Video section. Mobicon summary coming tomorrow.
15
May 2005
The corrected version of the trailer is online in the Video section.
Mobicon summary and trailer reviews coming soon.
13
May 2005
The new trailer is online in the Video section. You may have to have
Quicktime 7 to get it to play correctly. Apple hasn't released it
for PC yet, but rumor is they're going to soon. It works in Quicktime
6, but it shows up a lot darker than it should; that's apparently
because version 6 doesn't have the right codec. It may get uploaded
in another format so Windows Media Player can play it or using a different
codec so it looks right, but I can't guarantee that. Anything about
that or file changes will be posted as an update on Crane Films; I
will be out of town until sometime Sunday so I probably won't be able
to change it on this site or post updates about it.
12
May 2005
It’s coming…the trailer will be online within the next
24 hours, either on here or Crane Films. I’ll be heading to
Mobicon sometime tomorrow, so the link on here may have to wait until
Sunday. If there’s no updates on here tomorrow, check Crane
Films, it’ll be on there. More than likely it’ll be posted
and linked to on both sites.
The
Crane Films mini-site has been updated and now includes an interview
we did a while back.
Update
to the Behind the Scenes page with photos of the new work-in-progress
chest emblem sculpt. A new hero suit is going to be used for parts
of the movie, but the overall look is the same. New armor, new belt,
new chest emblem, and new cape, but it’s just detail changes.
The old suit is still going to be used, just as the stunt suit. By
my calculations I’ve spent over 80 hours in it since Halloween
2003, probably more than almost anyone else, so it’s gotten
a little worn out.
08
May 2005
Extra filming to flesh out the trailer was done on the 5th, recording
the voiceover part within the next couple of days. Screenshots of
the trailer soon, and the completed trailer by the end of the week,
possibly as early as Tuesday or Wednesday. New posters by the end
of the week.
01
May 2005
Probably more filming this week, specifically parts that will be used
in the trailer for Mobicon. The trailer will be online as soon as
possible, hopefully before Mobicon. New posters and an update to the
Behind the Scenes page coming in the next few days.
28
April 2005
Production meeting was tonight, still working out a shooting schedule.
Most filming will probably take place after Mobicon because of scheduling
conflicts.
We
did a photo shoot after the meeting using the new cowl. The new photos
are now online in the Preproduction Gallery. New posters soon.
27
April 2005
Production meeting Thursday to work out a rough shooting schedule,
among other things. Teaser will hopefully be online by the 30th, no
guarantees.
20
April 2005
Behind the Scenes page updated with photos of the finished cowl. Production
meeting sometime this weekend, and possibly a photo shoot using the
new cowl.
17
April 2005
Crane Films will be handling the filming and editing of Batman: Formulas.
Their previous credits include the award-winning Man of the Hour,
Dracula, and numerous shorts. On a related note, they will be shooting
Formulas in HD.
Cast
and crew production meeting this week, with filming most likely during
the week and this weekend. Cast, Behind the Scenes (Batsignal progress
shots), and Links pages have been updated. Project Status on this
page has been updated.
14
April 2005
Filming on the 12th went great, and the teaser will be online hopefully
this weekend. Screenshots of it soon. The Behind the Scenes page has
been updated with photos of the work-in-progress Batsignal and the
concept for Robin’s suit. Cast and crew preproduction meeting
on Sunday.
12
April 2005
Filming the teaser tonight on LSU’s campus. It should be up
by the end of the week. Behind the Scenes page has been started, more
to be added as production moves along.
07
April 2005
Weather (two strong storm systems spawning tornadoes) and schedule
conflicts have forced filming of the teaser to be pushed back to sometime
this weekend. It will be online by midweek at latest, with the bulk
of filming to begin next weekend.
