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The JOBS Act

Posted on: March 22nd, 2012 by wmapother No Comments

No, it’s not an experimental one-act play about the founder of Apple.  

It’s a set of bills intended to make raising money easier for entrepreneurs and small private businesses.  The Senate just passed it today.  The House will now vote and then President Obama is expected to pass it into law.

One purpose is to ease SEC regulations on private business, some of which have been in place since the 1930s.  One effect is to benefit the trend of crowdfunding, in which a network of people fund a project or business.  Successful crowdfunding sites include Indiegogo, Kickstarter, and AngelList.

As a co-founder of Slated, the premiere crowdfunding site for film investment, I welcome these changes, not only because they’ll increase the capital available to filmmakers, but also because they make investing in film accessible to those who are interested.

Posted in News & Events, Slated, Tech

Snow + Slated = CNBC

Posted on: March 1st, 2012 by wmapother 1 Comment

CNBC Business has a great piece on how Slated is transforming film finance.
I’ve written some FAQs about Slated  and how it works.

Bonus:  There’s a photo of my feloow co-founders with big chessy grins up at Sundance this year.

Posted in Film, Film Festival, News & Events, Press, Slated

Film News Briefs <3 Slated

Posted on: February 15th, 2012 by wmapother No Comments

There’s a great piece on my online film finance marketplace Slated in Film News Briefs.  

We had a terrific party at Sundance, and the marketplace currently lists over 30 films, including several with Oscar winners.  Here’s to the democratization of film finance!

Posted in Film, News & Events, Press, Slated

Two Pces o’ News

Posted on: January 23rd, 2012 by wmapother 1 Comment

Drew Peterson: Untouchable, on Lifetime this past Saturday, was the  most-watched cable movie for the past two years.  There were 5.8 million people who were kept off the street and prevented from thieving and pillaging.  Score one for Lifetime!

But some dare question the film’s accuracy.  We are shocked.  Shocked!

On a totally separate note:  Pandodaily, a site with all sorts of tech news, picked up Slated’s announcement at the launch party at Sundance.  (See my Slated FAQ on this site for more info about Slated).

Posted in Acting Projects, News & Events, Slated, Tech, TV

FDR: What a Badass

Posted on: January 20th, 2012 by wmapother No Comments

I’ve been in a number of movies, but none with a title as promising as FDR: American Badass.  Yes, that’s FDR: American Badass.  In this extraordinarily moving and realistic film based on realistic events in a realistic-y fashion, our 32nd President fights Nazi werewolves.  I play Dr. Ellington but do not play the saw.

[Note of Vital Importance:  The events depicted in this film have been very suspiciously expunged from our history books.  This is your — and everyone’s, just about — first opportunity to see how the sh*t with Delano really went down.

Entertainment Weekly interviewed director Garrett Brawith.  It even includes a badass trailer.  This film is another from the semi-deranged mind of Ross Patterson, who was to blame, er, responsible for another of my promisingly titled ventures, Darnell Dawkins: Mouth Guitar Legend.

There is — again, very suspiciously — no release date, but as soon as one is available, I’ll let you know, or die trying.

Posted in Acting Projects, Film, Funny Like Ha-Ha, News & Events, Press