10 posts tagged for sale by superhero

The Amazon Studios development process is visual, from comic books to “test movies” – videos that help an audience imagine what a story would be like as a feature film. Here’s the story of For Sale By Superhero, a new test movie now available to watch for free at Amazon and Amazon Studios.

Like a lot of people, Brett Jubinville has been a fan of costumed crime-fighters since he was a kid: “I’ve been into superheroes since I was about 10 years old, when I would steal my brother’s [Todd] McFarlane Spiderman comics.” Which is why he was so excited to direct the For Sale By Superhero test movie for Amazon Studios. “I think everyone to a certain degree is into superheroes, but in our industry, the opportunity to work on a superhero movie…is really exciting.” Especially one that features a new character.

Jubinville is a character designer who – along with Morghan Fortier, an animation series line producer – formed Tinman Creative located in Toronto, Canada, after working together for more than five years on projects for other studios. Amazon Studios brought Tinman on board to design and create a test movie, a full-length animatic designed to show what For Sale By Superhero might look like as a film. “This really appealed to us because we like to work in a variety of different styles,” Jubinville said. “Either that, or we just get bored easy!”

For Sale By Superhero is a story about a family that’s gone through a lot of changes: Dad lost his job, Mom’s back to work, and they’ve moved into a run-down house that (unbeknownst to them) used to belong to a superhero. The Grim Avenger has died, but his supercomputer is still up and running – and looking for a new hero.   “It’s like if you were to move into Wayne Manor not knowing who Bruce Wayne is and suddenly you discover the bat cave” explains Brett. “Jim the father has to come to grips with everything that is happening to him in his personal life and rise to the challenge of this superhero persona he has stumbled upon.”

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Dad finds a costumed crimefighter’s secret HQ and decides to don the mask in For Sale By Superhero. A mission goes awry, and mercenaries must fight for their lives in Burma Rising. Amazon Studios has produced test movies of these projects to make it even easier for fans to tell us what they think of them.

The test movies are now available to watch for free at Amazon Instant Video and at the Amazon Studios site. For Sale By Superhero, directed by Brett Jubinville of Tinman Creative Studios, is a colorful comedy the whole family will enjoy. Burma Rising, directed by Sung-Jin Ahn at Titmouse Animation Studio, is an intense thriller intended for adult audiences.

Learn more about the Amazon Studios development process, and test movies, here.

Princesses, zombies, Facebook friends, superheroes, a butt-kicking founding father … the most popular projects at Amazon Studios are some of our most colorful. And you’ll find a lot of them on the Amazon Studios Development Slate, announced in May, and expanded throughout the rest of the year.

Of all the projects that have come through Amazon Studios’ open door, these are the 10 that drew the biggest crowds last year:

1. I Think My Facebook Friend is Dead
   By Donnie and CT Clark
   When a computer nerd’s Facebook crush goes AWOL, his misfit friends help him put aside his fear of the outside world and journey across the country to save her.
   Development Slate
2. 12 Princesses
   By Rob Gardner
   A young farmboy tries to discover the secret of how 12 beautiful princesses escape each night from the imprisonment of their mad father.
   Development Slate
3. ZvG: Zombies vs. Gladiators
   By Michael Weiss and Gregg Ostrin
   A gladiator must save Rome from the outbreak of the world’s first zombie plague.
   Development Slate
4. The Alchemist Agenda
   By Marty Weiss
   When a famed treasure hunter discovers a sunken U-Boat filled with Nazi gold, he teams with a beautiful ex-agent to uncover the secrets of alchemy. Only they aren’t the only ones searching for it.
   Development Slate
5. For Sale By Superhero
   By James Nash and Pete Barnstrom
   An unemployed father discovers that his new house is really the former secret headquarters of a deceased superhero and decides to assume the hero’s identity in order to win back the respect of his family.
   Development Slate

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