He-Man: Return of Faker Fanfilm Blocked By NBCUniversal

[thechase]

This may be one of the hardest announcements I've ever had to make.



Sadly, after three years of intense production (and recent completion of the project), "The Return of Faker" has been blocked by NBCUniversal and will never be shown anywhere. Video clips, production content, and the movie itself are never to be shown publicly; hence why it was not shown at Power-Con this year.



Even though this project was always deemed an unofficial fan film, and we have not earned a single cent from the project, NBCUniversal believe it is in their best interests (and the interests of the brand) to see that this unofficial not-for-profit fan film remains unseen.



I hope that NBCUniversal eventually take it off our hands and release it in an official capacity.



We thank fans for their enduring support, Power-Con for allowing us to show the project's development over the last three years, and to our friends and family who have looked forward to seeing this project become a reality.



We don't want to end on a sour note. So let's hope that one day the fans will be treated to "The Return of Faker"...because we truly believe that what we created is something very, VERY special!

-James Eatock

www.instagram.com/p/B1Wv8S9Awuj/

[Mozenrath]

Turns out this applies to fan films, too. (Language)

[thechase]

Apparently the project is on again, and they've now crowd-funded approximately $80,000 to extend it to 40 minutes

twitter.com/cerealgeek/status/1388917463891513345

[Glitch]

So what changed that they are no longer afraid to risk NBCuniversal's wrath?

[thechase]

There's a documentary being developed about it called 'Faking Filmation', I hear the episode is to be hidden on it as a special feature/easter egg or something.

[Deleted]

Its going to wind up online somehow anyway.

They didn't go to all this trouble to not have an anonymous friend leak it or something.

[Banjo Is Broken]

Just as long as Evil-Lyn looks as hot as she did in "Fall of Grayskull."

Yes I am focusing on the important aspects here.

[hassanchop]

I heard a similar thing happened to a fan online series of Total Drama

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May 4, 2021 1:56:51 GMT -5 hassanchop said:

I heard a similar thing happened to a fan online series of Total Drama

It did, it was very well made and was supposed to be set like 10 years after the original series with aged up campers, even some original VAs I believe, participated in it, but Total Drama's company thanos snapped it

Incidentally, they've recently announced a new Total Drama series which seems to feature the returns of Chris, Chef, and a lot of the old cast and seasonal fan favorites... so that's probably why.

Here is the teaser image

[thechase]

Been doing some digging on the "For Eternia" forums and I found this was snuck into a german Blu-ray release collecting both original Filmation He-Man and She-Ra. It's titled the "For Eternia" collection, but from what I understand, they ran out of stock in 2023, but you can probably find it for some whopping prices on e-bay.