Remember all of the fuss that was made when Zach Braff (“Scrubs,” Garden State) used Kickstarter to fund a movie project? I’ll bet you do. Many people cried out that is was unfair for a “celebrity” with access to money in the “Industry” to use a medium such as Kickstarter, notorious for being the method those without “access” use to get projects funded. It even caused other Kickstarters to mention him when beginning their campaigns; for example, Crafty Shoddmanship Productions titled their campaign for June, Adrift as “June, Adrift: A Real Indie Feature (No Offense, Zach Braff).” Funny, in its own way, yes?
Remember all of the fuss that was made when Zach Braff (“Scrubs,” Garden State) used Kickstarter to fund a movie project? I’ll bet you do. Many people cried out that is was unfair for a “celebrity” with access to money in the “Industry” to use a medium such as Kickstarter, notorious for being the method those without “access” use to get projects funded. It even caused other Kickstarters to mention him when beginning their campaigns; for example, Crafty Shoddmanship Productions titled their campaign for June, Adrift as “June, Adrift: A Real Indie Feature (No Offense, Zach Braff).” Funny, in its own way, yes?
Well, Zach Braff raised more than $3 million dollars to make his new independent feature ‘Wish I Was Here’, and the first full-length trailer has been released. Starring Zach Braff, Kate Hudson, Mandy Patinkin, Josh Gad, Joey King, and Pierce Gagnon, Wish I Was Here is directed/written by Braff. It tells the story of a man at a crossroads, similar to Garden State it would seem, but in the “I am grown up now and facing the reality of being a parent, a spouse, and still have the responsibility of being a child” manner.
Watch the new trailer now and mark your calendar for July 18th (NY & LA), and the rest of the country July 25th or August 1st when the film expands.
**On a final note. Please remember that had Kickstarter not been used by the hugely successful writer/directer/producer Rob Thomas we would never have had the Veronica Mars movie.
Kathryn Schroeder, 2013, News, Trailer, 2014, Video, Kickstarter, Wish I Was Here, Zach Braff, Independent Film, Drama, Comedy