Crowdfunding
Collection of finance from backers to fund an initiative
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| 2025 | U.S. Copyright Office ruled that artists including Trevor Baylis were joint authors of the original Iron Sky film under U.S. copyright law. |
| April 4 2025 | Released 'The Chosen Last Supper: Part 2', which grossed $2,834,629 at the box office. |
| 2025 | The Season 5 trailer reached No. 1 on YouTube's trending list and gained over 1 million views in less than 24 hours. |
| March 2025 | The theatrical release of The Chosen: Last Supper (Season 5) begins in March. |
| 2025 | Crowdfunding is expected to reach US$1 trillion in total global fundraising. |
| February 2025 | Stream will be released on VHS by Witter Entertainment. |
| February 2025 | Jenkins announced a distribution deal with Amazon MGM Studios for theatrical releases of season 5 of The Chosen, branded as 'The Chosen: Last Supper', with Amazon acquiring 90-day exclusive streaming rights on Amazon Prime Video. |
| February 11 2025 | Steve Bannon pleaded guilty to the New York state charges related to the We Build the Wall fundraising scheme. |
| January 2025 | Hidden Variable filed a lawsuit against Autumn Games, claiming approximately $1.2 million in unpaid fees for work on Skullgirls Mobile. |
| January 1 2025 | Star Citizen has raised over $800 million through crowdfunding, becoming the most financially successful crowdfunded project to date, despite ongoing criticism and debates about potential scam allegations. |
| 2024 |
Equity crowdfunding
Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission updates legislation to regulate Crowdfunding firms, introducing CSP (Crowdfunding Service Provider) licenses for Cyprus Investment Firms.
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| December 2024 | Coast Runner Industries filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Kickstarter following the suspension of their desktop CNC campaign, alleging monopolistic practices by the crowdfunding platform. |
| November 2024 | 1.13 patch released, including Act 1 in a playable state and preview areas from Act 2. Developers publicly stated the game is in 'development hell' and currently 'paused', advising consumers not to purchase the game. |
| November 2024 | Hidden Variable began work on Skullgirls Mobile, which later led to a dispute over unpaid fees. |
| October 15 2024 | Stream was released digitally after its initial theatrical run. |
| October 15 2024 | Stream was released digitally on Video on Demand (VOD) platforms. |
| September 7 2024 |
No Sleep Till
Alexandra Simpson received recognition at the Venice Film Festival, being nominated for the Venice International Critics' Week – Grand Prize and winning the Jury Special Mention.
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| September 2 2024 |
No Sleep Till
The film 'No Sleep Till' had its world premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival in the International Critics Week section, receiving a Special Mention from the jury.
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| August 2024 |
XOXO
The final XOXO festival is scheduled to take place, marking the end of the event series after multiple years of operation.
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| August 21 2024 | Stream was released theatrically in cinemas, marking its first public screening for audiences. |
| August 21 2024 | Tim Curry's involvement in the film was publicly revealed, coinciding with the film's release date. |
| July 2024 | A companion app for the game was launched. |
| June 2024 | Two episodes per week released on the show's app every Sunday and Thursday throughout June. |
| June 2024 | The CW picked up The Chosen for its fourth season. |
| June 2 2024 | First episode of season four released through the show's app following legal arbitration resolution. |
| May 2024 | A new 1.12 patch was released for the game. |
| April 2024 | Theatrical release date of August 21, 2024, was officially announced for Stream. |
| April 11 2024 | Filming of season 5 began in Utah, with production to be completed at the Midlothian, Texas facility. |
| March 2024 |
XOXO
XOXO festival organizers announced via blog post that the August 2024 festival would be their final event, citing challenges including decreased sponsor budgets, financial struggles of independent artists, and COVID-19 related risks.
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| March 2024 | Jenkins announced a delay in the streaming release of season 4 due to legal disputes between The Chosen, LLC and Angel Studios, citing unsustainable crowdfunding methods. |
| March 8 2024 | Minnesota Attorney General files a lawsuit against Mosaic Inc. and three other lending companies, alleging they charged Minnesotans $35 million in hidden fees on nearly 5,000 solar panel financing loans, violating state laws against deceptive trade practices, deceptive lending, and illegally high interest rates. |
| February 2024 | Final DLC characters Baihe and Nidra released, accompanied by numerous bugs. |
| February 2024 | CR-1 desktop CNC Kickstarter campaign by Coast Runner Industries was cancelled after raising over $500,000, leading to a lawsuit against Kickstarter. |
| February 29 2024 | Release of 'The Chosen Season 4: Episodes 7–8', which grossed $7,768,191 at the box office. |
| February 15 2024 | Release of 'The Chosen Season 4: Episodes 4–6', which earned $9,482,744 at the box office. |
| February 2 2024 | The Skullgirls webcomic concluded its first season, completing 26 episodes since its launch. |
| February 1 2024 | Release of 'The Chosen Season 4: Episodes 1–3', which grossed $14,873,918 at the box office. |
| 2023 | 'Phase Two' of development on The Tower commenced. |
| 2023 | Sims confirms that every book in the store is by Black, Indigenous, or other people of color. |
| 2023 |
XOXO
XOXO festival was canceled for the fourth consecutive year, with co-founder Andy Baio suggesting the event may have permanently concluded.
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| 2023 |
No Sleep Till
Film project secured additional financing through a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo platform.
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| 2023 | Hired former DreamWorks executive Mark Sourian to lead development of an entertainment universe based on the original series. |
| 2023 | The Chosen continued its award success, winning the Film & Television Impact at K-Love Fan Awards, Television Series of the Year at GMA Dove Awards, and the Epiphany Prize for season 3, episodes 1 & 2 at the Movieguide Awards. |
| 2023 | The Chosen became the first television show to be translated into the Malagasy language. |
| 2023 | The series expanded to international platforms including Canal+ in France, NPO in the Netherlands, MovieStar in Spain, and TVP in Poland. |
| 2023 | Fran Bow was ported to multiple gaming consoles, including Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 4, broadening its accessibility to console gamers. |
| December 15 2023 | Release of 'Christmas with the Chosen: Holy Night', which earned $4,676,000 at the box office. |
| December 12 2023 | Christmas theatrical special 'Christmas with The Chosen: Holy Night' was released, featuring scenes from previous specials and a new musical performance by Andrea and Matteo Bocelli singing 'O Holy Night' in French. |
| November 22 2023 | Mane6 and Modus announced the end of active game development after the 2024 season pass, with remaining story chapters canceled. |
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