The Beginning:
First and foremost, I’m a nerd. Although film is my number one passion, I love video games and the culture surrounding it. That being said, I love Megaman. Back in the early 90’s, I was first exposed to Megaman on my friend’s Nintendo Entertainment System and I instantly become addicted. The visual style, the game play, the characters, and the music. It all comes together to create one the best gaming memories I’ve had as a child. I would even role play Megaman at my friend’s house. Why play cops and robbers when you could be Megaman fighting the evil forces of Dr. Wily?
Fast forward to 2004. This was when the idea to do this film first entered my mind. Back in 2004, college student Adam Kelly created and released a small live action Megaman trailer. It was a 2-minute long student project with decent production value, effects and costumes. Why did it work? It introduced the notion and possibility of a live-action Megaman movie which excited me. Up until this point, the idea of a Megaman film never struck me. Even with all the subpar video game film adaptations of recent memory. Although I was entertained by the trailer, it’s interpretation of “Megaman”, however, didn’t sit well with me. Protoman was portrayed as a villain, Gutsman (the only robot master in the trailer) was created by Dr. Wily, and Dr. Wily was a professor at a college in Detroit. On top of that both, both Megaman and Protoman, in this trailer, were humans turned robots. Some of the changes were interesting while some just went against the mythology of Megaman. It’s forgivable since this was a college project but, as a fan, I knew a film could be done more faithfully to the source material and still work. Being an extremely aspiring film maker at the time, I knew I wanted to make a Megaman film that would do the franchise justice. I loved the game so much so it just seemed right to do a faithful adaptation. So, I began planning. It’s worth nothing at the time, I had even fewer resources than the college project had so after a month, the project was scrapped. Despite this, I knew one day, I would tackle this film. Years went on and the concept never left my head. Over the years, I went from a kid making films with his friends to someone doing more professional ventures and getting more involved in the independent film making industry.
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Auditions were held January 19th, 2008. Leading into this audition, I received hundreds of e-mails from actors interested in auditioning and being involved. From all these submissions, based on appearance and experience, I narrowed it down to the roster of those that ended up attending.
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