<![CDATA[io9: eddie lebron]]> http://tags.lifehacker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: eddie lebron]]> http://io9.com/tag/eddielebron http://io9.com/tag/eddielebron <![CDATA[Trailer for Mega Man Fan Movie Filled with Robot on Robot Violence]]> Director Eddie Lebron announced this summer that he was producing the definitive Mega Man fan movie, based on the original video game for the Nintendo. This weekend, he released the film’s full-length trailer, which introduces the movie’s back story, shows off its multicolored battle robots, and gives us a taste of its impressive special effects.

Lebron has produced another fan movie, Ghostbusters: Generation, as well as another feature length science fiction film, Clear. He promises that his Mega Man fan film will closely follow the basic plot of the first video game in the series: Dr. Light creates several androids including Rock and Roll, but his colleague, the evil Dr. Albert Wiley, grows jealous of Light and steals Light’s robot master series, which he uses to wreak havoc on the city. Rock agrees to combat his robotic brethren and becomes Mega Man. The movie will feature each of the bosses Mega Man battles in the original game, complete with energy-based attacks and heaps of special effects lightning.

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<![CDATA[You Could Play Megaman's Robot Girlfriend]]> Casting notices just went up for a fan-made movie about Megaman, the Japanese videogame character. Director Eddie Lebron (who's already made a Ghostbusters fan-movie) is willing to pay non-union actors to star in his Megaman epic. The storyline sounds pretty close to established lore: Dr. Light develops super-robots (including two friendly robots named Rock and Roll) but his colleague Dr. Wily steals some robots and tries to take over the world. So Rock volunteers to receive a "battle upgrade" and becomes Megaman. Fans seem desperate for a Hollywood Megaman movie, judging from the fan films already online and the fake Vin Diesel poster above. [Free Casting Call]

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