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A.F.A.M. takes off at Galaxy Con San Jose

Galaxycon San Jose launched its inaugural run in San Jose, Aug 16-19th 2024 and A.F.A.M. made its presence know with two action packed panels including the world premiere of our latest stop motion short – G.I. JOE: The Falcon and the Snow Serpent. Both panels were well attended and we have a great time showing behind the scenes clips and pics, as well as some great trivia questions and prize giveaways. Let us know if you were one of the people who attended and what you thought of the show!

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August 20, 2024

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The Action on Film Fest gets Furious!

Las Vegas – A.F.A.M. comes to the Action on Film Fest Wednesday July 31st as part of the 4pm block. We’re proud to return to the AOF fest and we’re even more excited that we’re nominated for Best Animated Film. Del Weston and his crew always do a bang up job with their fest, so if you’re in Vegas at that time, be sure to check us out!

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July 26, 2019

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Johnny Tan screening at Comic-Con 50!

We’re super excited to announce that The Furious Gospel of Johnny Tan will be part of the San Diego Comic Con International Independent Film Festival. Also noteworthy is that this is the 50th anniversary of Comic-Con and we couldn’t be more honored.

The CCI-IFF takes place in the convention facility of the Marriott Marquis and Marina Hotel, next door to the Hall A side of the San Diego Convention Center. The Film Festival room is Marriott Grand Ballroom 6, which is located on the second level of the building. Look for signage onsite directing you to the screening room.

The film will be screening Friday July 19, 2019 from 2:50pm – 3:25pm along with a Q&A with director Lon Lopez and Johnny Tan himself, Jeff Brown.

The film festival is free to any Comic-Con attendees with a badge, so if you’re planning on being at SDCC, join us for the special screening and Q&A.

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July 15, 2019

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Johnny Tan Wins at Origins Film Fest!

We’re proud to announce that on the weekend of June 12-13th, our latest A.F.A.M. short, The Furious Gospel of Johnny Tan won Best Fantasy Film at the Origins Film Festival in Columbus, Ohio. Sadly we were unable to attend but we got an email notifying us that they had really liked our film and chose it for the award. We here, at A.F.A.M. are truly honored and give much thanks and gratitude to the folks at the O.F.F. Stay tuned for more exciting film festival announcements in the coming weeks.

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June 28, 2019

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AFAM Comes to Vegas ToyCon March 2nd

Excited to announce that AFAM will be at the Vegas ToyCon that is taking place March 1-3 at the Westgate hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. If you are attending look for the Action Figure Action Movie Panel on Saturday March 2nd at 1pm in Pavilion 4. It should be a really exciting show with a great group of celebrity guests, toy vendors and more. At our panel we’ll be discussing the rise of AFAM, showing some clips, giving away prizes and showing our latest flick, The Furious Gospel of Johnny Tan! To entice you even more we made this cool promo video that was BANNED from FB. So enjoy it now here. See you in Vegas you AFAMinals! (We’re workshopping the name… trying out a few things… )

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February 22, 2019

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A.F.A.M. at TOYXPO in Santa Clara

Thanks but No Thanks productions is proud to announce that the A.F.A.M. crew will be at the Bay Area ToyXpo at the Santa Clara Convention Center from August 24-26th. Drop by table T-24 in artist alley to hear about the latest A.F.A.M. creations and happenings and be sure to attend the world premiere of the latest chapter in the saga, The Furious Gospel of Johnny Tan.

The world premiere happens as part of the Action Figure Action Movie panel that is tentatively schedule for Sat. Aug 25th at 5pm. (Check the programming schedule for any last minute changes) A.F.A.M. creators Lon Lopez and Rob Wilson will be in attendance as well as a few voice actors from the film.

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August 15, 2018