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Season Two of Ain’t It Cool with Harry Knowles.

Austin-Based Harry Knowles Launches Kickstarter Campaign. Film Critic and Writer Aims to Raise $100,000 for Season Two of Ain’t It Cool with Harry Knowles. 

Austin, TX. On August 12, 2013– Film fan powerhouse Harry Knowles, in tandem with his production crew, kicked off a fundraising campaign via Kickstarter in an effort to finance the second season of his show, Ain’t It Cool with Harry Knowles. To date, the series, a product of Ain’t We Cool Productions, LLC, has received an International Academy of Web Television nomination and accolades from film luminaries across the globe. 

TWO DAYS LEFT!

The crew hopes to raise a minimum of $100,000 via the online site within 30 days. Pledges range from $1 to $10,000, with unique perks at each funding level, including Executive Producer credits, an on-set studio party, script consulting, a VIP invite to Knowles’ legendary BUTT-NUMB-A-THON and more. 

*Louis Black, Co-founder of SXSW & Toronto Film Fest, has joined at Executive Producer level.

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In addition to Knowles, Emmy-Award winning Director Brett A. Hart helms the series. Season One guests included: Directors Tim Burton and JJ Abrams, Special FX Gurus, Douglas Trumbull (2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner, CE3K) and Phil Tippett (The Empire Strikes Back, Dragon Slayer, Jurassic Park, The Twilight Saga), Writer Seth Grahame-Smith (Dark Shadows, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Pride and Prejudice, Zombies) and many others. The show’s second season will feature interviews with: Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, Trance), Wes Craven (Nightmare on Elm Street), Joseph Gordon Levitt (Dark Knight Rises, Inception, Looper, Don Jon), Tony Danza, Bruce Campbell, Jane Levy (Evil Dead) and several other notables.

Kickstarter, the new online way for businesses to fund creative projects, is a home for everything from films, games, and music to art, design and technology. Kickstarter is full of projects, big and small, that are brought to life through the direct support of the general public. Since their launch in 2009, more than 4.6 million people have pledged over $738 million, funding more than 46,000 creative projects. Thousands of creative projects are raising funds on Kickstarter right now. For more information on Knowles’s Kickstarter campaign, please visit: 

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/385528808/future-filmgeekdom-aint-it-cool-with-harry-knowles

About Harry Knowles

Harry Knowles is a Film Critic and Writer best known for his website, Ain't It Cool News (AICN), founded in 1996.

Harry started his film education by populating the 24-hour 16mm film rooms at shows around the country, where his mom and dad sold vintage posters and comics. By age 3, he had his own table, selling movie and superhero gum cards alongside his parents, soaking up untold hours of fan's conversations along the way. By the time he was 5, Harry had added stacks of 8x10 stills to his stock and had begun visiting with show guests like the Lone Ranger, Cisco Kid, Buck Rogers, Fu Man Chu, Billy Batson, Capt. Midnight, Red Ryder, the original Superman, most of the Tarzans as well as comic artists like Jack Kirby, Al Williamson, Jim Steranko and Will Eisner. Other celebs also included the likes of 4E Ackerman, Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen and Harlan Ellison. In middle school, Harry began selling the vintage posters, comics, autographs and animation cells alongside his dad and turned his cards and stills business over to his younger sister, Dannie. He continued the collectibles business while taking college film and creative writing classes until AICN began to make money in 1997.

Knowles is a member of the Austin Film Critics Association and has hosted several episodes of Ebert At The Movies. He is also the co-founder of FANTASTIC FEST and Producer of Comic Con Episode Four: A Fan’s Hope.

A few more fun facts on Knowles…

Selected as #98 on Premiere Magazine's List of the 100 Most Important People in Entertainment, 1999.

Selected to Entertainment Weekly's Top 101 Power List for 1997.

Selected as #82 in Movieline Magazine's List of The 100 Best Things to Happen to Hollywood, 1997.

Selected to the Brill's Content Top 50 Influence List of High Impact Media Players of 2000.

Selected to the Yahoo Internet Life Top 100 Web Sites List for 2000.

Selected to Wired's Top 25 List of Players Bringing 21st Century Hollywood to Life, November 1997.

Selected to Forbes Celebrity Power 100 List for 2000.

Selected as the #1 Entertainment News Site (Aintitcool.com) in the World by The London Times in August of 2005.

Selected as #13 on Forbes "Web Celeb 25" list in January 2007.

Selected as #9 in the Forbes "Web Celeb 25" list in January 2008.

Visit the official site here:

http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=918e950988683c4a06c0544d7&id=341f463614&e=f1236d4285

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Edited by Vanessa McMahon. Sep 3, 2013