I Got Next | A Documentary on the Fighting Game Scene

You can get it on Bittorrent, it’s where I found it again. And I agree, let’s see the full length of this.

Hey guys,

I Got Next is out, right now, on Hulu!

http://www.hulu.com/i-got-next

It’s been a long and arduous process, thank you so much for sticking with me for so long. I know that everyone was hoping it would be out much sooner (myself include), but I really underestimated the hoops that needed jumping through in order to properly get my film out there.

So to give everyone a quick recap on things:

Late December 2008 to the end of 2009 I was filming IGN. Most of 2010 consisted of editing and post work (while juggling other freelance work). I then hooked up with Mattoid Entertainment, who are the current distributors of the film and we took I Got Next to South by Southwest in the hopes of getting greater exposure for the film. Unfortunately that six month process of submission and approval didn’t yield the results we had hoped for, IGN was rejected amongst very strong competition. Which brings us to early 2011, where we shopped the completed cut of IGN around to a bunch of possible distribution avenues before it found it’s temporary home on Hulu.

A lot of this has been a very frustrating waiting game. It’s been a constant questioning of: should I wait for more exposure for the film and the community it portrays, or should we release it on a smaller scale and risk limiting the viewing audience.

From the beginning of the project my goals have always been to be as clear as possible (full transparency), to keep the best interests in mind for the community that the film portrays, and to also work towards the best interests of the film, which I believe the latter two align themselves.

I’m hoping that in telling you all this, you guys will have a look into my thought process throughout the project and it will help elucidate as to why this has been such a long road.

Thanks again, cause without the help of everyone who donated the film would not have got this far. I’m still working on the equipment that you guys helped me purchase. Thank you!

  • Ian

Great job Ian. Is this the full feature?

Damn I had to goto work when I saw this post and I didn’t have a chance to watch it all. I just saw the 1st 10 minutes and it has me hype to see the rest!

I know it’s been mentioned as being worked on, but is there any more info at all available about any sort of international release?

Huluuu why don’t you work in my countryyy

I really enjoyed watching what the scene was like right when SF4 came out. I had no idea what some of the “celebrities” in the FGC had to deal with before the sponsorships and stuff before this documentary. Really good info in this.

congrats Ian! Nice to see this come full circle for you and everyone involved. Say whats up to Art and Joe for me!

Congratulations Ian! It’s been a long road but I’m glad you’re finally closer to the end. Hopefully you can manage to get this into a distribution channel that will allow more people to get exposed to the fighting game community so they can see just how deep it goes.

Any way to download this in high (or higher) definition? I’d be willing to pay if that were necessary.

What are the plans for backer products, shirts and DVDs ect?

Just watched this on Hulu. Great stuff.

Any word on an International release?

Hi Ian, I was wondering if I could share IGN on my facebook? I’d love to get as many as possible to see this, I love it so far. Great work :slight_smile:

Rewatching it lol

nice work ian. you put alot into it and we are getting alot out of it. good work dude.

ps, when you are here at super arcade dont be shy and say whats up bro lol!

when can i get the soundtrack to his movie score?