Why The Eddsworld Fan Movie FAILED 

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If I were going to develop an Eddsworld fan movie, I wouldn't. I'd make an enormous Marvel-tier Newgrounds crossover adventure instead.

So, fun little blub from a former EWFM crew member: I was brought onto the fan movie during PiP’s run as director to help with re-writing the script and I cannot emphasize enough how frustrating it was trying to get anything done on it. Before we even started writing, he sent me the wrong version of the script twice before I got to see what was the most recent version of the script at the time. We only had two writing sessions, one where act one was finished and the other where we literally only got a page written in the span of two and a half hours. PiP wanted the all of the crew to be involved in the script and thought it would be a great idea to let everyone come in during the writing session, but what ended up happening was that no one was working on the script and everyone was talking over one another about topics that had nothing to do with the movie. I think there were about ten people in the call and only two people were the “writers”. I asked PiP afterwards if we could limit the amount of people in the call while we wrote so we could focus on the script and that people could comment notes on it once we were done, but he told me “No, it’s not a real problem, it’s fine.” That was also the last scripting session we ever had and that was months before the movie was shut down. He’d keep messaging “Hey, feel like writing this weekend for whoever’s gonna be available” in the general chat and then nothing would happen. I’d keep asking and be told that we’d do it “soon” and then it never came. I was actually tempted to rewrite the script myself because of how long it was taking, but, y’know, it ended so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Good video though my dood, “This ship of Theseus of a production” was not something I was expecting to hear, but it’s a pretty good way to describe the project.

The downfall of this project seems to be that none of the people at the top could resist getting distracted by the gravity of what they were undertaking, so instead of working on the movie, they set and achieved shorter, easier goals for themselves, like minisodes, podcasts, fan engagement etc. That wouldn't have been a bad thing if the original goal was to make an Eddsworld fan series... But it wasn't.

Animator for the infamous “Best of Both Worlds” short here. This project was doomed at the start in my opinion. Younger me couldn’t see it at the time, but holy shit.

the fact that this went in this direction is sad. there was SO MUCH potential in this! it could've been. so. good!

I've known Collin since I was 12 and he's really come a long way with the stuff he made, it's awesome working with him as well

I think the biggest flaw in this “movie” is that they never had a base, never knew where to go, they were just making the movie as they went they never looked back.

Fun Fact: WAAAAAY back when this movie was in production, I was almost going to be in it as a background voice. I think I was going to voice a zombie or something lol

I love you, The Tomee Bear. Thank you for all your help and the lovley shoutout to our comic!! xoxo

Thanks to everyone who showed up at the premier. Make sure to check out Operation Lost Cause and the EWFM Project Archive in the description

9:52 "You ever watched a movie that feels both gay and homophobic at the same time" 10/10 quote

At least McCoy and Martin aren't dead characters and have their own story now. They deserve it after all this time.

funnily enough eddsworld came back with a video mocking the fandom for being degen TRASH during the film's chaotic development. the finest meme magic in all of britain... worthy of a chef's kiss!

*quietly deletes the 20-page script for my future ewfm retrospective* all joking aside, great video as always (and thanks for the shoutout :D)! i'd been gathering research for my own video about the 'Lovallo cut' since 2020 (a video that has been going through production hell for the past 2+ years, for a multitude of reasons), but i still learned things about the fan movie production that i didn't previously know about in this video! i'm also just relieved to see this absolute dumpster fire of a fan project end on a positive note. i'm definitely going to read Operation Lost Cause asap :)

Personally, as the voice of commander Bai, by 2020 I had recorded all of my lines several times. Not gonna lie, the movie's re-writing really annoyed me. I had fully intended to record new stuff but in the years since I enrolled, my situation changed a lot and I just wasn't as invested by the end. It was all kind of a mess Edit: Funny enough, the one clip of Bai in this video is voiced by Marc and NOT me

The beginning of a new chapter… here’s to new adventures and good times!! Read Operation Lost Cause!!! 💚

I'm just glad the talented animators got to actually work on Eddsworld after everything that happened. At least there was one good outcome to all this. The EW movie eventually slipped out of my mind as I got older but I was genuinely excited for it when I was 11

This film's production seemed like an absolute trainwreck from start to cancellation, and the two directors outed as groomers was the final nail in the coffin. At least Collin got to take McCoy and Martin and had a victory lap of his own.

Yeah the problem with them is the director was just thinking of only himself and other people what happy why he was doing on his own not thinking of rest if you want to do a fun movie something like that you cannot just ignore and kicking off all the fan people because this could result years and later failure if you actually example if you want to make a fun movie you must listen to people that you want but it will take time for that and if you succeed try and one with it it could succeed if you’re not unless if they took a long time and kick off and not kicking all the people of the fans because it would succeed your find movie so develop better and make it a proper one they should’ve done that but the problem is they’re not actually British UK English they’re just from the US that’s a problem if they were from the UK they could’ve do it properly and no I think if Edward didn’t pop up straight away because of do it easily.

“This movie somehow feels gay and homophobic at the same time” wHY AM I FUCKING LAUGHING AT THIS THAT SHOULDNT BE FUNNY-

I had heard a lot of the Eddsworld Fan Movie drama...but I did NOT expect it to be this bad.

You know its funny a lot of people dont also know this but the voice for Edd also did some questionable things with me and an ex friend of mine when we were minors although I dont have proof of this happening anymore bc why would I It seems like most ppl who worked on this movie turned out to be creeps and I ironically had a creepy interaction with Marc as well. Take this with a grain of salt though I know it doesnt sound like this was real and didnt happen to me but it did. Anyways I really loved your video and thank you so much for covering the behind scenes of the EW movie :)

I CANNOT BREATHE 9:46 "some innocent english folk who jsut sit arouund and drink tea all day??" bro they do NOT drink tea

I just noticed something! In the end part 2, when Tom discovers Tord is a wanted criminal, he kicks down the door. But next to the door during that moment is a black hoodie on a coat hanger. Nice little easter egg that I haven't seen discussed on RU-vid before.

9:46 Matt has forgotten the events of him in war after he made himself forget the events prior to 25ft under the sea episode in that episode

I used to know Mark before the death of Edd but afterwards I lost touch with the community after all the flack Tom had caught. Kinda crazy what happened while I wasn't paying any attention to any of this.

OH MY GODDDDD THE SERVER TAKES ME BACKKKK I think if it hadn’t been for the discord server at the time, and if I didn’t join it, I wouldn’t be where I am today! Even with its downfall n all, I loved the absolute shit outta it- (the discord server rip btw, and the characters, PLUS THE STAFF) I personally cannot WAIT for more of the future comic, OP Lost Cause!! COLLIN AND CAT FTWWWWWWWW- I’m honestly so happy that they revived McCoy and Martin and just ALL THE CHARACTERSSSSS INNIT !! (Also hehe 3:58 hey look ma I’m on tee vee!!1,1!)

2018 was the year I was most invested in the fandom. I remember being hyped for the fan movie and being on the project's Discord server and all. Although, I did not know a lot of what has happened since then. I knew it was cancelled, but I didn't know of all the bad stuff that happened, nor did I know of that comic series that spawned from it. I gotta have a look at that one.

i remember being extremely active in the discord server, i dont remember much but i do remember it not being the greatest ran server in the world. i used to be so excited for this movie and i cant believe i forgot about all those memories until i saw this

0:21 fr the tomee bear is the reason why

Absolutely fantastic! I appreciate you making this man!

I remember waaaayyyy back in 2014, they released a teaser that said "My fellow Americans". I was so disappointed that they were switching the location to America, as a Brit growing up with American cartoons, Eddsworld was so refreshing to have set in the UK. I clearly wasn't alone because after asking the team on Facebook, they had to make a separate post about it. Bad decision. (Side note: LOVE THEREALJIMS TRIBUTE)

The key to making a show or a movie is make a script before you get voice actors, and don’t release trailers ahead of time, also even if you do finish your show or movie make sure your almsot done with it, than make a trailer and date

good video! honestly the leaked fanmovie version had such a weak script its a shock it even went into storyboard. im glad to see its led to a beautiful comic being developed though!

Man the Eddworlds fan community has loads of weirdos it’s crazy 💀

as far as fandoms go, Im glad my 12-14 pick was Eddsworld sure it had... this, and all the comments below But I think that made me aware of many things to do with who I choose to surround myself with (toxic fandom hah) and really developed my sense of humor

I didn't really watch Eddsworld, and I do like watching Marc Lovallo's videos (ignoring the scandal), but even I knew the movie wasn't good (even if it wasn't properly completed)

Oh my god. 7 years for NOTHING!? wow...

Did You Know That On The Legacy Indiegogo Campaign There Was A Goal That Would've Gotten Us An Official Eddsworld Movie? Makes You Wonder What Would've Been If The Indiegogo Reached That Goal

dude i don't understand english, but your videos are very good, thanks for subtitles

it's been years but I'm never going to forget Ed

I looked back at the old EW Fan movie a few times since I first heard about it and watched their stuff until I got out of the fandom entirely in 2018 (thank god for that, it was so toxic by the time I left. All I wanted to see was the art! But noooo, now you have to see pre-teens go rabid and gross about four very real British boys, one of which isn’t with us anymore) and, upon retrospection without ever touching Eddsworld content years later, felt genuinely irked by what I remembered of the project and the people working on it. Now, I guess I see why, but the other thing was that I remembered Mark’s remarks (heh) about the official E.W. shorts. He praised the old stuff religiously until Edd passed and the project was undertaken by other artists, already suffering from his loss. He’d nit-pick really small details, if I recall (can’t actually view the old videos anymore), that weren’t at all relevant from a story-tellers perspective. He once criticised the episode Temmie Chang worked on (Saloonatics) and claimed that her cute little nod to her working on Undertale (also in The End, too) as a “dated reference”… Which kind of shows no respect to the Temmie and the other talented artists involved in making that game, which doesn’t translate well to someone undertaking an entire project who also has no idea how long movies take to make in every aspect of development. Everything I recall him saying puts a sour taste in my mouth, and now it’s nice to at least put a reason as to why and, since the movie’s cancellation, might finally be the final nail in the coffin of the toxic fanbase of Eddsworld. (And to everyone involved with anything E.W. related, if you’re reading this, I repent for my sins of being apart of that side of the fandom as I was a wee little lad who didn’t understand what dignity was.)

I remember the Mark Lovallo version of the project! Oh god, that was such a long time ago,,,

Someone should make a real Eddsworld fan-movie when “New Eddsworld” ends

So, General McCoy is officially part of the Eddsworld characters now? That means he will be also a villain of the MCU as well, next to Evil Director and Tord.

What was Tords role in all of this? Since he wasn't present at all in the story board that was released.

Wow, I can't believe you got THE Collin from PieLordPictures!

I cant believe this is how i found out about marcs stuff damn i was a fan of his until right now

You really went into detail about the eddsworld fan movie and I appreciate that your content is awesome 👌

thats it its time to put it in my hands i must make a eddsworld fan movie vs the red army

OMG, I GOT EXCITED WHEN CAT FORD CAME OUT, I LOVE THAT ARTIST SO MUCH, I AM A FAN OF THE HELP

1:51 I love TheRealJims parody you did there. As always great video Tomee Bear!

I was thinking of making a fan movie of Edd'sworld my first attempt was upside down second attempt is going much better but still a lot to finalize hope I can get it by the end of this year now

This vid was abselutely amazing! you should watch this right now if your a eddsword fan.

Oh yeah I helped with some of the behind the scenes and update videos for the movie.

the fandom is making a new fan movie

So this is why the name turned into your favorite martians RU-vid name in 2021

A strange thing I noticed when comparing the latest draft of Jon's cut to the first one, in the first one whenever the news mentions General McCoy, they refer to him as "General Arthur McCoy" but in the latest draft they removed "Arthur" but instead of just removing it they dashed out all the letters, so it now reads as "General ------ McCoy"

Im always very happy when he uploads

7:53, 10:31 - censor bar on eyes because edgy

mans spent 2 years on this. worth it.

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I was almost apart of the project. When I was 10 I signed up on the discord server and got hired lol. It may not be the same one, my memories are blurry.

Dude I just re-watched Zanta Claws 3 with subtitles and in the scene where The XMASBOT shows up the subtitles say oh a less cool version of Tord's robot which I found surprising cause the end part 2 and Zanta Claws 3 came out in a 6 year radius. So I was shocked when they said that and they were hiding this for 6 years. I watched Zanta Claws 3 from Eddsworld complete the channel so they might have done it a year ago idk.

Why does the thumbnail character look like he's from Epithet erased? EDIT: oh now I get it xD

You should make a video on Ringo

The fact that the plan was gonna be a bright side to know more about some craziness, jokes and stuff that we didn't know which made me sad for not seen it :

I really want to see it finalised.

*9:45* Me: ya sure about that *flashback to Moving targets*

R.I.P EddsWorld fan movie making 2013-2020 21 or 22

The fan movie channel was just hacked.

@The Tomee Bear- Dude! I would LOVE to work with you & Collintoons! I have so many ideas to give for Eddsworld but, I don't want to pester the heck out of Matt. May I join you're guys team? 🙏🥺

I applied to volunteer on the first iteration of this. I can't remember if I was accepted or not but I remember that I got ghosted lol. I guess I dodged a bullet ?

I wish the eddsworld fan movie wasn't deleted

I was a fan of eddsworld back then I wasn’t in the fandom they thought I disappeared no I was working on my series and projects and editing the art style I might come back to the fandom sometime soon

imma try making the entire movie 2019-2020 cut from all the things included in the google drive

Im so sad 😔 that The Eddsworld Movie is not coming out

New eddworld video pog

I think it's fine but I don't know why movie is still developing but cancelled

i think eddsworld themselve should support this project directly or atleast work on the rest of it. edit: yeah nevermind now i think about meh might not be something "good" for eddsworld themselve even tho the fans would love it considering me but it could bring some harm

Mistake me if I’m wrong but was Tord going to be in the movie?

Me and my friend are making a eddsworld movie

So I tried to check the fan mvoie channel,but it looks like it was deleted,anyone know why?

That's good info The Tomee Bear

im trying to do a few shorts of eddsworld but nothing like this. kinda sad

Please Make An Eddsworld Trivia

R. I. P

Wow these guys really suck at making a movie, at least McCoy isn't dead

Im happy it atleats made a nice comic and super cool artwork

#revive the eddsworld movie!

Well

collin pie loud

SURF AND TURF IS OUT

I like pretzels

,,have you ever watched a movie that feels gay and homophobic at the same time" holly shit I'm dead☠

Do you have a tomee bear plush

I am re-making it right now

Wow

The long one is litterly had no ending that's it