The Dark Knight Legacy - Red Hood fan film

[@wisconsinman2755]

This is amazing. Probably the best rendition of red hood I've ever seen

[@woodytondorf2491]

Thank you very much!

[@gaijinlotus8392]

still true all the way in 2023

[@Blazeshiller]

dude I remember this from the old machinima channel, good stuff man.

[@in_worldofmyown]

I like the appearances of those villains... Or at least I did before Red Hood killed them all. It really sets up some stuff within the future of the Nolanverse with John and Stephanie Brown like going up against Red Hood. I thought the fight at the start was a nice addition with the flashing lights and do appreciate the villains we saw (especially Roman Sionis who looked set up to become Black Mask). I love how Red Hood just showed up and started killing because that's pretty spot on for how the character should most likely be. I know there's probably not gonna be any other Nolan stuff but if there was anything this is sort of an interesting idea to go off of. If only Joseph Gordon-Levitt could have played his character at the end though.

[@diegoceballos3314]

Fuck I thought this short film was gone forever!! This was the best short red hood film ever!!

[@11_ignatio_claudio64]

Gotta love how Red Hood make the Black Mask

[@blakecromley8736]

The battle of the cowl begins.

[@tacobobthecat]

so many characters packed into 7 minutes of pure gold.

[@Narcoleptic_Artist]

When I younger, I legitimately thought this was official. I’ve always considered it to be part of Nolan’s Dark Knight Films. Every time I watched those movies, I’d watch this after. When I found out it was a fan film, I thought, “Okay, still canon in my brain.” I really wish WB hadn’t shut down this project, it would’ve been something incredible. Also, I know you probably get this a lot, but that helmet is badass!

[@woodytondorf2491]

That's very nice of you to say. Means a lot to be a part of anyone's head canon. We were really disappointed to get the cease and desist, but it was probably for the best. We were going for a budget of like $30k and the stuff we had planned (Nightwing fighting his way out of GCPD HQ, Red Hood launching a one man assault against the Ghost Dragon lair, two Nightwing/Red Hood fights, not to mention Black Mask's acid facial makeup) would have been way more than that to do semi-well. The helmet rules, thank you. Dan Crawley is a big shot Hollywood costume designer so we really lucked out getting him to do it on the side. It's been very cool to see how many Red Hood helmets either borrow directly from Dan's design or are inspired by it.

[@hujan1744]

"You're Stephanie Brown, i trust you." And that's how No Man's Land started people

[@woodytondorf2491]

This is funny and the sentiment is correct, but I think you mean War Games? NML was the earthquake, right?

[@hujan1744]

@@woodytondorf2491 not sure yea, but it's definetly her who started some big event because she forgot Matches Malone (Batman) had to be present

[@Watt.S.Studios]

This has to be one of the best fan made red hood short I’ve ever seen... if not THE best!

[@woodytondorf2491]

That's very kind, thank you! Means a lot.

[@alexcrespoisplusultra4156]

Remember when before Jason Todd became Red Hood, He impersonated Hush aka Thomas Elliott who was also portrayed by Maury Sterling

[@woodytondorf2491]

Funny how those things work out, right? Maury was great in both roles!

[@highjinkss]

i thought that was Clayface impersonating Jason as Hush if I'm remembering right,

[@alexcrespoisplusultra4156]

@@highjinkss it was both Jason and Clayface. It was part of Jason's revenge plot against Batman for not killing The Joker after his death.

[@Rob-ql2wf]

Oh wow so perfect, even if only brief that's exactly how a Dark Knight trilogy level of realistic Red Hood, Penguin and Nightwing should be!!

[@ConnorJ97]

For a fan film this was pretty Awesome shame big companys out there aren't willing to take a chance on this sort of stuff and fund them properly

[@woodytondorf2491]

It would be fun to see bigger companies employ the Star Wars view on fan films, though wait and see how Disney handles this in the future... It would have been amazing to keep this going, but whenever you try something like this you have to be mindful that giant companies have lots of jobs and billions of dollars sunk into this, and they are absolutely within their rights to tell you to stop. Getting an official Cease and Desist definitely sucked, but it also meant we had made something good or remarkable enough that Warner Bros noticed, and that helped ease the pain a bit.

[@Brainwave101]

I loved the idea behind this, Robin and Red Hood fighting for the mantle, with everyone in Gotham from civilian to criminal caught in the crossfire. Also, if you don't mind me asking, are there any photos of the full Robin suit anywhere? I'd love to see it.

[@woodytondorf2491]

There's one darkish picture of the suit from the waist up, but that's about it. We didn't have much money left after the Red Hood helmet. If you want to see detailed pics of that, our artist recently put those up on his IG - Danmakesstuff. The Robin suit was a slightly larger and slightly armored domino mask, with some touched up motorcycle armor with blue detailing in the chest, the Batman bladed gauntlets, and a souped-up police duty belt. (To remind us of Blake's previous life as a cop.) If we had been funded, the look was going to change substantially - it was basically going to be the proto-suit from Batman Begins with some homemade touches.

[@Brainwave101]

@@woodytondorf2491 Thanks for the heads up, I'll make sure to check him out. It's a shame we never got to see the full project, this had great potential.

[@itsxeno1013]

The part where red hood shoots the guy in the mouth is savage

[@elijahmercader9466]

I just came back from watching the first appearance of red hood in titans just because this is so much better on many different levels. Tho I havent seen all of titans it just looks so off. This is a fan movie and its so much better

[@woodytondorf2491]

That's very kind and I appreciate it, but give Titans a chance. They're doing a very different take on Jason Todd and it's not all awesome but I try to keep an open mind about it. I think there are more cool moments than bad ones overall but that's just me. We also only gave you a couple minutes of Red Hood whereas Titans has to make a whole story of it while juggling an ensemble cast, so our job is much easier.

[@domgriffith6483]

@@woodytondorf2491he was badass in titans but the writing for his character was garbanzo beans and I didn’t like the fact that he was scarecrow’s sidekick (and let me get this out of the way I’m not hating on currin walters I respect the guy for his work)

[@martmandred9182]

​@@domgriffith6483 That's why you don't blame the actors. They could have get a better script writers.

[@dontworryboutit404]

Aye man. I was putting together a Redhood fan series about 2 years ago and took a lot of inspiration from yours in the script. Never could get the funding but thanks for making such an awesome film for me to enjoy and take inspiration from.

[@woodytondorf2491]

Really glad you liked it, and love that it gave you some inspiration. Hope you're still writing stories and don't let funding discourage you - find a way to make things with whatever you have, even if it's something small and short. Everything you do gives you the tools and experience to do things bigger and better the next time, or you may find that a smaller scope really focuses your storytelling and makes your characters stand out.

[@dontworryboutit404]

@@woodytondorf2491 Hey man thanks for the reply. I unfortunately haven't had the time to write anymore due to work but the dream is still film though I doubt its gonna happen at this point.

[@Cryptic090]

The only problem with this film is that its too short, awesome

[@mischalecterTV]

Titans season 3: Can I use your material? Video: sure but not too similar Titans season 3: I got you **copies anyways**

[@woodytondorf2491]

Lol to be fair, this scene was our homage to Red Hood's intro in the comic/animated movie "Under the Red Hood," so we're both copying. Love what they did with the costume in Titans though. I think our helmet's better but I'm biased and I think the Titans helmet is more true to the comics.

[@YungKelly976]

🔴Red Hood, is back in town now. Time for Gunfight!🔫 1:10 🔴Good for you.🔫 2:26

[@andrewl.3899]

This is pretty damn good man 👏👏👏

[@killakev9589]

Dude..this is like the Red Hood Snyder cut

great!

[@Names_buck]

I have a mighty need for that helmet

[@UnstoppableGiant]

This is the best one

[@woodytondorf2491]

That's very kind, thank you!

[@katesykesUK]

That was awesome!!!

[@chipskeetlark8102]

Who played red hood? Man had the role perfectly!

[@woodytondorf2491]

Maury Sterling, a really great actor who has been in a bunch of TV series like Homeland and voiced Thomas Elliot in Batman: Hush. And he did his own stunts!

[@codyeasonBGR]

Atomic sunrise that would be a hard thing to survive

[@woodytondorf2491]

But a hell of a name for a cocktail

[@qylerecallmeq675]

that is bad ass. thank you for it

[@KingGhidorah5464]

I had no idea Chloe Dykstra was in this.

[@woodytondorf2491]

She was a real trooper for this one. We shot everything in one day and it was a very long day. Chloe's stuff was all at the end of the shoot and she was waiting a pretty long time to get to her parts. She never complained or let it bother her, she hit all her takes as soon as it was her time and was a big help on set. It's too bad we didn't have the chance to tell more of Stephanie's story in this, I was really excited to see what she was going to do with it all.

[@faceduro6719]

Awesome stuff

[@drscottgamingfx211]

I enjoyed this, but constructively, I feel like some of the villains like penguin and ventriloquist felt too comic-esque in design, and felt out of place in such a real-world setting like the Nolanverse. In hindsight, maybe Ventriloquist could have been replaced by someone established like Zsasz from Batman Begins or something. Besides that minor gripe, I'd have been interested to see how Jason Todd would have wound up fitting into this universe. Presumably, he was never a 'robin' but it could have been cool if he was someone who was gravely injured from one of the explosions from Joker's attacks in The Dark Knight, but survived and became a vigilante. It would be different, but it could have worked.

[@woodytondorf2491]

We didn't want to use villains who had appeared before in the movies - part of this story was showing what and who comes after a figure like Batman in Gotham so we wanted to avoid previous baddies. That said, we got permission to talk to the actor who played Ventriloquist in a terrific Nolan-verse fan film called Puppet Master and we loved his performance so much we wanted to create a bit of a shared universe. The Penguin was the obvious choice for aspiring crime boss but we didn't really have the budget in the end to make him as hyper-real as you'd see in a film. Jason's origin was definitely going to play with the disaster in the Narrows and the 7 lost years where Bruce "retires" before returning in TDKR, and then opening a window to the exploits of Checkmate and Task Force X. Thanks for watching!

[@OGMoonKnight]

@@woodytondorf2491 It's really cool the ventriloquist was the same actor! I'm guessing he found himself a new boss lol

[@paperplate09]

I’m sad this was only 7 minutes

[@HoliGallistur1023]

Red Darkness...

[@samwise526]

That is the best redhood mask I have ever seen. Can we commission one for ourselves at all?

[@woodytondorf2491]

Thank you! The mask was designed by Dan Crawley. That item is one of a kind, but a couple shops have made replicas over the years that get pretty close to the original. The most recent one I've seen was a collab with Armored_Idiot and Skylu3design. Look them up on Instagram, they may be able to help you. Tell 'em Woody sent you!

[@highjinkss]

@@woodytondorf2491 Those ones they have arent really the same style. Is there photos from BTS of this one in particular?

[@woodytondorf2491]

@@highjinkss Dan Crawley, the helmet creator, has some better angles of the helmet on his IG: Danmakesstuff

[@robertroy92]

good job fantastic amazing

[@woodytondorf2491]

Thank you!

[@robertroy92]

@@woodytondorf2491 you re welcome

[@myaparker5510]

He's a better red hood than the titans one.

[@woodytondorf2491]

Appreciate it! I do like the Titans costume though.

[@myaparker5510]

@@woodytondorf2491 I agree with that, it's just that he doesn't feel like red hood to me he just seems like a whiny kid. Your red hood is spot on he doesn't show mercy.

[@domgriffith6483]

@@myaparker5510I respect the actor for red hood in titans although I do agree he did come off as a whiny kid and the writing for his character was garbanzo beans

[@domgriffith6483]

@@woodytondorf2491facts the suit in the show is badass

[@woodytondorf2491]

@@domgriffith6483 Can confirm, Titans suit is very badass.

[@cheaptoons]

Didn't this film have a million views before ...Plus I know that this was recently upload in the 2019....what became of the original upload for this film ?

[@woodytondorf2491]

We put this video up on Machinima first, when Machinima died they took down all the videos on their channels. We spent too much time and effort for it to just go away forever so I put the source file back up here for posterity.

[@fatjesus3909]

I just hope this doesn’t get deleted

[@onlyMeox]

This Is so Amazing, It would be a Honor if you agree an italian version of It, obv i'll give you all the credits! I don't wanna make Money in this, i Just wanna give an italian version for this beatiful product

[@woodytondorf2491]

Credit the production please, but do what you want! We don't own these characters.

[@captainbeastwinger4940]

Did John and Stephanie used yo be close friends or what was the intended history

[@woodytondorf2491]

In our backstory, John and Stephanie came up through Gotham Police Academy together and were close friends.

[@admirosmanovic1368]

Yo I been waiting forever where part 2

[@woodytondorf2491]

Trust me, if we had the money you'd have seen it by now.

[@admirosmanovic1368]

@@woodytondorf2491 fuckin money

[@admirosmanovic1368]

Who did the mask? And bro if money is the issue try a kickstarter cuz this shit is official

[@woodytondorf2491]

@@admirosmanovic1368 Dan Crawley made the mask - he's made costumes for all sorts of superhero movies like Deadpool, Infinity War, Batman vs Superman, and more. He's amazing and we were really lucky to have him. He also got to keep the mask, which is in a showroom somewhere with other absurdly cool costumes.

[@DylanCoteActor]

don’t take credit for what isn’t yours. you reuploaded this from the machinima channel. this disgusts me.

[@BATTLEHAWKMEDIA]

I would like to get in contact with the director of this !

[@woodytondorf2491]

That's Brett Register. You can find him at brettdidthis on Twitter

[@brandonryan8177]

Say can i ask I recognize arnold whesker penguin and black mask but who's the chick, mowhock dude and so on? And I dont recognize the street demons?

[@woodytondorf2491]

The woman who escapes is Lynx, leader of the Golden/Ghost Dragons and semi-antagonist of Tim Drake in the books. Mohawk dude was an unnamed leader of the Loboys, a gang that shows up in No Man's Land. The Street Demonz are one of the lesser gangs in Gotham that pop up every now and then and factor into No Man's Land briefly when the GCPD are taking back territory. The rest were random organized crime gangsters.

[@adrenalinejunkiestv1929]

Who is the guy in the blue suit? Also favorite fan film

[@woodytondorf2491]

He was supposed to be an original character - Romeo Sionis, son of the legendary gangster Roman Sionis. He was going to be our "Nolan-verse" Black Mask. Glad you liked the short! Thanks for watching it.

[@adrenalinejunkiestv1929]

Woody Tondorf oh wow, you made this with other people? That’s awesome. When I was a kid I remember watching it over and over again, I thought it was dope. Very creative too, and thought out. I like the actors and red hoods actor, like when he says ‘what the hell is wrong with you’. Idk the way he said it is like perfect character for Jason Todd. It’s sick man

[@woodytondorf2491]

@@adrenalinejunkiestv1929 Thank you, I'm really glad you liked it! The guy playing Red Hood is Maury Sterling, he played Thomas Elliot in the Batman: Hush animated movie recently and has been in a bunch of roles on TV and movies as well. He did great stuff with the voice, we were lucky to have him!

[@adrenalinejunkiestv1929]

Woody Tondorf that’s very cool, gotta check it out

[@Mossyrock6]

@@woodytondorf2491 He absolutely NAILS Jensen Ackles Red Hood voice!!

[@lucjaramillo7721]

If u don’t mind me asking what kind of camera did y’all use ?

[@woodytondorf2491]

One of the Red ones? I'm not very sure, it was very expensive so they did not let me play with it.

[@bendythedevilhunter2351]

*AFTER BATMAN/BRUCE WAYNES DEATH*

[@myaparker5510]

There's something I'm wondering why did he have them sit down if he was gonna shoot them anyway?

[@woodytondorf2491]

Guys sitting still at close range are much easier targets. He needs to make sure no one can get away unless he wants them to.

[@myaparker5510]

@@woodytondorf2491 Smart.😁

[@myaparker5510]

@@woodytondorf2491 it's a shame Warner Bros won't let you finish. I would have loved to see nightwing and red hood go at it, that girl escaped Red Hood was probably huntingn her down and like when nightwing was going to stop him. Maybe Warner Bros was threatened by how good you were doing with this.

[@RobSteenson]

Where’s the rest?

[@woodytondorf2491]

In a script that will never be produced, sadly.

[@tas7606]

@@woodytondorf2491 why?

[@woodytondorf2491]

@@tas7606 Warner Bros shut down our crowdfunding campaign when it first launched.

[@byron2FZ]

@@woodytondorf2491 I'd love if you could upload the scripts for reading or something some time, I absolutely love this stuff and would be excited even just to read the rest of it. (Please tell me at some point you involved the son of a couple of big wigs from the Drake family?)

[@vichumonusteer6372]

Whats about part 2

[@woodytondorf2491]

Just waiting for some bored rich person to drop a ton of cash on us and we'll make it happen!

[@maskedcrusaderings]

​@@woodytondorf2491 Wait fr? I thought you guys cancelled the project because wb sent a cease and desist?

[@woodytondorf2491]

C&D was for the kickstarter, not the short, so this was as far as our money went. Why? You got the $?

[@tylersvensson4468]

P

[@Names_buck]

I have a mighty need for that helmet

[@woodytondorf2491]

I like that this mighty need hasn't gone away in months.

[@Names_buck]

@@woodytondorf2491 oh hell no, I want that helmet lol