| Comic Book: The Movie | |
| Director: | Mark Hamill |
| Producer: | Mark Hamill Jess Harnell Eric Mittleman Roger Rose Billy West Scott Zakarin |
| Narrator: | Mark Hamill |
| Cinematography: | Jason Cooley |
| Editing: | Matt Mariska Nimrod Erez Lawrence Hutchins E.S. Josephs |
| Music: | Billy West |
| Studio: | Creative Light Entertainment Timely Studios |
| Runtime: | 106 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Comic Book: The Movie is a 2004 direct-to-DVD mockumentary starring, co-written and directed by Mark Hamill.
Comic book fan Donald "Don" Swan battles against a fictional film studio that is about to announce a film based on his favorite superhero, Commander Courage (a parody of Batman).
The script was finished on July 29, 2002. Most of the movie was filmed at the 35th annual San Diego Comic-Con on August 1–4, 2002. All the interviews with attendees while Hamill remained in character were unscripted to obtain a realistic look. This film subverted convention by casting voice actors in live-action roles. The panel was held on August 2, 2002.
ComicBook:The Movie was originally released on DVD on January 27, 2004. It was distributed by Miramax Home Entertainment and Buena Vista HomeEntertainment. It was distributed internationally through NFK Entertainment UK and Force Entertainment (Australia) on September 13, 2005. It was distributed by Alliance Films on April 26, 2011 in Canada. It was re-released on DVD and distributed by Paramount Movies on July 13, 2021. Netflix made it available for streaming November 27, 2013-June 2, 2016.
The film received an approval rating of 40% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on five reviews.[1] IGN rated the film a 7 out of 10.[2]