Gundala
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Gundala the movie was a hoax
perpetrated by Iskandar Salim, a photographer and graphic designer who created promotional material for a movie that was not actually being made about Gundala
, a lightning powered superhero. Salim noticed that there had never been a movie featuring an Indonesia
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and wished to start a public debate on the subject. He created an official website, a Facebook
page, posters, and staged photographs that allegedly showed the movie being made. As a result of the attention generated by the hoax Gundala's creator Harya Suraminata is actually involved in negotiations to produce a real film based on the character.
Hoax
A hoax is a deliberately fabricated falsehood made to masquerade as truth. It is distinguishable from errors in observation or judgment, or rumors, urban legends, pseudosciences or April Fools' Day events that are passed along in good faith by believers or as jokes.-Definition:The British...
perpetrated by Iskandar Salim, a photographer and graphic designer who created promotional material for a movie that was not actually being made about Gundala
Gundala
Gundala the movie was a hoax perpetrated by Iskandar Salim, a photographer and graphic designer who created promotional material for a movie that was not actually being made about Gundala, a lightning powered superhero. Salim noticed that there had never been a movie featuring an Indonesian...
, a lightning powered superhero. Salim noticed that there had never been a movie featuring an Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
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Superhero
A superhero is a type of stock character, possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers", dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas —...
and wished to start a public debate on the subject. He created an official website, a Facebook
Facebook
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page, posters, and staged photographs that allegedly showed the movie being made. As a result of the attention generated by the hoax Gundala's creator Harya Suraminata is actually involved in negotiations to produce a real film based on the character.