Let's Play: JFH in NYC + A New Scene Hack + LA Soon

Heroes and Villains,

Jan here. Big things are moving. Here’s what’s next for our Justice For Hire community:

1. New York — October 25thWe’re teaming up with the Urban Action Showcase for our biggest NYC event of the year! This is a chance to hang with the JFH family, connect with heroes and villains in person, and film a one-of-a-kind action scene together in the JFH Universe. Get tickets here: https://www.urbanactionshowcase.com

JFH @ Urban Action Showcase

2. A New Way to Play (Tutorial Video)Ever wanted to create a scene where you face off against yourself? Or play multiple characters in the same story? I just dropped a new video showing you how. It’s simple, it’s fun, and it’ll level up your Justice For Hire content (or any content, really).

This trick has been used in movies like SINNERS, and I’m sharing how you can do it right now—no big Hollywood teams required. Here’s the link: https://youtube.com/shorts/U0TfC2rk5BY

Jan vs. Jan

3. Los Angeles — November 8th (Tease)We’re calling it JFH Actionverse LA at LA Live Regal Cinemas. Screenings, premieres, community panels—and yes, we’re filming a scene together. Details coming soon, but save the date. THIS IS OUR BIGGEST LA EVENT YET! Grab early tickets here: https://filmfreeway.com/FilmFestLA/tickets

We’re building a global heroes culture—one that anyone can step into and play. Thanks for being part of this movement.

Stay Heroic,

Jan Lucanus (aka Hero #0)

Founder, Justice For Hire

Celebrating 7 Years of Heroes, Villains & JUSTICE 🎂🤜🎥🌎

We just hit a milestone together: 7 years of Justice For Hire. It means everything to me that people around the world have trusted me with their time and creative energy to build something bigger than any one of us. This week we’re celebrating the anniversary with new content, behind-the-scenes drops, and a ton of love for our community, starting with this 1.5min video of what we’ve made together and where we’re going:

Justice For Hire's 7th Anniversary video

Since I haven’t sent out a JFH Knuckle Sandwich Newsletter since May, I want to recap our summer, but before that, I want to take another moment to tell you how much this anniversary means to me personally and how grateful I am to EACH OF YOU.

When we started, we didn’t even have our own app. Just Instagram, YouTube, the original JFH comics and shorts I made coming out of NYU, and a teaser about how the story could invite anyone to join. From there, I hosted meetups in NYC where we trained, filmed, and built this world together—half in-universe, half behind-the-scenes.

Those meetups sparked film shoots, collaborations, and a growing story centered on one truth: the world can only be saved if everyone can be a hero. This community uplifted me through difficult times, and then I started seeing something incredible—JFH changing lives. People training as heroes were standing up to abuse, protecting the innocent, and making real-world changes.

That’s the real purpose of JFH: transforming ourselves while creating together. The films, shorts, and episodes we make are artifacts of that transformation.

And here’s the big announcement: with thousands of hours of content and characters from around the world, we now have enough to release a JFH FEATURE FILM.

This dream came true almost without me realizing it. Now, I’m ready to say it out loud. This is a historic moment—for humanity and for our community—to set an example of how to co-create, trust each other, and make playable cinema together.

So, yeah, it’s a big deal to me. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING MY DREAM COME TRUE.

Now, here’s our Summer recap:

☀️ Summer Recap

• June (LA): Two events at World Championship Karate Sports Academy near USC—with pro wrestler Zeda Zhang joining us. The energy was off the charts and you can see a teaser in our 7th anniversary video.

• July (San Diego): We hit Comic Con, filmed with our community, and have a fun and important announcement video about the JFH App on the way.

• August (NYC): We teamed up with the Legendary Cyphers crew (also JFH cast members) in Union Square. Here’s a clip of the freestyles that happened after we filmed an upcoming action scene.

🎬 Episode 9: Finding the JFH Voice

The last episode of JFH was so well received—by our own community and by creators I deeply admire like Roberto Nickson (RPN) and Macchiato Studios. Their feedback, along with yours, made me realize: we’ve finally found the tone and voice of this universe. This is the JFH Cinematic Universe we’re going to keep expanding on.

• 🎥 Watch Episode 9 here

• 🛠️ Behind-the-Scenes of Episode 9

And this week, I’ll also release a BTS breakdown of our 7th Anniversary video, showing how I created and played multiple characters on screen—while staying connected to our community-driven story.

🚀 What’s Next

• More episodes coming soon (I’ve been talking with longtime cast member Lone Wolf about integrating his content into upcoming stories—you could be next).

• More Action Scene Events expanding the story world (DM me or hit justiceforhire.com/action if you want one in your city).

• The JFH Feature Film—built from all of our contributions—is in progress. There’s still time to share your own Missions on the JFH App to be part of it.

💬 From Me to You

You always have access to me. Always.I want your ideas In JFH. I want your scenes in JFH. I want us to keep proving that a shared cinematic universe can be built by all of us.

And whenever our content gets monetized or we get sponsorship opportunities, every JFH community member in an episode will share in the revenue.

Until then, I’m pouring most of my own resources into JFH daily (literally). For anyone that wants to support on our Patreon, I’ve put some nice perks on there from the JFH Vault (comics, exclusive videos, and more). All contributions go right back into making JFH.

Year 8 will be a game-changer.Thank you for building this with me.

With heart,

Jan aka Hero 0

@justiceforhire

NEW Episode + Mission and Achievements! 🤜🎥☯️

Hey JFH Heroes and Villains!

Jan here with some news for our Justice For Hire community. Gear up, because we've got a lot to cover!

1. New Episode: Chemist vs. DreadOur 7th episode of JFH Hero SZN is out, and it HITS! Watch as Dread, our reformed villain, faces off against the Chemist in a moral showdown. Will he make the right call? You be the judge!

WATCH NOW on:

YouTube 

Instagram

Threads

X

TikTok

2. New Mission Alert!Speaking of our latest episode, did you know it's actually a response to our latest Mission? That's right, if you take on a Mission in the JFH App, YOU could be in an upcoming episode!

Here's a quick rundown on how Missions work:

• I'll post a Mission from a JFH character that's part of an upcoming story arc.

• You take on the Mission (film yourself + upload to the JFH App), and I'll edit it together with other heroes' footage to create an episode.

• Your story becomes part of our shared cinematic universe!

OTHER WAYS TO MAKE MISSIONS:

You can also create your own Missions for others to take on, or even make your own story through our Off Rails Short Film Challenge in the Challenge section of the JFH App. Remember, EVERYTHING we do on the app is part of the show or behind-the-scenes content.

You could make some CASH, too:

Everyone who appears in monetized content gets paid! So make sure your profile info is up to date and add this JFH email address to your contacts so we can communicate with you in the event something we make together is profitable.

Are you ready to be the hero (or villain) your city needs?

3. Instagram Milestone: 2000+ Followers!We've hit over 2000 followers on Instagram! THANK YOU ALL for your support! Your memes, cosplays, and discussions keep this community thriving!

   
   

4. YouTube Milestone: 1000+ Subscribers!And if that wasn't enough, we've also crossed 1000 subscribers on YouTube! Your views, comments, and shares are helping us build this universe together. Thank you!!!!!!!!

   
   

5. Next Week's EpisodeWe have weed out the fake heroes on the JFH App, and that means investigating a brawl that Dread started awhile back. The JFH lore continues to deepen in another action-packed episode dropping next week.

   
   

With each episode, my intention is to share more about the characters and world we are building together, so please share feedback to help the process along!

THANKS EVERYONE again for being part of JFH! See you on the app (or on our socials, but the app is where we build the universe together)!

Stay heroic,

Jan aka Hero #0