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Raiders: The Adaptation Fan Film Lands In London

May 12th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Books, Contest, Copyright, Education, Eli Roth, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Indiana Jones, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Publishing, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Steven Spielberg, Uncategorized, Writing

In March, Fan Cinema Today broke the news that the famed fan film, Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation, was going to make its UK premiere in late April as a charity event in London. The gala evening has now come and gone, but fortunately, it was a massive hit. Three 12-year-old Mississippi kids [...]

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Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation To Get UK Premiere In London

March 23rd, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Books, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Indiana Jones, Libraries, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Publishing, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Review, Steven Spielberg, Writing

Slashfilm created a buzz this afternoon with a story that Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation was given a theatrical rating to be shown in the UK, leading to the idea that it will get a widespread theatrical release there. Turns out that’s not entirely true, but at the least, the famous fan film [...]

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Raiders: The Adaptation Team Heads Up River

July 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Books, Eli Roth, Fan Film, Filmmaking, History, Homemade Hollywood, Indiana Jones, Mainstream Media, News, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Steven Spielberg, Uncategorized, Writing

Eric Zala and Chris Strompolos are two of the three guys who famously spent seven years in the 1980s making a shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark. While it’s their biggest claim to fame so far, they’ve spent the last few years writing a new action adventure script, What The River Takes, that [...]

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