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Fan Films, Media Assassins, Sex Toys & Me—on the Radio!

April 3rd, 2009 | Posted in Amazon, Analysis, Author, Batman, Books, Comic Books, Continuum Books, Copyright, DC Comics, Education, Eli Roth, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Gray Areas, Hardware Wars, History, Homemade Hollywood, Horror Movies, Indiana Jones, Iron Man, Mainstream Media, News, Publishing, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Review, Sandy Collora, Star Trek, Star Trek: New Voyages, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, Superheroes, Superman, TV, Writing, , marvel comics, science fiction

Recently, I was a guest on NonFiction, a weekly news magazine on New York’s WBAI-FM. Host Harry Allen, the Media Assassin, knows a lot about fan films (he once wrote about them for the late, great Premiere magazine), so we had a blast talking about the Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation guys; various [...]

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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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New Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation Screenings!

March 17th, 2009 | Posted in Author, Books, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Indiana Jones, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Review, Steven Spielberg, Uncategorized

If you love fan films or Indiana Jones, you have not lived until you’ve seen Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation—the legendary fan film made by three teens over the course of seven years. From start to end, they recreate just about everything from the original, from the truck chase to the boulder to [...]

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The Entire Fan Film World in 4 Minutes!

January 12th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Books, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Hardware Wars, History, Homemade Hollywood, Indiana Jones, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Review, Son of Rambow, Star Trek, Star Trek: New Voyages, Star Wars, TV,

Ever try to explain what a fan film is to someone? Ever watch them fall asleep in the process? Have I got a video for you! Few people can describe fan films in a way that’s entertaining; one outfit that recently got it right, however, is Australian radio station Triple J, whose Marc Fennell hosts [...]

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FCT Roadtrip Report: Five Towns College

November 14th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Batman, Books, Comic Books, Contest, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, Hardware Wars, History, Homemade Hollywood, Indiana Jones, Iron Fist, Mainstream Media, Public Screening, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Review, Sandy Collora, Superheroes, Superman

Is a roadtrip a roadtrip if it’s only a 40-minute drive? On Election Day, I spoke about fan films as a guest speaker at Five Towns College in Dix Hills, NY. About a year ago, I sat in on the school’s “Comics To Film” course and interviewed its professor, Dan Galiardi, for Homemade Hollywood, so [...]

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WOO-HOO—IT’S A FAN CINEMA TODAY ROADTRIP! Fan Film Fest In Massachusetts!

October 27th, 2008 | Posted in Amazon, Analysis, Author, Batman, Books, Comic Books, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Harry Potter, History, Homemade Hollywood, Indiana Jones, James Bond, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Publishing, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars, Superheroes, Superman, Writing

So you live in Eastern Massachusetts and you have a boring week ahead. Take this Wednesday, for instance: Nothing to do! The Red Sox didn’t make the World Series, so you won’t be watching the game. TV is dead on Wednesday nights, and you can’t go out drinking (OK, shouldn’t), ’cause you’ve got work the [...]

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Dive Deep Into Fan Film Documentaries

October 14th, 2008 | Posted in Analysis, Books, Comic Books, Fan Film, Filmmaking, History, Star Wars, Superheroes

There’s been a number of fan films that are documentaries, starting with 1997’s stellar Tatooine or Bust, but there’s been few documentaries about fan films. In fact, by “few,” I mean “one” and that was C.K. Hicks’ Fan Film Documentary (2006). Now there’s a second one, released by UK-based Backyard Productions just last week, entitled, [...]

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Another Raiders: The Adaptation Screening

May 16th, 2008 | Posted in Fan Film, George Lucas, Indiana Jones, Public Screening, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Steven Spielberg

By all reports, the big screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation at Mann’s Chinese on Wednesday was a big hit, but if you live out in California and couldn’t make it, perhaps you can catch it on Saturday for free (ooh, gotta love free) at Newport Beach. There’ll be a free to [...]

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Analysis: Fan Films and the Rule of Threes

February 21st, 2007 | Posted in Analysis, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Mainstream Media, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Son of Rambow, Star Wars, Steven Spielberg, Writing

Many journalists believe in the Rule of Threes: One thing happening by itself is an oddity, and two things that are alike taking place is a coincidence, but find three similar events occurring and suddenly you’ve got yourself a bonafide trend. Well, hold on folks, ’cause fan films are about to get trendy—which means Paris [...]

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Tag Archives: Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation

Fan Films, Media Assassins, Sex Toys & Me—on the Radio!

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

New Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation Screenings!

The Entire Fan Film World in 4 Minutes!

FCT Roadtrip Report: Five Towns College

WOO-HOO—IT’S A FAN CINEMA TODAY ROADTRIP! Fan Film Fest In Massachusetts!

Dive Deep Into Fan Film Documentaries

Another Raiders: The Adaptation Screening

Analysis: Fan Films and the Rule of Threes

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