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Fan Cinema Today To Close

July 2nd, 2009 | Posted in Amazon, Analysis, Author, Books, Continuum Books, Dan Poole, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Gray Areas, Hardware Wars, History, Homemade Hollywood, Libraries, Mainstream Media, News, Publishing, Review, Spider-Man, Star Wars, TV, The Green Goblin's Last Stand, Writing, science fiction

FAN CINEMA TODAY is calling it a day. Since its debut in January, 2007, FCT has presented the latest news in the emerging international fan film community. Many—including myself—doubted that the site would even generate one story a week, but most of the time, it featured a new post every weekday, providing news, analysis, criticism, [...]

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Raiders: The Adaptation Fan Film Comes Home Saturday

June 25th, 2009 | Posted in Author, Books, Continuum Books, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Indiana Jones, Mainstream Media, News, Public Screening, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Steven Spielberg, TV,

A one-night-only public screening of the South Mississippi–shot fan-film phenomenon, Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation, will be held June 27 at the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center of Arts & Education in Ocean Springs. MS.

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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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5 Must-See Short Star Wars Fan Films

April 27th, 2009 | Posted in Author, Books, Copyright, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Gray Areas, Hardware Wars, History, Homemade Hollywood, Mainstream Media, News, Review, Star Wars, Writing, , science fiction

This is the first in a series of articles, each one covering five “must-see” fan films. After all, there’s so many flicks out there—how do you find the good stuff? Try these! Some are classics, others are just cool, but either way, you’ll be entertained. This time out, we cover some of the shorter, classic [...]

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Swing into Indiana Jones and the Staff of Ra

April 15th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Author, Books, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Gray Areas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Indiana Jones, News, Publishing, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Steven Spielberg, Writing

There are characters that people never tire of—James Bond…Batman…Winnie the Pooh. You can definitely include Indiana Jones on that list. We’ve covered a ton of indie Indy flicks on Fan Cinema Today, from the famous Mississippi trio that made a shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark throughout the 1980s (which I wrote about [...]

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Star Wars Gets Sexy In New Fan Film

April 10th, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Gray Areas, Mainstream Media, News, Review, Star Wars, , science fiction

I may be the only guy on the planet to say this, but Princess Leia in the Metal Slave Bikini never really did anything for me. Meh. There aren’t many women in the Star Wars movies in the first place, so I’ve always found it to be a rather sexless saga—which is likely just how [...]

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Star Wars Gets The Neil Simon Treatment

April 1st, 2009 | Posted in Amazon, Analysis, Author, Books, Continuum Books, Education, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, History, Homemade Hollywood, Mainstream Media, News, Publishing, Review, Star Wars, TV, Writing, , science fiction

In honor of April Fools Day, here’s one of my all-time favorite Star Wars fan films, The Odd Star Wars Couple, which has been banging around the internet for over a decade. I don’t know why this never became huge, because it is a side-splitter. Maybe it’s a generational thing, where the kids simply ain’t [...]

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Top 10 Fan Cinema Today Fan Film Stories: March, 2009

March 31st, 2009 | Posted in Analysis, Comic Books, Copyright, DC Comics, Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, Gray Areas, History, Horror Movies, Mainstream Media, News, Software, Star Trek, Superheroes, Superman, TV, Watchmen, Writing, , ghostbusters, science fiction, stop motion animation

March was a busy month around here! Here’s Fan Cinema Today‘s 10 most popular stories of the last month, presented in chronological order. March 3: 5 FREE Freaky Filmmaking Programs for Macs If you have a Mac and are looking for some free ways to make your next flick—or at least give it some visual [...]

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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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Whole Lotta Lunds Make Indiana John & The Silver Platter

March 10th, 2009 | Posted in Fan Film, Filmmaking, George Lucas, History, Indiana Jones, Mainstream Media, News, Review, Steven Spielberg

A while back, I wrote about Little Indiana Jones, which presented a pint-sized view of George Lucas and Steven Speilberg’s famed archeologist. It turns out that’s not the only kid-centric Indy flick out there—check out Indiana John and the Silver Platter, made by the Lund Family (and there’s a lot of Lunds—seven NINE kids!). Director [...]

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