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Work continues on the short film by director Spadoni:

The story features 3 very famous and fearsome pirates as protagonists: Guybrush, Luffy and Jack, all three in search of a unique and priceless hidden treasure, all three driven by fate to face an incredible adventure!
Will Luffy, Guybrush and Jack succeed in their aim? and What dangers will this new adventure hold for them?

This is an amateur project and all rights belong to the legitimate owners.
Fan Film (non-profit)

The Island Of Pirates And The Treasure of the White Shark

Director:
Daniele Spadoni

Cast:
Claudio Lisco : Jack Sparrow
Marco Risola : Monkey D. Luffy (Rubber)
Lino Stano : Guybrush Threepwood

Narrator: Alessandro Damiani
soundtrack: Ivano Muolo

SUBTITLES BY IVANO MUOLO

In collaboration with:

Monkey Island Site
Monkey Island World
One Piece Facebook Page
Rolonoa Zoro One Piece Italy

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Island-Of-Pirates-And-The-Treasure-of-the-...

Poster:

http://spadoni-production.deviantart.com/#/d4fugph

The Island Of Pirates And The Treasure of the White Shark... the new film project by Daniele Spadoni dedicated to Moneky Island... and beyond.
Follow the work on:
- The Island Of Pirates And The Treasure of the White Shark (Facebook)
- Trailer on YouTube
- Facebook "The personal page of Daniele Spadoni Director"

Return on Monkey Island - Special Chapter - Short Film 2012 fan film Pirates of the Caribbean.

After the trailer, director Daniele Spadoni gives us his complete work dedicated to the Monkey Island saga. The short denotes great ability behind the camera as well as an unconditional love for "Monkey Island". The special effects are excellent.
Here's how the director introduces his work on YouTube:
The short begins after the 4th chapter, a special chapter where the legendary Guybrush Threepwood finds himself up in an area north of monkey island where he has never been.
Without knowing how he got there, our mythical hero will once again have to face the plans of the undead pirate LeChuck.
Director: Daniele Spadoni
cast: Lino Stano
Narrator: Claudio Santoriello
In collaboration with: Monkey Island Site; Monkey Island World
Poster
This is an amateur project and all rights belong to the legitimate owners.
Fan Film (non-profit)

Return on Monkey Island - Special Chapter.
The new Trailer!

The short begins after the 4th chapter, a special chapter where the legendary Guybrush Threepwood finds himself up in an area north of monkey island where he has never been.
Without knowing how he got there, our mythical hero will once again have to face the plans of the undead pirate LeChuck.
Director: Daniele Spadoni
cast: Lino Stano
Narrator: Claudio Santoriello
In collaboration with: Monkey Island Site; Monkey Island World

Return on Monkey Island - Special Chapter will be released and published on November 30th on YOUTUBE!!!

The Monkey Island Site is pleased to present "Return on Monkey Island - Special Chapter".
The multi-talented Daniele Spadoni Director is working on a new short which will surely arouse the interest of the internet, the subject of the new work is one of the most myths of the 90s Monkey Island.
I present to you Return on Monkey Island - Special Chapter - Teaser live action fan film.
The short begins after the 4th chapter... a special chapter where the legendary Guybrush Threepwood finds himself up in an area north of monkey island where he has never been. Without knowing how he got there, our mythical friend will once again have to face the plans of the undead pirate LeChuck.
(from www.satyrnet.it)

It is possible to follow the evolution of the project on:
- Facebook - The personal page of Daniele Spadoni Director
- On Monkey Island Forum
- Teaser on YouTube - Return on Monkey Island - Special Chapter (also available in the box below)

Updated the section dedicated to Saga of Monkey Island with the inclusion of the pages dedicated to the Special Editions of the first two chapters which were produced by Lucas in July 2009 and July 2010.

Saves added for Sam & Max Hit the Road CD version for use with the ScummVM 1.1.1 emulator.

Lucas Arts confirms the arrival of the second chapter of Monkey Island, Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Special Edition, the graphic revisitation of the second adventure of Guybrush Treepwood.
The title, which will arrive in the summer for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC and iPhone, via digital delivery, will include a new control system, new graphics, and complete voice dubbing. As in the previous chapter, players will have the possibility to change the graphics with the original ones of the title.

Monkey Island on iPhone."I'm Guybrush Threepwood and I want to be a pirate." Way back in 1990, this phrase went around the world, enthralling millions of gamers thanks to a point-and-click adventure of particular depth. A plot perhaps not innovative but full of twists and above all with a well-marked charge of irony was embellished by the fervent imagination of the LucasArts developers, who gave life to an authentic masterpiece of the genre. Today the American company has decided to revive that milestone, with a remake which - together with PC and Xbox 360 - also reaches the iPhone. The entire story has as its protagonist Guybrush Threepwood, an aspiring pirate who landed on Meleè Island full of hope and desire to do. At a certain point the story will change direction towards the classic chase of a phantasmagorical enemy, guilty of the kidnapping of the beauty of the moment and fleeing towards the mysterious Monkey Island, an island as unknown as it is fascinating. The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition for iPhone brings with it a few but juicy new features, starting from a complete graphic restyling and ending with the implementation of speech, unfortunately (or fortunately) totally in English; all passing from a gameplay system tending more towards a "drag-and-click" that points and click.
Updated back The pointing method is in fact perhaps the most controversial innovation included in this version for iPhone: the player is asked to drag a small round icon through the various parts of the scenario and select the desired area with a simple touch. Indeed, the solution adopted becomes too cumbersome and less intuitive compared to a more immediate direct tap in the interested place, and above all it risks becoming frustrating especially in the phases in which one is forced to act quickly, as happens for example in some key moments of the plot. Who doesn't remember the acrobatic passages of grog from one mug to another to free the caged Otis or the jump into the cannon as the useful shot towards Monkey Island is about to explode? The graphics leave behind the pixelated squares of the time in favor of a more refined high definition design very reminiscent of the style of cartoons: colorful and bright, The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition boasts a harmonious outline and at the same time really cared for especially with regards to both environmental and character details. Those who are nostalgic, on the other hand, will be able to play with the original version simply by swiping two fingers on the screen: in no time at all the scenario will transform into the original retrogame, with the menus completely in English and the exclusion of speech. The audio sector has been completely modernized with the aim of making the soundtrack as pleasant as possible but still remaining faithful to the original, always exceptional. The same treatment was given to speech, an absolute novelty regarding this episode of the Monkey Island series: the voices match perfectly with each character, even if to tell the truth Le Chuck could have deserved a more frightening and dark tone.
(from Multiplayer.it)

A first review of "Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal" was published in the August monthly magazine "The Game Machines". Below are the images of the article.

It's official: Monkey Island will return to the gaming scene, with a remake of the first chapter in development at LucasArts studios.
Through the social network Twitter.com, LucasArts has confirmed that The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition will arrive on PC and Xbox Live Arcade on a date to be determined, presumably revealed during E3 2009 which will start tomorrow 2 June.
A revisitation of the original graphic adventure, the game will allow the new generation of gamers to discover the myth of Guybrush Threepwood in a product with entirely redesigned graphics, new dubbing and a new soundtrack.
LucasArts has also ensured that it has undertaken the development of an episodic version of the game, entrusted to the Telltale Games team (www.telltalegames.com/monkeyisland), but even in this case there are no details on the matter. More information via the official website of The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition: www.lucasarts.com/games/monkeyisland
(from www.gamestar.it)

As always, there is little news on Monkey Island and yet... Even if it is still a rumor, which is however bouncing on web pages all over the world, the USK - i.e. the body that deals with the "PEGI" certifications of video games in Germany - seems to have leaked the announcement of a new game entitled "The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition", exclusively for Xbox 360.
There are no further details and therefore we do not know if it will be a mere conversion or a "revisited" version of the first legendary Monkey Island.
To find out more we will have to wait for E3 and therefore the beginning of June!

Perhaps this news doesn't matter to many, but for fans of LucasArts and Sierra games this is amazing news! I can't help but report it.
Monkey Island, Indiana Jones, Day of the Tentacle and many other spectacular games will run only on the touchscreen system of the iPhone and iPod Touch!
What makes the operation of these dated software possible is the famous ScummVM, which allows you to run these games (both in Mac and PC versions), even on the latest Mac OSX Leopard operating system.
To install ScummVM on iPhone or iPod Touch, just follow a few simple steps:

• Enter the Installer.app
• Click “Sources”
• Click “Add”
• Enter http://urbanfanatics.com/scummvm.xml

ScummVm is now available in the “Games” folder.

Without any particular fanfare or press release, LucasArts republished many of its historical adventures during 2007 in a collection called: "LucasArts Classic". The games are the same both from a graphic and audio point of view, same animations and same resolutions. What is new is its compatibility. In fact, the republished titles work perfectly, without the necessary use of any emulator, on all modern computers running Windows XP or Vista as an operating system. Truly an excellent idea to revive old myths! For now there are some in circulation, certainly at the FNAC and MediaWorld shopping centers:

• Full Throttle (€9.90)
• Sam & Max - Hit the road (€14.90)
• The Dig (€9.90)
• Monkey Island 2 + Indy Desk + ST (€25.50)
• Curse of Monkey Island (€9.90)
• Grim Fandango (€9.90)

The titles are completely in Italian and accompanied by a manual in pdf file also in Italian.
This is an event because in Italy we have not had reissues of Lucas titles since the time of the late CTO (who left us definitively in recent 2004, but who had not reprinted anything since the 90s). Even though the Lucas distributor for Italy had officially become Activision, there were strong rumors that the Italian rights had ended up in the grave together with the CTO. With these re-releases, we instead learn that the Italian rights (in part or in whole) have indeed passed to Activision Italia. In reality (leaving aside all the other re-editions, especially American ones) the LucasArts Classic Line appeared during 2006 in England and Spain, before extending in 2007 to Italy, Germany and Australia: therefore almost all the markets where Activision represents Lucas.
LucasArts and Activision have, hopefully for now, favored dubbed titles, evidently considered more marketable. But there are certainly other reasons too. In fact, the same Spanish case, if on the one hand confirms this hypothesis, on the other denies it: Fate of Atlantis actually exists there dubbed, but in English, and in any case a version with only subtitles was included in the re-edition. Even more inexplicable are the absences of The Dig in Germany (where it exists dubbed in German) and obviously of Fate of Atlantis in England. Monkey Island 4, if not present, is supposedly just experiencing delays. As stated in the "new" manuals, as stated in Italian, the contact person for Assistance is now Halifax. The publisher is, as mentioned above, Activision, distribution in Italy is, however, entrusted to Leader.

• Full Throttle, The Dig, and Sam & Max (v2.0) have been made compatible with XP and Vista. They start directly from the CD and save in predefined system folders (indicated in the Readme). Also bootable with the ScummVM cross-platform emulator.

• Curse of Monkey Island (v1.01) has a new installer for XP and Vista, but inexplicably it doesn't fix the old issues. Therefore the procedure remains unchanged: skip the request to install Directx 5 and set backward compatibility in the game executable. Also bootable with the ScummVM multiplatform emulator (see specific procedure in the program Readme).

• Grim Fandango (v1.01) has a new installer for XP and Vista, and fixes the compatibility problem (except that the update restores the original executable). Therefore the procedure remains unchanged: install the official multilingual patch (not present on the disc, despite what is described in the Readme) and follow it with the LucasDelirium patch.

LucasArts Classic Line has several other titles. But, here, we have only discussed the graphic adventures.

After years of silence, finally something new! This news appeared on the Multiplayer.it website: "In recent days, news has been spreading online of the possibility that a new chapter of the famous grotesque/pirate saga Monkey Island is in the works. This is a series of disconnected rumours, deriving from what appears to be an indiscretion leaked by some members of the staff working on the musical compositions of the game, but as Lucas Arts is working on a series of important projects, among which (so rumors) a title for Wii, the announcement of the fifth chapter of the series would be postponed to 2008. The rumors were somehow fueled by the publication of three artworks credited to Steve Purcell, which however would not be officially linked to a new pirate project, as it was logical to assume, completely denies such rumors but we, well, well... who wouldn't want to hope for it beyond all hope?