Genesis 3D

Genesis: Paradise Lost (also known as Genesis 3D) is the unknown and obscure much-hyped, highly-anticipated project by Eric Hovind of Creation Today and Resurrection Pictures, Christians Want Genesis 3D Movie This Badly, Creation Today, December 3rd, 2013 with Ralph Strean directing and producing.Innovative New Creation Film to ‘Bring Genesis to Life’ With Cutting-Edge 3D Animation, Christian News, September 30, 2013 Since 2012, different organizations have been asking for donations and it is not clear how much money has been raised in total for it.
Definitely NOT to be confused with the similarly named game engine, as made infamous by the propaganda-based first-person shooters , Ethnic Cleansing and Special Force.
==History==
According to Resurrection Pictures 'Genesis, has been in the works since Ralph first started production in 2008. Resurrection Pictures and Creation Today did not get involved until late 2012 when they teamed up with Strean to assist on the financing side. The movie has taken many different twists and turns."Where Creation Comes Alive, Genesis (Archived on Apr 03 2013)
In 2008 Resurrection Pictures and Creation Today announced plans to produce Creation, its first original film project, "a biopic that dramatizes the life of Kent "Dr. Dino" Hovind."The Box Office Power of America's 303 Million Christians, Resurrection Pictures Kevin Miller, the writer of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed wrote the movie's script; the film was "scheduled for production in 2010." The organization asked for tens of thousands of dollars to begin production. No word, however, on how they would cover Hovind's years in prison for tax fraud.
In 2010 the film was not produced, but instead was renamed Dr. Dino: Where Creation and Evolution Collide, and Resurrection Pictures claimed "it is scheduled for production in 2011."Dr. Dino “Where Creation and Evolution Collide” Resurrection Pictures Of course, the website asked for money. It also posted part of the script which described Kent Hovind in a science classroom teaching children about "evolutionists".Script Final Exerpt for Website Internet Archive, (archived on Aug 13 2011 In February 2010 Resurrection Pictures wrote: "We are so excited about this film and are looking to release it in theaters in 2011". This movie was never made and was abandoned.Evolution: The Lie Resurrection Pictures Newsletter, February 2010 (archived on Jun 26 2014)
In 2012 Resurrection Pictures discovered a talented young writer, producer and director named Ralph Strean who had been working alone on the 3D movie since 2008. Strean had writen the script and was looking for investors to help him finish the film. With the help of several investors, Strean continued to work on the film alone. It would take another five years of 15 hour seven days a week work days before Strean completed the movie in 2017. It was released in limited theaters across America on November 11, 2017 and was a success with the christian population.
Sometime around 2013, Eric Hovind and Creation Today became involved in the financing of the movie, and was given promotion from Christian media.Genesis 3D Movie Update! Creation Today, September 26, 2013 Hovind asked people for $275 for 1 second, $8,250 for 30 seconds and $16,500 for one minute of the movie at his website.Support the Genesis Movie, Creation Today 
In addition to the previous solicitations for money, Ralph Strean started a IndieGoGo fundraiser for the movie. The first was in October 2013 when Strean brought in $272,359 from donors, "expecting" a "mid 2014" finish-date.Genesis 3D movie. Archived from indiegogo.com, 3 December 2013. Specifically Hovind who would later be hired to handle distribution of the DVD sales said, "In 40 days Ralph raised $275,000.00 of the production budget.The Genesis Movie: An Interview with Eric Hovind, Secondly Magazine (archived July 17 2019) By mid-2014 the movie remained incomplete. Another $800,000 was asked for."…we have several different goals all the way up to $800,000" Huge Announcement!!! Almost at 400k!, Indiegogo, Sep 9, 2014 update An April 2014 update reported receiving $300,000.Genesis 3D Movie Update Creation Today, archived on Apr 14 2015 In June 2014, Another $500,000 was asked for.Genesis Movie, archived in Aug 03 2014
In September 2014 it was announced that the movie would be delayed for about a year so more money could be raised, writing: "While we do have a set goal of completing the film in a little under a year, we're also raising more funds to add more CG to the film, so our release date is like a moving target."Genesis 3D Movie Huge Announcement and Update, Creation Today, Sep 9 2014
By early 2016 the film still had no release date.Genesis Paradise Lost, Genesis Movie However, Sevenfold Films and Creation Today continued asking for money and selling items to promote the movie.Genesis 3D Movie Donation, Creation Today (archived on Dec 28, 2017) On January 21, 2016, Eric Hovind said he needed people to give him another $90,000 to finish the movie and claimed it would be completed in "eight months".Update on the Genesis Movie. Please Share., Facebook, Jan 21 2016
In June 2017, Ralph Strean came up with the final title Genesis: Paradise Lost, supposedly part 1 of an unknown number in a series.Genesis Movie Title, Creation Today It includes animation alongside commentary from creationists, including Ken Ham and Ray Comfort.Genesis: Paradise Lost in 3D, Resurrection Pictures (archived on Mar 7, 2019) In July 2017 another request was made from supporters to donate $350,000 to finance showing the movie in theaters in the United States.Let's take Genesis to Theaters this November!, Facebook, July 28 2017Crowdfunder Update - Day 5., Facebook, Aug 03 2017 By August 2017 they had raised $300,000Update, Facebook, Aug 15 2017. and then it was announced they had received all the money needed.We're going to Theaters!, Facebook, Aug 29 2017] It premiered at 7:00 p.m. on the 13th of November, 2017
Not one actual critic bothered to review it, as per Rotten Tomatoes.
==Evolution of Genesis over the years==
In 2009, the summary was as follows:
In late 2012, the movie summary was: Ralph Strean of Sevenfold Films teams up with Resurrection Pictures and Creation Today to assist Strean in his 3D animated movie project which Strean had been working on alone for the past three years.
As of 2017, the movie summary is:
==Trailer==
With the wild history of this film, the trailer is significantly different from what it was in the past.
==See also==
*Big science
*Persecution complex
*Schlockumentary
==External links==
*Resurrection Pictures
*The website
==References==
Category:Films
Category:Propaganda