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[[File:The Adventurer poster.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Film poster for The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box]]'''The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box''', also known by its working title 'Mariah Mundi: The Curse of the Midas Box', is a an Entertainment Motion Pictures (E-Motion) fantasy adventure film based on the 2007 novel 'Mariah Mundi - The Midas Box' by G. P. Taylor. It includes scenes filmed on the Severn Valley Railway. The film was released on the internet in the US in December 2013 and premiered on DVD in the UK in 2014<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1376213/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt IMDB release dates]</ref>. Stars include Aneurin Barnard as Mariah Mundi, Michael Sheen as Captain Will Charity, and Sam Neill as Otto Luger and Ioan Gruffudd as Charles Mundi.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventurer:_The_Curse_of_the_Midas_Box Wikipedia]</ref> It was released  After seventeen-year-old Mariah Mundi's parents vanish and his younger brother is kidnapped, he is recruited by the enigmatic Captain Will Charity from the 'Bureau of Antiquities'. Their adventure takes them to the mysterious and majestic Prince Regent, a huge steam-powered hotel on a small island at the furthest reach of the Empire. Mariah, must unravel the secrets of the island to find the truth behind the internet in disappearance of his family, and prevent Otto Luger from getting his hands on the US in December 2013 mystical and premiered powerful Midas Box. The novel on DVD in which the film is based was the first of a trilogy, being followed by ''Mariah Mundi and the Ghost Diamonds'' (2008) and ''Mariah Mundi and the UK in 2014Ship of Fools'' (2009).<ref>[https://wwwen.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._P._Taylor G.P.imdbTaylor on Wikipedia]</ref> The film was intended to be the first of a franchise<ref>[https://deadline.com/title2012/10/tt1376213afm-mariah-mundi-sequel-greenlit-363068/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt IMDB release datesDeadline]</ref>although no sequel has been forthcoming since.

Filming on the SVR in 2012 mostly took place at [[Kidderminster|Kidderminster station]]. The action takes place early in the film shortly after Will Charity and Charles Mundi have met for the first time. They enter through the booking office and hold a conversation on the station concourse, during which Charity introduces himself and 'sets the scene' for their adventure to come. Their conversation is interspersed with crowd scenes showing [[7812|7812 Erlestoke Manor]] and [[42968|Stanier Mogul 42968]] in platforms 1 and 2. <gallery mode=packed heights=150px style="text-align:left">The Adventurer sceenshot 1.jpg|Mariah Mundi (Aneurin Barnard) and Will Charity (Martin Sheen)The Adventurer sceenshot 2.jpg|The station concourseThe Adventurer sceenshot 3.jpg|Platforms 1 and 2</gallery> After they have boarded and the train has set off, Charity and Mundi continue the conversation in one of the GWR carriages. A brief exterior shot shows the train being hauled by 7812. At one point Charity hands a railway ticket to Mundi which is inscribed ‘Great London Rail, Second Class, Kings Cross to Aberdeen’. <gallery mode=packed heights=150px style="text-align:left">The Adventurer sceenshot 4.jpg|Aboard the trainThe SVR scenes last around 2 minutes in totalAdventurer sceenshot 5. jpg|The ticket</gallery>

The SVR scenes last around 2 minutes in total. The obvious anachronism in filming is that the plot is set in 1885 with characters and set dressed accordingly; however 7812 dates both locomotives date from 1939, the 1930s while 42968 carries a BR-era smokebox number. This may perhaps be explained by the film being described as a fantasy.

*[[List of film and TV productions filmed on the Severn Valley Railway]]

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