Indiana Jones 4 IV and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Spoilers, Rumors and News Archive
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The following rumors about Indiana Jones 4 IV are being confirmed by at least one reliable spoiler web site:
Karen Allen will reprise her role as Marion Ravenwood in the new Indiana Jones movie. Shia LaBeouf plays the acting role of a young motor bike riding rebel. Shia LaBeouf turns out to be the son of Marion Ravenwood and Indiana Jones. Indiana Jones learns that Shia is his son sometime after they begin their adventure together. Indiana Jones 4 IV is set during the 1950’s.
Area 51, the secretive U.S. military base, and Russian agents play an important role in the new Indiana Jones film. The appearance of South American pyramids and/or temples will happen. The next Indy film involves 13 Crystal Skulls. The final version of the Indiana Jones 4 screen play uses some aspects of Frank Darabont’s script.
The working title of the Indy film might be Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods. However, Steven Spielberg’s representatives have admitted this will NOT be the final title. The Indiana Jones 4 IV title could involve the words: “Crystal Skulls.” The first Indy 4 teaser trailer, with the real title attached, will hit cineplexes around Thanksgiving 2007.
Cate Blanchett's acting role in Indy 4 IV is most likely that of a villain conspiring with the Russians.
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The New Haven Independent reports the following spoilers for Indiana Jones 4 IV:
David Martin, Genre Project's East Coast sector’s location manager, stated that film production for Indiana Jones 4 IV will occur from June 28 to July 6 of 2007 in New Haven.
In the New Haven location scenes, the villains in black cars chase Indiana Jones through the Yale campus to the athletic fields.
On Monday, Indiana Jones enters Yale's Branford College courtyard on a motor bike on his way to Saybrook College. Then on Tuesday, Indiana Jones will go to a Yale baseball field near Derby Avenue. A tunnel is said to be located under it.
David Martin is quoted as saying: "I'm sure they're going to make it try to fly out of the tunnel. Indiana Jones steals a football from practice and uses it as a weapon.” Martin said further that the football throw was one possible scenario. On Thursday, the chase sequence will be located at downtown's Wall Street, then Friday, the chase will continue to Yale's Sterling Memorial Library, on to Woolsey Hall, where the finale of the exciting chase should happen.
Indiana Jones enters the Commons, which will be overhauled to resemble a study hall. Martin states: “Books will be flying, students will be running." A car might even do a barrel roll on Grove Street.
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Current rumors about Indiana Jones 4 IV:
1. Filming for Indiana Jones 4 IV will take place in New Haven, Connecticut as well as in Deming, New Mexico and Hawaii.
2. The opening action sequence of Indiana Jones 4 IV occurs at the legendary, secret Area 51 base in Nevada. Indiana Jones will battle the Russians at this point.
3. Shia LaBeouf’s character will have slick hair and a leather jacket. Shia's character and Indiana Jones will be brought together by fate in the story line and then will find out later that they are related to one another.
4. The primary story focuses on mystical crystal skulls and borrows from "The Chariots of the Gods," a book about ancient extraterrestrial astronauts written in 1968 by Erich von Däniken. This book poses the theory that much of ancient man’s technology and culture was given to man by extraterrestrial visitors.
The New Haven Register newspaper reports that Sir Sean Connery (Henry Jones, Sr.) has a copy of the Indiana Jones 4 IV script, but has NOT joined the cast yet. His scenes will be omitted from filming if Connery refuses to reprise his role as Indiana Jones’ father.
Fox News reported the following quote from Lucas about keeping the plot for Indiana Jones 4 from the fans:
"Steven [Spielberg] thinks we can keep the whole thing a secret. I explained to him that it's impossible nowadays. We can't live like that."
Lucas also stated he can’t say whether Karen Allen will return as Marion Ravenwood in Indiana Jones 4 IV.
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Jeff Nathanson recently talked with The Los Angeles Times news paper about his moments working on the Indiana Jones 4 script:
"That's one of those movies [Raiders of the Lost Ark] that got me into the movie business. So I had, like the greatest year of my life. I had so much fun. When you're working on a blockbuster-sized film, it's always a struggle. It really is like moving mountains. And if it were easy to move mountains, the Swiss Alps would be in Westwood and all the agents would ski at lunch."
Frank Darabont had the following interview with MTV:
MTV: Would you say one of those bad experiences is the time you spent writing the aborted Indiana Jones 4 script?
Darabont: ""Indy" is definitely in that category, topping the list. It showed me how badly things can go. I spent a year of very determined effort on something I was very excited about, working very closely with Steven Spielberg and coming up with a result that I and he felt was terrific. He wanted to direct it as his next movie, and then suddenly the whole thing goes down in flames because George Lucas doesn't like the script."
MTV: Did you ever speak to George Lucas directly?
Darabont: "Yes! I told him he was crazy. I said, "You have a fantastic script. I think you're insane, George." You can say things like that to George, and he doesn't even blink. He's one of the most stubborn men I know."
MTV: Do you know if any remnant of that story lives in the one they're about to start filming?
Darabont: "I have no idea if there's a shred of it left. It was a tremendous disappointment and a waste of a year."
MTV: I would think part of you still wants to share that script with the world.
Darabont: "I would love it, but it's not my material to disseminate. At this point, I don't give much of a damn what George thinks, but I wouldn't want to harm my friendship with Steven."
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Indiana Jones 4 finally begins production in 2007.
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg revealed that the fourth installment of Indiana Jones (i.e., Indiana Jones 4) will begin production in June 2007. Harrison Ford returns in his role as the daring Dr. Jones for the new adventure. The film will be produced by Lucasfilm Ltd., directed by Steven Spielberg and released by Paramount Pictures throughout the world in May 2008.
The screenplay has been written by David Koepp.
Spielberg states: "George, Harrison and I are all very excited. We feel that the script was well worth the wait. We hope it delivers everything you'd expect from our history with Indiana Jones."
The film will be produced by Frank Marshall with George Lucas and Kathy Kennedy as executive producers. "Working with Steven, Frank, Kathy and the Indy crew is like working with family," states Lucas. "These films are such great fun to make. I'm looking forward to reuniting with the team and starting this new journey."
The film has plenty of action in store for the rogue archeologist. Harrison Ford comments: "I'm delighted to be back in business with my old friends. I don't know if the pants still fit, but I know the hat will. "
It will be shot on undisclosed locations around the world as well as in the United States.
David Keopp (the screen writer of Indiana Jones 4) revealed: “It was a lot of fun. The first thing is that you realize this is a beloved character, probably one of the most in film history, and a lot of people are going to be angry no matter what I do. I’m going to get my *** handed to me on some level, even by my fellow filmmakers or the audience . . . So you just accept all that and go and do the best thing you can with as much love as you can.”
“It’s hard to write when you feel the audience looking over your shoulder, but you just try and put it out of your mind . . . You can’t write a fan script . . . You have to pretend that this movie exists without the other one. The worst thing to do would be to have him make reference to things he said in the first movie, like to pun on lines of dialogue . . . Now, how would that not be telling you what happened in the movie? I’m not going to tell you what happens. But with set pieces, sometimes it’s common sense and sometimes it’s a bad idea.”
Sir Sean Connery might reprise his role as Indiana Jones' father. Connery had this to say: "Perhaps. At the moment there's nothing decided. I haven't got the script. Everything depends on the script."
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Empire Magazine conducted an interview with producer Frank Marshall, who had this to say about Indiana Jones 4:
Empire: So what’s the next exotic place that Indy 4's gonna go to?
Marshall: "The next exotic I’m gonna be in is London! Indy 4 is probably going to shoot next year, all around the world again. We’re writing the script, it’s coming along, and I think it’s on a very positive track."
Empire: So what’s the angle going to be in the story this time?
Marshall: "Oh, I can’t tell you that!"
Empire: Oh go on . . .
Marshall: "I can tell you it’s going to be about 10 years later, it’ll be in the 50s, so obviously Indy will be older, so Harrison will be able to play the role, but other than that my lips are sealed."
Empire: You’ve done the Sahara now, I suppose; any other deserts that we can see?
Marshall: "There might be a desert involved, yeah, but which one I can’t tell you."
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Business Week Online conducted an interview with Steven Spielberg, who stated this about Indiana Jones 4:
“I'm working hard to get Indiana Jones 4 into shape. That's a Paramount picture, and we have had 10 revisions of the script. Right now [War of the Worlds screenwriter] David Koepp is working on it, and it's getting close. I'd like to get it going for 2007. And I'd like do something from Doris Kearns Goodwin's book Team of Rivals, about Abraham Lincoln . . . Harrison Ford is still strong enough to pull a PT Cruiser on his back.”
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German magazine Fit For Fun had this Harrison Ford quote related to Indiana Jones 4:
"Steven Spielberg and I now have a script in hand that we both like. I believe that we can start with the filming soon"
Marvin Levy, Steven Spielberg’s publicist, had this to say about Indiana Jones 4:
"[The script] certainly seems to be [in the can], but I don’t think we’re at the point where we have a film start date. But it is certainly the closest where we’ve been in this whole development process . . . starting something before 2007. I think it’s much more likely that [Spielberg] will do an Indy movie before he does ‘Lincoln’."
Tim Magazine conducted an interview with Indiana Jones creator, George Lucas. Here is what Lucas had to say about Indiana Jones 4:
Richard Corliss: If you’re retired, I guess you’ll be less involved with an Indiana Jones 4 than you were in the first three?
George Lucas: "Well, I’ve been working on Indy 4 for ten years. So I’ve been more involved, so no matter how you count it on this one I’ll be more involved than I’ll have ever been on the other three put together. It’s taken forever to get a script of it. That’s my part of it."
Corliss: Isn’t Harrison Ford now older than Sean Connery was when he played his father in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?
Lucas: "Uhh, yeah. But the thing is designed for that. And I think it’s funny, it’s exciting. You know the problem there, which is not a problem, is that we don’t have to make that movie. All we can do is hurt ourselves, all it’s going to do is get criticized. I mean it’s basically Phantom Menace we’re making. No matter how you do it, no matter what you do, it won’t be what the other ones were in terms of the impact or the way people remember them."
Corliss: But there’s also no need to complete the holes in the epic.
Lucas: "We don’t have anything like that. We just had a great time making those movies. And if we can have a great time doing this one and we can enjoy ourselves, and make something that’s entertaining to us, no matter what the world thinks, let’s just do it."
Corliss: Do you say, "******, Steven, do it in digital," and he says, "******, George, I’m doing it on film"?
Lucas: "Pretty much."
Corliss: Who wins?
Lucas: "He’ll win. He’s the director. The great thing about working with Steven is that we don’t have agendas. We want to make the best movie possible, I want him to be happy. If he wants to shoot it on film and cut it on a Movieola... Hey, he’s got a great editor. Michael Kahn can cut faster on a Movieola than anybody can cut on an Avid. And I don’t really care. But I do tell him, 'This is your chance to play with this and experiment with it and blame it all on me'—say, ‘He made me do it.’ And then you can go back to film if you want. But he has relented after all these years to maybe cutting it digitally. We’ll see what happens."
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Starpulse has this quote from Harrison Ford about Indiana Jones 4:
"If you find out when it's starting, let me know. The reason it hasn't happened yet is we haven't had a good enough script. (Is the) script ready? I think that was a different script . . . it looms. (M. Night Shyamalan was writing the script) and I think we lost him through the failure of George and Steven to attend to him, which is a real shame."
Producer Frank Marshall had this to say about Indiana Jones 4:
"We're getting the script right, we're working on it. It's not one of those things that's on the back burner."
The Chicago Sun-Times printed this info from Steven Spielberg about Indiana Jones 4:
"There definitely will be a Jurassic Park 4, and I'm pretty sure we'll be doing an Indiana Jones 4, but I can't confirm that -- that's up to my boss, George Lucas . . . He still is not completely happy with the script, so I can't say more about that until he gives it his OK."
Fox News had this interview with Steven Spielberg about Indiana Jones 4:
Friedman: "George Lucas told me recently that there’s a script and he’s happy with the story."
Spielberg: "George Lucas isn’t the director. I am. I have David Koepp on it now, and he’s my 'closer.' He wrote Spider-Man and War of the Worlds so he’ll get it done."
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Dark Horizons had the following interview with Harrison Ford about Indiana Jones 4:
DH: How many times during this junket have you been asked about Indiana Jones 4?
Ford: "30" [laughter].
DH: Are we going to see it in Indiana Jones 4?
Ford: "I have that expectation. We have pretty much settled on a story and doing some script work and hopefully it will happen soon."
DH: How different is it going to be doing one 17 years later?
Ford: "Well, it will be somewhat different because we are . . . no that is not true it is going to be exactly the same." [laughter]
JoBlo held an interview with Harrison Ford. Indiana Jones 4 was mentioned:
JoBlo: In regards to that, is there anything you’re doing to get ready for Indiana Jones 4? What can you tell us about that project?
Ford: "I’m just waiting for the script to be ready. Everybody agrees that we’re close. We’re excited about it. I’m looking forward to working with Steven (Spielberg) again. The audience is there for it; I’m looking forward to it."
JoBlo: After Manhunt, do you have any projects after that or are you waiting for Indiana Jones 4?
Ford: "I have about four or five things in development right now which are beginning to bear fruit, so I’m not sure what’s going to be after Manhunt."
This Indiana Jones related quote from Harrison Ford appeared in a recent issue of Time Magazine:
Time: When are you dusting off your fedora for Indiana Jones 4?
Ford: "The fedora is available. We’re closer than we’ve ever been. I’m looking forward to it."
TMZ posted this interview with Harrison Ford about Indiana Jones 4:
"We're now closer than we've ever been. I think it'll happen pretty soon. Indiana Jones changes just like everybody else. I don't have any issues with that, and I still feel physically adequate to faking it just like I've been doing for 30 years. I'm looking forward to it. It's good fun. Part of it is finding a time when all three of us are available to commit to it. I think we've got that now. It's set after World War II. Sometime after World War II."
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Virginia Madsen, star of the film called Sideways, is now the favorite to play the role of the female lead in Indiana Jones 4. Harrison Ford had this to say to Movieline:
"She was an absolute delight - professional, very talented and simply, very sweet. She also took what could have been a fairly one-dimensional damsel in distress role and added so many layers to it - there isn't many who could do that. I'd work with her again in a heartbeat. I'm actually hoping she'll come over for Indiana Jones. We've talked about it."
MTV relayed the following about Indiana Jones 4 from Harrison Ford:
"The deal is that the Internet is full of information," Ford grinned, implying that much of it is wrong. "We have an ambition to make [Indiana Jones 4], we have a possible time to make it and we have a script that is undergoing some revisions. That's as much as I can say at the moment."
Harrison Ford was on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and stated the following about Indiana Jones 4:
Jay Leno: Will you do another Indiana Jones?
(5 seconds silence)
Harrison Ford: "yes... it's on the front burner."
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While promoting his new film called Firewall, Harrison Ford had this to say about Indiana Jones 4:
"I can't tell you anything about Indiana Jones, but I think you've just seen a film in which I perform physically to an extent (that will be) sufficient for Indiana Jones . . . The audience is there. Everybody involved is anxious to make the film again . . . Hopefully this summer.”
Indiana Jones 4 producer, Frank Marshall, had the following interview with Coming Soon:
Coming Soon (CS): You, Spielberg, Lucas, Harrison Ford . . . you guys have nothing to prove, I would imagine the coffers are bursting at the seams. That said, what is the motivation for revisiting Indiana Jones?
Marshall: Well, beyond wanting to tell a really good story again because it's a wonderful franchise . . . When we all saw each other at the AFI tribute to Harrison we said "you know, that was pretty fun, we ought to do another one of those." It's really about enjoying working together and having something that we can be proud of and that's why it's taking so long. We want to have a great story, cause there's a lot more downside risk than there is upside risk.
CS: Is it kind of a last hurrah, like reliving the old days kinda thing?
Marshall: Probably! (Laughter) No really, we had a wonderful time making all three movies and we rode off into the sunset which is a pretty definite period on the series, but yeah . . . let's see if we can come up with another idea cause it was so enjoyable to work together.
CS: Jeff Nathanson's draft is pretty good?
Marshall: Yeah yeah yeah, we're getting there.
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MTV reports the following about Indiana Jones 4:
"We just keep working on it," says series creator/writer/producer George Lucas. "You know, we just write and write and write and write and write. But we are getting closer, and hopefully this year we will have a start date and we will have a script that we all love and hopefully it will come out next year."
IMDB.com reports the following quote from Harrison Ford (Indy Jones):
"It's looking very good to do another one. I haven't felt this positive about it happening in a long time . . . but if it doesn't happen in the next two years we should all forget it."
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Producer Frank Marshall had this to say about the Indiana Jones 4 movie:
"Way back when Harrison Ford was being honored by the AFI when this all started, we were all standing backstage, we saw all the movies and everything and we were a little nostalgic and mellow and we said, 'You know, that was fun. We ought to do that. Let's try and do this.' Well that was a while ago. And I think that what we want is we want it to be as good as the others. These are not stories based on anything, so it's taking a while. But I'll tell you, it's on the front burner and we're gonna decide to do this or not real soon. We're gonna have a script real soon and now it's a question of getting our schedules all to where we can do it. There's four of us, so it's hard."
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Star Wars Prequel Trilogy producer, Rick McCallum, provided this update about Indiana Jones 4 during a press junket for the Revenge of the Sith DVD:
Rick McCallum: "[George Lucas is] doing 'Indiana Jones', the script, which he should finish by Sunday. He's meeting with Steven [Spielberg] next week to try to figure out where they are going to go and what changes they want to make on it."
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Kathleen Kennedy (one of the producers for Indiana Jones 4) was interviewed about the fourth installment of Indiana Jones:
"We’re working on a screenplay," says Kennedy, long-time producing partner of Steven Spielberg. "I know this sounds like something that we’ve been saying for 15 years, but I’m hoping that we’re going to see something in a couple of months. Jeff Nathanson is working on the script right now… I will say this: If it comes in and we’re all happy with it, it will be more than likely the next thing we do."
Although George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have approved the latest rough draft of Indiana Jones 4, Kennedy stated: "It’s one thing to approve something, it’s another thing to say it’s greenlit and we’re shooting it. So we’re just in that sort of phase of finessing."
Is Harrison Ford getting too old to play Indiana Jones?
"No, I don’t think so. Certainly we’re not writing the script as though he’s 20 years old. You know, Sean Connery spent a lot of time in the Bond role and whatnot. I think it’s great that we can go make another Indiana Jones movie and Indy can be a little older. I think playing with that is a good thing."
In what decade will Indy 4 be set?
"Ahhhh, yeah. The late 1940s."
Who will be the villains?
"I’m not going to tell you the story!" she laughs. "What do you think, I’m nuts?! You’ll be here next year and ask me if I’m working on the Indy movie. 'No, I got fired!'"
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Recently Steven Spielberg was asked if he could divulge the plot line of Indiana Jones 4. Spielberg stated to AP Radio:
"If I did that, my really good friend and collaborator (George Lucas) would have me on a silver platter . . . I gotta be careful because if I tell you that he might take over directing Indy IV himself. And I won't have a job."
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In a recent interview, George Lucas had this to say about the current status of Indiana Jones 4:
"I don't know. I've been working on Star Wars for a long time. I've been working on Indiana Jones for about six years, but now I'm focusing on it for a 100%. And the writer and I hopefully will get something for those guys (Spielberg and Ford) to look at in the fall."
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According to Variety Magazine, the leading trade magazine for Hollywood, reports:
Jeff Nathanson's script draft for Indiana Jones 4 has apparently met with the approval of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. But before Paramount Pictures can move forward, Harrison Ford still has to sign off on the script and he hasn't yet read it.
The trade adds that with Star Wars off his plate, Lucas recently summoned Nathanson to his Bay Area headquarters, where they went over the draft. The screenwriter also got notes from Spielberg, who brought him into the mix after working with him on Catch Me if You Can and Terminal.
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To mark the U.K. premiere of Star Wars Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith, London's Leicester Square held a sci-fi convention for Star Wars.
Rick McCallum (producer of Revenge of the Sith), Hayden Christensen (Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader) and Ian McDiarmid (Palpatine/Darth Sidious) were all introduced to the audience of about 1,300 fans.
"The reason we are all here. The Jedi master himself," said McCallum, introducing George Lucas.
"Are you guys crazy or what," yelled Lucas, struggling to make himself heard over the noise of the crowd.
Lucas described London as the "home of Star Wars".
To chants of "three more films," Lucas said: "This is the tragedy of Darth Vader. It starts when he is 9 years old and ends when he is dead. There is no more story."
A chorus of boos rang out around the cinema, but Lucas quickly won the fans back over, saying: "I'm working on the next Indiana Jones."
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Time Magazine conducted an interview with George Lucas. Here is what Lucas had to say about Indiana Jones 4.
George Lucas stated: "You know, I said three's fine. And then I came up with an idea I thought was brilliant, so I told the other guys [Spielberg and Ford], and they kind of flipped out. It's vaguely in the realm of the supernatural. We have to accept the fact that Indiana Jones is an older man. But it's been **** getting a script out of it. Steven is committed to shooting it next year. I just got the latest script yesterday."
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Hollywood.com had the following interview with George Lucas:
And what's the status of the new Indiana Jones?
Lucas: "I talked to Steven while I was in Hawaii, and he said the script is done and he was going to send it to me when I got back, which was yesterday. It isn't on my desk today and he's coming up tomorrow to see Star Wars, so I assume he'll bring it with him."
You guys do well when you collaborate in Hawaii. Things tend to work out there.
Lucas: "Yeah. We're frantically trying to finish War of the Worlds at the same time. We'll see. I look forward to reading it and seeing if it's what we laid out in the first place. You never know."
Is there anything we can reveal about it?
Lucas: "It's...um...No."
You had an idea of what was planned before they wrote the script?
Lucas: "Oh yeah. I came up with this idea doing Young Indy, which has got to be about seven or eight years ago, and we've been through a number of scripts--six or eight scripts. Six scripts, two rewrites. So it's been down the path. There were certain aspects of it that Steven and Harrison [Ford] didn't like, and so we changed those, and then we laid out a version and it didn't come out the way it was supposed to, and then we did another version and it didn't come out, so we've just been going through this development ****, which happens once in a while. We'll see. When it comes out, it'll be different. Different, but the same."
And Harrison's staying in shape all this time, right, in case he has to take his shirt off?
Lucas: "No, he's plays an older person in this."
Is it true that there may be a younger person in this, poised to take over?
Lucas: "It's possible. Not really to take over."
But someone to create new movies with?
Lucas: "No, it wasn't meant to be that way. But I guess that's a possibility. It's really to wrap it up. Just desperately trying to put things together that work. You need characters to make the film work. It's not just an adventure story. There's actually got to be human relationships in it."
Are you still planning on bringing back some of the other characters from the previous films?
Lucas: "Yeah."
Can you say who?
Lucas: "No." [laughs]
Mrs. Spielberg, perhaps?
Lucas: "Well, there are a lot of rumors out there. Some of them are true. True-ish."
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At Star Wars Celebration 3, the fans asked Lucas when Indiana Jones 4 would begin production. George Lucas gave the following response:
"As a matter of fact, I just received the new script two days ago. I have yet to read it," George Lucas said. "I'd like to be able to read it this weekend. I'll be talking to Steven on Monday, and then we'll figure out what we're going to do. So, it's definitely in the works."
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Rick McCallum (the producer of the Star Wars prequel trilogy) provided a little info about Indiana Jones 4 at Star Wars Celebration 3. McCallum stated that George Lucas received the script for Indiana Jones 4 last week. Steven Spielberg plans to film Indiana Jones 4 after his next movie project which is rumored to be a motion picture about the 1972 Olympics/Mossad. If McCallum is right, Indiana Jones 4 could be ready for a summer 2007 theatrical release.
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George Lucas stated that Indiana Jones 4 won't be made in 3D and that he expects to see the latest draft of the Indy 4 script in a month. Lucas admitted that he abandoned plans to shoot Star Wars Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith in 3D because: "It was too early in the process to meet all our dates," he said.
And when asked if the fourth "Indiana Jones" film, long in development, will be made in 3D, Lucas said it would be hard enough to persuade Steven Spielberg to shoot on digital video. Lucas said the latest version of the script is due back to him in a month or so.
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During an interview for the movie the War of the Worlds, Steven Spielberg stated: "You know, we go through the whole development process all the time in making movies, and sometimes you really are intent on making a picture, you know, like I was with Indy 4, in which case my producer didn't like the script as much as I did, but in the sense of, you know, my intention was to make Indy 4 ago and it didn't work out. I'm hoping to make it a year and a half from now, maybe less. But the idea is, you gotta have the screenplay."
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Interview with Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones):
Question: Is Indiana Jones 4 still going to be made?
Harrison Ford: "No doubt about it."
Question: Could a younger actor play Indiana Jones in Indy Jones 4?
Harrison Ford: "No problem, but Indy 4 is mine."
Ford also added that he wouldn't mind having a younger actor play Indy Jones in future films, which is similar to what was done with the James Bond films after Sean Connery left.
Question: Will you be doing your own stunts?
Harrison Ford: "At least some of them."
Ford also said that George Lucas, who rejected Darabont's script, is happy with the new draft from Jeff Nathanson.
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Variety Magazine claims that Jeff Nathanson is re-writing Frank Darabont's Indiana Jones 4 script. More details:
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have hired Jeff Nathanson to rewrite Indiana Jones 4. Aside from writing the Rush Hour films, Nathanson also wrote Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can and co-wrote The Terminal.
If Nathanson delivers a draft that clicks with Lucas, Spielberg and star Harrison Ford, Spielberg would still have to make the movie a priority to get it into production any time soon.
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CNN.com interviewed Frank Darabont about working on the Indiana Jones 4 script:
"I wrote a script, Steven (Spielberg) loved it, wanted to shoot it this year. George (Lucas) didn't love it, it got sort of lost between two conflicting opinions and now I think they're trying to figure out what, if anything, to do from here."
Why didn't George Lucas approve your Indy Jones 4 script?
"You know what, it's a disappointment and not really worth getting into details on it. Suffice it to say, he didn't like it nearly as much as Steven and I did. Sometimes it works that way. As they say in 'The Godfather,' 'This is the business we have chosen.' Sometimes things go really well, sometimes things don't go really well. I try to weather both successes and disappointments with equal grace."
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Steven Spielberg has given an indication that after filming wraps on Spielberg's next film called The War of the Worlds. Spielberg will then begin working on Indiana Jones 4 in early 2005. If this is true, then it appears that Spielberg, Harrison Ford and George Lucas have all found a script they are comfortable with. Indiana Jones 4 could hit theaters as early as Summer 2006.
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George Lucas answered the following questions in a recent interview:
DB: And what can you say about Indiana Jones 4?
GL (George Lucas): "We're working on a script. Of course, we've been working on a script for about six years. You know, we're not going to do it unless we get something that's worth doing. And hopefully we'll be able to start as soon as we get the script finished."
DB: So, how many more do you have in you? Or, for that matter, how many more do Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg have in them?
GL: "I don't know – we just go one at a time. I have to come up with the idea of how it works, and it's pretty hard to come up with the supernatural part of the story and have it make sense. And so I wasn't sure we were ever going to do any more than just the three, but then I came up with an idea that I thought was good. So we've been working with that for a while."
DB: Want to reveal?
GL: "No." (Laughs.)
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George Lucas told Empire Online the following about the status of the script for Indiana Jones 4:
"We are working on the next script. Another writer has started working on it. We're just not going to make it unless it's really good. One of the reasons I'm able to work with Steven (Spielberg) so well is because every time we come to a disagreement we'll yield to the other one, which means we'll come up with a compromise that considers both sides, and one person isn't determined to have his way. It's what's best for the movie."
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MTV conducted an interview with George Lucas. Here's a summary of what Lucas said:
Having accomplished so much on a blockbuster scale, Lucas said that after "Revenge of the Sith" and his upcoming fourth "Indiana Jones" installment (which he hopes to start shooting within a year), he'd like to return to indie-style movies like his 1971 debut, "THX 1138," which returns to theaters Friday (September 10) with a new director's cut.
This seems to indicate that Lucas would like to start filming Indiana Jones 4 sometime in 2005.
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Steven Spielberg made the following statements at the press event at the Deauville Film Festival in France:
Press: And what can you tell us your various projects: the massacre in the OJ of Munich in 1972, your remake of War of the Worlds and finally Indiana Jones IV?
Steven Spielberg: For the first, I can't say anything to you at the present time yet. For the second, we will begin filming with Tom Cruise next November. As for Indy IV, it is not that Harrison or myself have become too old, but we are still working on the script, and I hope that it will be done at a time given the next year.
Press: It appears that you had a validated script but George Lucas refused it?
Steven Spielberg: Will George Lucas be attending this festival?
Press: Yes!
Steven Spielberg: Then I will not answer this question, I don't want to get into big trouble.
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Total Film (a magazine based in the United Kingdom) conducted an interview with Steven Spielberg relating to Indiana Jones 4.
Total Film: So why embrace Indy 4? Surely you could knock that out in your sleep?
Steven Spielberg: It's not for money or success. It's for good times. I've always said that I had the most fun in my life making those three movies with George (Lucas) and Harrison (Ford).
Total Film: It's been a fair old wait.
Steven Spielberg: It's a very good story. It's worth living that long to see.
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John Rhys-Davies (Sallah from the Indiana Jones movies) is in Australia appearing at a Science Fiction convention in regards to his character Gimli from the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Rhys-Davies stated the following to Sydney Confidential:
"I was talking to Steven Spielberg the other day. We discussed a fourth one. We're in with the chance of making something absolutely extraordinary."
This appears to imply that Sallah might have a role in Indiana Jones 4.
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Frank Marshall (producer of the Indiana Jones trilogy) said: ""Indiana Jones IV is still in the writing stages; it's still a live project and Mr. Lucas is working on the script at this time."
Marshall revealed that George Lucas is not actually writing the screen play for Indy Jones 4: "There is a writer on the project. I won't go there."
"Well I think that, obviously, we don't want to do this movie unless it's going to be great," Marshall says. "There's only the downside of it if we perceive it as something we all don't feel is worthy. Now we're working on that last third. We'll all get our schedules together again but it's not gonna be for another year or so."
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Esquire Magazine’s article (written by Kim Masters) is unclear whether George Lucas plans on crafting a new Indiana Jones 4 story or drafting a new script personally, but the article does end with a couple of notes of doom.
According to someone allegedly close to Steven Spielberg within the DreamWorks SKG fold, Spielberg won’t be too heartbroken if the film doesn’t ever come together (Spielberg has promised in the press that it will happen still) and as Esquire tells it (for what it's worth) "many in Hollywood are skeptical that it will ever happen."
"[Spielberg] liked the idea of it, but I don’t think he was in love with doing it," the fellow "DreamWorker" told Esquire.
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For the time being, Indiana Jones 4 is going nowhere fast. However, now there are rumors that Lucasfilm is planning to make a Young Indiana Jones motion picture. One of the factors going into the decision of whether or not to go ahead with such a film depends on the success of the DVD release of the Young Indiana Jones TV series. Hence, it may be a fact that a Young Indiana Jones movie may happen before the highly-anticipated Indy Jones 4.
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Lucasfilm had planned to start production of Indiana Jones 4 by Summer 2004 with a July 2005 theatrical release. However, these plans came to an end after George Lucas rejected Frank Darabont's Indy Jones 4 screen play earlier this year. Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones) has signed on to star in The Wrong Element, an action film in which Ford will play a security guard whose family is taken hostage.
Later this summer, Steven Spielberg will initiate production on a motion picture focused on the aftermath of the 1972 Munich Olympics, where eleven Israeli athletes were killed by Palestinian extremists. Also, it is thought that Spielberg and his crew have already traveled to Europe looking for locations for the film. And Spielberg has already announced that he's interested in turning H.G. Wells classic extra-terrestrial invasion terror, The War of the Worlds, into a film with Tom Cruise. Add to this The Rivals film Spielberg is currently interested in.
So it's unknown when Spielberg, Lucas and Ford will find the time in their schedules to work on Indiana Jones 4. Steven Spielberg will begin promoting his latest film The Terminal (starring Tom Hanks) later this year. Hopefully, Spielberg will shed some light on the status of Indiana Jones 4 while promoting this film.
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E!Online is reporting that Indiana Jones 4 is scheduled to enter production sometime in 2005. The theatrical release date for Indy Jones 4 has been pushed back to 2006.
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An interview with Stuart Beattie (screen writer of the hit film "Pirates of the Caribbean") appears in the Australian movie magazine called Inside Film, Issue # 64: April 2004 edition. Beattie reveals that he has written a re-write of the Frank Darabont Indiana Jones 4 script. Coincidentally, Darabont and Beattie are co-writers of the upcoming Tom Cruise film called "Collateral."
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It is rumored that screen writer Stuart Beattie (who penned last summer's block buster hit "Pirates of the Caribbean") has been hired by Lucasfilm to rewrite the Indiana Jones 4 script. Beattie is the co-writer of the upcoming Tom Cruise film called "Collateral."
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In an interview with John Rhys-Davies (Sallah from Raiders of the Lost Ark), Rhys-Davies has this to say about Indiana Jones 4:
A listener asked Rhys-Davies if Sallah will appear in Indiana Jones 4. Rhys-Davies stated that he hasn't been contacted by George Lucas or Steven. Spielberg. Further, Rhys-Davies has no clue as to the plot of the Indiana Jones 4 script. "I tell you this: when the next real film comes out, it will be incredible," related Rhys-Davies.
Rhys-Davies also recounted stories about working with Steven Spielberg and Karen Allen. And Rhys-Davies gave some info about some Raiders of the Lost Ark filming locations.
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After news that George Lucas rejected Frank Darabont’s Indiana Jones 4 script, the project’s status is in flux. But like a parent reassuring a scared child, Steven Spielberg remained optimistic. "Of course it will still happen," Spielberg said. Spielberg would not, however, discuss the problems with Darabont’s script. "I won’t go into it with you now, but it will definitely still happen."
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It appears that the theatrical release date of Indy Jones 4 has been pushed back to July 2006. However, with no completed script in sight, Indy Jones 4 could be pushed back all the way to 2007 or even later. At a certain point, Harrison Ford's age will become a factor. How old is too old for Ford to portray the Indiana Jones character?
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Frank Darabont (screen writer of Indiana Jones 4) had this to say about the status of the new Indy Jones film:
"The short and simple version of the Indiana Jones 4 situation is that after more than a year of working closely with Steven Spielberg developing the story, I had completed a screenplay that Steven loved and was hoping to shoot in July of this year. However, George Lucas had issues with the script and slammed on the brakes in order to rework the material himself. There is talk of enlisting another writer. Given that George is the producer, but even more so because of their long and close friendship, Steven is deferring to George in this situation.
It is now up to them to try to find a common ground regarding the film. I wish them luck and hope their efforts result in something they're both excited about shooting. What, if anything, might remain of my work at the end of the process is anybody's guess, assuming the film even gets made at this point. As for me, I'm disappointed, but I'm putting the experience behind me and moving on with my life and my own projects."
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Variety Magazine is reporting that Steven Spielberg approved the latest version of the Indiana Jones 4 script written by Frank Darabont. However, Lucas did not like this particular draft. It looks like Indy Jones 4 will not begin filming in 2004. The theatrical release date for Indy Jones 4 remains unknown.
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Variety Magazine reports that the Indiana Jones 4 movie is in limbo again as a new script draft is commissioned. Paramount Pictures wanted to get production started in 2004 on the fourth Indy Jones film for a 2005 theatrical release. Frank Darabont (Indiana Jones 4 screen writer) submitted a completed draft of the script, but apparently George Lucas did not like what he read. It now appears a second screen writer will be brought in to improve on Darabont's work thus far.
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The Indiana Jones 4 script appears to be complete according to various sources. Variety Magazine reported that Frank Darabont (screen writer of Indiana Jones 4) has officially finished the final draft of the script. Darabont claimed: "I've finished my work, so now it's in the hands of God, or Spielberg and Lucas if you prefer." Variety also says that film shooting may begin this year with Paramount Pictures planning to distribute the Indy 4 movie to cineplexes in 2005.
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Here is Lucasfilm's official statement about the Indiana Jones 4 script:
Currently, work is continuing on a final version of the screenplay for Indiana Jones 4, and and once all parties have signed off on the script and schedules permit, shooting will begin. Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford and George Lucas are all returning for this fourth Indiana Jones adventure. At this time, we have no details about the plot or other actors. In the meantime, fans of Indiana Jones can bring the adventures home on DVD with The Adventures of Indiana Jones: The Complete DVD Movie Collection.
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Happy 55th birthday to Lawrence Kasdan (screenwriter of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark). Kasdan was born on January 14, 1949.
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Frank Marshall (the producer of Indiana Jones 4) had this to say about what we can expect from the Indy Jones 4 movie:
"It's going to totally be in the style and the tone of the first three. I mean, were not going to do anything different. We're not going to try and change things or modernize things. We're going to stick to what works, and we're probably going to be in the fifties. So, we're acknowledging that we’re all a bit older and that's about all I can tell you except that Frank Darabont is writing it."
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Lucasfilm issued the following press release about the sales of the Indiana Jones trilogy on DVD:
He’s still the ultimate hero. Indiana Jones, legendary action-adventure icon, proved to be a DVD sensation as The Adventures of Indiana Jones: The Complete DVD Movie Collection became the fastest-selling DVD movie collection of all time with more than $50 million in retail sales in the U.S. and Canada since its release on Oct. 21.
"There was significant demand for this box set across a very broad consumer base," said Thomas Lesinski, President of Paramount Pictures, Worldwide Home Entertainment. "Sales were so brisk during the first four days that many retailers had a hard time keeping the collection in stock over the weekend."
In its first week, the Indiana Jones DVD collection sold more than 1.1 million units, said Jim Ward, Vice President of Marketing and Distribution for Lucasfilm Ltd.
"This is just the beginning of what looks to be a long and very successful run for Indiana Jones at DVD retailers," Ward said. "We couldn’t be more pleased about the fantastic sales figures, but probably the best news is that we delivered a collection that lived up to the enormously high expectations that Indiana Jones fans had for this movie collection. We know that Indy is at the top of their holiday gift lists, as well, so we’re looking forward to strong results through the end of the year."
Critics had near-unanimous praise for the boxed set. "Break out the whips and fedoras!" raved Entertainment Weekly in a "Grade: A" review. "It’s Lucas-sleek yet Spielberg-accessible." The Sacramento Bee called it "a triumphant achievement." Across the Atlantic, sentiments were just as positive. Wrote the U.K.’s Empire Magazine: "As far as DVD goes, this is the Holy Grail."
Added Ward: "Our top priority was making sure these movies looked and sounded better than ever, so a new generation of fans can discover them for the first time. The reviews are really pleased with the quality of the discs and the bonus materials."
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Here is an official announcement from Lucasfilm regarding the current status of Indiana Jones 4:
Currently, work is continuing on a final version of the screenplay for Indiana Jones 4, and and once all parties have signed off on the script and schedules permit, shooting will begin. Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford and George Lucas are all returning for this fourth Indiana Jones adventure. At this time, we have no details about the plot or other actors. In the meantime, fans of Indiana Jones can bring the adventures home on DVD with The Adventures of Indiana Jones: The Complete DVD Movie Collection.
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On Tuesday, October 21st, various retail outlets sold over 600,000 copies of the Indiana Jones Trilogy DVD box set. This equals over $ 27 million dollars in sales thus far.
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Apparently, the release date for the Indiana Jones trilogy DVDs has been moved up to October 21, 2003.
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Premiere Magazine features these quotes about Indiana Jones 4:
Steven Spielberg: "I love that these movies were all shot the old-fashioned way. Digital hadn't been invented, so all the stunts were just like the kind you used to see in the silents to the early talkies. They were made in the tradition of old Hollywood. I think the fourth film (which Frank Darabont is now scripting, for a possible June '04 start) is going to include some digital stunts, because I don't want to put anybody in jeopardy. Also, some of the things that are truly spectacular to watch will be done digitally, in order to keep up with the Joneses, so to speak. About three years ago, Harrison got kind of nostalgic for the character, and suggested that if we were interested in another one, he'd be interested, and I think that started the ball rolling."
Harrison Ford: "I'm very pleased to be part of (the trilogy). I was able to take it a lot more personally (than the Star Wars trilogy) because I was more central to the films. It was a wonderful experience, and that's why I'm so happy to do it again."
George Lucas: "We're all getting pretty old. To be honest, I was reluctant to do (a fourth film), but it really had to do with those guys. Harrison and Steven said, "I really want to do another one.""
Kathleen Kennedy (Film Producer): "I always said, "If you want to see the world, either join the military or make an Indiana Jones film.""
Empire Online got the following Indiana Jones 4 info from Frank Marshall (Film Producer):
"One of the things I enjoy about these movies is that they do recall the old cliffhanger serials of the thirties and forties. We didn't have computer effects in those days, we couldn’t easily erase things and I think one of the unfortunate by-products of the computer age is that it makes filmmakers lazy. You become more creative when you have to hide ramps with a tree rather than erase it later as you can today."
"In Raiders, that's a real ball rolling behind him so Harrison really is in some danger running in front of that; these are real situations and that adds to the excitement and the creative energy on the set. All well and good but will the fourth installment, like Die Another Day before it, sell out on traditional action and opt for ropey CG instead? "We're not done with the script on Indy 4 but I think we're going to try and rely, like the first two movies, on realism and not try to do too many things with the computer."
"Yes, yes, something we've heard many times before but Marshall seems quite earnest on maintaining the purity of the franchise. "When you start getting into computers you get fantastical situations like in The Matrix or movies like that. We don't want that, we want exciting heroism, we want seat-of-your-pants, skin-of-your-teeth action. We didn't have all the money in the world on the first films and we want to keep that B-Movie feel. We want to make Indy 4 like we made the first three."
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A letter from Frank Darabont (screenwriter of Indiana Jones 4) to Cinepremiere Magazine:
"I'm sure you understand that the project right now is top secret. I promised Steven Spielberg and George Lucas that I was not going to reveal any specific detail regarding the story. All I can tell is the same things that have been published already: The story takes place in the 50's, Harrison Ford will play Indy again, and Sean Connery will reappear as Indy's father. Steven will be the director. and George Lucas will be the producer. Shooting will begin in July 2004 and the film will open some time in the summer of 2005. Out of that, any rumor you may find on internet has no sense (usually the net has no sense!).
On my part, all I can tell is that I've been a huge fan since I saw Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981. And after 22 years of loving this character and his world, I feel an indescribable emotion while I realize that I've been given this great opportunity to work on this latest project from the saga. I felt in heaven while writing the script and blessed to work so close with Steven, who is a film genius and one of the best persons I've ever met. Truly, he has been an inspiration to me...
I'm sure you will be interested to learn that I had a previous Indiana Jones experience before writing this script. In the early 90's I was lucky to be one of the seven writers to work with George Lucas on The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles TV series. I wrote eight scripts and seven of them were filmed. I hope you will find this information helpful for your report. Good luck with your story. All the best, Frank"
Harrison Ford was interviewed on the RI:SE morning show on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom talking about Hollywood Homicide. When the topic of Indiana Jones 4 was brought up, Harrison Ford said that it was probably his next film, but Ford hadn't read the script yet, but knew what was going on with it and shooting should start in the late summer of 2004. When asked if the fourth film will be shot in the United Kingdom again, like the previous three Indy films, Ford stated that it is likely the majority of the shoot will take place in the United States.
While talking to NineMSN, Harrison Ford had this to say about Indiana Jones 4:
"There is a script in preparation for Indiana Jones IV. It's come a long way. if we can get to be happy with the progress of the script we'll start shooting in the summer of 2004."
"I'm delighted to get back to that character and work with (director) Steven Spielberg again. I'm delighted to revisit Indiana Jones."
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Alameda Times-Star Online held an interview with Frank Darabont (screenwriter of Indiana Jones 4). Darabont stated:
"I absolutely don't want to do things like having him say, 'I'm getting to old for this s*** . . . I don't want to be slipping and sliding in cliches. This character is no longer in the 1930s. He has to age honestly. He's got to be in the 1950s."
Darabont has this to say about the difference between directing and screenwriting:
"Clearly, you are using different muscles. One is a very isolated, focused endeavor. The other is a wildly not isolated incredibly focused effort."
Darabont claims working on the Indiana Jones 4 script as a "total blast." Darabont worked with Steven Spielberg on the movie "Saving Private Ryan," working as an uncredited screenwriter.
"Let's face it, what's not to like about Indiana Jones. I saw the first movie in 1981, five years before I started my writing career. Who knew I would grow up to write the sequel."
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Lucasfilm director of fan relations Steve Sansweet and a band of Star Wars merry-men descended on San Diego Comic Convention today to spread the gospel of Star Wars: Episode III. The panel began with an unexpected preview of the upcoming Indiana Jones trilogy DVD set. Coming in November, the four-disc set includes a frame-by-frame digital remastering of each of the three films and a bonus fourth disc that contains bonus materials including new featurettes and interviews with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Kate Capshaw and others. The films' soundtracks have also been remastered in Dolby 5.1.
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Philidelphia Daily News: Will there be another Indiana Jones picture?
Composer John Williams: "Yes, the script is written. Steven (Spielberg) and George (Lucas) talk about it every day."
Producer Kathleen Kennedy told Sci Fi Wire that Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas will probably take a percentage of the box office gross instead of money upfront for Indiana Jones 4.
Kennedy stated: "First of all, they (Ford, Spielberg and Lucas) don't need (the money). If they all want to do it, they're going to do it because they really, really want to go work together again and make another Indy movie. That would be the only motivating reason."
Producer Frank Marshall had this to say about Indiana Jones 4: "It's basically the same kind of story that we had in the first three movies. It's up to us to maintain the integrity of the project. That's why it's taking a long time on the script. We want the story to be good enough."
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Information from retailers in the U.K. indicates that the Indiana Jones DVD extras will include several featurettes on the making of the films, the stunt work and sound effects and music mixing, along with deleted scenes, screen test footage, documentaries, something called The Adventure Continues, trailers and galleries of still photos and artwork. It's vague, but tantalizing. With any luck, the powers that be will make more official, detailed announcements of extras soon.
It is rumored that Steven Spielberg is making one single change to the original Raiders of the Lost Ark. And if this is true, the change could easily fall into the "digital cleaning and re-mastering" category. Remember that shot where Indy falls into the snake pit, and you briefly see reflections on the glass that's protecting Harrison Ford's face from the snakes? Well, our sources are telling us those reflections are being digitally removed from the shot so you can't see the glass. While there will no doubt be purists who get tweaked by this, we think most people will appreciate the fixed effect.
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SS spies report that Sean Connery's claim that Steven Spielberg will not direct Indiana Jones 4 is wrong. Spielberg will definitely be directing Indy 4.
The latest issue of the Star Wars Insider magazine had the following article about the Indiana Jones DVDs coming out later this year:
"We went on our own Indiana Jones archeological dig in the Lucasfilm Archives," Lucasfilm President of Marketing Jim Ward said, "and were amazed by that we found. It s truly an embarrassment of riches, and we're currently sorting out the material to configure the disc."
"We knew we had to deliver the goods Indy fans wanted with a quality beyond anything they expected," said Ward. "In addition to the films themselves, of course, this collection explores every facet of how the films were made from stunts to visual effects to the music and sound. We take viewers around the world to explore the history behind the Indiana Jones legends."
"In addition to culling material from existing documentaries, DVD producer Lauent Bouzereau will be doing a lot of ground-up original stuff for us," said Ward, "but that ll be only part of what s on the disc. Bouzereau is a veteran of doing behind the scenes on Lucas and Spielberg films such as American Graffiti, Jaws, and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Even more exciting to many fans is the prospect of new interviews with Lucas, Spielberg, and Ford."
Ward went on to talk about how the digital remastering had improved the films to such great lengths: "I had no idea it could look that great, says Ward We're used to looking at DVDs of the latest Star Wars films, but these films are from the 80s. I was blown away by the clarity and the crispness and the color, and the sound is fantastic. Forget the bonus disc and everything else; it s worth the price just to get these [movies] in this format."
Ward stated that the reason it is taking so long for the Indiana Jones trilogy to be released on DVD is due to the busy schedules of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. It was just recently that both men had enough time in their schedules to work on the release of the Indiana Jones DVDs.
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In an interview with Sean Connery (Indiana Jones' father) on the TV show Entertainment Tonight, Connery claimed that Steven Spielberg will not direct Indiana Jones 4.
Sean Connery stated: "All I know is that somebody called the office and said that Steven was not doing the movie. That Harrison had in fact verbally agreed to do another one. And would I be interested? But of course I would, I had a very good experience with it. Disappointed to hear that Steven wouldn't be doing it. But in the end it always gets down to how good the book is, the script is, and if it's really workable."
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Lucasfilm finally agrees to release the classic Indiana Jones trilogy on DVD. The Indiana Jones box set will hit retail shelves on November 4, 2003. Our prayers have been answered.
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In the newest edition of Cinescape Magazine, Steven Spielberg spilled a little info about Indiana Jones 4. Spielberg hinted the premise and added that Sean Connery, Karen Allen (Marion Ravenwood) and Kate Capshaw (Willie) will indeed return. Connery will have a minor role in Indy 4 appearing in the beginning and towards the end of the film. The leading females will also make minor appearances. Indiana Jones 4 is scheduled to begin filming in 2004 with a theatrical release around July 4, 2005.
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Reuters is reporting the following about Indiana Jones 4:
Exactly when "Terminal" (a film Steven Spielberg want to make) takes off, of course, depends on when a production date is set for Paramount's next "Indiana Jones" adventure. Steven Spielberg is committed to helming the picture, with Harrison Ford once again cracking the whip.
Frank Darabont is penning the script for the next outing, and Spielberg is still awaiting a final draft. The project has been in development for some time, with all of the franchise's major players said to be satisfied with the direction of the picture so far.
Ford, who will next appear in Revolution Studios' action comedy "Hollywood Homicide" this summer opposite Josh Hartnett, appears to have his schedule free for "Indiana Jones 4," should it shoot earlier than planned.
Paramount currently has the pic scheduled for summer 2005, but the studio wouldn't hesitate for the chance to get the tentpole earlier than planned. Discussions have already been had to move up the picture's production by a year, with "Indiana Jones 4" possibly going before the cameras this summer, making the picture available for 2004.
Either way, with "Terminal" not set to shoot until the end of the year, Spielberg has his schedule free to helm another film before then.
Having Spielberg shoot "Indiana Jones 4" and "Terminal" back-to-back wouldn't be a new scenario for the director, considering he has piggybacked pictures before with "Minority Report" and "Catch Me If You Can" and "Jurassic Park" and "Schindler's List" in the past.
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PSI2 Magazine features this info about Indiana Jones 4: "The plot is most heavily rumoured around Atlantis, but Steven Spielberg has confirmed otherwise and commented that it will be something biblical and something to do with Adam and Eve. Harrison Ford, Sean Connery and John Rhys Davies have all been asked to return for a tenuous winter 2003 shooting start."
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In an interview with Empire Magazine, Steven Spielberg stated: "We've finished our meetings . . . It's a completely mapped-out story, as mapped-out as what George, Larry Kasdan and I first mapped out with Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Frank (Darabont the screen writer) has gone from lip service to pages. He's now doing what most writers hate to do . . . which is write. It's a very exciting movie . . I would do anything for my friend George Lucas, including compromising my own belief system. But I think practically speaking, there aren't going to be enough theatres even in 2005 to exhibit digital film to make it worth my while to commit digitally to Indy 4 at this time. If there were 2,000 screens with digital projectors I might seriously consider it for George and his vision of the future. But it looks like there's no chance that the theatres will put it in the next three years, so I'll be happily shooting Indy 4 on film."
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In addition to letting slip that Indiana Jones will have to face a terrifying roll call of his past lovers (Marion, Willie and Elsa) in Indiana Jones 4, Steven Spielberg has also disclosed that Indy will be up against a supernatural element in the upcoming fourth Indiana Jones installment. In addition to letting a little bit of E.T. into Jones' historical world, Spielberg also indicated that the setting will also change. "You have to understand that Harrison is going to be 62 years old when the film begins production in 2004, so we had to push the years into the 1950s," Spielberg pointed out while assuring us with the news that preproduction is on schedule and the July 2005 release still in view.
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Rick McCallum (producer of Star Wars Episode 1, 2 and 3) stated this about when Indiana Jones 4 will be released. “That’s what the plan is. Hopefully, the film will be completed by 2005.” McCallum said that the release date depends on when they get a script that everyone likes.
“Steven Spielberg is directing and Frank [Marshall] is producing, so even though George will have written the story for it - the screen play is being written by Frank Darabont now - we’ll be making Star Wars, so we’re locked away, basically, and they’ll go ahead and make Indy.”
Given the fact that Indiana Jones 4 and Star Wars Episode 3 might be both released in the summer of 2005, McCallum said, “I think it would be a wonderful summer for Lucasfilm. They’d be separated by enough time that they won’t compete directly with other.”
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Frank Darabont (the screenwriter for Indiana Jones 4) is currently going through the first act of the script. Durabont has weekly story meetings with Steven Spielberg. The two of them are still coming up with the third act, but George Lucas has basically handed the ball off to Spielberg. Darabont said that he's trying to be very true to the character, but without being repetitive. They don't want to simply give us a rehash of the last 3 films.
"What astonishes me" Harrison Ford says, "is that people can't imagine Indiana Jones aging at all. Why expect any character to be frozen in time? The appeal of Indiana Jones isn't his youth but his imagination, his resourcefulness. His physicality is a big part of it, especially in the way he gets out of tight situations. But it's not all hitting people and falling from high places. My ambition in action is to have the audience look straight in the face of a character and not at the back of a capable stuntman's head. I hope to continue to do that, no matter how old I get."
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Harrison Ford told the BBC the following:
"As Harrison Ford lays it out, the basic ideas have been agreed upon and both he and Steven Spielberg have formally made space in their production schedules for 2004. They are currently waiting on an outline script, which he said is being worked on by George Lucas and Frank Darabont. For those people worried about how the then-sixty year old Harrison will hold up as an action hero, he did say that this was one of the first issues they discussed and the script and film-making will take that into account. However, he did say that he very definitely wanted to be the one looking in the camera during every action scenes, so that the audience would still feel their connection to the character."
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The following comes from USA Today:
Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg are cooking up Indiana Jones 4, with a planned release in 2005. But Ford says of the script, "We've only just begun." He adds confidently enough, "We'll get there." He'd like Kate Capshaw and Sean Connery to turn up again. Might Indiana have a son himself? Ford says that's never been discussed. Although he'll be past 60 when shooting starts, Ford expects this Indiana Jones to be as physical as the others. "It's just running, jumping, falling down. I'll get as sore as I ever did."
Paramount Pictures (the studio that distributes the Indiana Jones films in theaters) has reserved the domain name indianajones4movie.com. This will apparently be used as the official website for Indy 4.
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While promoting his new movie K-19: The Widowmaker, Harrison Ford has been giving out information regarding Indiana Jones 4. In an interview with a Chicago area TV station, Ford stated this about the future of the Indy Jones franchise: "If this was it for Indiana Jones or will there be a fifth, sixth or seventh. Well, never say never."
In an interview with The Calgary Sun newspaper Harrison Ford said: "It still amazes me that we've strung Indiana Jones out this long. I've agreed to do Indy 4 on the condition we get a really good script. If and when that happens, I'll get excited about reviving the character . . . Indiana Jones has never been defined by his age. Personally, I don't think about aging. I think about how I feel on any given day, but, for me, that's not a question of age or aging."
In an interview with the Washington Post newpaper, Ford stated: "I still feel capable of jumping and falling down. That is not the issue . . . In those cases when you play a character more than once, you have an obligation to bring something different to the audience . . . I always feel the character has to learn something. We have done that successfully in the past, through devices like the introduction of his father . . . I'm only too old if Indy is too young . . . There is a movie about the young Abraham Lincoln, there is a movie about the older Abraham Lincoln. Why can't there be a movie about the older Indiana Jones?"
In an interview with Newsday.com, Ford said the following: "You can bring up the 'O' word. Well, what's too old any more when you have Jack Palance doing one-armed push-ups? Anybody want to ask Regis Philbin if he's too old? I wouldn't. It's all a reflection of life . . . What astonishes me is that people can't imagine Indiana Jones aging at all. Why expect any character to be frozen in time? The appeal [of Indiana Jones] isn't his youth but his imagination, his resourcefulness ... His physicality is a big part of it, especially in the way he gets out of tight situations. But it's not all hitting people and falling from high places. My ambition in action [movies] is to have the audience look straight in the face of a character and not at the back of a capable stuntman's head. I hope to continue to do that, no matter how old I get."
"Besides, the chance to work with Steven and George again is certainly something I look forward to."
In an interview with U-Film, Ford said: "In the case of Indiana Jones, there's a looser structure and concept. They're more about the movies than they are about anything else, like a mythology. They're about the conventions of the movies, and they're fun because we all sort of know the shape that they're going to come in . . . At this point, it's not anything that anybody's thinking about. We're just trying to come up with the most imaginative circumstances to put him in. I don't think there'll be much limiting of the action because of the reality of my age -- we're not talking about reality with these movies, after all. But you know, there are lots of 60-year-old cowboys breaking horses and falling on their a**es and rodeoing. So the potential, the possibility to give physical expression to these moments is still there."
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Sci-Fi Wire discussed Indiana Jones 4 with Frank Darabont, who is writing the screenplay for Indiana Jones 4:
Indy will not be facing the Nazis this time around: "We're going to give you some good villains, let me just put it that way," Darabont said. While Darabont is being allowed to add some of his ideas to the Indy 4 script: "It winds up being a pretty good collaboration, a good exchange of ideas," he said; however, "at the end of the day, I'll be writing what they ask me to. I'll be giving them the story that they want, so in that sense, I'm an employee. But a very excited and engaged employee. And what a fun project to work on." When asked about the plot for Indy 4, Darabont retorted: "If I told you, they'd kill me. I wouldn't leave here alive. I'm sworn to secrecy."
Aftonbladet, a Swedish newspaper, conducted an interview with George Lucas:
George Lucas stated: "I wanted to see a movie such as Raiders of the lost Ark, but I didn't want to make it myself. So I asked Spielberg, and those kind of movies are what he likes to direct."
Aftonbladet: "I understand you are starting the next Indiana Jones?"
George Lucas answered: "All I need to do with Indy is to create the story and select the script-writer. I have come up with a plot that both Steven and Harrison like, so now I just have to get the writer going and then I'm done." and Lucas said: "I am writing both Episode III and Episode IV in two different series. The third 'Star Wars' and the fourth 'Indiana Jones'."
John Williams has signed on to create the music score for both Indiana Jones 4 and Star Wars Episode 3.
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Playboy Magazine interviews Harrison Ford in its August 2002 edition. Here is an excerpt from that interview:
Playboy: Why has it taken you, Lucas and Spielberg so long to do the fourth Indiana Jones?
Ford: "We've all been busy, that's most of it. Then there were the concepts we didn't all agree on. It has to be the best damned Jones we ever made or its going to get tarred and feathered."
Playboy: Given the time that has passed, will you make concessions for the fact that Indiana Jones is getting older?
Ford: "I'll make concessions for the fact that I'm 15 years older."
Playboy: How is Indiana Jones aging?
Ford: "As you can see, very well. I can still whip Sean Connery with one hand tied behind my back. We want to preserve the spirit of the original, but I hope we have some good jokes in there about it. The character is still Indiana Jones, and it was always as much fun for the audience to see me get beat up as it was to see me beat somebody up. That is kind of unique. Part of the appeal of Indiana Jones is that he was always in over his head. He was always hurt. As he said in the first film, "Its not the years, its the mileage."
Even though Harrison Ford is getting older, Steven Spielberg states that Indiana Jones will still be an action star in the next Indy movie:
Steven Spielberg says: "Harrison won't act his age: he'll run: he'll swing, he'll leap, he'll fight. None of that's gonna change. He might 'ooh' and 'aah' a bit more and there might be a few more scenes where he's having Vicks Vapor Rub applied to all the sore spots."
Journalist Cindy Pearlman of the Sun-Times asked Steven Spielberg if Indiana Jones would be the last in the Indy series:
"Oh, I don't know," Spielberg states: "Of course, I said the third Indy would be the last one. And obviously it's not. So I can't even comment whether the fourth will be the last one or not." As for plot details, Spielberg says, "I'm not looking to redesign the wheel. I just want to continue the saga."
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Frank Darabont has been selected to write the screenplay for a fourth Indiana Jones movie, based on a story by George Lucas. Steven Spielberg will once again direct, Lucas will be the executive producer, and Harrison Ford will star in the film. Frank Marshall will again serve as producer. "I'm excited to be able to revisit a character I created a generation ago," Lucas said. "Steven, Harrison and I have wanted to do this for some time, and this feels like the right moment."
In addition to the earlier three films, Lucas created The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, a multi-award winning television series. Darabont wrote several episodes of the series. He also wrote the screenplays for, and directed, The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile.
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