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| Carl |
Posted - 01/02/2007 : 15:24:33
Indy number four is to go into procudtion next year. Having got the boxset recently, I watched Raiders and Temple Of Doom-the restored picture and sound are great, Raiders is really good, but TOD is a bit silly, really. Haven't watched Last Crusade yet, but I saw it when it originally came out. With a decent script, I reckon they could make a good sequel.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ied0764c52ea0c6b798ae52393421a6e4
Can you dig it? Fourth 'Indy' in '08
By Gregg Kilday
Jan 2, 2007
Nineteen years after chasing down the Holy Grail in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," Harrison Ford will return to the big screen in the character of the globe-trotting archeologist in May 2008.
Producer George Lucas and director Steven Spielberg confirmed details of the project Monday after Lucas tipped off the media to Indiana Jones' imminent return as he prepared to serve as grand marshal of the Rose Parade in Pasadena.
After years spent in script development, a fourth installment of the famously successful franchise is set to begin production in June in locations around the world and in the U.S.
Although he has been developing other projects, including a biopic about Abraham Lincoln with Liam Neeson attached to star, Spielberg has decided the "Indiana Jones" sequel will be his next directorial outing. Helping Spielberg choose his next directing commitment had been a primary goal of new DreamWorks CEO Stacey Snider (HR 6/23).
"George, Harrison and I are all very excited," Spielberg said. "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 Lucasfilm Ltd. and released worldwide by Paramount Pictures, the parent company of DreamWorks. Although reps from the companies involved did not address the question of financing Monday, Paramount execs have said that the studio expected to co-finance the project with Lucasfilm.
Frank Marshall will serve as producer, with Lucas and Kathy Kennedy joining him as executive producers. Longtime Spielberg associates, Marshall was credited in a producing capacity on the three earlier films, and Kennedy served as associate producer on the past two.
"Working with Steven, Frank, Kathy and the 'Indy' crew is like working with family," Lucas said. "These films are such great fun to make. I'm looking forward to reuniting with the team and starting this new journey."
David Koepp, who has penned such previous Spielberg projects as "Jurassic Park" and "War of the Worlds," wrote the screenplay that finally got the stamp of approval from Lucas and Spielberg. An earlier screenplay by Frank Darabont had been shelved when Lucas turned thumbs down on it.
For the moment, the title of the new film as well as its story line are being kept under wraps. In August, however, Lucas told Empireonline.com, "I discovered a McGuffin. I told the guys about it and they were a little dubious about it, but it's the best one we've ever found. ... Unfortunately, it was a little too 'connected' for the others. They were afraid of what the critics would think. They said, 'Can't we do it with a different McGuffin? Can't we do this?' and I said 'No.' So we pottered around with that for a couple of years. And then Harrison really wanted to do it and Steve said, 'Okay.' I said, 'We'll have to go back to that original McGuffin and take out the offending parts of it and we'll still use that area of the supernatural to deal with it.' "
In an interview with MTV.com, Lucas also said that the project will acknowledge Harrison's age; the actor is currently 64. In a statement, Ford said he is ready for another action-packed turn as the death-defying archeologist. "I'm delighted to be back in business with my old friends," he said. "I don't know if the pants still fit, but I know the hat will."
Although a spokesman for Spielberg said Monday that no casting has begun, Lucas and Ford have said that they would like to include Sean Connery, who played Indiana Jones' father, Professor Henry Jones, in "The Last Crusade." "We are writing him in whether he wants to do it or not," Lucas told "Access Hollywood" when Connery was honored in June with the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award.
It also is not known whether the project will be shot digitally, like Lucas' recent "Star Wars" movies, or on film, the medium Spielberg prefers.
"Raiders of the Lost Ark," the first film in the series, was released in 1981, followed by "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" in 1984 and "Last Crusade" in 1989. The three movies have earned 14 Academy Award nominations, seven Oscars and grossed more than $1.182 billion worldwide.
A release date was not announced, but the past two films in the series opened shortly before the Memorial Day weekend. Currently, the May 2008 lineup includes Paramount's "Iron Man," from Marvel Enterprises; Buena Vista's "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" from Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media; and Warner Bros. Pictures' "Speed Racer," from Warners, Silver Pictures and Village Roadshow. |
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| soundofataris |
Posted - 09/11/2007 : 12:04:33
love the title
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| Carl |
Posted - 02/10/2007 : 09:19:58
Yes, actually, it was the 30s, maybe the next movie will be set in the late 50s.
The movie starts filming on June 18th.
Here's a video interview with George Lucas, where he's mainly asked about Star Wars TV, but quashes one rumour about Indy IV:
http://iesb.net/index.php?option=com_xevidmegafx&Itemid=139&func=detail&id=259
Cate Blanchett and Ray Winstone have joined the cast. Shia LeBeouf is rumoured to be playing Indy's son. It starts filming in June.
Ford on set, as photographed by Spielberg:
Jim Broadbent has joined the cast!!
First day of shoot video here, got stuck for me, though.
The New York Observer: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Learning: Aging Action Franchise Invades the Ivy League.
Pictures from 1950’s New Haven Set.
More set pics.
On-set videos.
Indy and son!
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| TRANSMARINE |
Posted - 02/09/2007 : 13:24:19
30's.
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| Carl |
Posted - 02/09/2007 : 12:09:42
quote:
Originally posted by ProverbialCereal
So didn't the original triology take place in the 1940s? So with Indy being about 20 years older does that mean it will be the 60s in the new movie?
Yeah, I believe they have that in mind. Could be interesting! |
| darwin |
Posted - 02/08/2007 : 19:40:17
quote:
Originally posted by ProverbialCereal
I'm sure Lucas would just love a CGI whip.
That way it can be improved in the 2028 re-release. |
| ProverbialCereal |
Posted - 02/08/2007 : 19:39:46
So didn't the original triology take place in the 1940s? So with Indy being about 20 years older does that mean it will be the 60s in the new movie? |
| ProverbialCereal |
Posted - 02/08/2007 : 19:34:32
I'm sure Lucas would just love a CGI whip. |
| Carl |
Posted - 01/05/2007 : 10:57:20
quote:
Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
Like Star Wars, the music is best in Temple of Doom. The Slave Children's March is right up there with the greats if you ask me.
Yeah, I remember that theme being used the arcade game, when your down in the mines fighting off the Thugee slave drivers!
Watched Last Crusade the other evening, wasn't as good as I remembered it. The ending seemed a little rushed and forced. It is a pretty good action-adventure, though, in a lot of ways an improvement over TOD, kind of going back to the original feel of the first movie. Terrific stunts and action sequences. Oh yeah, like the other two, it's beautifully restored and remastered.
Also watched main making-of docs on the bonus disc, which were good but not as in-depth, revealing or entertaining as the big one on the Star Wars Trilogy box.
Oh yeah, I forgot to say, I've always had a thing for Kate Capshaw. Spielberg is a lucky man...
http://people.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1254481.php/Ford_demands_whip
Ford demands whip
Feb 1, 2007, 13:40 GMT
Harrison Ford has threatened to quit the new Indiana Jones movie, unless he gets to use a real whip.
The 64-year-old actor, who plays the daredevil archaeologist, was told the weapon would have to be computer generated because of new film safety rules.
Harrison branded the rule "ridiculous" and said he would pull out of the film if he couldn't wield his whip.
A source said: "The idea was to take away the risk element the whip carries.
"Safety laws have changed since the last film and movie makers have to be much more careful. Now they use computer graphics for any dangerous stuff."
Harrison was 39-years-old when the first Indiana Jones movie, 'Raiders Of The Lost Ark' was released in 1981.
'The Temple Of Doom' followed in 1983 and 'The Last Crusade' five years later. The trilogy made more than £600 million at the box office.
The fourth movie is due for release next year.
(C) BANG Media International
Due for release May 22, 08:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=indianajones4.htm |
| Newo |
Posted - 01/04/2007 : 05:07:07
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Cult_Of_Frank Posted - 01/03/2007 : 13:19:42
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Who you calling bovine?
you, piggy. 
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| HeywoodJablome |
Posted - 01/03/2007 : 14:42:25
I like banks. They have lotsa money, 'n moneys' cool.
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| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 01/03/2007 : 13:19:42
Who you calling bovine?
 "Now you're officially my woman. Kudos. I can't say I don't envy you." |
| Newo |
Posted - 01/03/2007 : 12:32:22
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HeywoodJablome Posted - 01/03/2007 : 07:47:32
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Part Deux was kind of lame but the other two are clean. I thought Connery retired from acting anyway? At any rate, this looks interesting. I guess they meant "The Second to Last Crusade".
The title referred to the last in the series of murdering and looting in the name of Jesus and/or the birth of the centralised banking system we all know and love so much now, not a reference to it being the last crusade in the name of selling concessions to bovine cinemagoers.
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| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 01/03/2007 : 11:22:49
I'll agree with that. It kind of omits key sentence fragments and only makes a half-twisted sort of sense. :) Allow me to rephrase:
Like Star Wars (Empire Strikes Back), the music is best in the second act (Temple of Doom). The Slave Children's March is right up there with the greats if you ask me.
"Now you're officially my woman. Kudos. I can't say I don't envy you." |
| darwin |
Posted - 01/03/2007 : 10:45:50
quote:
Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
Like Star Wars, the music is best in Temple of Doom. The Slave Children's March is right up there with the greats if you ask me.
"Now you're officially my woman. Kudos. I can't say I don't envy you."
Nominated for the most Deanish posting of the new year. |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 01/03/2007 : 09:56:35
Like Star Wars, the music is best in Temple of Doom. The Slave Children's March is right up there with the greats if you ask me.
"Now you're officially my woman. Kudos. I can't say I don't envy you." |
| Carl |
Posted - 01/03/2007 : 09:27:32
Thanks Tre!
quote:
Originally posted by TRANSMARINE
I actually like TEMPLE OF DOOM quite a bit. It's sort of The Cult Of Ray of the Indy trilogy. However, I anxiously awaited THE LAST CRUSADE in 1989...was one of those dorks who stood in line all day...and I hated it. To this day, I hate it.
I was fancinated with it when I was younger. My Dad taped it off the telly for me, and I used to love watching it. It's good popcorn entertainment, with some genuine classy Spielbergian touches, fun moments and some great ideas and sequences (the minecart chase is a standout, of course), but it kind of is too cartoony in a way, and Indy's more one-dimensional in it. I remember playing the TOD game in the arcade, too! I actually really liked Last Crusade, found it a real return to form.
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| HeywoodJablome |
Posted - 01/03/2007 : 07:47:32
Part Deux was kind of lame but the other two are clean. I thought Connery retired from acting anyway? At any rate, this looks interesting. I guess they meant "The Second to Last Crusade".
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| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 01/03/2007 : 04:47:51
Cool. I like Connery, but I'd prefer it if he wasn't in it. I am surprised they won't be trying to introduce Indy's son.
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| starmekitten |
Posted - 01/03/2007 : 02:23:16
quote:
Originally posted by Carl
Whoops, actually, that should be this year!! Ah cannae edit it!!
done and done
Idiot. |
| MHokkane |
Posted - 01/02/2007 : 17:16:26
RAIDERS still is my favorite movie of all time.
The way I look at it, Indy 4 even at its worst couldn't be any worse than 90 percent of the movies made anymore.
I'm ruler of this Moon boy, so if you move I shoots! |
| TRANSMARINE |
Posted - 01/02/2007 : 16:17:08
Oh my, in 1981 RAIDERS was my favorite movie of all time. I can't tell you how many times I drew pencil renderings of Toht's melting head. I was obsessed. How time flies. That was 25 years ago...wow, going on 26 years!
I actually like TEMPLE OF DOOM quite a bit. It's sort of The Cult Of Ray of the Indy trilogy. However, I anxiously awaited THE LAST CRUSADE in 1989...was one of those dorks who stood in line all day...and I hated it. To this day, I hate it.
I am a bit apprehensive about INDY 4. Being that Ford is now older than Connery was when he played Father Jones back in '89. And also being that as much as I always liked Ford, he pretty much sucks now.
About 10 years ago, when they first considered another INDY, I thought it would be cool if they had it take place in the late 40's/early 50's (to suit Indy's age) and have the story deal with Roswell and Area 51...I dunno.
I'm sorta worried. Rocky Balboa?
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| Carl |
Posted - 01/02/2007 : 15:34:34
Whoops, actually, that should be this year!! Ah cannae edit it!!
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