Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

[Brian in Mesa]

Lucas Wants Connery in Indiana Jones 4
Source: Access Hollywood
June 9, 2006

George Lucas ("Star Wars") told Access Hollywood that he is pushing to get Sean Connery to appear in Indiana Jones 4, which Lucas executive produces.

Lucas was among those honoring Connery as he received the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award on Thursday.

"I would love him to be in the next 'Indiana Jones'... maybe I can push him into it," said Lucas.

When asked if he knew whether or not Connery wanted to appear in the film, Lucas said, "I think he does."

Lucas jokingly added, "We are writing him in whether he wants to do it or not."

Connery played Professor Henry Jones, Indiana's (Harrison Ford) dad, in 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

 

[boisesuns]

Indiana Jones and "this time it's really the last crusade."

 

[thirty-two]

http://www.moviehole.net/news/20061107_lucas_killed_indiana_jones_4.html

Lucas killed Indiana Jones 4
Posted : November 7, 2006 Writer : Clint Morris

If you wanna blame anyone for the tardiness of the fourth “Indiana Jones” film – a film many predict may never happen, if only because its been off and on more times than a kettle – you can probably take aim at George Lucas.

According to Screenwriter Frank Darabont (“The Green Mile”), the fourth film was ready to go two years ago – until Lucas decided he didn’t like his script. Considering Steven Spielberg thought the script was the best Jaunt Indy had had since ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark’, it sounds like Uncle George needs his head read.

“That was terrifically frustrating”, Darabont said in an exclusive interview with CHUD. “I worked for over a year on that; I worked very close with Steven Spielberg. He was ecstatic with the result and was ready to shoot it two years ago. He was very, very happy with the script and said it was the best draft of anything since Raiders of the Lost Ark. That’s really high praise and gave me a real sense of accomplishment, especially when you love the material you’re working on as much as I love the Indiana Jones films.”

Lucas then came to Darabont and stuck a stake through his script.

“Lucas read it and said, ‘Yeah, I don’t think so, I don’t like it.’ And then he resets it to zero when Spielberg is ready to shoot it that coming year, [which] is a real kick to the nuts. You can only waste so much time and so many years of your life on experiences like that, you can only get so emotionally invested and have the rug pulled out from under you before you say enough of that.”

The proofs in “The Phantom Menace”, I believe. Throw away the key.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

It's still on.

Indiana Jones 4 Coming May 2008!
Source: The Associated Press, Hunter, Strmchsr
December 29, 2006

George Lucas said Friday that filming of the long-awaited Indiana Jones 4 will begin next year with Harrison Ford set to star again. Lucas said he and Steven Spielberg recently finalized the script for the film.

"It's going to be fantastic. It's going to be the best one yet," the 62-year-old filmmaker said during a break from preparing for his duties as grand marshal of Monday's Rose Parade.

Exact film locations have not been decided yet, but Lucas said part of the movie will be shot in Los Angeles.

The fourth chapter of the "Indiana Jones" saga, which will hit theaters in May 2008, has been in development for over a decade with several screenwriters taking a crack at the script, but it only recently gained momentum.

Lucas kept mum about the plot, but said that the latest action flick will be a "character piece" that will include "very interesting mysteries."

"I think it's going to be really cool," Lucas said.

At the inaugural Rome Film Festival in October, the 64-year-old Ford said he was excited to team up with Lucas and Spielberg again for the fourth "Indiana Jones" installment. Ford said he was "fit to continue" to play the title role despite his age.

Ford played Indiana Jones in 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1984's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and 1989's Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Indiana Jones 4 Starts Filming in June
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
January 1, 2007

The Hollywood Reporter has learned more details about the Indiana Jones 4 production after George Lucas announced on Friday that the project is a go for a release in May, 2008.

After years spent in script development, the fourth installment of the 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.

"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. Frank Marshall will serve as producer, with Lucas and Kathy Kennedy joining him as executive producers.

David Koepp, who wrote 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.

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."

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Sean Connery Considering Indiana Jones 4
Source: Scotland on Sunday
January 22, 2007

Sean Connery has told Scotland on Sunday that he is considering returning as Dr. Henry Jones in the highly-anticipated Indiana Jones 4. He previously played Indiana Jones' father in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade back in 1989:

The new Indiana Jones film is due to shoot this summer, and after being approached by Lucas, Connery admits he is seriously considering it.

Asked directly if he thought he would be back in front of the cameras this summer as Dr Jones, he answered: "Perhaps."

Choosing his words carefully, Connery then added: "At the moment there's nothing decided. I haven't got the script. Everything depends on the script."

Filming is expected to start in June for a May, 2008 release.

 

[Covert Rain]

Connery needs to come back. He helped make the last film so much fun. At any rate, I am looking forward to this film. Also, here is a shocker...it's being reported that SP also offered Clint Eastwood a role in the film.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Release date: Thursday, May 22, 2008

 

[abomb]

Release date: Thursday, May 22, 2008

Wow. Now I feel old. That will be 19 years after the release of "Last Crusade".

That summer was awesome...Batman, IA3 and Honey I Shrunk the Kids.

 

[TBaslim]

Wow. Now I feel old. That will be 19 years after the release of "Last Crusade".

That summer was awesome...Batman, IA3 and Honey I Shrunk the Kids.

Ok...am dense...IA3?

 

[Linderbee]

Ok...am dense...IA3?

My guess is IA = Indiana (in abomb speak), so he meant Indiana Jones 3 (also known as Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade)...just a guess, though.

 

[abomb]

Ok...am dense...IA3?

You arent dense. I am just kinda slow when I type fast. I meant IJ3.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

LaBeouf in Final Talks for Indiana Jones 4
Source: Variety
March 8, 2007

Shia LaBeouf is in final talks to star in Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones 4 as the son of the adventuresome archaeologist to be played once again by Harrison Ford, reports Variety.

Spielberg and George Lucas' Lucasfilm, which is producing the fourth film for Paramount, are keeping the storyline under tight wraps. David Koepp (Spider-Man) wrote the script.

Spielberg is set to begin shooting Indiana Jones 4 in June. The film is scheduled for a May 22, 2008 release, taking advantage of the Memorial Day holiday.

 

[jenna2891]

i'm a big shia fan.

 

[abomb]

i'm a big shia fan.

Shooooooocking.

"Freaks and Geeks" .... Herbert (1 episode, 2000)
- We've Got Spirit (2000) TV Episode .... Herbert

 

[jenna2891]

Shooooooocking.

i actually started liking him when i saw project greenlight season 2. he's a funny kid.

 

[TBaslim]

You arent dense. I am just kinda slow when I type fast. I meant IJ3.

Aaah...got it.

And yeah, I am definitely dense sometimes.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

George Lucas on Indiana Jones 4
Source: USA Today
April 5, 2007

Indiana Jones 4 producer George Lucas talked to USA Today about the highly-anticipated film, to be directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford and Cate Blanchett.

Lucas told the newspaper that shooting begins in Los Angeles this June and then it's on to several top-secret global destinations. Lucas teased that one will include a waterfall.

Lucas said that Ford's age (64) won't be a problem. "He's not running in any of the movies. He's either on a horse or driving a car or a motorcycle. And he'll play his age in this movie with what's appropriate. The chases are more suspenseful than speedy. Like the rolling ball in the first film — it's not that he's running that fast, it's that there's a giant ball coming at him. And he will get beat up, which is a tradition for us."

Lucas said there'll still be plenty of action in "Indy 4," the official title of which he hopes to keep under wraps until the first trailer hits theaters around Thanksgiving.

Sean Connery has yet to sign on as Indiana's father, Dr. Henry Jones, but Lucas said, "We're still trying."

It wasn't his idea to cast Blanchett as Ford's new leading lady, he added. "That's who my director wanted, and I always bow to the wishes of my director," Lucas said of Spielberg. "I approved it because she seemed like a good idea. When I met her at the Academy Awards, I told her, 'Hey, you work for me now!'"

 

[FischerKing]

i really hope lucas doesn't ruin this...

shawn

 

[abomb]

i really hope lucas doesn't ruin this...

shawn

Can he *really* be trusted NOT to screw it up?

 

[Chaplin]

Cate Blanchett is pretty high-profile, but she is probably one of the top 3 actresses I would pick to play opposite Indiana Jones. Psyched for that casting choice.

 

[FischerKing]

Can he *really* be trusted NOT to screw it up?

no - not by me.

shawn

 

[Brian in Mesa]

LaBeouf to star in new `Indiana Jones'
Fri Apr 13

After months of building Internet buzz, this can finally be reported as fact: Shia LaBeouf has been cast in the upcoming "Indiana Jones" movie.

Producer George Lucas and director Steven Spielberg announced Friday that LaBeouf will appear alongside Harrison Ford in the fourth installment of the adventure franchise, scheduled for release May 22, 2008. Production is set to begin in June.

"We are excited about bringing Shia into our Indy family," Spielberg said in a statement on the "Indiana Jones" Web site. "His talent has impressed not only his audiences throughout his young career but the directors, producers and fellow actors who have worked with him in his television career and now his film career."

Paramount, a division of Viacom Inc., declined Friday to say what role LaBeouf would be playing.

The 20-year-old actor told The Associated Press in March that the persistent Internet rumors about his casting in the film were just that — rumors.

"The way that thing started, it's just wild how it snowballed," LaBeouf told the AP then. "I don't have a deal on the table, it's just a rumor. Would I do it? In a second. It'd be working for a legend and working with legends. Who wouldn't? But is it something I'm doing right now? No. I'm an out-of-work actor."

It's a busy weekend for the up-and-coming actor. He stars in "Disturbia," a high-tech, teen version of "Rear Window," which opened Friday; then he's hosting NBC's "Saturday Night Live" on Saturday.

LaBeouf also co-stars in this summer's "Transformers" movie for Spielberg's DreamWorks Pictures, and provides the voice of one of the penguins in the animated "Surf's Up." His previous films include "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints," "The Greatest Game Ever Played" and "Holes." He also won a Daytime Emmy in 2003 for the Disney Channel series "Even Stevens."

 

[Stout]

Who?

 

[FischerKing]

Who?

He played the main character in Holes. He got his break, I believe, in starring in one of the Project Greenlight movies.

Shawn