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In
a long-awaited announcement,
George Lucas and Steven Spielberg revealed on
Tuesday, January 2, 2007 that the fourth installment
of Indiana Jones will begin production in June
2007. |
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Many writers
had a go at the script before David Koepp finished
the final approved draft around January 2007.
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M.
Night Shyamalan was the first approached
to to work on the Indy
4 script in June 2000. |
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In June 2001 news came
Shyamalan was a definite "no"
and that Stephen
Gaghan was in talks to take on the scriptwriting
project. |
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In April 2002 Tom
Stoppard was rumored to write the Indy
4 script. |
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Frank
Darabont was hired to re-write the script
in May 2002. |
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But in February 2004 it was
announced that, while Spielberg loved Frank
Darabont's script, Lucas rejected it. |
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Jeff
Nathanson was hired to rewrite Darabont's
script in October 2004. |
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In March 2006 news arrived
that David
Koepp took over Jeff Nathanson's script
work for some final edits. |
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Sean Connery
was asked to reprise his role as Henry Jones,
Sr. from Indiana Jones
and the Last Crusade. But he turned down
the offer because he did not want to come out
of retirement.
Sir Connery explains "Retirement
is just too damned much fun. I, do however, have
one bit of advice for Junior: Demand that the
critters be digital, the cliffs be low, and for
goodness sake keep that whip by your side at all
times in case you need to escape from the stunt
coordinator! This is a remarkable cast, and I
can only say, 'Break a leg, everyone.' I'll see
you on May 22, 2008, at the theater!"
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Monday, June
18, 2007 marked the first day of principal photography
of the new Indiana Jones film. (The setting was
New Mexico.) |
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For the first
time since 1989, the world got to see a new photograph
of Harrison Ford in the familiar Indy gear on
Thursday, June 21, 2007.
The photo was taken by director Steven Spielberg
himself. |
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During Paramount
Pictures' Comic-Con presentation on Thursday,
July 26, guests got a special live surprise -
a video greeting from Steven Spielberg, Harrison
Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Ray Winston and newly announced
star Karen Allen. |
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Before the
title Indiana Jones and
the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was chosen,
several other titles were considered and even
registered with the MPAA in August 2007, including:
- Indiana Jones and the
City of Gods
- Indiana Jones and the
Destroyer of Worlds
- Indiana Jones and the
Fourth Corner of the Earth
- Indiana Jones and the
Lost City of Gold
- Indiana Jones and the
Quest for the Covenant |
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The title,
Indiana Jones and the
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, was revealed
by actor Shia LaBeouf on Sept. 9, 2007 at the
MTV
Video Music Awards, which were broadcast live
from Las Vegas. |
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Indiana
Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull wrapped
principal photography on Thursday, October 11,
2007. |
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'DisneySea'
at Tokyo, Japan, already had an Indiana Jones
roller coaster ride named Temple
of the Crystal Skull opened to the public
on September 4th, 2001. You can still visit this
attraction today! |
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An unproduced
episode for the third season of The
Young Indiana Jones Chronicles tv-series
was also going to feature a crystal skull.
In this specific episode - set in Honduras, December
1920 - Indy meets Belloq and they become friends.
Belloq steals a crystal skull and sells it.
(Source: Indyfan.com) |
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Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull is the first Indiana
Jones film without Pat
Roach. Pat appeared in the previous three
films. He even played two different characters
in Raiders of the Lost
Ark!
Pat Roach died on July 17th, 2004. |
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This is the
first Indiana Jones film not photographed by Douglas
Slocombe.
Indiana Jones and the
Last Crusade (1989) was the very last of
an impressive list of 77 films Slocombe was cinematographer
of. |
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And Kingdom
of the Crystal Skull is also the first
Indiana Jones film without the help of legendary
stunt coordinator and second unit director Vic
Armstrong. |