2003
Empire Online
mentions Indy 4
Friday, January 3,
2003
UK's
Empire Online recently posted the following message about Spielberg
and Indy 4:
Supernatural Spielberg:
In addition to letting slip that Indy will have to face a terrifying
roll call of his past lovers, 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's historical world, he 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 pre production is on
schedule and the July 2005 release still in view. The better the
sooner, considering the age of the leading man, we say.
Thanks to Chris Hawley
for letting us know.
Lucas hopes to
shoot 'Indy 4' this year
Monday, January
13, 2003
Rumors abound about the
possible shooting dates for Indiana Jones 4; however, no official word
on when it will happen has been said, until now. Roger Friedman from FOXNews.com reported the following today:
George
Lucas
told
me that he wrote the story for Indiana Jones 4 last summer
and expects to shoot it sometime this year with Steven Spielberg.
Does this mean the
previously rumored 2004 shoot date has been changed to this year
(2003)? Stay tuned for the most recent updates.
Spielberg
talks Indy 4 with Empire Magazine
Sunday, January
26, 2003
The February 2003 issue
of the British
Empire Magazine contains an interview with Steven Spielberg. The
interview took place in an article discussing his current Movie Catch
Me
If
You Can. Spielberg also mentioned Indy 4, here's the
extract:
One thing that is for
certain is that in 2004, Spielberg will return to the hat and bullwhip
of a certain Indiana Jones. "We've finished our
meetings", reveals Spielberg with a certain amount of pride
about the current state of play. "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."
Given Lucas' commitment for shooting digitally and Spielberg's passion
for
film-rarely among Directors, he even edits on film - Indy 4
suggests an other
battle of the beards; but, apparently not. "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."
Spielberg seems very
enthusiastic about Indy 4 and now we also know that the film
won't be shot digitally. Thanks to Luke Roberts for letting us know.
Spielberg to
start shooting Indy 4 this year?
Friday, January
31, 2003
Dark
Horizons posted the following Indy 4 news message yesterday:
Steven Spielberg
apparently indicated in France that he'll start shooting Indy 4
in June and then helm another project with Tom Hanks at the end of the
year.
This news message is
missing important details: Spielberg didn't mean June this year. Steven
Spielberg confirmed during meeting organized in Fnac
Champs-Élysées (in Paris) that the shooting of Indiana
Jones
4 is foreseen for June 2004 with a release in June 2005.
Thanks to Jean-Michel
from jones-jr.com
for letting us know.
Spielberg will
make 1 other film before Indy 4
Friday, February
7, 2003
For the third time,
Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks will join forces to create yet another
film called Terminal, a coming of age film for DreamWorks.
According
to
Hollywood Reporter, the studio
confirmed that
Spielberg is beginning to line up a crew for an end-of-the-year start
on the project. That being the case, I think we can expect to see this
film by the end of 2004 followed by Indiana Jones 4 in Summer
2005 and yet another project that Spielberg is expected to shoot for
Winter 2005 release. Once again, the 56 year-old director will be hard
at work creating three films back to back. Get more info on this film here.
Source: DreamWorks
SKG Fansite
Spielberg may
shoot Indy 4 this summer...
Friday, February
7, 2003
Here we have that
"Spielberg to start shooting Indy 4 this summer" rumor again,
or maybe it wasn't a rumor after all:
Variety reported
today that Steven Spielberg might shoot Indiana Jones 4 as
early as this summer for a summer 2004 release.
Frank Darabont is currently penning the script and Spielberg is still
awaiting a final draft. Indy 4 has been in development for some
time, with all of the franchise's major players said to be satisfied
with the direction of the film so far. Harrison Ford, who will next
appear in Revolution Studios' action comedy Hollywood
Homicide this summer opposite Josh Hartnett, appears to have his
schedule free for Indy 4, should it shoot earlier than planned.
Paramount currently has the film
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.
It's known that
Spielberg makes 3 films back to back then takes a directing break for 1
year and then makes 3 new films back to back. We won't see any
Spielberg films in 2003 because of this break but if this Indy 4
news turns out to be true, we may expect two Spielberg films in 2004, Indiana
Jones
4 for summer 2004 and Terminal for winter 2004, and
yet another project for summer 2005.
Thanks to Jim Bartos, for
letting us know.
Spielberg
talks Indy 4 in Cinescape Magazine
Saturday, February
15, 2003
In the latest edition of Cinescape Magazine,
Spielberg
talks
about his future projects including Indiana Jones 4.
He hinted the premise and added that Sean Connery, Karen Allen and Kate
Capshaw will indeed return. Connery will have a small role, appearing
in the beginning and towards the end of the film. The leading females
will also make appearances but not as lengthy as their original roles.
The director didn't give any other specifics. It is scheduled for a
Summer 2004 shoot but some reports suggest it could be Summer 2003. We
have to wait and find out.
Source: DreamWorks
SKG Fansite
Darabont talks
about new villains for Indy 4
Saturday, March
22, 2003
SCI FI Wire had a
chat with Indiana Jones 4 screenwriter Frank Darabont about the
upcoming fourth Indy film. Here's their report:
Frank Darabont told SCI
FI
Wire that the sequel's 1950s setting requires different villains
from those in previous installments, which were set in the 1930s. "Those pesky Nazis seem to have departed, which is a
shame, because I like those pesky Nazis, because you can just squash
them all over the place," Darabont said, with tongue in cheek.
Darabont would not say
who the new villains were, but assured that the tone of adventure would
be consistent with previous Indy movies. "From
the standpoint of the fun of it and the adventure of it, [there will
be] no [change]," he said.
Darabont added that he
has nearly completed a first draft of the script and that director
Steven Spielberg is happy with his progress. "The
reaction has been quite good," he said. But the writer added
that he is approaching the script one day at a time. "Right now, every day is like one foot in front of the
other," he said. "It's 'How do I solve
this next scene? How do I get this next three pages in its best form?'"
The
new
Indiana Jones movie is still aiming for a July 1, 2005, release.
Click here to read the same report at the SCI
FI Wire site. Thanks to Bret Cornish and Peter Balaz for letting us
know.
Darabont
is
on
page 80 of the Indy 4 script
Friday, March 28,
2003
Aint it Cool
News received an email that proves that yesterday's Indy 4
script news from soccer_mom56
was false. In this news message soccer_mom56 claimed to have talked
with Harrison Ford about the Indy 4 script. He said that the
latest Indiana Jones installment written by Frank Darabont was well
over 200 pages long. Well, Frank Darabont found out about this news and
immediately wrote an email to Garth from Dark Horizons
and Harry Knowles from AICN. Harry wrote a report about Frank's email
today. Here's a part of the report:
In reality, Frank
Darabont is on page 80 of the Indiana Jones script. He says that
Harrison Ford won't be reading the script till Steven Spielberg hands
him a copy, which won't happen till Frank finishes the script to
Steven's delight. Frank has told me that he is "Loving
what
I'm
writing, but it's going slower than..." he'd like.
Frank would not divulge any details of the script, nor would he give
the title out. Though he claims that Steven and George know the title.
I'll work both of them over next! Meanwhile, I think that it is time to
relax, let Frank get back to writing,...
Click here to read the full report. Also check out
Harry's latest animation (top left corner of AICN). It
spoofs a scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
No
more
films
for Harrison Ford until Indy 4
Sunday, April 6,
2003
Harrison Ford
Web reported yesterday that Harrison Ford had an interview with US
Magazine in which he mentioned that he will be taking some time off
until the production of Indy 4 begins in 2004.
Here's the original text taken from US Magazine, April 14th
issue:
Q: What's
next
for
you?
Ford: "I'm taking some time off and then I'll get ready for Indy
4 in 2004. We have a great storyline. Spielberg will direct, and it
will be as good as any of the others we've made. Maybe even better!"
Thanks to Ryan A. for
letting us know.
John Williams
talks about the Indy 4 soundtrack
Monday, May 5, 2003
CNN.com posted an interview with legendary
composer John Williams. In the interview John Williams talks about his
work on the soundtrack of Star Wars: Episode 3 and a few ideas of what
he might be doing with the Indiana Jones 4 soundtrack. Here's a part of
the interview:
Williams says the next
Indiana Jones film may offer more dilemmas than the previous three.
"Indiana
Jones
[IV]
will be a challenge because we'll now have to recast the
film with Harrison Ford as a mature Indiana Jones, if you like, and a
more mature composer will be doing the score!" he says,
chuckling. "Until I see a script or see the film
it will be hard for me to tell how much of the early material will
apply -- if any."
Not that he's going to
give up the familiar fanfare. "I would have
thought Indiana Jones is now a pretty well-known theme and at least
will be referred to as some type of memory trace if nothing else."
Hit the link above to
read the full interview. Thanks to Jared Barrett for letting us know.
New
Indiana Jones 4 information!
Thursday, May 8,
2003
The brand-new issue of Empire
magazine (the Australian version)
includes some new Indiana Jones 4 information. Here's the news
article:
There's good and bad Indy
4 news, folks. The good? Well, the film is still scheduled for
Summer 2005, just a few weeks after George Lucas' other baby, Star
Wars Episode III.
Frank Darabont's
screenplay is coming along nicely, Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford
are primed, and the stunts will be top-notch. How do we know? Because
Vic Armstrong, the god of stunt co-ordinators and Ford's former double,
is on board. "I saw Steven at the Golden
Globes," he told Empire, exclusively. "And I asked him about Indy 4, and he said
'clear your diary because we're on'."
But the bad news is
that it's likely that Sallah, Indy's ebullient Egyptian sidekick, won't
be returning. "I get asked this question 25 times
a week, and everyone knows more than I do. I guess I'm not in it,"
says
John
Rhys-Davies, who played Sallah in Raiders Of The Lost Ark
and Last Crusade.
"In truth, I'd love to work for Steven again,"
continues
the
stout yeoman. "I'd love to have one
more go at Sallah, get him right. You come close, but you always want
to have one last bash at trying to make the character magical."
This article comes from
the brand-new June edition issue #27 of Empire magazine (the
Australian version). Source: Coming Soon
Spielberg and
Ford talked about Indy 4
Saturday, May 31,
2003
Harrison Ford finally
received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (I wonder what
took them soo long.) yesterday in front of the Kodak Theatre on
Hollywood Boulevard. Steven Spielberg was also at the event and even
got the croud excited when he told them that the fourth Indiana Jones
adventure begins next year!
Here's what The Associated Press wrote:
Spielberg promised the
cheering crowd: "We're about to launch production
next year on `Indiana Jones Four.'" After the ceremony, however,
Ford was more circumspect about his involvement in the sequel.
"I don't know anything about it except that
Steven's very enthusiastic," he said. "He's
got
a
period of time to work on the script before I see it. So I should
see it in a couple of weeks."
Does that mean a new film about the whip-cracking archaeologist is a
definite go? "I can't say that until I read it,"
Ford
said.
"But it feels like a go to me."
Hit the link above to
read the full report on Harrison Ford's Hollywood Walk of Fame
adventure. And thanks to Coming Soon! for the link.
Ford says the Indy
4 script is finished!
Tuesday, June 3,
2003
Good news fellow
Indyfans! Harrison Ford has told Sci Fi Wire that Frank Darabont his Indiana
Jones 4 script is finished. Ford already mentioned
last friday - when he received his star on the Hollywood Walk
of Fame - that Steven Spielberg is quite happy with the script and
that Harrison will see it in a couple of weeks.
Here's what Sci Fi Wire posted today:
Ford added that he
worked closely with director Spielberg, Darabont and executive producer
George Lucas on the story. "The way the process
works is that George and Frank work together, then Steven gets the
script, then I get the script, and we all work together. We all met
together and talked about it before they started writing."
Ford said that he
remains eager to reprise his most famous role because of fans' demands
for a fourth installment in the franchise. "It
pleases me to play a character that audiences want to see," he
said. "I know that it's eagerly anticipated, and
I want us to do a good job, make a film at least as good as the ones
we've made before." The fourth as-yet-untitled Indy movie is
slated to begin filming in the summer of 2004, with an eye to a July
2005 release.
Click here to read the original news message.
Interesting
new quote from Ford on Indy 4
Thursday, June 5,
2003
Corriere della Sera,
one
of
Italy's biggest newspapers, published an interview with Harrison
Ford on his latest film, Hollywood Homicide, yesterday. At a
certain moment in the interview, Ford mentions something very
interesting about Indy in the fourth Indiana Jones film. Here's that
part of the interview (translated from Italian):
But it has not taken
position on the war... "Because the moral
sentence of every war met with the practical choices. Also the new
Indiana Jones that I will soon interpret for Spielberg has need of time
in order to understand the conflict between inner choice and political
reasons."
I don't know why exactly
but this one quote from Harrison Ford gave me even more confidence in
the Indiana Jones 4 project than before. Can't wait to find out
more about the new Indiana Jones!
Many thanks to Loris
Cantarelli for letting us know.
Ford confirms
again that the script is finished
Thursday, June 12,
2003
The local Puerto Rican
newspaper named El Nuevo Día (The New Day) features an
exclusive interview with Harrison Ford today. In this interview Ford
talks about his film Hollywood Homicide, his acting career and
a few tidbits of info on Indiana Jones 4. Here is a translated
excerpt regarding Indy 4:
Q: What
is
the
latest regarding the fourth installment of Indiana Jones?
Ford: "The plan is to begin shooting at the end of the
Summer of 2004."
Q: Is
there a script yet?
Ford: "Yes, there is a script, but...(pause). The process for
these films that George (Lucas) develops a script with a writer, which
in this case is Frank Darabont, and then it is passed to Steven
(Spielberg), who revises it and then it is sent to me. During this
process the script is supposed to come out perfect, but that's not
always the case. (Laughs) But we all agree with the concept and tone of
the film. We want and we expect to satisfy all expectations that come
with this project."
Q: The
"Indy"
Trilogy
will soon be released on DVD. Why do you think these
films have lasted (on the fans minds) after two decades?
Ford: "They are the closest thing of modern classics we have.
Each generation have discovered them and that has helped me a lot
through my career. But I think that it has to do with what the stories
offer. To tell a good story is an integral part of the human
experience, it is an element that unites us all."
Harrison Ford confirms
again that the script is finished, but some changes are possibly being
made to deliver a "perfect script". Many thanks to Gino B. for letting
us know!
Spielberg
not
directing
Indy 4 news is false!
Wednesday, July 2,
2003
Earlier today, Coming
Soon! reported that The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
star Sean Connery talked to Entertainment
Tonight about his possible involvement in Indiana Jones 4.
While Connery said he's interested, he also revealed that, according to
his contacts, director Steven Spielberg is off the project.
Connery says, "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."
Rest assured my fellow
Indyfans, this news is false. Sir Sean Connery must have been
misinformed.
Lucasfilm has informed me that the
script for Indiana Jones 4 is going forward and none of the
plans have changed. Steven Spielberg will certainly direct the fourth
Indiana Jones film.
Darabont and
Marshall talk about Indiana Jones 4
Wednesday,
July 9, 2003
In the latest Entertainment
Weekly issue appeared some new quotes from screenplay writer Frank
Darabont and producer Frank Marshall about the fourth Indiana Jones
film:
"I'm
the
world's
biggest Indiana Jones fan," says Darabont, who wrote
for ABC's The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (and
adapted and directed Stephen King's The Green Mile and The
Shawshank Redemption). "I'll trip all over
myself to work for Spielberg."
"Frank
understands
who
the characters are," says Marshall about the
writer. Shooting stars in mid-2004 for a 2005 release. Don't assume
that Ford, 61, who hasn't cracked a whip since 1989's The Last
Crusade, needs to team up with a young buck for the next adventure.
"We're sticking with Indy on his own,"
Marshall adds. "He still gets around pretty good."
Thanks to Coming
Soon! and Ryan for letting us know.
Producers
Kennedy and Marshall talk about Indy 4
Friday, July
11, 2003
Indiana Jones 4
producer Kathleen Kennedy and executive producer Frank Marshall
recently talked with SCI FI Wire.
Kennedy said she expects Ford, Spielberg and Lucas to defer their usual
salaries in lieu of a percentage of the film's gross receipts to ensure
a reasonable budget for Indiana Jones 4. "First
of
all,
they don't need (the money)," Kennedy said in an
interview. "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."
Frank Marshall told SCI FI Wire that screenwriter Frank
Darabont is still writing the script, despite reports in June from Ford
that the script was completed. "That's Harrison,"
Marshall
said
in the same interview. "He's
hopeful. It's in the process of being done."
Marshall added that the filmmakers are working hard to make sure it is
not just a half-hearted sequel. "It's basically
the same kind of story that we had in the first three movies,"
he said. "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."
Kennedy acknowledged Sean
Connery's suggestion to Entertainment Tonight that he'd like to
reprise his role as Henry Jones Sr., saying that it was a possibility. "He might show up," she said. But Marshall
dismissed Connery's statement that his office had heard Spielberg would
not direct. "No, Steven's doing it,"
Marshall said.
Click here to read the original news message at SCI
FI
Wire.
Philadelphia
Daily
News interviewed John Williams
Wednesday, July
16, 2003
The Philadelphia Daily News has an interview with
famous composer John Williams. Williams has made his first appearance
at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts yesterday night
conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra. Here's an excerpt of the
interview mentioning Indy 4:
Q: What
will
your
Mann program be?
Williams: "I've chosen the "Liberty Fanfare," three pieces from
"JFK," a suite from "Harry Potter," "E.T." and "Star Wars," and some
music from the "Indiana Jones" films."
Q:
Will there be another Indiana Jones picture?
Williams: "Yes, the script is written. Steven and George (Lucas)
talk about it every day."
Click on the link above
to read the full interview. Thanks to TheForce.net for
the news.
Philadelphia
Daily
News interviewed John Williams
Wednesday, July
16, 2003
The Philadelphia Daily News has an interview with
famous composer John Williams. Williams has made his first appearance
at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts yesterday night
conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra. Here's an excerpt of the
interview mentioning Indy 4:
Q: What
will
your
Mann program be?
Williams: "I've chosen the "Liberty Fanfare," three pieces from
"JFK," a suite from "Harry Potter," "E.T." and "Star Wars," and some
music from the "Indiana Jones" films."
Q:
Will there be another Indiana Jones picture?
Williams: "Yes, the script is written. Steven and George (Lucas)
talk about it every day."
Click on the link above
to read the full interview. Thanks to TheForce.net for
the news.
Frank Darabont
talks about Indiana Jones 4
Saturday,
August 9, 2003
Alameda Times-Star Online recently talked with Indiana
Jones
4 screenplay writer Frank Darabont. In the interview,
Darabont talks about his film career and his work on the fourth Indiana
Jones screenplay:
"I
absolutely
don't
want to do things like having him say, 'I'm getting to
old for this s---,' " says Darabont. "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."
He doesn't sound too
worried about taking on such an indelible character. Darabont likes
going from the director's chair to the screenwriter's lair.
"Clearly,
you
are
using different muscles," he says. "One
is
a very isolated, focused endeavor. The other is a wildly not
isolated incredibly focused effort."
He describes working
on the Indiana Jones script as a "total blast." Darabont worked with
Spielberg on the film Saving Private Ryan, doing uncredited
screenwriting work.
"Let's
face
it,
what's not to like about Indiana Jones," he says. "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."
The screenplay for the
fourth Indiana Jones film is in good hands!
Click here to read the full interview.
Harrison Ford
is delighted to revisit Indiana Jones
Wednesday, August
27, 2003
Harrison Ford is
currently overseas promoting his latest film Hollywood Homicide.
While
talking
to NineMSN about his disturbance towards the US
policy on Iraq, his country's gun laws, the film industry, and Indy
4.
However, he used the
opportunity to announce he will shortly be back in a big hit of his own
in revealing that Indiana Jones 4 is now scheduled to hit
screens in 2005 - despite reports of problems with the script.
"There
is
a
script in preparation for Indiana Jones 4. 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."
No new information but
it's always great to hear Ford talking about the fourth Indiana Jones
news.
Click here to read the
full article and thanks to Coming Soon! for the news.
Ford says Indy
4 is probably his next film
Thursday, August
28, 2003
Harrison Ford was
interviewed on the RI:SE morning show on Channel 4 in
the UK this morning talking about Hollywood Homicide. Ford
looked very disinterested with the interview but when the interviewer
asked him about Indiana Jones 4 his eyes seemed to light up.
Harrison Ford said that it was probably his next film; he 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 UK 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.
I would like to add
something to the news message here above. Since Harrison Ford just said
that the majority of the shoot will take place in the US, many people
now wonder if this means that there will no longer be exotic locations
in Indy 4 where Indy is looking for artifacts.
What I think the interviewer asked to Ford is if Lucasfilm will
again use the London based Elstree Studios for the fourth
Indiana Jones film, as these studios were also used for the indoors
shoots of all three previous Indiana Jones films.
I'm only guessing but it might be that Harrison Ford means that they
will not go back to Elstree Studios but do it in studios
located in the United States instead. If that's the case, we will still
get such exotic locations as in the previous films.
Special thanks to Dene
Kernohan and Gib for letting us know.
Darabont talks
about Indy 4 in Cinepremiere Magazine
Sunday, August 31,
2003
Emilio López has
let me know that the latest issue of Cinepremiere Magazine
(Mexican edition) has devoted the cover and a 9 page article to the
upcoming DVD release of the Indiana Jones film trilogy. As far as
Emilio knows, this might be the first time the magazine cover features
a film that is not currently playing on the movie theaters.
The Cinepremiere
Magazine also includes a Blockbuster ad to promote the
presell of the DVDs. You can reserve your copy with $10 and receive on
October 24 - along with the movies - a special edition bag similar to
the one used by Indy in all the films.
The 9-page article
included a brief behind the scenes story on all 3 films (the same info
we all know). But the most interesting part of the 9 page article was a
small note on Indy 4. The journalist that wrote the note is
Vera Anderson and she mentions that while researching her note, she
realized that there are very few official facts regarding this project.
So she tried to contact Frank Darabont to see if he could provide some
information. Shortly after that, Mr. Darabont sent her a brief letter
and she published the letter.
Here follows an English
translation of this letter from Frank Darabont:
"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 best, Frank"
Special thanks to Emilio
López for the info and translation of Darabonts letter.
Ford talks
about playing bad guys & Indy 4
Sunday,
September 7, 2003
Reuters reported today that Harrison Ford had an
interview with Der Spiegel magazine to be published on Monday.
Ford said he would enjoy the challenge of a bad guy role for a change
of pace. "Certainly, but in American films the
bad guy is never the central character but instead the counterpart to
the hero," said Ford, 61, when asked if he wanted such a role. "So I never even get offers for roles like that.
Although it would definitely be fun because the bad guys can really go
all out in their scenes. But as just an ordinary hero, I can't go all
out."
And as usual, Harrison
Ford was also asked about Indiana Jones 4. "I got the project rolling and now I'm in a waiting
mode," he said, adding he planned to be involved in drafting the
screenplay. "When the screenplay is finished,
I'll read it. And possibly determine that it isn't finished yet,"
he
said.
Ford said there would be no disguising the older age of the Indiana
Jones character. "What concessions?" he
said when asked about his advancing age. "Indiana
Jones will simply be older and doesn't behave like he did in 1981 when
he first appeared on the screen. That's all."
Thanks to Peter Balaz
from The
Light of Indiana Jones for letting us know.
Marshall says Indy
4 will keep that B-movie feel!
Tuesday,
September 9, 2003
Empire Online recently had an interview with Indiana
Jones
4 producer Frank Marshall. Frank said some very interesting
things about Indy 4 that will certainly make you even more
confident about this project. Here's part of the article:
Speaking to Indiana
Jones 4 producer Frank Marshall, Empire Online enquired
whether the fourth installment will retain its forbears' penchant for
good old-fashioned stunt work or embrace the technological revolution.
"One
of
the
things I enjoy about these movies is that they do recall the old
cliffhanger serials of the thirties and forties," said Marshall.
"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."
I'm am personally very
glad with what Frank Marshall said. Click on the link above to read the
full article.
Thanks to Richard Pettet
for letting us know.
Spielberg,
Lucas, Ford & Kennedy talk Indy 4!
Wednesday,
September 10, 2003
The latest issue of Premiere
magazine contains a very in-depth article talking about the secret
history of the Indiana Jones films. The article also included comments
from Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Harrison Ford and producer
Kathleen Kennedy about Indiana Jones 4. Here are their Indy 4
quotes:
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."
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."
Spielberg: "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."
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.""
Kennedy: "I always said, "If you want to see the world, either
join the military or make an Indiana Jones film.""
Pick up the latest Premiere
magazine to read the in-depth article on the original Indiana Jones
trilogy.
Thanks to Coming
Soon! for the news.
Lucasfilm's
official
statement
on Indiana Jones 4!
Monday, October
27, 2003
This whole month went to
putting the Indiana Jones DVD releases in the spotlights - nothing new
on Indiana Jones 4 - and now that the DVDs are released in the
USA and many other countries in the world, Lucasfilm talks
again about the fourth Indiana Jones film.
I have just received Lucasfilm's official statement on Indy
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.
Everything else are only
rumors!
That 'special'
Indy 4 script is not finished,
yet.
Monday, November
3, 2003
Dark Horizons
received a report from the Dallas Comic Convention mentioning
John Rhys-Davies and Indiana Jones IV past Friday:
'Daniel' sends in this
report from the Dallas Comic Con: "John Rhys Davies was in
Dallas and during the Q&A I got a chance to ask him about Indy 4.
His
response
was not good news - he said presently they have not agreed
on the script and both Spielberg and Lucas aren't keen on moving
forward until they have that 'one special script' which they haven't
finalized yet. Also neither he or Sean Connery have yet been contacted
about reprising their roles - he does believe it will get made but is
not sure as to when it'll happen".
I would look at this as
good news. This only proves again how hard they want Indiana Jones 4
to be at least as good as the previous three films. To be continued...
I apologize for reporting
this so late.
IMDb.com's
Indy 4 release dates are
incorrect
Monday, November
17, 2003
The Internet Movie Database
updated its Release dates for Indiana Jones 4 page on
which we could read that the fourth Indiana Jones film's release dates
are:
- USA - 1 July 2005
- Germany - 7 July 2005
- France - 20 July 2005
I contacted Lucasfilm
and asked if this information is correct. Lucasfilm soon
answered that this information is purely speculation.
It's too soon to already
know a definite release date.
Marshall talks
about the style & tone of Indy 4
Monday, November
17, 2003
UGO
editor Daniel Robert Epstein got to talk to Indiana Jones producer
Frank Marshall while he was in Moscow producing the sequel to The
Bourne Identity. The interview is great but the most interesting
part is of course the one where Marshall talks about Indiana Jones 4:
"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."
You can read the full
interview at UGO's Indiana Jones Hub.
Source: ComingSoon.net
Indiana
Jones 4 location scouting in Hawaii
Monday, December
8, 2003
JP4HQ has send Coming
Soon! a message mentioning Indy 4 location scouting
information:
"I
just
recently
took a trip to Kauai, Hawaii, and took Bob's Hawaii Movie
Tours' 4X4 tour. I asked the tour guide which upcoming films were
slated for shooting on the island, and he said, I quote: Jurassic
Park 4 is shooting here next summer, at the same time as Indiana
Jones
4. Indy 4 is scheduled to shoot for 8 weeks, but the time for
JP4 hasn't been specified yet." I asked about the director for JP4:
"Kathleen Kennedy is directing.""
Coming
Soon! contacted Hawaii Movie Tours asking about this Indiana
Jones
4 rumor. The company said that they heard that the Indy 4
producers were scouting in Hawaii two to three weeks ago, but that
doesn't mean they will be shooting for sure, of course.
Thanks to Coming
Soon! & JP4HQ
for the news.
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