2005
Indy 4
script finished in about a month?!
Friday,
February 11, 2005
During an interview with
Kathleen Kennedy, producer of War of the Worlds and many more
Spielberg films, she told Freeze Dried Movies that writer Jeff Nathanson is
still working on the new Indiana Jones 4 script, which could be
finished next month!
FDM:
How about [the status on]
Indiana Jones 4?
Kennedy: "We're going to see a script in about a month."
FDM:
Who's the screenwriter?
Kennedy: "Jeff Nathanson"
FDM:
Will Sean Connery be back?
Kennedy: "Until I read the script I won't really know."
And as you can read, it's
still unclear if Sean Connery will be back to play Indy's father.
Click here to read the original news message.
Indy 4
made in a year and a half from now?
Friday,
February 11, 2005
During a great interview
with Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise about their War of the Worlds
Spielberg had a brief comment on Indiana Jones 4 for Dark
Horizons. He hopes to make Indy 4 in a year and a half from now,
maybe less.
Spielberg:
"... 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,..."
Steven Spielberg has just
expressed his "hopes" on Indy 4. Nothing is still set in stone.
It can happen in a year and a half from now, but it can very well
sooner.
Click
here to read the full on-set interview with Spielberg & Cruise.
Connery still
hopes to play Indy's father again
Saturday,
February 12, 2005
Contactmusic.com posted a short article on Sir
Sean Connery who missed out on a staggering $17.5 million payday
because he walked away from the leading role in upcoming movie Josiah's
Canon.
This article contains a quote from Connery, expressing his hopes to
reprise the role as Indy's father one more time in the upcoming Indiana
Jones
4.
But Connery is ready to
return if the right project comes along - and he is desperate to
reprise his role as Indiana Jones' father if a fourth installment of
George Lucas' action adventures ever reaches the silver screen.
The actor's publicist,
Nancy Seltzer, says, "He's not interested in just
doing anything, to work for the sake of working... He's taken some time
off to write his memoirs but he hasn't retired."
"When
I
asked
him if he'd play Indiana Jones' father again in another sequel,
he said, 'Of course I would. Don't be
ridiculous.'"
Click here to read the full article.
Thanks to Michael
and MI6.co.uk for letting
me know.
Spielberg's
Munich Olympics film for this summer?
Wednesday,
February 16, 2005
The chance that Indiana
Jones
4 will get into production this year is getting very slim. The Hollywood Reporter wrote today that Spielberg
will start shooting his film about the 1972 Munich Olympics this summer
for a planned release on December 23.
The untitled project
had been set to go before the cameras last year. Preproduction had
begun in Europe and casting was under way when Spielberg decided to
have Angels in America playwright Tony Kushner do a rewrite on
the project, on which writers Eric Roth and Charles Randolph also had
worked.
With the project
postponed, Spielberg moved quickly to begin filming his adaptation of
H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds which Paramount will
release June 29.
Spielberg now plans to
begin filming the Munich project in the summer.
Head over to The Hollywood Reporter to read the original news
message.
Thanks to Maxime and ComingSoon.net
for the news.
Writer David
Koepp to blame for Indy 4 delays?
Friday,
February 25, 2005
An article by MTV.com gives the impression that screenplay
writer David Koepp is to blame for the long delay of Indiana Jones 4.
Here's
what
they posted:
Ever since Last
Crusade thrilled us in 1989, we've been wondering which bad guy
would try to take down Indiana Jones next. Now, we may finally have the
name of our villain: veteran screenwriter David Koepp. "This wouldn't have happened so fast if it had not been
for David Koepp," said Steven Spielberg about War of the
Worlds, the Koepp-penned script whose production took Spielberg's
attention away from a fourth Indiana Jones adventure. "We go through the whole development process all the
time, making movies, and sometimes you're really intent to make a
picture, like I was with Indy 4. [But] my producer didn't like
the script as much as I did. My intention was to make Indy 4 a
year and a half ago, but it didn't work out. Now I'm hoping to make it
a year and a half from now."
Of course David Koepp
can't be blamed for the delays of Indy 4. The fact is that
George Lucas wasn't as happy with Darabont's Indy 4 script as
Spielberg was. So the script needed some extra time in the hands of a
different writer, named Jeff Nathanson.
David Koepp just had the luck to have the War of the Worlds
script finished at the right moment.
Head over to MTV.com for the original article.
Indy 4 script
could
be
ready next month
Friday, March
18, 2005
In a lengthy article about digital 3D cinema, George Lucas
mentioned that Indiana Jones 4 won't be 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 III -- Revenge of the
Sith in 3-D. "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 3-D, he said
it would be hard enough to persuade Steven Spielberg to shoot on
digital video. He said the latest version of the script is due back to
him in a month or so.
You can read the full
article containing this "hope giving" news at Variety.com.
McCallum gives
Indy 4 production status update
Friday, April 22,
2005
Star Wars & The
Adventures
of
Young Indiana Jones producer Rick McCallum had his
Spectacular presentation today at Celebration III. McCallum
also gave some information on the current status of Indiana Jones 4:
- Lucas got a script for
Indiana Jones 4 last week.
(approved?)
- Spielberg plans to
make Indy 4 after his next film.
- Any recasting of
Harrison Ford due to any more delays is definitely out of the question.
About Rick McCallum
saying that Spielberg plans to make Indy 4 the film he does
after his next one, War of the Worlds is his current film! The
next film on Spielberg's schedule is the 1972 Olympics/Mossad Film
which should start production later this year. So according to
McCallum, we may expect to see Spielberg filming Indy 4 once
the Olympics project is in the can. Indy 4 could be for next
summer folks!!
Thanks to Christian P,
Philboski, TheForce.net & IESB
for the news.
Lucas says Indy
4 is definitely in the works
Sunday, April
24, 2005
StarWars.com has posted an official summary of
George Lucas' first convention appearance since 1987 at Celebration
III yesterday. The summary confirms what Rick McCallum said about Indy
4 two days ago! Here's an except of Lucas' appearance:
Regarding the grown up
Indiana Jones, people wanted to know when the man in the hat was coming
back. "As a matter of fact, I just received the
new script two days ago. I have yet to read it," he 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."
It's good to hear George
Lucas talking about Indiana Jones 4. And especially if he says
that he and Spielberg will have an Indy 4 meeting tomorrow.
Let's all cross our fingers and hope that they both like this latest
script draft and agree to start production on Indy 4 within a
year! So stay tuned as we're keeping an eye on this!
Go to StarWars.com to read the full summary.
Lucas
talks
about
Indy 4 story idea!
Friday, April
29, 2005
Hollywood.com recently had a chat with George
Lucas about Star Wars' future but also about the upcoming Indiana
Jones
4! Here follows the interesting Indy 4 part of the
interview with Lucas:
Hollywood:
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."
Hollywood:
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."
Hollywood:
Is there anything we can reveal
about it?
Lucas:
"It's...um...No."
Hollywood:
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 hell, which happens once in a while.
We'll see. When it comes out, it'll be different. Different, but the
same."
Hollywood:
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."
Hollywood:
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."
Hollywood:
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."
Hollywood:
Are you still planning on
bringing back some of the other characters from the previous films?
Lucas:
"Yeah."
Hollywood:
Can you say who?
Lucas:
"No."
[laughs]
Hollywood:
Mrs. Spielberg, perhaps?
Lucas:
"Well,
there are a lot of rumors out there. Some of them are true. True-ish."
This Young Indy idea
George Lucas mentions here above sounds intriguing to say the least!
And this interview is probably taken sometime last week as George Lucas
and Steven Spielberg already had this meeting earlier this week.
So expect more Indiana Jones 4 news soon, and you'll read all
about it here on TheRaider.net!
Click here to read the full interview with George
Lucas.
Indy 4
in the realm of the supernatural
Tuesday, May
3, 2005
This week's issue of TIME
Magazine contains a Q&A with George Lucas. In this interview
Lucas talks about how he works, his fear of failure and the sort of
movies he really wants to make.But of course he also talks about Episode
III and Indiana Jones 4! Apparently, Indy 4 will
again have some supernatural elements!
Lucas: "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 hell getting a script out of it. Steven is
committed to shooting it next year. I just got the latest script
yesterday."
This is a great quote
coming from George Lucas as he also mentioned that Steven Spielberg is
committed to start principal photography on Indiana Jones 4
next year!
Spielberg's War of the Worlds is currently in post production
and Steven will start shooting his next 1972 Olympics Vengeance
film in Hungary this June!
Head over to the TIME Magazine website to read part of this
interview. Or buy the latest issue in a store near you. This week's
issue is filled with Star Wars stuff!
Lucas briefly
mentions Indy 4 script again
Monday, May 9,
2005
The website Static Multimedia has an interview with George
Lucas online. During this interview they briefly asked Lucas about Indiana
Jones
4. Here's the answer they got from Lucas:
"Yep.
I
got
a script last week and I'm going to work with the writer next
week and you know, we have a ways to go on it."
Head over to Static Multimedia for the full interview.
Lucas
announced Indy 4 in front of 1.300 fans
Tuesday, May
17, 2005
To mark the UK premiere
of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, London's Leicester
Square has been holding a day-long celebration. The 1.300 Star
Wars fans who were attendant got the shock of their lives when
George Lucas was introduced to them.
Star Wars
producer Rick McCallum entered the cinema first to wild applause, which
got increasingly intense, as first actor Ian McDiarmid (Chancellor
Palpatine), Hayden Christensen (Annakin Skywalker) and Lucas himself
were paraded in front of the 1,300 fans.
"The reason we are all here. The Jedi master himself,"
said
McCallum,
introducing 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" he 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."
Well, here you have it.
An Indiana Jones 4 announcement directly from Lucas' own mouth,
in front of about 1.300 eyewitnesses!
Go to BBC NEWS to read the full celebration report. And
thanks to 'soapboxtop' at The
Raven for letting us know.
Lucas
finally
approves
Indiana Jones 4 script!
Sunday, May
29, 2005
Isn't it about time?
According to Variety, Lucas has finally approved Jeff Nathason
version of the Indiana Jones 4 script.
Nathanson's draft for Indiana
Jones
4 has apparently met with the approval of George Lucas and
Steven Spielberg. But before Paramount 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.
Now Harrison Ford has to
approve the script and once that is done, we could be finally getting
close to Indy 4 than ever before. Steven Spielberg is currently
working on post production of War of the Worlds and is schedule
to direct the Untitled Olympic Film due for December 2005.
Source: Coming Soon!
Has Harrison
spilled the working title of Indy 4?
Saturday, June 4,
2005
AICN.com
received a message from someone who was present at a fundraiser held by
the Democrats 2 days ago. Hillary Clinton and Harrison Ford were
present at this fundraiser. And according to a certain Xorn, Harrison
Ford revealed Indy 4's working title to him and some other
students present. Apparently it's Indiana Jones and the Opal of the
Mer-Man Prince. Here follows the original message:
I
went to a big hollywood fundraiser last night that helped to raise
money for the DNC. I am a member of the young democrats at my
university and was lucky enough to be selected to attend. There were
tons of celebs there one of which was the great Harrison Ford. Being a
HUGE Indiana Jones fan I could not pass up the chance to talk to Mr.
Ford. He is a great guy and took the time to talk to a loT of the
students that attended.
Now
for
the
big news. I asked him about the new Indiana Jones 4
script and he said that he was in the process of reading it. Then out
of no where he dropped the biggest bombshell I could possibly imagine.
The
working
title
of Indiana Jones 4 is.........
INDIANA
JONES
and
the OPAL OF THE MER-MAN PRINCE
If
you
use
this call me Xorn
Sounds like Harrison Ford
had a blast at this fundraiser and was screwing around with some
students. Or this Xorn guy made it up all by himself. Whatever you
think, better take this news with a grain of salt.
Fun fact: the title of
the upcoming 6th Harry Potter novel is Harry Potter and the
Half-Blood Prince.
Thanks to Bill, Rick and
Heiko for letting me know.
Spielberg
dispels Indy 4 working title rumor
Friday, June
10, 2005
Good news, the Indiana
Jones
and
the Opal of the Mer-Man Prince working title was indeed a
joke by Harrison Ford. It has been confirmed by Steven Spielberg. And
the people at IESB.net have it on video!
IESB.net
was present at AFI's tribute to George Lucas last night. They
spoke with Steven Spielberg after the show and got to ask if the
alleged Indy 4 title, Indiana Jones and the Opal of the
Mer-Man Prince, revealed by Harrison Ford was real.
"I'll
dispel
one
rumor... I think Harrison was so pulling your chain when he
said that. That is not the title. I read that and I cracked up",
says Spielberg. "That's Harrison, he's got a
great sense of humor and I love the fact that it got on the internet
and everyone thinks that's the title, but that's not the title."
When asked if Indy 4
was going to happen before or after his Abraham Lincoln project with
Liam Neeson, Spielberg said, "I'm not prepared to
tell you that."
Check out the video
interview with Steven Spielberg here.
Lucas now
focusing on Indy 4 for a 100%
Friday, June 10,
2005
George Lucas was selected
to receive the 33rd AFI Life Achievement Award, the highest
honor for a career in film. The award was presented at a gala tribute
on June 9th in Los Angeles.
As you might have read in
the previous news message, IESB.net
was also present at AFI's tribute to George Lucas last night.
They not only spoke with Steven Spielberg but also got the chance to
ask George Lucas about 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."
Thank you uncle George,
that's great & hope giving news. All eyes set on this fall!
Check out the video interview with George Lucas here.
And a big thanks to
Robert Sanchez from IESB.net
for both the great Spielberg & George Lucas interviews.
The 33rd AFI Life
Achievement Award tribute will be broadcast on USA Network
on Monday, June 20.
Ford told
Lucas to hurry up with Indy IV
Saturday,
June 11, 2005
You can read a full
report of the 33rd AFI Life Achievement Award tribute to George
Lucas online at
AICN.com.
Many of the original Star Wars trilogy actors appeared on
stage, including Harrison Ford with Chewbacca at his side. And Ford
later re-appeared for Indiana Jones with a good joke! Here's what the
report at AICN.com says about this:
Then Harrison is back
out again, this time for Indie Jones. He is funnier this time, and
points directly at Lucas and yells "and if he
wants to do a forth one, he'd better HURRY UP, because Sean Connery is
getting too old to play my father!" Fun moment, and you could
tell Lucas is laughing.
You can read the full
report on this cool AFI event here.
Calista
Flockhart has an eye on Indy
Monday, June
13, 2005
USA Today talked with Steven Spielberg and
Harrison Ford during the 33rd AFI Life Achievement Award
tribute to George Lucas. Spielberg said screenwriter Jeff Nathanson is
finishing a script for Indiana Jones 4 by the end of this summer
Spielberg said writer
Jeff Nathanson (Speed 2, Rush Hour 2 and 3) is readying a script for Indiana
Jones
4 by summer's end. Asked whether Flockhart would play Indy's
new leading lady, Ford said, "She would of course
make her own decision."
Flockhart said she's up
for a 2006 adventure. "Oh, yes," she said.
"If I could kick his (butt), absolutely!"
It was previously
reported that both Lucas and Spielberg had signed off on the script and
that Ford had not read it yet. Lucas recently summoned Nathanson to his
headquarters, where they went over the draft. The writer also got notes
from Spielberg before continuing on to finish the script.
And if Calista Flockhart will indeed be Indy's new leading lady? You
never know but this was not a confirmation.
Source: ComingSoon.net
Spielberg not
planning to share the plot of Indy 4
Monday,
June 13, 2005
There's no point trying,
Steven Spielberg will absolutely, positively not reveal the plot for Indiana
Jones
4 without the approval by George Lucas. Spielberg said he and
George Lucas are working on this film together.
"If
I
did
that, my really good friend and collaborator would have me on a
silver platter," Spielberg told AP Radio. "I gotta be careful because if I tell you that he might
take over directing Indy 4 himself. And I won't have a job."
Head over to MSN News for the full report.
Thanks to Brett for
letting me know!
An Indy 4
progress report by Kathleen Kennedy
Friday, July
8, 2005
Now Playing Magazine had an interview with
Kathleen Kennedy about Indiana Jones 4. And what she says about
the fourth Indy project sounds very promising!
The screenplay is being finished at the moment, and when they're all
happy with the result, Indy 4 will be more than likely to be
the next thing they do.
"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."
Kennedy acknowledges
that previous reports of Nathanson's script being "approved" by Indy
producer George Lucas and director Spielberg were true, but that
doesn't quite mean what it sounds like it does.
"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,"
she
says,
before responding to a question about whether or not star
Harrison Ford is too old for the part these days. "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."
So it'll take place in
the '50s then?
"Ahhhh,
yeah.
The
late '40s."
And who are the bad
guys going to be?
"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!'"
Steven Spielberg has
already begun filming his next project, a film about the aftermath of
the 1972 massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics. Click here for more info on that film.
So it is expected that Spielberg will finish production on this film
near the end of this year. And according to what Kathleen Kennedy just
said, if all goes right we may see Indy 4 go into production
just after that. Placing Spielberg's Abe Lincoln bio-picture on hold.
I can't confirm this yet
but I'll sure keep you up to date here at TheRaider.net!
Thanks to Heiko for the
news.
Ford ready to
do his own stunts in Indy 4
Tuesday,
July 26, 2005
Harrison Ford has said,
during an interview with UK's Saga Magazine, that he's determined to do his own
stunts for Indiana Jones 4. Here follows the interesting Indy
4 part of that interview:
Ford is
now back in action in Vancouver, Canada, with British actor Paul
Bettany in a thriller, The Wrong Element. There have also been
reports that he will next year attempt a fourth film as action-man
Indiana Jones, at the age of 64. "It is now a
probability," he confirms.
"George Lucas, the producer, works with a writer for a
time and then the director Steven Spielberg and I work together. We
have all agreed on a concept."
Has Ford's
vanity got the better of him? Is he really expecting to throw himself
into action scenes? It seems so. "I have picked
up plenty of bumps, bruises and cuts over the years," he says. "I have injured a shoulder and torn a hamstring - that
sort of thing. But I have got so used to taking a battering, on screen
as in life, that I feel anything is possible."
Click here to read the full interview.
Source: Coming Soon!
A Young
Indiana Jones film in the making?
Monday, August
1, 2005
Ain't
It
Cool
News received an interesting rumor today. First, here
follows the rumor/message they received:
I
work BLEEP at an international software company, and learned some news
that might be of interest to you. At a recent all-hands meeting, we
discussed what we're working on in the coming year. During the meeting,
we learned that we will develop for LucasArts a series of new
Young Indiana Jones learning games set from 1916-1919 that will be
released to coincide with a 2007 Young Indiana Jones movie.
We
were
told
that the information about the movie came straight from
George Lucas to one of our executives.
This
is
the
first I'd heard of this movie, so I thought I'd share.
This message/rumor does
not claim that there is a Young Indiana Jones film in the works. And I
doubt that there are such plans.
But it is likely that (if this rumor turns out to be correct!) this
series of new Young Indy learning games is meant to coincide with the
release of the full Adventures of Young Indiana Jones tv-series
on DVD, and becoming part of the pre-Indiana Jones 4 promo
campaign.
I hope to find some
proof of this as soon as possible. So stay tuned!
Click
here to read the original rumor report.
Latest Indy
4 status update: very unreliable!
Wednesday,
August 3, 2005
According to some other
film news sites, the latest Indy 4 status update is the
following:
Steven Spielberg has
agreed in principal to Nathanson's Indy 4 script and is leaving
his schedule open for Indy 4 after Munich is released.
George Lucas and Jeff Nathanson are currently tweaking the Indy 4
screenplay. The tweaked draft for Indy 4 should be finished by
the fall to be submitted for green light. Harrison Ford has agreed on
the script as well.
According to the website
that originally published this update, their source is very reliable
for it is someone who is a very close friend of Steven Spielberg, and
who works very close with him.
Well, when a source claims to be a very close friend of Spielberg you
may be certain that everything this source says is totally unreliable,
even false!
That Spielberg and Ford
were pleased with Jeff Nathanson's Indiana Jones 4 script is
something we already know from previous news reports. We also know that
George Lucas and Nathanson are currently still tweaking the screenplay.
And that Spielberg would be trying to leave his schedule open for Indy
4 after his current film Munich is released comes as no
surprise either.
Just read last month's Indy 4 progress report by Kathleen
Kennedy if you need more.
This same website also
announced that a source within Paramount Pictures told them
that the current release date for Indiana Jones 4 is February
2nd, 2007. Even this bit of news is unreliable. And if it is the date Paramount
is aiming for, then you may be certain that it will change.
Only believe the
information that comes directly from George Lucas, Steven Spielberg,
Harrison Ford, Lucasfilm or some other people who are certain to
be part of the Indiana Jones 4 production team, such as
Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall.
Kate Capshaw
talks about women in Indy 4
Thursday, August
18, 2005
Ain't
It
Cool
News has received a nice interview excerpt coming from People
Magazine. People recently talked to Kate Capshaw about her
career, family, her husband Steven Spielberg and the fourth Indiana
Jones film. Let me first show you the except AICN
received:
People:
Is Steven doing another Indiana Jones?
Kate:
"Yes, sometime next year. I believe Willie
Scott's going to be making an appearance too."
People:
What will that entail?
Kate:
"I can't say. Not because Steven's sworn me to
secrecy, but because I really don't know yet. All I know is Willie
might be coming back, Karen Allen, and possibly Calista [Flockhart]. I
think Harrison's going to be outweighed by the women in the next one."
The news that Lucas,
Spielberg and Ford are working on a fourth Indiana Jones film has been
around for over 10 years now. But the signs this year have so far been
very optimistic. They have a script that is as good as finished and
liked by everybody involved. And there's evidence that both production
companies, Lucasfilm Ltd. & Paramount Pictures, are
also working on the highly anticipated film. Everything points to Indiana
Jones
4 going into production next year.
The only other project on Spielberg's slate right now is his Lincoln
biopic with Liam Neeson, which is also certainly going to happen! The
big question now is if Spielberg and company will decide to make
Abraham Lincoln first or give priority to Indiana Jones, as that's one
thing nobody knows for certain yet.
Here follows what Quint
from AICN has to say about the Indiana Jones 4
project:
... I know most are
skeptical of this project happening, but we know for sure that
Spielberg, Lucas and Ford are happy with the new screenplay from Jeff
Nathanson and the word is Spielberg is penciling Indy 4 in next
year, after he finishes his Lincoln picture with Liam Neeson. To add on
to that, I've gotten reports from people inside of Paramount who claim
to have seen some paperwork and other items with the INDY 4
title marked clearly on them, which would seem to indicate that the
film is gathering steam inside Paramount as well. Unless
something big shows its face to trip up the production, I'd say we're
going to be seeing our favorite leather jacket, whip and fedora again...
Head over to Ain't
It
Cool
News to read the full report by Quint.
Thanks to Brett Hopkins
and Richard Budd for showing me the AICN report.
Indy 4
casting call is a hoax!
Monday, August
22, 2005
Reports recently appeared
that all parties involved in the fourth Indiana Jones film were happy
with the final script and that final negotiations are currently
underway. To back up that claim casting call's have gone out to
multiple agencies. Here you can view one of these so called Indiana
Jones
4 casting calls.
HOLDING AUDITIONS FOR
Indiana Jones 4
Looking for male and females - very skinny with weathered looks
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO be
considered SEND YOUR HEADSHOT,RESUME AND SET UP AN AUDITION --- PLEASE
CONTACT 804.914.8700 for more info- ask for casting."
I contacted Lucasfilm
about this Indy 4 casting call and they confirmed my
suspicions. This is all a hoax!
Lucasfilm's
response: The rumor that there are casting
sessions underway for Indiana Jones 4 is a hoax. There are no
such sessions, and no production has started on the movie.
So calling the above
mentioned phone number will certainly not get you into the fourth
Indiana Jones film. Official Casting calls for Indiana Jones 4
will certainly not appear on public websites. I wouldn't even count on
an official casting call coming from Lucasfilm. But you never
know. If Lucasfilm indeed spreads an official casting call for Indy
4, we at TheRaider.net will certainly let you know.
Thanks to Nick Douglas
for the Casting Call link.
Fun Indy 4
comp over at Empire Online
Thursday,
September 1, 2005
The UK film magazine Empire
is also counting down the days for Indiana Jones 4 news. And
they want to know what you think the fourth Indy film should be.
Empireonline
is having a survey with questions like: Should the Nazis return as the
baddies? What antiquity should Indy be chasing? And should Harrison
still play Indy?
Your pitches should be no longer than 100 words and can be as serious
or funny as you wish. The best efforts will run in a future issue of Empire.
You
can
place your pitches here.
Good luck!
Thanks to Richard for the
link.
Lucasfilm
says Indy 4 cast member is a rumor
Tuesday, October
4, 2005
PR Leap, a
free press release distribution site, announced 2 days ago that a model
named Laura Dutta has officially landed a role in Indiana Jones 4.
Here's
the
original press release:
It is official! Model
Laura Dutta represented by ASH Models has landed a role in Indiana
Jones
4. The movie is the 4th sequel in the Indiana Jones franchise
and will cast Harrison Ford and Sean Connery. Indiana Jones 4
is to be directed by Steven Spielberg.
Though Miss Dutta has a
three month shooting schedule, her agents from ASH Models has
confirmed that she will fly to Paris during shooting to do Fashion Week.
What roll she will be playing is unknown.
Whatever the agents of
Laura Dutta claim, this news is NOT official! I have contacted Lucasfilm
about this and their response was "This is only a
rumor and there is no new news at the moment on the movie."
Thanks to Brett Hopkins
and Linus007 for the press release link.
Lucas &
Spielberg meet on Indy 4 next week
Friday, October 7,
2005
ComingSoon.net attended the Star Wars: Revenge
of the Sith DVD junket at Skywalker Ranch yesterday. At the
event, Star Wars producer Rick McCallum talked about both the
new 3-D animated Clone Wars series and the live-action series
in development. McCallum even took the time to give everybody an update
on Indiana Jones 4!
McCallum:
"[George 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."
You can read the full DVD
junket report at ComingSoon.net.
Empire
Magazine published article on Indy 4
Thursday, October
20, 2005
Remember that Indiana
Jones 4 survey Empire Online held last month? They asked for your
serious or funny pitches for the fourth film.
Well, the people behind Empire Magazine have selected the 3
best pitches and published them together with a 4 page article about
the fourth Indiana Jones film. This insightful article, written by
David Hughes, gives an overview of all the past rumors and present
state of Indiana Jones 4.
You can find the full 4
page article in Empire Magazine's November 2005 issue.
A big thanks to Brian for
the magazine scans.
Lucas confirms
Indy 4 once again!
Tuesday, October
25, 2005
The big year-end award
season kicked off yesterday night in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton
for the 2005 Hollywood Awards. One of the award receivers was
George Lucas and while he was on stage addressing the audience, he
assured that Indiana Jones 4 is indeed coming. Here's what ETonline.com
reported on this:
A humbled George Lucas'
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of
the Sith picked up the Hollywood Movie of the Year, an
accolade voted on by fans in an online poll. He also confirmed that
there will be a fourth 'Indiana Jones' movie -- and yes, Harrison Ford
will return to crack that whip: "It wouldn't be
Indiana Jones without Harrison Ford," he smiled.
Click here
to read the original article.
Thanks to Josh for the
small bit of good news.
Lucas also
wants to release Indy 4 in 3-D
Friday, November
11, 2005
Director Steven Spielberg
recently attended a Q & A session at the University of Southern
California film school, where he divulged a number of different
things about the Jurassic Park 4 and Indy 4 projects
that he is currently working on. Here's what Spielberg said about Indy:
Not much was said about
Indiana Jones 4 except that
Lucas and Nathanson are locked away writing the script, and that
Harrison Ford will be returning. He did casually mention that Lucas
wants to simultaneously release Indy 4 in 3-D.
Head over to the Development Hell website to read the full report.
Source: Coming Soon!
Lucas is
tweaking Nathanson's Indy 4 script
Tuesday, December
6, 2005
FOXNews.com reported that George Lucas went to New
York yesterday only to attend the blockbuster premiere of today's
hottest adventure film King Kong. Lucas just woke up one Monday
morning and said, "Let's go to New York for Peter Jackson and King
Kong." But that's not what this news message really is about.
Lucas mentioned to FOXNews yesterday that he is now devoting himself
full-time to writing and producing Indiana Jones 4:
Lucas told me that he's
got a script now from Jeff Nathanson, and he's tweaking it. That won't
go on forever, he assured me, and filming will occur before Harrison
Ford goes into a nursing home.
Head over to FOXNews.com for the full report.
Thanks to Shawn Banks and
Andrew P. for the link.
Indy 4
slated to start production mid 2006?!
Thursday,
December 8, 2005
Animated News mentioned that the new issue of Below
the
Line magazine features a list of all the films now in
production. Their list also includes a very interesting update on Indy
4, that is if the magazine is correct! The magazine's list includes
this:
Also confirmed is a
February start for the next Harry Potter, with director David Yates, Indiana
Jones
4 from "mid 2006", and James Cameron's as yet unrevealed
Project 880...
We have no evidence that
this info is correct. Which makes it best to consider this only a rumor.
UPDATE:
Lucasfilm just denied
this news. This is indeed only a rumor!
Thanks to Maxime F.,
Jonathan M. and Coming
Soon! for the news.
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