Lucasfilm Producer Rick McCallum talked with Video Business Magazine about the Young Indy DVD's. McCallum has mentioned that The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles is on a steady track to DVD:

"We are so committed to those... what we're going to try to do is produce historical documentaries about each of the historical characters. It's a way of giving it to a school and saying, 'Look, we know how hard it is to teach children. Try and use this as a tool. Let them see something that is fun for them and easy for them to watch.' It will probably take three or four years to get it done. We're hiring some really great documentary filmmakers."

Thanks to Chuck Halverson for letting us know.

DVDFILE.COM reported that we may be looking forward to not only the Indy trilogy on DVD but also an extensive set episodes from The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (aka The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles) that Lucasfilm is planning to bring to DVD with extensive making-of material and more.

In a recent Video Business article Star Wars producer Rick McCallum talked about Lucas' DVD plans for the acclaimed series, which will be a multi-year project involving "leading industry producers" and extensive historical and other behind-the-scenes documentaries. Full specs and any possible release date information are likely a long way off.

Thanks to Steven and IwantINDYonDVD from The Raven Bar for letting us know.

I recently contacted Bantam/Ballantine/Dell/Random House's with a burning question for many of us: "Will there be any future Indiana Jones novels?" Here's the answer from the Publisher that holds the rights to Indiana Jones:

"We are indeed aware of the new film, but unfortunately, we are not involved with its novelization, nor are we any longer interested in new books for the Indiana Jones series." Richard SanFilippo; Bantam Dell Editor.

Looks like the game is up for the moment. We can only hope that as the new film approaches, they'll change their tune. Perhaps an adventure in words can still be created.