At a screening of the 20th Anniversary Edition of E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial, producer Frank Marshall spoke with fans a bit about the future of Indiana Jones.

Here's a part of the E.T. Special Edition review at DreamWorks SKG Fansite:

Without a doubt, one of the high points of the experience was talking to Marshall about the future of Indiana Jones. We simply that mentioned that Raiders had been the movie that started our lifelong obsession with film, and he seemed thrilled by the prospect of talking about it. "We're thinking about doing this with Indy" he said, "bringing it back out and spiffing up the effects." Before seeing the new E.T., we would have had mixed feelings about seeing Raiders touched in any way. Now the prospect is mouthwatering. Marshall also confirmed what everybody wants to hear, that they are starting to get serious about Indy IV. "Harrison told me we need to do this before I m in a wheelchair", he joked. (Okay, from you re perspective, this is old news, but to get it straight from Marshall himself was pretty darn cool).

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Thomas Wagner & Stefan Zwanzger are planning to make a third Udoiana Raunes adventure game with high resolution graphics containing cartoon-characters like Spielberg, Lucas and Ford themselves and more. It will again be a free game like the old ones, but totally perfect!

But there's one problem. The making of Udoiana Raunes III will cost a lot and Wagner & Zwanzger are therefor looking for a sponsor. They offer one single sponsor the opportunity of a high quality product placement in the game. The sponsor should be Indiana Jones-, Star Wars- or adventure- related. Raunes will mention the "product" more than four times during the game and Zwanzger will make the website/product a fitting part of the story!

Are you interested in sponsoring them and giving the development a "GO" or do you want more info on this project? Then contact Stefan Zwanzger or visit the Udoiana Raunes website.

It might be interesting to mention that the second Udoiana Raunes game has been played at least more than 100.000 times worldwide!

The USA strip called Ziggy had a hilarious Indiana Jones parody on uComics.com yesterday. Check it out by clicking here.

Thanks to Aaron for letting us know.

Hotdog magazine recently interviewed Pat Roach for their Raiders of the Lost Ark special (see Tuesday, February 12). Many people may not know this but Pat Roach has also appeared in all three Indiana Jones films. He played a Sherpa in the Raven bar fight plus the German Mechanic in Raiders. And also played the giant Thuggee guard in Temple of Doom and a giant Gestapo in Last Crusade. Hotdog asked Pat Roach two questions related to Indiana Jones 4.

Would you do a fourth Installment?
"I've heard that so many times as a certainty, and it's fallen through every time I've just written a book and we got in touch with Harrison and even he said it was going to happen."
So would you be up for another fight with him (Indiana Jones)?
"Well, yeah, of course... providing I get to kill him and get the girl."

The March 2002 edition of Hotdog contains more cool interviews with Harrison Ford, Wolf Kahler (Dietrich), Karen Allen (Marion), John Rhys-Davies (Sallah), storyboard artist David J Negron, and casting director Mike Fenton. The magazine also contains Raiders of the Lost Ark toys, art, spoofs and more.

ABC will be airing Raiders of the Lost Ark this Sunday, February 17, at 7 PM EST. Followed by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom on Monday, February 18, at 8:30 PM EST.

It is still unknown if ABC is also planning to air Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Hit the link above for more info.

Steven Spielberg's latest film Catch Me If You Can began it's production yesterday in an unspecified city. Scheduled for November 27th, 2002 release (subject to change), the film will be shot in New York, Los Angeles and Canada. Read the full press release here.

Spielberg's last film Artificial Intelligence will soon come out on DVD. You can now read a detailed review of this extraordinary DVD at my DreamWorks SKG Fansite.

The March 2002 edition of Hotdog magazine has a 14 page Indiana Jones Special. The Indy Special focuses on Raiders of the Lost Ark and contains interviews with all the actors and casting agent Mike Fenton (though not Spielberg or George Lucas). The Special also takes a look at the StoryBoards, the mythology, the merchandise and more fun stuff. The Hotdog March 2002 issue is out in England (and the rest of the world) right now.

Thanks to westford for reminding us.

We will soon have an new fan-made film based on the Indiana Jones movies online. The film is named Indiana Jed and the Search for the Infinite Power and made by high school students back in 1992.

Indiana Jed is a critically acclaimed action-adventure filled with wild stunts and numerous special effects. Judges at the 1992 New York Trinity Film Festival called Indiana Jed the most exciting home movie ever made. This film was produced, directed, shot, edited, and acted entirely by high school students.

The film will come online at the Linn Productions website soon. There are already pictures plus a good trailer available on that website. Go check it out!!