-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dateline: Tuesday, September 10, 2002
By: CHRISTOPHER ALLAN SMITH By: News Editor Source: Cinema Confidential
A few months back, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas announced YOUNG INDIANA JONES and SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION writer Frank Darabont would be penning the fourth INDIANA JONES film, and that it would be released in the summer of 2005.
Since then, Harrison Ford has vacillated between comments of the "yes-it-is-coming-and-I’m-excited-to-do-it," to, "well-maybe-if-we-like-the-script-we’ll-do-it" variety. Now it seems it is coming.
While promoting K-19 THE WIDOWMAKER, Ford reportedly confirmed, “Steven Spielberg and myself have reserved time in 2004 to begin shooting.” This comes after a decade of supposed development, and more than two fully-written-and-now-discarded-scripts for the film.
We’ll see what he has to say next week and get back to you.
Is Molaram the large europe/middle eastern guy who always calls Indiana Jones "Indy"(the guy who plays Gimlee the dwarf in LotR)? Or is that Sallah? And I'm guessing the other guy is the oblivious wealthy museum owner who also played the butler in Trading Places?
....by that kid, do you mean that asian kid from Temple of Doom and Goonies?
quote:Indiana Jones IV: Harrison Ford further confirmed details during a half-hour interview on BBC1's "Film 2002" the other day and 'whit' has a description: "As Harrison Ford lays it out, the basic ideas have been agreed upon and both he and Steven Spielberg have formally made space in their production schedules for 2004. They are currently waiting on an outline script, which he said is being worked on by George Lucas and Frank Darabont. For those people worried about how the then-sixty year old Harrison will hold up as an action hero, he did say that this was one of the first issues they discussed and the script and film-making will take that into account. However, he did say that he very definitely wanted to be the one looking in the camera during every action scenes, so that the audience would still feel their connection to the character".
Indiana Jones IV : Steven Spielberg confirmed to Zap2It that the script by Frank Darabont is now complete and has been approved by the studio, he will definitely direct with production to begin in 2004.
quote: Steven Spielberg, who will direct a fourth installment of the Indiana Jones franchise, confirmed for SCI FI Wire that the movie will have a supernatural element and that it will take place in the 1950s. "You have to understand that [star] Harrison [Ford] 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 said in an interview.
Spielberg also revealed that it was Ford himself who got the ball rolling on development of the sequel. Spielberg said that neither he nor producer George Lucas would otherwise have thought of making another Indy adventure. "Harrison's the one who got George and [me] to do it," the director said. "I was done with the Indiana Jones series, and Harrison got very proactive with both George and [me] and said, 'I want to play Indy one more time.' So he started this. Blame him."
Writer/director Frank Darabont (The Green Mile) is still writing the Indy script, but preproduction is on schedule for Spielberg to begin directing in 2004, with an eye to a July 2005 release, Spielberg said. "We have a story," he said. "The story's wonderful, but Frank's writing the script right now. Frank and I and George spent weeks together pounding out the story. The story's all pounded out. Now Frank just has to labor through it."
quote: Frank Darabont, screenwriter of the upcoming fourth Indiana Jones movie, 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.
Indiana Jones can hang up his hat and put the whip back in storage because it doesn't look like he's making a return to the big screen any time soon.
The Indiana Jones triumvirate of Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas all have other commitments on their rosters that rank above the long anticipated Indy 4.
While the fourth installment in the franchise was initially targeted for release by Paramount on July 4, 2005, the script was sent back for a rewrite after Lucas decided he was displeased with the material. Production is now slated to begin in 2005, with a release date in 2006.
All three men are keeping themselves busy in the interim.
Ford has signed on to star in The Wrong Element, an action film in which the graying actor will play the earnest hero-type he's well known for--a security guard whose family is kidnapped.
As the story unfolds, the kidnappers order Ford's rent-a-cop to steal $37 million from the bank where he works in exchange for the return of his brood. Meanwhile, the conniving kidnappers set things up to make the hapless security guard appear guilty of embezzlement. Many furrowed brows of concentration and impassioned claims of innocence la Fugitive are sure to ensue.
Spielberg's Indy interval oeuvre is a feature film focusing on the aftermath of the 1972 Munich Olympics, during which 11 Israeli athletes were killed by Palestinian extremists. Schindler's List star, Ben Kingsley (news) is attached to a lead role.
The film's title remains a secret, but Spielberg and his production crew have reportedly already traveled to Europe to begin locking down locations. The new film would be Spielberg's first European shoot since Saving Private Ryan.
After the Munich film, Spielberg directs the DreamWorks drama, The Rivals, about the legendary rivalry between 19th-century stage divas Sarah Bernhardt (news) and Eleonora Duse. He'll then team up with Tom Cruise (news) in the Paramount/DreamWorks venture, The War of the Worlds, an adaptation of the classic H.G. Wells alien invasion tale.
Spielberg's most recent film, Terminal, starring Tom Hanks, opens in June.
Lucas, meanwhile, has been keeping himself occupied with another pet project--Star Wars: Episode III, which is slated for release in May 2005.
The Indiana Jones postponement may actually be a boon for Lucas, as its original projected release date came just a scant five weeks after the final Star Wars installation is due to hit screens--meaning that the two films could have wound up competing for box-office dollars.
Though the title of the latest Indy flick has yet to be unveiled, one thing's for certain: Ford's not getting any younger. Unless they're planning to call it Indiana Jones and the Quest for Trifocals, they better get a move on.
George Lucas said Friday that filming of the long-awaited "Indiana Jones" movie will begin next year. Harrison Ford, who appeared in the three earlier flicks, the last one coming in 1989, is set to star again. Lucas said he and Steven Spielberg recently finalized the script for the film.
The fourth chapter of the "Indiana Jones" saga, which will hit theaters in May 2008, has been in development for over a decade with several screenwriters taking a crack at the script, but it only recently gained momentum.
At the inaugural Rome Film Festival in October, the 64-year-old Ford said he was excited to team up with Lucas and Spielberg again for the fourth "Indiana Jones" installment.
Ford said he was "fit to continue" to play the title role despite his age.
Harrison Ford had to whip the Indiana Jones 4 moviemakers into shape after hearing they were not going to let him use a real whip.
Upon hearing that the weapon was going to be computer generated due to new film safety rules, the 64-year-old threatened to quit.
"The idea was to take away the risk element the whip carries," a source said. "Safety laws have changed since the last film and moviemakers have to be much more careful. Now they use computer graphics for any dangerous stuff."
Harrison Ford had to whip the Indiana Jones 4 moviemakers into shape after hearing they were not going to let him use a real whip.
Upon hearing that the weapon was going to be computer generated due to new film safety rules, the 64-year-old threatened to quit.
"The idea was to take away the risk element the whip carries," a source said. "Safety laws have changed since the last film and moviemakers have to be much more careful. Now they use computer graphics for any dangerous stuff."
i think it's great Ford, at his age, is willing to take the risk for the quality of the film. I'm sure there is some release he can sign.
The long-awaited Indiana Jones adventure will mark a reunion of the original duo, with Karen Allen reprising her role as the feisty, hard-drinking Marion Ravenwood. Allen starred opposite Harrison Ford in 1981's Raiders of the Lost Ark, the first film in the series. She is now preparing to take a supporting role in the new production, which is currently shooting in Hawaii.
Man, I wasn't the least bit excited about this movie until now, but this has me psyched
