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Indiana Jones IV
The hat's back...
Eighteen years since Dr Jones’ quest for the Holy Grail in The Last Crusade, the next Indy has become something of a Grail itself: fragile, precious, a hope we barely dared believe in. And yet, finally, on 18 June Steven Spielberg gathered the cast and crew together in Deming, New Mexico, to raise a glass of champers and celebrate day one of shooting Indiana Jones IV.
“I just want to say break a leg, have a good shoot, do your best work and here’s looking at you kids.” The world’s most athletic archaeologist is cracking the whip once again. Though The Beard is doing his best to keep plot details secret, info is leaking out – about a South American setting, US UFO hotspot Area 51 and the quest for a crystal skull.
Having clicked with Frank Darabont’s script only to see George Lucas dismiss it (“A real kick to the nuts,” says Darabont) Spielberg has spent months polishing a new draft by War Of The Worlds writer David Koepp, with key Raiders character Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) set to return and Shia LaBeouf playing a James Dean-styled rebel who – spoiler alert! – turns out to be Indy’s son. The working title is Indiana Jones And The City Of The Lost Gods and its ’50s setting means Indy’s traditional Nazi foe has been replaced by the red peril of the Soviet Union. After years of shilly-shallying, Spielberg is so confident Jones has still got it, LaBeouf has been contracted for two more movies. So, is the Transformers star up to it? “I’ll do my best…”
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JUNE 2008
We've wiped the dust off our Fedoras, kicked the snakes from our feet and pulled on our leather jackets this month, to bring you another whip-cracking issue of Total Film. And if you can't guess who this issue's star is from our opening gambit, then we recommend you pick up a copy of the Indiana Jones trilogy on DVD as soon as you can, so you can be as prepared as possible for this summer's biggest blockbuster. But first, buy our June Issue, on sale 17 April, because we have everything you need to know about Indiana Jones and his latest adventure - featuring interviews with everyone who's had even the slightest contact with a Crystal Skull.
We're also giving away an exclusive FREE DVD - featuring over TWO HOURS of summer previews, including an onset look at Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull, Daniel Craig introducing us to Flashbacks Of A Fool and Guillermo del Toro talking Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Add to that to the looks at The Dark Knight, Wall-E, Prince Caspian and much, much more, and you can see why we've labelled it the Ultimate Summer Preview DVD.
News: Indiana Jones And Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull reviews online
So, how does Indy rate?
09 May 2008 11:39am
A few Indy reviews have gone live over at Ain't It Cool News, but be warned, they're full of spoilers and the occasional fanboy rant. If you don't want to have your fun ruined - and believe us, there really are some major plot points revealed in these reviews - we can sum 'em up for you. One bad, one average and one that says it's the third best of the series. Still, we remain optimistic. It's Indy. The minute we hear that fanfare, we reckon we'll be pretty much sold.