The actor told the BBC that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will open Cannes, but the official schedule won’t be out until later in the month. The BBC also says that Hurt will be playing Abner Ravenwood, Indy’s mentor and Marion’s father, but I don’t believe that has been confirmed (James?) by any official sources.
Mr. Jones and me staring at the video…
Professor Jones, actually.
Spielberg and Ford grow close on the set of Indy IV? So sayeth Digital Spy! Well, sometimes it takes a long time to become friends with a co-worker.
MBC will be airing the original three Indiana Jones films in May, as a lead-up to the release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Yup. MBC – check your local Middle Eastern satellite service provider for showtimes.
IndianaJonesShop.com has some new art for sale, in a variety of styles – art-deco, toon, etc. Check it out at the online shop, opened this week! and look.. the Indiana Jones Handbook ships tomorrow!
The StarWars.com tour of Volume 3 of the DVD set for The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (release date 4/29/08) brings Indy back to the States:
- Disc 4 – Winds of Change – Indy translates at the Versailles Peace Conference and witnesses the creation of a new world order, that might just collapse into global warfare in the future. Then he returns home to Princeton, and deals with his dad – and ends up separated.
- Disc 5 – Companion Documentaries for Winds of Change covers The Treaty of Versailles, Woodrow Wilson, Gertrude Bell, Ho Chi Minh, Paul Robeson, and Robert Goddard
- Disc 6 – The Mystery of the Blues – In 1920, Indy learns how to play jazz under Sidney Bechet while working at Jim Colosimo’s restaurant and witnesses speakeasies and racial segregation in Chicago. When his boss is murdered, Indy teams up with his roommate Eliot Ness and Ernie Hemingway to solve the case – was it Al Capone? Will Indy be left singing the blues? Harrison Ford provides the bookend material in this episode.
Want to win a copy of Volume 3? There’s a contest at dailygame.net – and you can enter it once per day!
News from around the Indyworld…
Dispatches from around the world of Indiana Jones:
Initial scriptwriter Frank Darabont tells the MTV blog that he’ll work with Spielberg again, but not Lucas, after his not-to-be-credited experience with Indy IV.
In the UK, Titan Books will be releasing the official Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull graphic novel on May 23.
Xboxic reports that the LEGO Indiana Jones video game will be released on June 3 in the US, and June 6 in Europe. Meanwhile Game Informer gets some questions answered about LEGO Indy – How will LEGO Willie Scott break glass, and why must LEGO Marcus get beat up?
And the adventures of baby Indiana Jones? Some Jones’ up in Alaska decided to name the dog their baby son Indiana.
and remember:
It’s a world of bullwhips, a world of snakes,
a world of idols, and German tanks.
There’s so much Indy finds,
That it’s time to rewind,
and watch an Indy world after all.
Interview: Steve Sansweet caught on tape
Home Media magazine has a quick video Q&A with Lucasfilm fan relations guru Steve Sansweet from the Wizard World Los Angeles convention earlier in the month. Steve talks about the Star Wars box set, Indy IV and Blu-Ray. (via)
First Indy IV commercial
Head over to IndianaJones.com to watch the first TV commercial for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Think now that they’re getting the merchandising out of the way, we could maybe get some permalinks?
Lately on StarWars.com…
The very latest in the constant parade of extremely puzzling merchandise is Stormtrooper and Vader golf gear. From Japan, naturally. Gotta give them credit for not just slapping a silkscreen on a generic bag, at least in the case of the Stormtrooper.
Indy in print, & in widget!
The Star Wars Blog takes a look at some of the upcoming Indiana Jones publications (reference books, making of, young reader) that are coming out as part of the IJ and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull blitz. No real big title announcements, but a little bit more detail.
IESB.net reports that Paramount released an Indiana Jones widget for a variety of social networking and blogging sites. Or just check out the widget here.
The Courier Mail (of Australia) ponders the issue of action heroes battling age.
George Lucas: Indy IV is “just a movie”
Oh George. Love them or hate them, everyone remembers the reaction to the prequels. In other words: We know!
In less angsty news, on May 18th the Sci-Fi Channel will be airing the three Indiana Jones movies, along with a Mystery of the Crystal Skulls investigative special.
Indy IV – Ian McDiarmid in the cast?
According to Dark Horizons.net, Ian “Unlimited Power” McDiarmid may be crossing over from the dark side to the Indy side, with a role in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – reprising his role from the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. Wait.. if he was middle aged in 1916, he’s gotta be quite old by 1957, unless there’s a flashback. and there’s some news on John Hurt’s role as well.
Another Indy IV trailer soon?
Hollywood Reporter reported yesterday that Paramount was planning to premiere a new widget to spread the trailer this week… But they’re not giving any timeline for a second Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull trailer. Teases.