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Crystal Skulls in the news…

With Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull coming out in less than ten days, crystal skulls are popping up across the newscape:

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Karen Allen on Return of the Ravenwood; Reviews of Indy IV…

IMAGE: Karen AllenKaren Allen talks up her role as cult icon to iF Magazine and and about her role as Marion Ravenwood in Raiders of the Lost Ark & Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: “How can you go wrong when you meet a woman in a bar in Nepal and she’s drinking men under the table, yelling at large men in Nepalese and ordering them out of the bar, and when she first sets eyes on Indiana Jones, she socks him in the jaw?”

Reviews of IJ&KotCS have started to appear online:

  • USA Today sums up the online reviews
  • AHN talks about some of these ‘leaks’
  • Review #1 on Aintitcoolnews.com (may contain spoilers)
  • Review #2 on Aintitcoolnews.com (may contain spoilers)
  • Review #3 on Aintitcoolnews.com (may contain spoilers)

The LA Times looks at the re-release of the first three Indiana Jones DVDs, as a retrospect on Spielberg’s filmmaking.

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Tons of new Indy IV TV trailers; Indy kicks it old school…

/Film shows off the four new Indiana Jones television ads and reports on how Spielberg has sought to keep the action scenes for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in a more old-fashioned style, without lots of quick-paced cuts (a la Bourne). Only a day before, /Film highlighted two new Indy TV ads, and discusses “creative differences” between Harrison Ford and George Lucas.

Meanwhile, CNN reports on the buzz from nearly everyone about Indiana Jones IV – the stars and some random imdb commenters. Canada.com compares the Indy films to being a cross between Zorro and Scrooge McDuck – ah nostalgia!

Harrison Ford and Bruce Willis tie for being Greatest Ever Action Heroes.

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Indy racing in Indy?

IMAGE: #26 Team Indiana Jones

Indianapolis 500 meet Indiana Jones IV – OfficialStarWarsBlog gives us the dirt on the Indiana Jones themed Indy race car that will be seen in the Indianapolis 500 on Memorial Day. Brought to you by Andretti Green Racing, Blockbuster and Lucasfilm, the #26 Team Indiana Jones car will be driven by Marco Andretti. Before appearing in Indianapolis, the car will be going on a ten city tour of the US – details on the tour are supposed to be on blockbuster.com. An Indy car is definitely a step up over that mine car under Pankot palace!

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The fandom more-than-a-minute: Catch-up edition

IMAGE: Custom SW Vans from slipoffs.comSpotted by Slashfilm, these custom-painted Van Slip-Offs by artist Shauna Luedtke.

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Second Indy trailer on Iron Man, Indy’s role examined, and more

Like no one saw this coming: the second trailer for Indiana Jones and the Crystal King of Skulldom will be coming out on Paramount’s Iron Man on May 1 (which is being pushed forward 4 hours – from a midnight show to 8 pm showings). And the most important news about the Indy IV trailer: It’s 1 minute and 49 seconds. Apparently, they plan to stretch the whole movie out to 2 hours, 20 minutes.

NPR talks to real archaeologists about the most famous fictional archaeologist/treasure hunter. The Arizona Republic looks at Indiana Jones and the need for nostalgia.

Want to see Indiana Jones and the King Skull of Crystaldom before opening day (and can’t afford to go to Cannes)? There’s going to be a charity screening on May 18 in Oklahoma City.

and what’s the latest at StarWars.com about Indiana Jones?

  • A quick look at the official commemorative Indiana Jones magazine, available on StarWarsShop.
  • The tour of the Young Indiana Jones DVD sets covers the last chapter (but not the last disc. Disc 9 – Hollywood Follies – After working on Broadway, Indy heads out west to Hollywood and works with John Ford, Irving Thalberg and Erich von Stroheim and gets some tips on stunts from Wyatt Earp. Companion documentaries cover von Stroheim, Ford, Thalberg, and the Hollywood moguls.