Empire magazine gets the scoop from producer Frank Marshall that a fifth Indy film is in the works, confirming earlier reports from Shia Labeouf that a Indiana Jones 5 script was starting up. Just no more aliens, ‘kay?
Well, something is up with Indy V
Shia LaBeouf lets the archeologist out of the fridge with the BBC: “Steven [Spielberg] just said he cracked the story on it before I left, and I think they’re gearing that up.”
Drive-by movie news: Wolverine, Star Trek, Kyle Newman and more
Wolverine rules the box office. Naked Hugh Jackman and friends brought in a whooping $160M worldwide this weekend. Also interesting? 47% of the U.S. audience was female. (Hey, look: It had issues, but it was better than X3. Plus, naked Jackman.) Looks like there may be a sequel in the offing after all.
Next week’s shiny. Wolvie faces his first real competition with the release of the new Star Trek on Friday. Anticipation is high, and the reviews are almost ridiculously positive – 100% on Rotten Tomatoes at the moment. And if you must know, Geoff Boucher has the skinny on the film’s homage to ESB.
And on that note… Stephen King’s Dark Tower series may be next for J.J. Abrams.
Let’s not forget Fanboys. With the DVD out in a few weeks, Lightsabre talks to director Kyle Newman.
Only because I am obliged to post it. Pretty much nothing going on with Indy 5.
Your final comic book tidbit. The first picture from Iron Man 2.
Drive-by movie news: Twilight, Watchmen, Indy 5
OH SHIT IT’S A TWILIGHT ENTRY, GET IN THE CAR. The reviews are not good (43%!) for the preteen squee event of the year, but since when has that ever made a difference at the box office? At the very least, we can hold out hope that the movie is better than the book. Just remember, ladies: stalking is not romantic, even if the guy is hot (well, ‘hot’) and comes with a lifetime supply of built-in body glitter.
- Going to Mars, BRB. The Watchman legal battle continues. Or skip the serious stuff and get your lulz on with the condensed version.
- Embarrassment squicks. Harrison Ford still talking about Indy 5; Gossip Girl’s Josh Schwartz penning teen X-Men flick.
- Fun fact of the day: J. Michael Straczynski wrote Changeling?
- Trailers: Neil Gaiman’s Coraline, Astro Boy.
Drive-by movie news: George Lucas and Johnny Depp vacation on the island of endless sequels
Never met a dead horse he couldn’t beat: Harrison Ford tells the Los Angeles Times that George Lucas is considering a fifth Indiana Jones film. Of course he is.
But for those who might wonder about those fleeting non-franchise projects, Red Tails does now have a director, Anthony Hemingway.
- That parrot is definitely deceased: Johnny Depp is reportedly getting $56 million for a fourth Pirates Of The Caribbean film. Fifty. Six. (Or is it four?) Million.
- The no-brainer: Christopher Nolan to make third Batman film, start production in February. Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Gary Oldman will return. Nothing sarcastic here, move along.
- Okay, so it’s a prequel. Or something: Guillermo del Toro is directing The Hobbit, if you haven’t heard. But he also wants to do a Frankenstein movie. Hopefully he doesn’t pick up any of Peter Jackson’s King Kong mojo while he’s down in New Zealand.