At 64-years-young, Harrison Ford, is coming back to the screen as the exciting and sexy archaeologist, Indiana Jones. George Lucas and David Koepp are working together with Steven Spielberg and Paramount on this upcoming fourth chapter of the film series. The film is currently in pre-production and the script is ready, so they are expecting to begin filming in June 2007, although the dates are subject to change.
Expected to be released on May 22, 2008 worldwide, Harrison Ford will play next to an al-star cast such as actresses and actors: Cate Blanchett, Sean Connery (rumored), Ray Winstone, John Rhys-Davies (rumored), and Karen Allen (rumored).
Spielberg stated: "George, Harrison, and I are all very excited. We feel that the script was well worth the wait. We hope it delivers everything you'd expect from our history with Indiana Jones."
A fun little pieces of trivia:
1) Apparently, Calista Flockhart was initially attached to this project.
2) Natalie Portman was considered for the role of Indiana Jones's daughter.
3) "Indiana Jones and The Lost Continent" is one of the possible script titles being considered.
4) In April 2004, George Lucas had "officially" shelved the project, as he rejected (more than once) the original script, which was written by Frank Darabont, due to the dislike of the handling of the storyline between Indy and his brother - a role for which Kevin Costner was rumored to be considered for - and that Sean Connery's role (previously seen as Indy's father in previous film) would change to that of a new character. The media stated that Darabont made statements that he was "disappointed" with the decision, but Lucas wanted to maintain the same roles for the same actors.
-- I agree with Lucas. The audience would most likely not be happy with Darabont's decision. In film, it would cause too much confusion to the audience.
Lucas replaced Darbont with David Koepp are the screenplay writer.
5) The first "Indy 4" trailer is set to be released around Thanksgiving 2007.
To find out more about this project, visit:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367882/
-- Outline of Project on IMDB
http://www.indianajones.com/community/news/news20070102.html
-- News on Film
http://www.theraider.net/
-- More News Headlines
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-04-04-george-lucas_N.htm
-- USA Today Article
"I get mad when people call me an action movie star. Indiana
Jones is an adventure film, a comic book, a fantasy."
- Harrison Ford
