[spoilers!] JUST THE FACTS: Everything that is known about Indiana Jones IV

JUST THE FACTS: Everything that is known about Indiana Jones IV

Hello, fellow LFPers! This thread is based on the template created by Grilled-Sarlacc for SW Ep3 in the 3SA forum.

This is an accurate timeline of all known facts as of 10 January, 2003. All of this information includes the source, the date, and...just the facts! Enjoy!

This thread obviously contains spoilers about Indiana Jones IV, so read no further if you wish to remain unspoiled for this movie. When news is found on several sites, or revealed at different times, the repeated info is not posted.

If you hear of anything definite (no unsourced rumours, please -> you can put rumours in this thread), post below and I'll edit it in.

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[li][b]January 21, 2002;
Spielberg mentions to Fox News that Kate Capshaw (Willie Scott) is in Indy 4, and that the title is set. [link=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,43585,00.html]Fox news[/link]: [/b]
[i]"We have a title, but we're not ready to announce it,"[/i] Spielberg said. [i]"I will give you one clue, though. Kate is in it."[/i] I asked if he meant that Capshaw's character would appear via flashbacks, and he replied: [i]"No. She'll be in the present."[/i][/li]

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[li][b]May 31, 2002;
Darabond confirmed as scriptwriter. [link=http://admin1.empireonline.emap.centrecore.com/news/news.asp?story=4413&ss=indiana+jones&cp=1] Empire Online [/link][/b]
...official confirmation has now been given that Shawshank Redemption writer/director, Frank Darabont, will be putting pen to parchment for the fourth Indiana Jones adventure.[/li]

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[li][b]June 24, 2002;
John Rhys Davies hints at a Sallah return for Indy 4. Thinks Tom Hanks son, Colin, may have a role. Reported on AICN [/b]
[i]"Now, he [John Rhys Davies] says he knows nothing of the story - but that some of his Indy's old girlfriends will appear in the film, as will Sean Connery as his Dad and Spielberg's pal, Tom Hanks, has talked the director into putting young Colin in the film too. ."[/i] [/li]

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[li][b]July 12, 2002;
Darabond says no Nazis, but other good villians. Told to [link=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2002-07/12/13.00.film] scifi.com [/link][/b]
Indy won't be facing down Nazis this time around, Darabont said. [i]"We're going to give you some good villains, let me just put it that way,"[/i] he said.[/li]

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[li][b]July 17, 2002;
Ford knows nothing of Indy's son being in the movie, acording to [link=http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/2002/2002-07-17-harrison.htm] USA Today [/link][/b]
...But Ford says of the script, [i]"We've only just begun."[/i] He adds confidently enough, [i]"We'll get there."[/i] He'd like Kate Capshaw and Sean Connery to turn up again. Might Indiana have a son himself? Ford says that's never been discussed."[/li]

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[li][b]July 24, 2002
Only One Son in Indy 4, Ford tells Chicago Sun Times[/b]
Harrison Ford told columnist Cindy Pearlman the fourth installment will not feature Indy training his screen son, as a way to keep the franchise going. Ford said, [i]"There's only one son in these movies and I'll always be Sean Connery's little boy!"[/i]
(secondary source; [link=http://www.movies.com] movies.com) [/link][/li]

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[li][b]November 21, 2002;
Rick MacCallum Talks release year to [u]Star Wars Insider[/u]: [/b]
"...Indy 4 will hit theaters in 2005. Filming could start this summer.
[i]?Steven Spielberg is directing and Frank [Marshall] is producing, so even though George will have written the story for it - the screen play is being written by Frank Darabont now - we?ll be making Star Wars, so we?re locked away, basically, and they?ll go ahead and make Indy.?[/i]
(secondary source; [link=http://www.countingdown.com]countingdown.com[/link])[/li]

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[li][b]December 12, 2002;
Spielberg confirms script finished to [link=http://www.accesshollywood.com]Access Hollywood[/link]: [/b]
"...During an interview for his latest film, "Catch Me If You Can," Spielberg told Access Holl

 

January 13, 2003-Lucas Says He's Got Story for Indiana Jones 4

Star Wars creator George Lucas told me that he wrote the story for Indiana Jones 4 last summer and expects to shoot it sometime this year with Steven Spielberg

 

You need to give me the source, preferably with a link, before I can determine fact from rumour.

 

Fox News

 

Thanks. Added it in. The story being written is old news, but a possible 2003 beginning to shooting is new.

 

Have you checked this, JP?

 

Yep. Nothing particularly new in that lot.

 

Here is something...

 

Thanks Deltron Zero

 

Thanks for that. If I find any news about this movie then I will post it here for you to update.

 

I just watched the Indy Trilogy all over again over the past two days, and I'm getting excited about this new Indy film. Even moreso than Episode 3!

 

Well, I just looked at the Internet Movie Database - there were links to Indy 4 information a couple of months ago, but now I can't find a thing. No links, no references, zip. The film hasn't been cancelled, has it?

 

Here yeah go!

 

The latest...

Harrison Ford told SCI FI Wire that Frank Darabont has completed his script for a proposed fourth Indiana Jones movie. "Steven [Spielberg]'s quite happy with it," Ford said in an interview. "I'm expecting to see it in a couple of weeks."

Ford added that he worked closely with director Spielberg, Darabont and executive producer George Lucas on the story. "The way the process works is that George and Frank work together, then Steven gets the script, then I get the script, and we all work together. We all met together and talked about it before they started writing."

 

Their was a chat at MSN with Harrison Ford

Theirs a quote that says:

IndianaMaier1 in Onstage1 asks: Mr. Ford, do you have any further projects you can talk about?
Harrison_Ford_Live says: We're getting close to being able to annouce a drama that we'll be doing later this year, but I can't talk about it yet. The next project after that is the next "Indiana Jones" movie that will be out in 2004.
DishDiva says: Are you excited "Indiana Jones 4."

 

Upping to free thread from the autolocker



Rick McCallum loves you!

 

Here's the Indy 4 update site.

Currently Lucas has devoted all his time to Indy IV now!

 

That's certainly good news!

 

I hope he doesn't take too long "tweaking" the script.

 

Frank Marshall Production update

 

I think six months for complete production is a little risky for a film like Indy Jones.
Yeah, Speilberg did it with Munich but Munich is not nearly as demanding from a production viewpoint as Indy 4 will be.
Even Speilberg needed nearly a year for "War Of the Worlds".
I would bet if it does start production in 2007, don't expect it in theaters until 2008.

 

Somehow I missed this thread. Thanks JP, it's something I've been looking for for a while.

 

Well, it could do with a big update being edited into the first post. Adam?

 

1/28/2006 from ContactMusic.com (see my personal comments below...)

HARRISON FORD has given movie moguls STEVEN SPIELBERG and GEORGE LUCAS a two-year time frame to make the fourth INDIANA JONES film.

The ageing action man is confident the next instalment of the heroic adventurer's exploits will make it to the big screen eventually, but he's keen to hurry the process along.

The 63-year-old says, "It's looking very good to do another one. I haven't felt this positive about it happening in a long time... but if it doesn't happen in the next two years we should all forget it."

The film is tentatively scheduled to begin production next year (07).

In addition:

I also saw Harrison interviewed on my local TV station this week and he said he felt good about Indy IV. He said that they had a Script Concept in place and things were moving forward, which seems to confirm the above.

(I know the above site is not always the most reliable.)

 

How will this effect the star wars tv show and is it true spielburg is doing a new J.Park??