>>>more
indiana jones merchandise prepares to
wing its way to the shelves with a collection of forthcoming books to hype
not only the new film but the franchise in general. presented here
from left to right are two of the young readers novels, henry jones' journal
as seen in the last crusade, the heroes and villains sticker book, the
golden treasure sticker book, the
indiana jones handbook and the
ultimate guide. better get digging and hope you strike hidden treasure
- these are all must-have artefacts...
now if this
doesn't get the pulse racing, nothing will...
saturday
22nd december 2007
>>>john hurt talked recently to
premiere magazine about his upcoming
appearance in
indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull.
smartly dodging a very direct question - does he play the previously
believed dead abner ravenwood - hurt revealed much about the
production. plenty of bluescreen, five hollywood sound studios,
george lucas' lack of interaction on
set and director stevenspielberg's prowess at making actors
comfortable. click
here for an engrossing read...
it's amazing what
a bit of speed can do to a face. that's shia on the
back of the bike...
tuesday 11th december 2007
>>>it will have been 19 long years
since his last escapade - a longer hiatus than even us star wars fans had to
wait for - but in just 163 days the man in the hat is back. here,
released today on the
official indiana jones site, is the first teaser poster for the
film, by legendary artist drew struzan. click on the image for
a larger version and start that countdown that us lucasfilm fans do
so well...
yep, we're
childishly excited about this poster...
monday 3rd december 2007
>>>hasbro
are starting to release images of the forthcoming first wave of
indiana jones figures, due to hit stores in may 2008 to coincide
with the new movie. here's
entertainment earths assessment of the first wave of figures.
"wave 1 features
12 individually packaged action figures, including: 1x to be determined
(mystery figure #2), 1x marion ravenwood with staff of ra
headpiece, 2x indiana jones (cairo) with grail tablet, 2x to
be determined (mystery figure #2), 2x cairo swordsman with statue, 1x
belloq with golden fertility idol, 2x to be determined
(mystery figure #3), 1x monkey man with monkey and the remains of
nurhachi. (subject to change.)" it all looks and sounds fantastic,
and if you wish to pre-order a set of the first wave. click on the image
below.
better start
looking for a bigger house me thinks...
friday 30th november 2007
>>>indiana
jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull will be the biggest movie
of 2008. well, that's the prediction in these parts, and to whet your
appetite for next years biggest movie event, here are just a few images
gleaned off the internet of our intrepid doctor jones looking iconic
and ready for action.
the man in the
hat is back may 22nd 2008
saturday 10th november 2007
>>>topps are releasing a brand
new indiana jones trading card set.
the
new trading card collection consists of 90 retro-cool cards featuring new
photos from the original movies, as well as 'super collectible inserts'
including sketch cards, authentic autographs and sequentially-numbered
parallels. this exciting new set ships february 2008.
topps indiana
jones heritage. anything star wars can do...
friday 9th november 2007
>>>the
adventures of young indiana jones now has a new website to accompany
the stellar dvd box sets that are being released. click
here or on the image below to be taken to paramounts mini
site, where the trailer for the dvd's is on constant stream.
saturday 20th october 2007
>>>a curious oddity this one, a short
video of george lucas and harrison ford shooting the breeze on the set of
indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull. with the official trailer set to open next month the
indy news is sure to come thick and
fast.
>>>indiana jones and the
kingdom of the crystal skullended its
principal photography this week - which as all fans of major motion pictures
know means far from the end of actual shooting - with a
scene shot at a 1950's mexican airport. georgelucas and
harrison ford were seen on
set, along with 150 extras. now the film enters the editing stage and
will fall into the experienced hands of
ilm to weave their magic.
harrison ford as
indy on the shoots last day
wednesday 10th october 2007
>>>the
indiana jones machine is in full swing, with steven spielberg
giving an impromptu peek into the latest film.
iesb have the inside skinny, but it appears that
george lucas spent about 9 days on set, didn't direct any second
unit and was denied his wish to have the film recorded digitally.
spielberg is giving lucas an edit, but won't use it if he doesn't
like the final results. click
here for more intriguing news from the conference.
steven spielberg
saturday 29th september 2007
>>>great news, del rey have won
the licence to produce
indiana jones books. starting in 2008 with the novelisation of
indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull, written by
james rollins del rey will release further books based on indy's
adventures and both behind the scenes accounts of the making of the movies.
with Lightsabre guest
j w rinzler on board this is certain to be a set of quality
releases. click
here for more info, and just take in the promo cover for the making
of book below.
we don't like to
wish our lives away, but...
sunday 23rd september 2007
>>>october 1st. doodle that in
your diary because as you are going about your everyday chores and duties,
john williams will be starting the score to
indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull.
speaking to
the other paper
in a recent interview, williams said "i
just actually put pen down on a viola concerto. and i will be doing a week
for the new york philharmonic here, and then i’ll be coming out to
columbus for one day and i’ll be looking forward to meeting the orchestra. i
think they’ll be great. and then i’ll be home in california the first of
october to start on the next
indiana jones."
so, full steam ahead for doctor jones and company.
the maestro at
work
thursday 20th september 2007
>>>ok, he looks mighty young on the packaging
so this is likely not the final, signed off versions, but here we see the
first images of the new
indiana jones packaging, first posted on
cool toy review.
click
here or on the images to go to the
entire article and start saving those pennies for next year...
>>>its official - the title of the
fourth
indiana jones movie, as revealed by shia lebeouf at last
weekends vma's in las vegas will be
indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull. with the
title not expected to be released until novembers teaser trailer - a trailer
certain to break all internet download records when it hits the net - this
was a great bonus for all fans of the series.
coming 2008
wednesday 15th august 2007
>>>it's all moving ahead very nicely,
and that progress can be seen on the official indiana jones site
in a video entitled reuniting the family.
speaking with steven spielberg, frank marshall, harrison
ford, kathleen kennedy and george lucas the video gives a
neat retrospective look at the past, while teasing us for what's to come in
may 2008. click herefor the video.
tuesday 14th august 2007
>>>six movie titles have been
registered for the forthcoming indiana jones 4. as
first reported by slashfilm, there's a
title in there that will likely seem more than familiar. indiana
jones and the city of gods has long been touted as the title of the
fourth flick.
but where's
indiana jones and the toffee apple of terror...
sunday 29th july 2007
>>>those lucky enough to be attending
the san diego comic convention - and we have a few friends who are
there right now - are seeing some amazing things. satellite links to
the set of indiana jones 4,
great news regarding the new star trek 11 film, with
zachary 'sylar' quinto announced as spock and guest star
leonard nimoy joining him on stage, and the release of more new indy
promotional material, including this gorgeous drew struzan piece
teasing the new film.
excited much?
saturday 28th july 2007
>>>news is pouring in regarding the new
indiana
jones movie, which is released memorial day 2008 worldwide.
steven spielberg, shia lebeouf and ray winstone were joined by
harrison ford
himself for a chat with the san diego comic-con crowd before revealing the
latest cast member to join the shoot. karen allen returns as
marion ravenwood for the movie, much to the delight of fans both in
san diego and worldwide.
shia lebeouf,
steven spielberg, ray winstone, harrison ford and returning,
karen allen
>>>also recently announced for early
2008 is the release of
lego indiana jones.
following on in the tradition laid down by lego star wars, this looks
set to be another rip-roaring adventure game sprinkled with a lot of humour.
click here for more from
adam khan of lucasarts, but in the
meantime watch this fantastic fan video from indyj21, a polish
fan film maker who simply couldn't wait for the game to come out...
friday 6th july 2007
>>>it's the film we're all watching the
progress of and it's shooting right now. and, while the official site
is giving us some excellent information there are always set reports and
snippets from extras that give us just that tantalising bit more. this
newly constructed site is a great hub to find out all the indiana jones 4
news you need.
monday 2nd july 2007
>>>it's all starting to happen now, and as the
production of indiana jones 4 reaches
its third week more and more images are being leaked out, like these showing
harrison ford and shia lebeouf shooting a scene in
connecticut. it's worth noting ford has retained the grey hair,
confirming the rumours that his age is well and truly being addressed.
"the man without
the hat, on the back..."
wednesday 27th june 2007
>>>this is the mark of a good
businessman. way back in 1977, when george lucas had completed
star wars and steven spielberg was hard at work on close
encounters of the third kind, the two men made a deal. over to
spielberg. "george
came back from star wars a nervous wreck. he didn't feel star wars
came up to the vision he initially had. he felt he had just made this little
kids' movie. he came to mobile, alabama where i was shooting close
encounters on this humongous set and hung out with me for a couple of
days. he said, 'oh my god, your movie is going to be so much more
successful than star wars. this is gonna be the biggest hit of all
time.' he said, 'you want to trade some points? i'll give you two and
a half per cent of star wars if you give me two and a half per cent
of close encounters.' i said, 'sure, i'll gamble with that,
great.' and i think i came out on top of that bet. close encounters
made so much money and rescued columbia from bankruptcy. it was the
most money i ever made, but it was a meagre success story. star wars
was a phenomenon and i was the happy beneficiary of a couple of points from
that movie which i am still seeing money on today."
spielberg and
lucas on the set of indiana jones 4...
>>>on the subject of indiana
jones 4 the first set report video has been posted on indianajones.com, clearly
the first of many planned for the production of the film. click here to go to the site
and watch the first moving images from the set of the most hotly anticipated
sequel since revenge of the sith back in 2005.
saturday 23rd june 2007
>>>for the first time since 1993, while he was
filming the fugitive and as a favour to george lucas,
harrison ford is back in the hat. and for those non-believers who
thought that ford was too old and wouldn't look right in the part any
longer, feast your eyes on this simple photo, taken by steven spielberg
on june 21st. you can bring on your potters, your
transformers and your latter day franchise giants - this image right
here is the most exciting photo of 2007 so far...
the man in the
hat is back...nuff said...
saturday 9th june 2007
>>>he may have been the saviour of the last
crusade, but sean connery isn't going to be riding to the rescue
on may 22nd next year. the 76 year old actor, who had been approached
by steven spielberg and george lucas to reprise his role,
gracefully declined the part. "if
anything could have pulled me out of retirement, it would have been an indiana jones film, but
in the end, retirement is just too damned much fun. i love working
with steven and george, and it goes without saying that it is
an honour to have harrison as my son. i do however, have one
bit of advice for junior. demand that the critters be digital, the
cliffs be low, and for goodness sake keep that whip by your side at all
times in case you need to escape from the stunt coordinator! this is a
remarkable cast, and I can only say, 'break a leg, everyone. i'll see you on may 22, 2008, at the theater!" a classy
exit by one of the all-time greats.
