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[bud]

And what's the status of the new Indiana Jones?
"I talked to Steven while I was in Hawaii, and he said the script is done and he was going to send it to me when I got back, which was yesterday. It isn't on my desk today and he's coming up tomorrow to see Star Wars, so I assume he'll bring it with him."

You guys do well when you collaborate in Hawaii. Things tend to work out there.
"Yeah. We're frantically trying to finish War of the Worlds at the same time. We'll see. I look forward to reading it and seeing if it's what we laid out in the first place. You never know."

Is there anything we can reveal about it?
"It's...um...No."

You had an idea of what was planned before they wrote the script?
"Oh yeah. I came up with this idea doing Young Indy, which has got to be about seven or eight years ago, and we've been through a number of scripts--six or eight scripts. Six scripts, two rewrites. So it's been down the path. There were certain aspects of it that Steven and Harrison [Ford] didn't like, and so we changed those, and then we laid out a version and it didn't come out the way it was supposed to, and then we did another version and it didn't come out, so we've just been going through this development hell, which happens once in a while. We'll see. When it comes out, it'll be different. Different, but the same."

And Harrison's staying in shape all this time, right, in case he has to take his shirt off?
"No, he's plays an older person in this."

Is it true that there may be a younger person in this, poised to take over?
"It's possible. Not really to take over."

Read the entire interview at: http://www.hollywood.com/features/t1/nav/5/id/2439734/p/0/

 

[jett]

I think the story revolves around Indy's brother...I read something like that a while ago, at least.

 

[whytemyke]

i dont know. i hope this is good, but i dont know. could be really stupid and tarnish the two good ones of the other three.

 

[TheDuce22]

Is it just me or does it sound like Lucas is writing shitty scripts that the other guys keep turning down.

 

[radioheadrule83]

Is it just me or does it sound like Lucas is writing shitty scripts that the other guys keep turning down.

no. He doesn't write Indy scripts. He coproduces them with Spielberg.

They've been hiring all sorts of writers on this one. Whatever script they have now has gone through numerous revisions, including one by Frank Darabont... there's some serious quality control going on it seems. Which is a good thing.

 

[bud]

no. He doesn't write Indy scripts. He coproduces them with Spielberg.

They've been hiring all sorts of writers on this one. Whatever script they have now has gone through numerous revisions, including one by Frank Darabont... there's some serious quality control going on it seems. Which is a good thing.

It's the 4th Indy, which is a bad thing.

 

[JoshuaJSlone]

Oh yeah. I came up with this idea doing Young Indy, which has got to be about seven or eight years ago

Or twelve...

 

[Shinobi]

It's the 4th Indy, which is a bad thing.

It's only bad 'cause we should be getting Indy 7 by now. Goddamn Star Wars prequels threw off everything.

 

[Dan]

Ick. So it's going to be Indiana Jones and some younger guy? I don't like the idea that this new character will even be a possibility as a replacement to Indy. I don't want Indy and neo-Indy.

 

[Justin Bailey]

Please be good. Don't crap on my childhood hero.

 

[ManaByte]

Or twelve...

I really hope that DVD set is under $200. The stuff they are doing with it is HUGE and I'm afraid at how many discs it'll end up being.

 

[temp]

This should be the great. I'm glad it's probably going to happen.

 

[ManaByte]

The key is that they want Indy in his 50's or 60's because Spielberg refuses to do "Cartoon Nazis" after Schindler's list. There's a rumor that they turned away a couple script drafts because of that.

 

[SpeedingUptoStop]

Bah, Indy 3 was a great end to the series and now they want to make a new one? Meh, I got a bad feeling about this.

 

[mrklaw]

The key is that they want Indy in his 50's or 60's because Spielberg refuses to do "Cartoon Nazis" after Schindler's list. There's a rumor that they turned away a couple script drafts because of that.

cartoon nazis are a no-no, but comedy chop-socky chinamen are a-OK?

 

[hobart]

Indy's son.

 

[evil ways]

Looks like this interview is really old, cause he talks about the Clone Wars animated as something that will happen in the future.

 

[Dan]

Looks like this interview is really old, cause he talks about the Clone Wars animated as something that will happen in the future.

Er, no. He's talking about what Star Wars TV projects he'll be working on now that Episode III is done, and going further with the Clone Wars show is one of those plans. He even goes on to say that they're "expanding it to a half hour." The interview is brand new.

 

[ourumov]

We needed River Phoenix for something...