Indiana Jones To Arrive Again in 2005 416
Dolemite_the_Wiz writes "The Raider.net reports that the release date for the next Indiana Jones Movie (tentatively titled 'Indiana Jones 4') is, according to Steven Spielberg, "...going to come out probably for the July 4th weekend of 2005...". The movie looks like it will be set in the 1950s and include just about every main character from the first three films. For more links about this movie, check this search result from Cinescape. Secondly, IndianaJones.com reports that the First three films in the Indiana Jones Trilogy will be released on November 4th. These films have to be one of the most requested DVD releases (probably next to the Original 'Star Wars' trilogy and the first two 'Godfather' movies) ever. "
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This Four DVD set will include:
- Restored Film Footage
- Remastered in THX
- New Dolby 5.1 soundtrack
- A 4th DVD with just about every aspect of how the films were made.
This collection will retail for $49.95 (US)
Here's the official release notice for the DVD.I just hope that the new film and DVD will be able to Satisfy all the Indy fans."
Woohoo! About time! (Score:5, Interesting)
imdb forum (Score:5, Interesting)
Aw no guys... (Score:3, Interesting)
So no Nazis then?
Based on the existing trilogy, I just think you gotta have Nazis for it to work well, simply because of their obsession (in real life) with ancient artefacts and folklore... why not a 1940's mid-war Jones?
Re:Woohoo! About time! (Score:5, Interesting)
Well, actually the plot is a closely guarded secret at this point, and I am glad.
Sean Connery will be in it as Indiana's Father again and the movie is being set in the 1950's to account for Harrison's aged real life look which cannot be entirely hidden on camera.
I believe they are having the women of his life make cameo's and such, though Karen Allen is the only one that I'd personally like to see in it as Spielberg's wife (Kate Capshaw) just annoys the hell out of me!
Anyway, my prediction is this: (and this is entirely me guessing, but I am putting it down here now as proof that I said it before the plot was learned)
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (yes, like the original PC game that came out years ago)
Why do I predict this? Because Atlantis as a real location still fascinates people around the world today, in fact I was watching Discovery Channel the other night about people that are currently looking for it and clues they have found and such. I mean, let's face it, he's found the most prized Biblical Artifacts already, it's time for him to find something bigger.
I guess in the end only time will tell but I thought that I would give you that tidbit at the top about who will be who and why the movie is being set in the 1950's.
P.S.
For all your Indiana Jones Fans out there, in case you missed it (as I am sure most have) in the The Temple of Doom, when Harrison jumps out of the hotel at the beginning with Kate Capshaw and they fall into the car and drive past the entrance to the club that they just ran from, well, the big hidden George Lucas "Easter Egg" is the club is named "Club Obi Wan" (from Star Wars yet had an oriental ring to it)
Cheers!
Re:Milking the franchise.. (Score:5, Interesting)
And hey, Ford now is about two years older than Roger Moore was when he last played James Bond in 1987.
Re: Aw no guys... (Score:3, Interesting)
> > "The movie looks like it will be set in the 1950s"
> So no Nazis then? Based on the existing trilogy, I just think you gotta have Nazis for it to work well, simply because of their obsession (in real life) with ancient artefacts and folklore...
Supposedly Ford wants to play a Indy his actual age, so there wasn't much flexibility in the date.
Given the poplarity of I & III vis-à-vis II you can expect the key artifact to be another Judeo-Christian thingy. That means high probability of a setting in the Middle East.
In such a case you may see KGB agents instead of Nazis as the foils, though they could probably pretend there was some kind of ex-Nazi organization in the area for the movie's purposes.
I'd like to see them work in a satirical encounter with James Bond...
What about the cup of life and being immortal? (Score:3, Interesting)
Seriously, if he can't be killed and is he just going to walk up to the main Nazi bad guy and shoot him?
Or maybe I got the last movie all wrong.
Re:Think about it.... (Score:5, Interesting)
Not all of them... (Score:3, Interesting)
Elsa: It's perfectly obvious where the pages are. He's given them to Marcus Brody.
Professor Henry Jones: Marcus? You didn't drag poor Marcus along did you? He's not up to the challenge.
Walter Donovan: He sticks out like a sore thumb. We'll find him.
Indiana Jones: The hell you will. He's got a two day head start on you, which is more than he needs. Brody's got friends in every town and village from here to the Sudan, he speaks a dozen languages, knows every local custom, he'll blend in, disappear, you'll never see him again. With any luck, he's got the grail already.
[Cut to middle of fair in the Middle East, Marcus Brody wearing bright suit and white hat, sticking out like sore thumb]
Marcus Brody: Uhhh, does anyone here speak English?!
Re:Not again (Score:5, Interesting)
Really? From what I understood, it was part of a pre-planned trilogy. Would you happen to have a sourec for this? I suppose that we could see another two sequels in a few years if Revolutions grosses as much as Reloaded.
Re:Incomplete DVD Set (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Not all of them... (Score:3, Interesting)
In Raiders, he was cautiously uncertain about Indy's pursuit of the Ark. The scene where Jones is packing his suitcase and Brody reveals his misgivings was really well done, conveying a sense that they were messing this things that should be better left alone.
In the third film, he was, simply, a boob. A comic relief. Dundering and flailing about, he was C-3P0 as a human. Of course that film was lighter in tone all around and IMO none of the movies of the trilogy approach the greatness of the first one, but still I thought that character's transformation from serious to comic was a shame.
1950's (Score:2, Interesting)
That's why part 2 was never that good.
Who is he going to battle now??
Perhaps they should make it in the 03's instead and call it: Indiana Jones and the Defeat of Microsoft
10 years to the day, almost (Score:5, Interesting)
BTW, MTV Text was a second MTV channel (this is back when Euro MTV was in English 24-7) which was text only news.
Artefacts (Score:5, Interesting)
You say:
He's found the most famous Biblical Artefacts already (plus a Hindu artefact, for that matter), but not the most prized. The most prized must surely include the cross of the crucifixion itself, which, legend has it (if one wishes to give a Hollywood angle to it), heals all who touch it.
Note that I agree with you: the Christian Artefact angle has pretty much been done enough, and they'll probably try for something else like Atlantis, or something Egyptian, or maybe Incan? Round off the series (I presume this will be the last) with a throw-back to the opening scene of Raiders -- that would be cool. Even so, the Christian Artefact scene is hardly mined out if they think it will please the crowds.
Lil Hobbit? (Score:3, Interesting)
cu,
Lispy
Re:Not all of them... (Score:2, Interesting)
And, even if they did, I found Brody's bumbling to be very well done: like C-3P0 and UNLIKE Jar-Jar Binks, he didn't dominate the film, but rather just provided a few moments of comic relief here and there.
Furthermore, I'd say his contribution of non-comic lines in the third movie, while lower as a percentage of the whole of his lines in that film, was still greater than the sum total of his lines from the first film. So, what are you complaining about?
Re:Youth? (Score:4, Interesting)
haha, I've heard that about every Bond Actor.
If they placed a different actor, and made a good movie, you may not like it but the next generation wold.
Re:Youth? (Score:4, Interesting)
Lazenby may be slightly cheesy, but at least the man can FIGHT!
Re:In this episode . . . (Score:3, Interesting)
There was a comic book that came out shortly after the movie; IIRC, it showed Indy hanging out on the sail for most of the trip. While it was submerged he tied himself to the periscope.
U-boats and other WW2 subs ran mostly on the surface, even attacked while surfaced. Being designed with surface ship hulls, they could go much faster on the surface than under water running on batteries. They would go to periscope depth if they wanted to attack without being seen, and only go deep if they were being hunted. Since the sub was making a direct line to the island, they ran on the surface, and dropped to periscope depth just to avoid detection and detour around allied ships.
Re:Incomplete DVD Set (Score:3, Interesting)
Adam Osborne's classic blunder [wikipedia.org]
"The final blow occurred in 1983, when Adam Osborne boasted about an upcoming product months before it could be released, killing demand for the company's existing products ... Unsold inventory piled up and OCC declared bankrupcy on September 13 1983. This marketing blunder came to be known as "Osborneing" and the phrase circulated in Silicon Valley for the next decade."
If I knew my gold plated box set was going to be an incomplete box set in two years, I would not buy it.
Re:Youth? (Score:3, Interesting)
While the same could be said for the Indy series, the reason that the Bond series has been able to continue as long as it has is in large part due to the consistency of the behind the scenes producers. Cubby Broccoli produced everything through License to Kill with his daughter Barabara and step-son Michael Wilson taking over for the rest after years of on-the-job training from their father.
home video and movie theaters (Score:4, Interesting)
If I am going to drive to a theater, shell out $9, watch stupid commercials and listen to bland pop for half an hour waiting for the movie to start then I want to watch a movie that knocks my socks off. I want assloads of special effects and bass that goes down to the brown note. Otherwise I can get a better movie watching experience in my own home.