Indy IV On Hold Again

[Khephra]

The long-proposed Indiana Jones IV is on hold again as executive producer George Lucas has rejected Frank Darabont's script and a new script draft is commissioned, Variety reported. The trade paper based its report on anonymous sources. The report throws into doubt Paramount's plan to begin production in 2004 for a 2005 release.

Darabont (The Green Mile) had been brought in to script a concept liked by Lucas, director Steven Spielberg and star Harrison Ford. But sources close to the production told the trade paper that Lucas was unhappy with the draft, and the trio will now bring aboard another screenwriter to hone Darabont's script.

Spielberg had no comment on his plans. Spielberg, Lucas and Ford have been trying for nearly a decade to mount one last Indiana Jones adventure, on the condition that all three had to love the concept and script before proceeding, the trade paper reported.

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http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-02/05/11.30.film

(Can you tell that I'm (bored) caught up with my Truthout work and over my strep today?)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

1. I smell a bomb. (nt)

[Beetwasher]

2. I'd Like to See them Do Something With Atlantis

Just a thought...

[Robb]

3. Nah.

She's overexposed. :evilgrin:

[Khephra]

4. I'd like something in South America

[Beetwasher]

6. Actually, that could work w/ an Atlantis based plot...

From Egyptian pyramids to South American pyramids...We should write the damn script! ;-)

[Beaker]

5. how about archealogical proof that man originated on Mars?

that might be a fun storyline to start with.

[TheBlob]

7. Lucas already penned a Mars/Indiana Jones story

called "Indiana Jones and the Saucermen from Mars"

It's basically Close Encounters meets Raiders.

It's been rejected, but on the Net a few years ago the reaction was about 50/50 favorable/unfavorable among fans.


http://www.indyfan.com/articles/saucer.html