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Indiana Jones and the
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
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Teaser Poster
Directed bySteven Spielberg
Written byScreenplay:
David Koepp
Jeff Nathanson
Story:
George Lucas
Produced byGeorge Lucas
Frank Marshall
Kathleen Kennedy
StarringHarrison Ford
Cate Blanchett
Shia LaBeouf
Ray Winstone
Karen Allen
John Hurt
Jim Broadbent
CinematographyJanusz Kamiński
Edited byMichael Kahn
Music byJohn Williams
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
Template:Country data Earth May 22, 2008
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is the fourth film in the Indiana Jones series, which is planned to be released worldwide on May 22, 2008.[1] The film was in development hell since the release of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, with various screenwriters and false production starts. Shooting finally commenced on June 18 2007, and Harrison Ford returned to play the title role. The film will be set in 1957[2] and features an older Indiana Jones.[3]

Production

During the late 1970s, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg made a deal with Paramount Pictures for five films about archaeologist Indiana Jones.[4] Following the theatrical release of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989, Lucas let the series end as he felt he could not think of a good plot device to drive the next installment.[5] Lucas came up with an idea for a fourth film during production of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles television series,[6] and in 1992, he hired Jeb Stuart to write a screenplay.[7] In 1995, Lucas called Last Crusade writer Jeffrey Boam back to pen another draft.[8] Lucas came up with a MacGuffin, but Spielberg and Harrison Ford balked as it was too similar to the previous films, and spent two years reworking it into something more acceptable.[5] Spielberg wanted to make the film because it was a chance to reunite with Lucas and Ford—with whom he had had a positive experience making the first three films.[9] He also wanted to make the film in order to please his children,[10] as well as the Indiana Jones fans.[11]

M. Night Shyamalan was hired as Boam's replacement for an intended 2002 shoot,[10] but he left because of what Ford described as "the failure of George and Steven to attend to him."[12] Shyamalan was overwhelmed writing a sequel to a film he loved like Raiders of the Lost Ark, and admitted it was difficult to get Ford, Spielberg, and Lucas to focus.[13] Lucas admitted he would not be able to give the project his full attention until he completed the final Star Wars film in 2005.[14] Afterwards, Stephen Gaghan[14] and Tom Stoppard[15] were approached to write a new screenplay.

With a title already planned,[16] Frank Darabont, who wrote several episodes of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles,[17] was hired in May 2002 to write.[18] Darabont's screenplay was set in the 1950s, after the demise of the Nazi regime,[19] and featured cameos from Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) and Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw).[20] It did not have Jones' son.[21] In December 2002, Spielberg said he planned to shoot two films before filming Indiana Jones 4 in 2004 for a 2005 release. He also dismissed the possibility of shooting it digitally.[22] All of this unravelled in February 2004 when Lucas rejected the draft for reasons unknown,[23] although Spielberg called this version the best screenplay since Raiders of the Lost Ark.[24]

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The production crew converts a storefront in downtown New Haven, Connecticut to be used in a scene set to take place in the 1950s

Jeff Nathanson was hired in October 2004 to write a completely new script.[25] In October 2005, Lucas rejected Nathanson's draft.[26] As 2006 began, Harrison Ford declared that if the film was not made by 2008, then the filmmakers should drop the idea altogether.[27] Spielberg confirmed Indiana Jones 4 as his next film, calling it "the sweet dessert I give those who had to chow down on the bitter herbs that I've used in Munich",[28] and David Koepp was hired to polish the screenplay.[29] Koepp tried not to make his work a "fan script", in that he hoped to avoid any trivial references to the previous films, saying "That's tempting, because you've seen the movie a hundred times and you know all the dialogue, but no human being remembers exactly what they said 25 years ago word for word, much less make reference to it. So you try to put aside the other movies and yet be in the spirit of them."[3]

On December 29, 2006, Lucas confirmed that he, Spielberg and Koepp finished the script, and that Indiana Jones 4 would commence filming in 2007.[30] Filming began on June 18 2007[31] at Deming, New Mexico, for scenes in Morocco.[32] An extensive chase scene was shot between June 28-July 7 at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut,[2] which doubled as Indiana Jones' Marshall College.[32] They moved to Hawaii, shooting twenty percent of the film for three weeks[33] on private property, keeping production secretive.[32] Hawaii stands in for a South American rainforest.[33] Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is the biggest film shot in Hawaii since Waterworld, and will generate $22 million to $45 million in the local economy.[34] Shooting is now based at Downey, California,[35] where fifty percent of the film will be shot.[33]

Producer Frank Marshall stated in 2003 that the film would not rely on CGI, and use traditional special effects and stuntwork so as to be consistent with the previous films.[36] He reiterated this in 2006.[5] Ford is performing many of his stunts.[33] While shooting War of the Worlds in late 2004, Spielberg met with stunt coordinator Vic Armstrong, who doubled for Ford in the previous films, to discuss three action sequences he had envisioned.[5] However, Armstrong was filming The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor during shooting of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, so Dan Bradley was hired in his stead.[37]

John Williams stated on the 2003 DVD documentary The Music of Indiana Jones that he hoped to return to write the score for the film, as he did for the previous three.[38] In June 2007, Williams' company, the Gorfaine-Schwartz Agency, confirmed that Williams would be involved with the film.[39] Williams will begin scoring the film in October 2007.[40]

Cast

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(left to right) Shia LaBeouf, Steven Spielberg, Ray Winstone and Harrison Ford. (front) Karen Allen.

Henry Jones, Sr. made a cameo appearance in the script,[48] but Sean Connery turned down reprising the role, finding retirement too enjoyable.[45] Lucas stated that in hindsight it was good that Jones Sr. didn't briefly appear, as it would disappoint the audience when the character would not come along for the film's adventure.[48] John Rhys-Davies was not asked to return as Sallah.[49] Denholm Elliott, who played Jones' co-worker Marcus Brody in the first and third films, died of AIDS in 1992. As a tribute to Elliott, the filmmakers put a portrait of the character in the film on the Marshall College set.[50] Pat Roach, who played minor roles in all of the previous three films, died of cancer in 2004.

To prepare for the role, the 65-year-old Ford's fitness routine consisted of three hours a day at the gym, and a high-protein diet of fish and vegetables.[51] His co-star Shia LaBeouf spent the same amount of time gaining 15 pounds of muscle.[52] LaBeouf also prepared for his role by viewing the previous three Indiana Jones films repeatedly.[53]

Release

Lucas intended to unveil the title with the first teaser trailer, scheduled for Thanksgiving (US) 2007,[41] but Shia LaBeouf announced it earlier at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards on September 9 2007.[54] According to Paramount Pictures executive Rob Moore, the film will be released on both the HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats as part of its eventual home video release.[55]

Marketing

Hasbro and Lego will produce toy lines for the film, and LucasArts will release two new Indiana Jones video games.[56][57] Burger King and Hallmark Cards will produce tie-ins. Random House, Scholastic, and DK will publish books,[58][59] and Del Rey Books will publish the novelization, written by James Rollins.[60] Dark Horse Comics will publish a comic book adaptation of the film.[61] Howard Roffman, President of Lucas Licensing, attributed the massive marketing push to the fact that "It's been 19 years since the last film, and we are sensing a huge pent-up demand for everything Indy."[58]

Controversies

An extra in the film, Tyler Nelson, violated his nondisclosure agreement and gave an interview to the The Edmond Sun on September 17 2007, which was then picked up by the mainstream media. In the interview, Nelson revealed several plot details from the film. Spielberg does not yet know whether Nelson's scene will be cut,[62] and is considering legal action. At Nelson's request, The Edmond Sun subsequently pulled the story from its website.[63][64]

On October 3 2007, it was reported to authorities that computers and photographs related to the film were stolen.[65] Marvin Levy, Steven Spielberg's spokesman, said the director was concerned that the thieves would try to sell the materials.[66]

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