Really, how important would a “story” have been to Indiana Jones V, anyway? »

Dedicated screenwriting 101 here: From an interview with Harrison Ford on the MTV Movies Blog in which the inevitability of another Indiana Jones movie is mentioned:

MTV: Is the ball in George’s court at this point?

Ford: It is. That’s the process. With some general input he goes off and searches for the MacGuffin and then stumbles [...]

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The Hollywood sequel machine takes a handful of turns for the worse. »

In an industry like Hollywood where once-famous actors and actresses are thrown upon the heap of public boredom; where today’s hotshot agent can’t get anyone on the phone tomorrow; where crafty and clever screenwriters, having failed to score multi-million dollar spec sales, are stacked on the bottom of a low-level development executive’s weekend read list; [...]

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The Summer ‘08 movie season: where successful movies played the movies disguised as other movies. »

I have to say that I’m entirely confused. Was the Summer 2008 popcorn summer movie season a good one or wasn’t it? The batpod-tastic success of The Dark Knight certainly seems as though we can mark this one in the “win” column, but on reflection I realize that I saw about a third fewer movies [...]

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Indiana Jones and the Revenge of the Darabont Draft. »

As I’ve mentioned and speculated again, writer-director Frank Darabont’s rejected Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods draft has reached near-mythic heights of speculation around the bloguverse over the last year or so by fanboys such as myself who wondered why Lucas rejected it and what would come of the final product.
Of course, now [...]

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My desperate need to retain positive Indiana Jones memories continues… »

Best. Toy. Ever? Having three boys and being something of a textbook case in stunted emotional development, it’s not at all rare for me to play with and even covet some of their cool toys. But this Indiana Jones Whip, recently gifted to Sonny Corleone at his fifth birthday party, is something spectacular indeed. Yes, [...]

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Textbook example of “diluting the brand” here, kids. »

At first, I’d never been more proud. There we were, my three boys and me, strolling through the supermarket when two-year-old Michael Corleone blurts out:

Daddy, daddy, LOOK. Indiana Jones! Indiana Jones!

My heart swells with that rare rush of fatherly love and movie dork – what kind of a brilliant young son do I have who [...]

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Indiana Jones and the Boring Review That I’m Too Sad To Create A Clever Title For. »

I’m about to lead off with a spoiler, so if you haven’t seen the movie, don’t read this article.
There’s a scene right after the extended opening sequence of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull that, I thought, was the best, most perfect jumping-off point for what was to come and I was [...]

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