So, as Фаны of the massively successful Indiana Jones franchise we finally got our wish.... Indy emerged, seemingly uscathed, from a journey as fraught with danger as the Mine тележка, корзина ride in Temple of Doom... a journey through development hell. But as his journey ended ours began... Indiana Jones' Фаны and the Поиск for the Truth.
With the announcement that there would be a 4th installment of this ever Популярное franchise, we were (finally) able to breathe a sigh of relief. But not for long, as the rumours began to fly about Indy's latest adventure... what will he be after? will there be Nazis? Will that rolling rock finally be Виктория-победительница and flatten Indy? But amidst these rumours are shiny nuggets of truth... and, with a little bit of panning, I've sifted some of the truth from a minefield of rumours that have plagued our understanding of Indy's latest outing. So without further ado, lets de-mist the windscreen of rumour...
FACTS (MORE или LESS...)
In terms of casting it has been confirmed that луч, рэй Winstone will be playing Indy’s sidekick, named ‘Mac’ (which is interesting as an early draft of Indy IV had a character named Mac as a bumbling policeman type... but that is where the similarities end).
Karen Allen will be returning to the role of Marion Ravenwood, and her character features in a big way and WILL have action scenes.
John Hurt has also been cast and recently confirmed to be playing Abner Ravenwood, Marion’s long last father. In the Indiana Jones universe Abner Ravenwood went missing in his Поиск for the Ark of the Covenant, and was Indy’s mentor for a time. With John Hurt cast in this role, it makes the Ark a major possibility to be Indy's object of desire this time around.
Furthermore the box in which the Ark was placed at the end of 'Radiers...' had a serial number, 9906753. In the teaser image on indianajones.com Indy's hat and whip sit on вверх a box marked 'Property of Dr. Jones' and it bears a serial number 9906573....
All positives so far... but, as Henry Jones Sr., Sean Connery turned down the chance to reappear, as is 'enjoying retirement too much'. His character has since been written out... unfortunately.
The time period of the movie is the 50's and and as such the Nazis will NOT be making a return.
With regards to the artifact that will feature in the new movie, Spielberg and Ford were initially unsure, thinking it to be 'too similar' to something they had already covered. But Lucas has since revealed why they reacted this way; "You know, I сказал(-а) three's fine. And then I came up with an idea I thought was brilliant, so I told the other guys [Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford], and they kind of flipped out. It's vaguely in the realm of the supernatural.”
However, this still doesn’t rule out the Ark of the Covenant as the artifact in question, it is still just a quote on which to base speculation...
In the past there have been around 6 different versions of the Indy 4 script, and from these different versions perhaps we can get an idea of the future of Indiana Jones?
Of these drafts I have two examples;
1. ‘Indiana Jones and the Saucermen from Mars’
In this draft Indy comes across a powerful alien fuel pod that is inscribed with numerous archaic languages that Indy is expert in… these are a map to a much еще powerful device, which Indy must find before the Russians. It ended with Indy marrying a fellow Doctor called Elaine, and together they drove off into the sunset… driven by Short Round. Marion and Willie also featured in the script, having become Друзья united by their failed relationships with Indy.
2.‘Indiana Jones and the Monkey King’ или
‘Indiana Jones and the Garden of Life’ (This draft had two potential titles)
Indy’s goal in this draft is to find the Остаться в живых city of Sun Wu-Kung (ruled by the Monkey King of the title), and a quest for Ответы in man’s continuing Поиск for immortality.
A long mooted quest for Indy has been the Остаться в живых civilisation of Atlantis, and this is one of the favourites to be used in the 4th installment. However, Indy has already been on this quest, n the form of a 1993 game entitled ‘Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis’ Which you'd think would rule it out as a possible quest for Indy 4.
Another rumoured artifact are 13 crystal skulls, which when brought together are сказал(-а) to bring the holder great powers. Though this is probably a little too silly and obscure to inspire Indiana and the audience.
Bearing all this in mind its important to remember that 2 of the last 3 artefacts have been Biblical… therefore it is likely that they will choose this route again. The biblical route opens the door for a еще Сверхъестественное feel also. (I doubt that with something as big as Atlantis, they could effectively weave a Сверхъестественное element into the mix too). In this respect certain options have been suggested options, ranging from the Ark of the Covenant (again), The Garden of Eden, The Staff of Moses, and even to the еще extreme suggestion that Indy will pursue a shard of Noah’s Ark!
But these all come into the Rumours department of our continuing Поиск for the truth, and in my mind Ты must understand the rumours to fully understand the truth.
RUMOURS
One of the biggest rumours suggest that the large warehouse seen at the end of Raiders of the Остаться в живых Ark was in fact Area 51 (a location that has long been rumoured to play a part in the latest movie) and that Indy will be seeking the Ark once more. The villians of this story are сказал(-а) to be the Russians, who seek the Ark so they can use its power against the Americans. But as usual this is all rumour, so... we'll have to wait and see.
In term of the characters I think we all know by now that Shia Labeouf will be in the movie as one of Indy's sidekicks. However, speculation has been rife that his character is also Indy's son (though this will not be revealed until later in the movie) and his name will be ‘Matt’ i.e. Matthew Jones. If this is the case (and I'm sure it will) then this could be a character to take the Indiana Jones franchise further... with (dare I say it?) a spin off!
But there is one Дебаты that will continue to rage... the Дебаты surrounding the title. The Название will give us a clearer idea of the story, but also it will set the tone of the movie. As Фаны continue to Дебаты what this will be, and what kind of quest it will lead Indy on, there is a Название floating around cyberspace, sitting on a pedastal and gathering dust like one of Indy's successful finds from the past. But is it a fake? The Название has been rumoured as 'Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods' since way back in April this year… but Paramount continues to refer to it as ‘The 4th instalment in the Indiana Jones Franchise’.
At this point I will journey back into the realm of truth, as it will see the end of this Дебаты once and for all.
The teaser trailer for the 'Fourth Installmenet of the Indiana Jones Franchise' will be released this Thanksgiving (November)... and this will also see the Название finally revealed.
In the meantime we must continue to sift through what is real and what is not... but what if they lie?
With the announcement that there would be a 4th installment of this ever Популярное franchise, we were (finally) able to breathe a sigh of relief. But not for long, as the rumours began to fly about Indy's latest adventure... what will he be after? will there be Nazis? Will that rolling rock finally be Виктория-победительница and flatten Indy? But amidst these rumours are shiny nuggets of truth... and, with a little bit of panning, I've sifted some of the truth from a minefield of rumours that have plagued our understanding of Indy's latest outing. So without further ado, lets de-mist the windscreen of rumour...
FACTS (MORE или LESS...)
In terms of casting it has been confirmed that луч, рэй Winstone will be playing Indy’s sidekick, named ‘Mac’ (which is interesting as an early draft of Indy IV had a character named Mac as a bumbling policeman type... but that is where the similarities end).
Karen Allen will be returning to the role of Marion Ravenwood, and her character features in a big way and WILL have action scenes.
John Hurt has also been cast and recently confirmed to be playing Abner Ravenwood, Marion’s long last father. In the Indiana Jones universe Abner Ravenwood went missing in his Поиск for the Ark of the Covenant, and was Indy’s mentor for a time. With John Hurt cast in this role, it makes the Ark a major possibility to be Indy's object of desire this time around.
Furthermore the box in which the Ark was placed at the end of 'Radiers...' had a serial number, 9906753. In the teaser image on indianajones.com Indy's hat and whip sit on вверх a box marked 'Property of Dr. Jones' and it bears a serial number 9906573....
All positives so far... but, as Henry Jones Sr., Sean Connery turned down the chance to reappear, as is 'enjoying retirement too much'. His character has since been written out... unfortunately.
The time period of the movie is the 50's and and as such the Nazis will NOT be making a return.
With regards to the artifact that will feature in the new movie, Spielberg and Ford were initially unsure, thinking it to be 'too similar' to something they had already covered. But Lucas has since revealed why they reacted this way; "You know, I сказал(-а) three's fine. And then I came up with an idea I thought was brilliant, so I told the other guys [Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford], and they kind of flipped out. It's vaguely in the realm of the supernatural.”
However, this still doesn’t rule out the Ark of the Covenant as the artifact in question, it is still just a quote on which to base speculation...
In the past there have been around 6 different versions of the Indy 4 script, and from these different versions perhaps we can get an idea of the future of Indiana Jones?
Of these drafts I have two examples;
1. ‘Indiana Jones and the Saucermen from Mars’
In this draft Indy comes across a powerful alien fuel pod that is inscribed with numerous archaic languages that Indy is expert in… these are a map to a much еще powerful device, which Indy must find before the Russians. It ended with Indy marrying a fellow Doctor called Elaine, and together they drove off into the sunset… driven by Short Round. Marion and Willie also featured in the script, having become Друзья united by their failed relationships with Indy.
2.‘Indiana Jones and the Monkey King’ или
‘Indiana Jones and the Garden of Life’ (This draft had two potential titles)
Indy’s goal in this draft is to find the Остаться в живых city of Sun Wu-Kung (ruled by the Monkey King of the title), and a quest for Ответы in man’s continuing Поиск for immortality.
A long mooted quest for Indy has been the Остаться в живых civilisation of Atlantis, and this is one of the favourites to be used in the 4th installment. However, Indy has already been on this quest, n the form of a 1993 game entitled ‘Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis’ Which you'd think would rule it out as a possible quest for Indy 4.
Another rumoured artifact are 13 crystal skulls, which when brought together are сказал(-а) to bring the holder great powers. Though this is probably a little too silly and obscure to inspire Indiana and the audience.
Bearing all this in mind its important to remember that 2 of the last 3 artefacts have been Biblical… therefore it is likely that they will choose this route again. The biblical route opens the door for a еще Сверхъестественное feel also. (I doubt that with something as big as Atlantis, they could effectively weave a Сверхъестественное element into the mix too). In this respect certain options have been suggested options, ranging from the Ark of the Covenant (again), The Garden of Eden, The Staff of Moses, and even to the еще extreme suggestion that Indy will pursue a shard of Noah’s Ark!
But these all come into the Rumours department of our continuing Поиск for the truth, and in my mind Ты must understand the rumours to fully understand the truth.
RUMOURS
One of the biggest rumours suggest that the large warehouse seen at the end of Raiders of the Остаться в живых Ark was in fact Area 51 (a location that has long been rumoured to play a part in the latest movie) and that Indy will be seeking the Ark once more. The villians of this story are сказал(-а) to be the Russians, who seek the Ark so they can use its power against the Americans. But as usual this is all rumour, so... we'll have to wait and see.
In term of the characters I think we all know by now that Shia Labeouf will be in the movie as one of Indy's sidekicks. However, speculation has been rife that his character is also Indy's son (though this will not be revealed until later in the movie) and his name will be ‘Matt’ i.e. Matthew Jones. If this is the case (and I'm sure it will) then this could be a character to take the Indiana Jones franchise further... with (dare I say it?) a spin off!
But there is one Дебаты that will continue to rage... the Дебаты surrounding the title. The Название will give us a clearer idea of the story, but also it will set the tone of the movie. As Фаны continue to Дебаты what this will be, and what kind of quest it will lead Indy on, there is a Название floating around cyberspace, sitting on a pedastal and gathering dust like one of Indy's successful finds from the past. But is it a fake? The Название has been rumoured as 'Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods' since way back in April this year… but Paramount continues to refer to it as ‘The 4th instalment in the Indiana Jones Franchise’.
At this point I will journey back into the realm of truth, as it will see the end of this Дебаты once and for all.
The teaser trailer for the 'Fourth Installmenet of the Indiana Jones Franchise' will be released this Thanksgiving (November)... and this will also see the Название finally revealed.
In the meantime we must continue to sift through what is real and what is not... but what if they lie?