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Published at:  Oct 04, 2005 5:39:48 AM CDT

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a little update on that sequel to that little adventure flick. It seems that there may be the first official casting of a role in INDIANA JONES 4. The honor could go to relatively unknown model Laura Dutta, if this all pans out. I trust the folks at TheIndyExperience, but it's still possible that this PRLEAP.COM place is putting the cart in front of the horse a bit, since they claim that Ms. Dutta has been cast alongside both Harrison Ford and Sean Connery. Last I heard Connery has retired and that included INDY 4. However, it's always possible that he took a look at his property tax note and decided to be in the film. Who knows? I'll believe it when Paramount says it's true. Here's the story from TheIndyExperience. Enjoy!



We have an update on a story we posted yesterday. In the previous story, we reported on a press release that was posted at PR Leap.com. According to the press release, Laura Dutta - a 19-year-old model from Huston, Texas - supposedly landed a role in Indiana Jones 4. Here is the press release that PR Leap.com posted:



(PRLEAP.COM) It is official! Model Laura Dutta represented by ASH Models has landed a role in Indiana Jones 4. The movie is the 4th sequel in the Indiana Jones franchise and will cast Harrison Ford and Sean Connery. Indiana Jones 4 is to be directed by Steven Spielberg.



Though Miss Dutta has a three month shooting schedule, her agents from ASH Models has confirmed that she will fly to Paris during shooting to do Fashion Week.



What roll she will be playing is unknown.



Since we first reported this, we have contacted Dutta's agent who has confirmed that this report is indeed true. He stated that Laura Dutta will indeed be in Indiana Jones 4. Her part will be small but it is a speaking role. Dutta's agent did state that contracts have been signed. As of now it is a done deal, with just the required legal mumbo-jumbo left. Dutta is new to acting, but the casting department liked what they saw. Dutta's agent also stated that casting for Indy 4 has been going on for some time, but for just how long we don't know.



So, just to recap: As of now, this is the first new cast member announced for Indiana Jones 4! Very exciting to hear. We'll keep you up to date on the latest as this story develops, and we'll be bringing you further info on Ms. Dutta as we get it (including bio information, pictures, etc.). Stay tuned to The Indy Experience.com for further updates!



(Quick Note: Just wanted to make note of a few errors we made in the previous story. The casting agency has two Laura Dutta's and we ran into a little confusion. Just to clear things up, Laura Dutta is not from India and did not win the Miss Universe contest. Also, the photo we posted was not of the Laura Dutta who will be in Indy 4. Our apologizes for any confusion.)



Thanks to Eddie Mishan for the update and to Noah for the original story.





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  • Oct 04, 2005 5:44:28 AM CDT

    Hmmmm

    by celtican

    Will this film ever see the light of day?

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  • Oct 04, 2005 6:00:00 AM CDT

    Dunno bout this!!

    by theboyfromulster

    The question is do we want to see it just cause its Indy or because it will be great. Raiders is one of my favourite all time flicks, the other two I can take or leave. Plus Ford looks as if he just can't be assed anymore, phoning in every performance in the last 10 years! Man, used to love him acting, Star Wars, Indy, Witness, now, Hollywood fucking Homicide!!!

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  • Oct 04, 2005 6:09:19 AM CDT

    Hollywood Homicide was brilliant!

    by snowmann

    Nevermind. Complete pos. Anyways, is this really even remotely news?

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  • Oct 04, 2005 6:09:45 AM CDT

    let's go

    by gungan slayer

    Well, Indy Expirenece has bascially now confirmed this to be true, and they say that casting has been going on for a while now, which is indeed good news. Let's get this thing into production ASAP!

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  • Oct 04, 2005 6:12:43 AM CDT

    Indiana Jones And The Busload Of 19-Year-Old Chicks...

    by kubla_khan

    Or If you prefer, Indiana Jones and the Temple Of Poon. So anyway, said it before I'll say it again, I'll watch it. Just make it already, will you? The clock is ticking on Ford's enthusiasm for anything where they won't let him wear his earring.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 6:13:18 AM CDT

    just look over my shoulder, sweetheart, and say the lines.

    by imageburn13

    im skeptical about this news. As excited about this movie as i am, this news is rather irrelevant. And it sounds paper-thin.
    Indy: where can a guy catch a ride in this city?
    model/actress: try down the block
    Indy: thanks, sweetheart,
    hmmmmmmm indeed

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  • Oct 04, 2005 6:16:44 AM CDT

    FOURTH SEQUEL

    by therightclique

    um, you'd have to be really stupid to think INDY 4 is the fourth sequel...its the third sequel, you douchehead.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 6:27:25 AM CDT

    Those Wacky Germans!

    by spamgelus

    Just as long as it's a light-hearted romp through the desert with grumpy old Dad and silly Nazis like the last one, I'm in! I can't get enough of THAT crap.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 6:43:58 AM CDT

    This is wonderful news...

    by the true priapic

    ...er....what was it again?Who?Who does she play?ahhh,nuts....

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  • Oct 04, 2005 6:48:39 AM CDT

    This Story Is False

    by samuellappdance

    She has actually been cast in the new Playboy Channel flick, "In Diana Bones and the Temple of Poon."

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  • Oct 04, 2005 6:55:49 AM CDT

    Ford looks too old now..

    by general_mortimer

    ..because he IS too old! Slugging bad guys and being dragged behind trucks is a young man's game! A new direction will be needed and until I know what it is I remain sceptical.
    As for this 'part'...3rd girl from left behind Indy in strip club? Oh yeah!

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  • Oct 04, 2005 7:00:18 AM CDT

    I was hoping for Ronnie Barker to be cast as the baddie...

    by the true priapic

    ..now my dreams are gone.It was about as reasonable as asking Ford to be an aging action star.Interestingly in an interview with Spielberg he says he was "finished with this" meaning the Jones films and that it was Ford who wouldn't stop nagging him to do another.Telling isn't it.I think Ford wants another crack at the top,God knows I cant remember his last decent film.Then again at least What Lies Beneath had Amber Valetta in it.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 7:34:07 AM CDT

    cue the 'Ford is too old' comments in 3...2..1...

    by i dunno

    Why does everyone pick on Ford for his age? Sean Connery, Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee are all gettingup there and they still do physical roles. It'd be one thing if he played and ageless cyborg but Indy was never a young athletic type in the films. He's a professor who gets his ass kicked all the time. There's no reson why he can't do the job.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 7:35:16 AM CDT

    NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

    by cyanide christ

    I hope this movie never sees the light of day. Come on people, you all saw Spielberg's last few movies, you all saw the uber terrible Star Wars prequels. Do you really want this?!

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  • Oct 04, 2005 7:50:03 AM CDT

    Actually, this is the third sequel. And what happened to kate ca

    by theginger twit

  • Oct 04, 2005 7:52:36 AM CDT

    Er, this IS happening

    by performingmonkey

    It was OK denying this movie before there was even a script but now is the time to stop, I feel. This fucker is in pre-production, and the only reason it hasn't been shot yet is Spielberg's Munich movie. Yes, Ford may be too old but it's happening, and he'd be the biggest fool in the world if he didn't do it. Surely people don't expect the story has been written with Indy being in his 40s? Also, Connery will be in this if Lucas wants him to be. It'll probably only be a death scene anyway, so if he can't get his ass out of retirement for that...

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  • Oct 04, 2005 7:59:24 AM CDT

    Her name is Lara Dutta

    by anna valerious

    http://specials.rediff.com/entertai/2005/jan/18sld1.jpg She's my age (27), a Bollywood Actress, and a former beauty pagent contestant.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 8:02:56 AM CDT

    Did anyone see the george lucas life time achievement awards??

    by theginger twit

    Harrison Ford WAS to old to play indy... but seeing him that night give shit to Lucas - He was just a Han Solo/Indianna Jones old geezer and I would KILL to see him portray THAT character.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 8:10:27 AM CDT

    Great. A belated, unwanted sequel with a model "acting" in it.

    by salvatoregravano

    This may beat even "Highlander II" and "Batman and Robin".

    Reply to Talkback

  • I mean, come on, he's got to do at least one more watchable film before he croaks. Although Orson Welles' last film role was a voiceover part in Transformers: The Movie...

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  • Oct 04, 2005 8:38:14 AM CDT

    Cold War Era Indy? Noooooooooo!!!

    by jeditemple

    Does anyone really want to see Indiana Jones fighting Communists? The Pulp Era was the 30's and early 40's. A character like Indiana Jones simply doesn't work well after World War II. This movie should not happen.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 8:50:40 AM CDT

    It seems Connery will only look his best. After all, he's r

    by jdanielp

    And Clint Eastwood is making a comeback as Dirty Harry, also in a video game. Maybe there will be a bonus character who's big and fat, with curly red hair and glasses, and can hardly walk, also named Harry. (It was all in fun, big guy! Honest, Harry! Keep that "44" in your pants!)

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  • Oct 04, 2005 8:55:02 AM CDT

    Technically, it's only the 2nd Sequel

    by chrth

    Temple of Doom was a Prequel

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  • Oct 04, 2005 8:56:26 AM CDT

    Oooooh, she's a MODEL!

    by magic muppet

    Why can't they cast someone who's just beautiful in an ordinary way to play Indy's daughter? Ooops ....

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  • Oct 04, 2005 9:00:12 AM CDT

    Miss India

    by magic muppet

    Does this give us a clue as to where Indy 4 is set? Wink wink ...

    Reply to Talkback

  • Oct 04, 2005 9:01:35 AM CDT

    Matthew Fox

    by magic muppet

    Hey, what happened to that guy who kept pushing for Matthew Fox to play Indiana Jones?

    Reply to Talkback

  • Oct 04, 2005 9:09:44 AM CDT

    Anna Valerious is right

    by magic muppet

    Laura Dutta, born April 16th 1978, Ghaziabad India. Former Miss India, she's model who's done a bit of work in Bollywood. She's a mix of Punjabi and Scottish parents. Geez, another model. I'm sure she's a lovely woman, but didn't Lucas learn from Alison Doody? What a boring love interest her character was. Granted, the cardboard character of Dr Elsa Schneider didn't leave Doody much to work with ...

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  • Oct 04, 2005 9:09:47 AM CDT

    This movie can only disappoint

    by moviemaniac-7

    I'm a big fan of the trilogy and Raiders is one of the most exciting - if not THE - adventure movies of all time. I'll defend Temple and Crusade till my death. Excellent Saturday afternoon fare. Flawed, hell yes, but big time fun nonetheless. I wonder if they can capture the same spirit with this fourth part, whatever it is called (but Mad Magazine ran a funny article about it a while ago).

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  • Oct 04, 2005 9:10:15 AM CDT

    So far they've gotten more wrong

    by hobbs

  • Oct 04, 2005 9:13:09 AM CDT

    Does anyone really want to see Indiana Jones fighting Communists

    by rev_skarekroe

  • Oct 04, 2005 9:14:29 AM CDT

    "Roll," "4th Sequel," "we apologizes"....

    by roughdraft

    Well, IndyExperience.com clearly has the mechanics of writing down. There's no WAY they could ever get their facts mixed up.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 9:14:49 AM CDT

    Does anyone really want to see Indiana Jones fighting Communists

    by magic muppet

    Me too. But I'd rather see Indy fighting Zahi Hawass. Man that guy is a prick.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 9:18:38 AM CDT

    "Why does everyone pick on Ford for his age?" 'CAUSE HE'

    by roughdraft

    "Sean Connery, Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee are all gettingup there and they still do physical roles." None of these guys portrayed a franchise character from their thirties into their sixties. Oh, wait - Connery nearly did, and "Never Say Never Again" was a fucking travesty. Ian McKellen pretending to have mutant powers is a wee bit different from the very mortal Indiana Jones going globe-hopping. He's liable to break a hip just getting off a plane. I can't believe anyone would want to see this. Talk about depressing.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 9:27:16 AM CDT

    Please bring back MARION!

    by my ass smells

    Fuck everyone else. INDIANA JONES 4 WILL OWN YOUR ASS!

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  • Oct 04, 2005 9:28:22 AM CDT

    Indiana Jones 4 or GnR's Chinese Democracy.

    by my ass smells

    Which fantasy will come true and be released first?

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  • Oct 04, 2005 9:34:55 AM CDT

    So, we know this much...

    by hobbs

    There will be other actors in the next Indiana Jones film besides Harrison Ford. Good news.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 9:43:30 AM CDT

    Harrison Ford?

    by jon e cin

  • Oct 04, 2005 9:50:02 AM CDT

    Who's with me?

    by curryice

    Hollywood should cast more women from India and Bollywood. I mean have you seen all these hot,gorgeous women there?

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  • Oct 04, 2005 9:50:45 AM CDT

    "Indiana Jones 4 or GnR's Chinese Democracy."

    by i dunno

    Duke Nukem Forever.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 9:51:12 AM CDT

    Not To Be An Ageist, But Isn't Harrison Ford, Like, 135 Year

    by zombiesolutions

    "eeeeh! oooooh, my back... ooooohhh... hold up sonny! i need that artifact! oooh, darn! got away again.... pooped my pants... pooped... my pants.... what's my name again? who are you?! I DONT KNOW YOU! YOU'RE NOT MY SON!!!" and what, i guess Sean Connery will play a reanimated corpse? please, George? Steven? it's over...

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  • Oct 04, 2005 9:57:14 AM CDT

    Apparently there is a script...

    by hobbs

    ...but I haven't heard a word on it. Have I missed something?

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  • Oct 04, 2005 10:00:00 AM CDT

    Ford was almost 40 in Raiders, RoughDraft

    by i dunno

    I was thinking more along the lines of SGandalf when I mentioned McKellen. He rode horses and fought with a sword. Lee sword fought in SW as well, even though he had a little digital help. But he's in his 80s, not 60s. Sean Connery was well into his 60s in The Rock and did fine. Both Picard and Kirk had action scenes later in life. Clint Eastwood was in his 60's in In the Line of Fire and even now, at 104, I doubt anyone would complain if he did another action movie. I could probably go on if I gave it any more thought. The point is that Indy doesn't have to get dragged by a car or swim out to a submarine for the character to work. I wish they'd release a teaser that is simply Ford swinging off a ledge with a whip, without the help of FX and looks into the camera and says, "Now shut the fuck up".

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  • Oct 04, 2005 10:14:43 AM CDT

    She's a former Miss Universe

    by r.c. the "wise"

  • Oct 04, 2005 10:18:31 AM CDT

    I love me my Indy movies...

    by mechatruffautmk2

    ...but come to your senses, gentlemen. Let the thing die in peace. Ford hasn't been watchable for ten years (I'm being extremely generous here). I like a lot of his movies, but the Beard has never been able to recapture the electric adventure feeling of Raiders. There's no way that going back to the well can lead to anything good. If they're just in it for the money, I guess they know what they're doing, though...because hey, I'll go see it no matter how skeptical I am.

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  • Fuck yeah.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Also, her name isn't actually Laura, it's Lydia. And the film she's been cast in isn't 'Indy 4', it's a sequel to 'Alan Quartermain and the City of Gold'.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 11:16:56 AM CDT

    Chinese Democracy

    by cherub rock

    hehe My Ass Smells, good call. However, my money's on Spielberg rather than Axl, any day of the week. Axl's a wreck, and without Slash who cares anyway?

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  • Oct 04, 2005 11:18:20 AM CDT

    Die herr in der bar mochte mit einen sprechen. Kommen sie bitte

    by kwisatzhaderach

    Apologies to all German speakers for that. A new Indiana Jones film sounds excellent in theory. In reality it will suck. Last Crusade was lazy, although a lot of fun. If they can recapture that frenetic feeling that Raiders and Temple of Doom had i'm there. But Lucas and Spielberg are too old now and although i'll forever love them for the enjoyment they brought me in my childhood, filmmaking is a young mans game i'm afraid.

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  • ...you have to admit the odds are stacked against it. Ignoring Ford's age for the moment, consider the fact that 1) they've gone through a dozen drafts of the screenplay without being ecstatic about any of them (never a good sign); and 2) 7 out Spielberg's last 8 movies have flat out sucked.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 11:29:40 AM CDT

    "filmmaking is a young mans game i'm afraid."

    by i dunno

    Holy shit that's a stupid statement. But you're right abut Lucas and Spielberg. It's not like they have the number 1 and 2 movies of the year or anything.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 11:33:23 AM CDT

    i have a small question. WHO CARES?!

    by jig98

    i just wanna harrison ford to smile in a reletivly random place when this bombs and whatever he comes out in next is a blockbuster. {vin diesel-pacifier, ice cube-state of the union}

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  • Oct 04, 2005 11:43:08 AM CDT

    I just hope this one ends properly.

    by modlight

    I think the perfect ending to the series would be something like Indy and his Father coming to terms with their relationship, saving the world, and then riding off into the sunset. It would be very classy, and a perfect cap to an excellent series.... oh wait.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 11:51:51 AM CDT

    A Nitpicky Thing I Could Never Get Past In Indy 3

    by zombiesolutions

    this is way obsessve, but in the library -- the books are so fake looking! it looks like a sitcom set, or an abandoned Hammer film. they couldn't afford using real books? they had to use a fake bookshelf/prop wall? lame.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 11:51:59 AM CDT

    So what religion.....

    by hairy nutsack

    So what religion will they be validating in this new movie? The Hindus magic stones really are magic, praise all the multiple armed, giant breasted goddesses. The Ark of the Covenant really was God's Winnebago here on Earth, praise Yahweh you heathen before he smites you. The Holy Grail really did once contain the blood of Christ and makes boo-boos disappear, thank you Jesus and pass me the gravy. So what's next? Indiana Jones and the Gold Crescent of Mohammed? Indiana Jones and the Magic Glasses of Moroni? I know I know!! Indiana Jones and the Rainbow of West Hollywood!!

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  • Oct 04, 2005 11:59:37 AM CDT

    Nutsack, isn't it obvious?

    by modlight

    Speilberg's been doing research for a while now on it. It'll be Indiana Jones and the Vanished E-Meter of the Stars.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 12:21:47 PM CDT

    Raiders of the Lost Box-Office

    by moviemaniac-7

    But serious, ZombieSolutions, there is only one thing that really bothered m

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  • Oct 04, 2005 12:34:03 PM CDT

    LARA Dutta - she's Indian/Scottish

    by det. john kimble

    thanks IMDB - and she was smart enough to turn down roles in Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions. Flame away Matrix fanboys.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 12:35:51 PM CDT

    Zombie! Those library books have always bugged me too.

    by det. john kimble

    How much did they spend on that movie? When I first saw the movie I kept assuming that was a fake wall that would lead to the crypt... but then it turns out just to be a badly designed set.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 12:37:43 PM CDT

    Going from Doody to Dutta

    by mortsleam

    While I'm going, "Uh, do we really need another Indiana Jones movie?"

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  • Oct 04, 2005 12:39:02 PM CDT

    E-Meter LOL.....

    by hairy nutsack

    **SPOILER** I know what it will be about, they'll send Porkins to see Indiana again and tell him that their "top men" have misplaced the Ark of the Covenant. Then they'll set Indy loose on the warehouse. Working Title: Indiana Jones and the Warehouse of Secrets. **END SPOILER**

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  • Oct 04, 2005 12:45:45 PM CDT

    Zombi/Kimble...don't forgot the awful editting from Indy/Blo

    by the true priapic

    ..awfully done.Watched Last Crusade recently and the holes are astonishing...isnt the guy who throws the torch to burn the oil under the library either standing IN the oil or has covered his shoes and trouser hems with it by standing in it?Bit fuckin' risky.Still he's ready to die,right?

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  • Oct 04, 2005 12:51:43 PM CDT

    Warehouse

    by modlight

    Now with all the lame ideas running around this town with LOST ripoffs and bad sci-fi series. I don't know why they don't make a series about that warehouse at the end of raiders. Have some "Thin Man"esque archeologist/scientist couple go through and catalogue and research and track down things in or that should go to the warehouse.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 12:52:35 PM CDT

    True Priapic

    by modlight

    um, not to be nitpicky, but isn't it a tomb they go under and aren't they underground and come up through the sewers?

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  • Oct 04, 2005 12:57:56 PM CDT

    modlight..yeah,I was thinking of camera views and stuff but you&

    by the true priapic

    ...but I'm sure it was that scene that guy throws the torch into the oil/sewer and hes standing in it.Sorry for the woeful typing..I'm sitting in the dark as the bloody lights have buggered up ...

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  • Oct 04, 2005 12:59:19 PM CDT

    and so help me..if Ford tries a Scots accent again....wrghhhhhhh

    by the true priapic

  • Oct 04, 2005 1:04:34 PM CDT

    It should take place in modern times

    by modlight

    I always figured that since they both drank from the grail that it would've had some lasting slight imortal effect on them. even though it shouldn't work outside of the cave, but hey, why not. Indiana Jones and the Golden Palace of Saddam Hussein!!! think about it?! "Terrorists, why'd it have to be terrorist."

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  • Oct 04, 2005 1:06:22 PM CDT

    Accents.....

    by hairy nutsack

    Speaking of accents, remember when he and Qui-Gon made that Russian sub movie? I am convinced that the true reason they had everyone do moderate to no Russian accents was because Ford couldn't pull it off. What was that BS reason they gave for not having accents again? Whatever it was, it was really because Ford sucks at accents. Indiana Jones and the Speech Therapist of Machu Pichu.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 1:12:57 PM CDT

    I've never understood repacing the actual language with acce

    by modlight

    I wonder if there are Spanish, or French movies that take place in america and they have the people speaking with bad american accents. EXCUSEEE MOIIII!!! Germ apple John Smith.
    If you're not gonna have 'em speak for real just get british actors.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 1:20:12 PM CDT

    Is Harrison Ford STILL alive?

    by alucardvsdracula

    I thought that old pirate was dead, may as well be for his cinematic output in recent years.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 1:28:43 PM CDT

    All I have to say is....

    by ronniepooch

    who cares about this movie. spielberg will manage to make another unsatisfying predictable mess.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 1:30:11 PM CDT

    dubbing and accents...

    by the true priapic

    ...put Interview with the Vampire on years ago for a german girl I was seeing and I thought it would be nice to play the german version for her but she said to hust play it in english...her fucking face when she first heard Cruise and Pitts real voices was priceless...saucer eyed and open mouthed shock..."THAT is zer voices??Mein Gott!"I ruined the facade for that poor chick...

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  • Oct 04, 2005 1:34:00 PM CDT

    Hmmm...anyone remember model/actress Persis Khambatta?

    by k-pobuibo

    cuz I sure don't.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 1:37:34 PM CDT

    I take back what I said

    by k-pobuibo

    I didn't know she died. I just thought she faded into obscurity after being in Megaforce. Whoopsie. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001422/

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  • Oct 04, 2005 1:49:56 PM CDT

    Quatermain--- Not Quartermain

    by zerocorpse

    There's no "r" in the first syllable. And they should call this one "Indiana Jones and the Girls Gone Wild"

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  • Oct 04, 2005 1:50:34 PM CDT

    IT IS A RUMOR

    by gungan slayer

    Lucasfilm has already replied, and stated that this casting is just a rumor. Their official statment says that there is no new news on the movie. See theraider.net for the report.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 1:56:19 PM CDT

    Erm, actually Magic Muppet...

    by anna valerious

    And you should prolly know this by being a Muppet fan, Alison Doody (Who prolly has one of the most unfortunate names ever)) was in an episode of "The Storyteller" before "Last Crusade". I never liked "Last Crusade". Regardless on what political side they're on, I wouldn't have let her die. At least she traded up to Alan Quartermain...even if it was Patrick Swayze. And I like LXG. So sue me. I had done a Herr Fantom/Moriarity crossplay a while back- http://tinyurl.com/7bjw9 http://tinyurl.com/blsxz I've been told I look better in guy costumes than guys actually do...

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  • Oct 04, 2005 2:27:24 PM CDT

    Since script is still unknown, here's my two cents

    by hobbs

    I've always thought that an Indiana Jones tale on a boat travelling up a river in some mysterious land a la Heart of Darkness would be an intriguing adventure. Considering Harrison Ford's age it could also be a practical way to handle the limits of Indy's age while not betraying the character's courage and adventurous spirit. Obviously you couldn't have the entire movie take place on a boat, but it would be a different vehicle - literally and figuratively - for storytelling. Of course, I'm thinking along the lines of Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now, not Anaconda.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 2:32:00 PM CDT

    So at this rate

    by capt. blackadder

    we will see this movie sometime in early 2010, if not later.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 2:35:08 PM CDT

    Sean Connery's next role is.....

    by capt. blackadder

    playing a round of golf. Its true.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 2:56:13 PM CDT

    Does anyone remember actress Calista Flockhart?

    by jeditemple

    She's the skeletal jailkeeper that has kept Harrison locked away for so long. And no, we didn't open the ark of the covenant...that's how she looks all the time.

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  • Yeah, they call that the "Planet of the Apes" syndrome. Old school PotA.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 2:59:37 PM CDT

    re Cosplay

    by docpazuzu

    I've never understood the mentality behind spending so much time and effort in making replica costumes for use in any circumstance other than Halloween. Still - LXG cosplay, although sad, is no where near as sad as the infamous Tron Guy: http://www.tronguy.net/TRONcostume/

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  • Oct 04, 2005 3:16:50 PM CDT

    Anna Valerious

    by docpazuzu

    It actually made perfect sense that Doody's character died. Throughout the entire film she demonstrated how low she was willing to sink in order to get her way. She betrayed both of the Joneses on a personal level, as well as her own morals by working with the Nazis to achieve her aims. In the end, her greed betrayed her and she paid the ultimate price for her earlier sins.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 3:31:49 PM CDT

    "You call him 'Grandpa Jones', doll!"

    by redneckjedi

    Sorry, I just HAD to paraphrase that!

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  • Oct 04, 2005 3:40:56 PM CDT

    That's bad news, casting a model instead of an actress.

    by lord_soth

    I hope she'll be onscreen for only a few secs (or sex, ehehe).

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  • Oct 04, 2005 3:54:58 PM CDT

    Whip it!

    by henry jones jr.

    Ford will rise from the ashes of his failed career on this one! Just keep that Calista Fuckhard away from him during shooting. He'll be fine. Of course, if I was 60 and could bang someone in their 20's; I'd stop making movies too.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 4:09:34 PM CDT

    I hope this is only a supporting part

    by nyc

    I still want to see Calista all sweaty in tattered jungle garb. She should have the lead female role.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 4:10:25 PM CDT

    On the other hand...

    by anna valerious

    Doc, don't knock it until you tried it. And why the hell cast a love interest if everyone is going to hate her any way?

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  • We didn't hate her until we knew she was working for the Nazis. Making the love interest one of the villains was refreshing and interesting. Besides, Marion Ravenwood is the only one for Indy, everyone knows that - except Indy himself.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 4:25:50 PM CDT

    Cosplay.....

    by hairy nutsack

    I am a costumer but what exactly is Cosplay anyway? I started costuming as an adult because I am a fan of Stargate SG-1. A few years ago I saw a group of costumed volunteers get to run escort duty for the cast of SG-1 and Atlantis. I joined up and now I am part of a large number of volunteers who get to interact with the actors all over the country. We work with Creation Entertainment and have made contacts within MGM/Sony so hopefully we will we working with them as well. Our costuming also landed us a spot in the ComicCon episode of HBOs Entourage. I didn't get much face time in Entourage but there is a spectacular close-up of my elbow in one scene. Anyway, costuming has been very fun and is becoming somewhat profitable for me. Check us out at Sg-Command.net.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 4:33:13 PM CDT

    Old Indy =

    by dr_buggerlugs

    lots of related comedy shenanigans. It'll be great - Indy's retired, bored and itching for adventure - an excuse to pull out the old fedora arises and he's back in the saddle whilst going "ooh, me atheritis!" at every turn and a variation on "I'm too old for this shit" - plus any chance we can get Short Round back? Obviously now make him in his late 20's and make him do his fair share of the cool stunts and shit. That'd be ace - bring back Short-Arse!

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  • Oct 04, 2005 4:39:33 PM CDT

    Well, Hairy...

    by anna valerious

    It's pretty much acting like the character you're dressing as, getting out of the normal mode you're in. I started because I was having a terrible time getting any acting parts, so I figured I'd rather cast myself as a character. Unfortunately, I've been very depressed because I can't make it out to anime conventions due to things not going in my favor. And Doc...yes, he and Marion are OTP. It's like two of the characters from the show "Working"...even though they never end up together (In the finale's good scenario, he introduces her to his brother-in-law and they hit it off) you still want them to be together.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 5:05:09 PM CDT

    Gee, this was posted a few days ago at theindyexperience.com

    by forestal

  • Oct 04, 2005 6:46:55 PM CDT

    INDY IV CASTING NEWS! Nathan Lane is the lead Nazi!

    by doom ii

    and Kate Moss plays the daughter of Toht out for revenge on the Jones' I think Freddie Prinze Jr is also in it as Indy's son, Minnesota Shanks. Great stuff. I cannot wait!

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  • Oct 04, 2005 7:00:46 PM CDT

    Indy love interest

    by ace hunter

    Hopefully, this chick isn't Indy's love interest because that'd be just embarrassing. Either bring Marion back (I'm sure K.Allen is free) or cast someone who's still hot but closer to Indy's age. Rene Russo? Joan Allen would be interesting. Kate Capshaw should stay home and take care of all of those kids, though.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 7:03:51 PM CDT

    LUCASFILM DENIES IT

    by phaedrus007

    First, according to Raider.Net, Lucasfilm has denied this casting news. As a side note re: "Quatermain--- Not Quartermain" the author of the books H. Rider Haggard spelled it both ways on various occasions and both are considered acceptable, so... nanny nanny poo poo.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 7:40:05 PM CDT

    Ford was an old man when he made Last Crusades!

    by kongmonkey

    Shit, he's only like 12 years younger than Sean Connery. If Indy could do the shit he did in Last Crusades and an old man, he can do just as much now. Indy's probably goin' after the garden of Eden for the forbidden apple tree of knowledge that the Russians want so bad cause it'll help'em destroy the anti-commy world or something...

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  • Oct 04, 2005 7:59:01 PM CDT

    Sounds like *somebody* slept with one of the producers, lured in

    by darth bono jr.

    Casting couch.

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  • Oct 04, 2005 10:27:16 PM CDT

    drjones stretched the talkback

    by voice o. reason

  • Oct 04, 2005 10:38:45 PM CDT

    Natalie Portman should be Indiana's daughter!

    by rivercb

    Screw Lucas if he doesn't like the cross-over. If he had his way, Tom Selleck would have been Indiana Jones. He still owes her a good movie role.

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  • Oct 05, 2005 4:15:59 AM CDT

    You are all idiots.....

    by hairy nutsack

    So far no one has correctly identified Lydia Ditto. She played the large bald Nazi that got chopped up by the propellor in Raiders and then also got crunched up in the roller in Temple of Doom. She also played the camel Salla rode on in Crusade. In addition to these fine roles, she also appeared in Trainspotting as Ewan McGregor's penis. Check IMDB if you don't believe me.

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  • Oct 05, 2005 8:15:45 AM CDT

    Speaking of disputed Bollywood casting rumors

    by hobbs

    The next Bond villian has been cast - sort of. See http://tinyurl.com/bv5o7

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  • Oct 05, 2005 10:54:40 AM CDT

    Set It In The Present, But With Zombie Nazis...

    by flim springfield

    The two Jones are still alive due to drinking from the Holy Grail.

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  • I always pictured it like Indy finds out Abner Ravenwood is still alive deep in a jungle exploration somewhere and needs Indy to come rescue him for some reason or other. That way you could also bring back Karen Allen (who I actually saw attending a performance of King Lear last year at Shakespeare & Company in the Berkshires, Massachusetts - very cool to see her out and about!)

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  • Oct 05, 2005 2:02:48 PM CDT

    i will never again fill the subject box

    by drjones

    sorry sorry sorry...for this stretch incidence. i didn't do it on purpose. not really....but in fact at least one time i wanted to be called a jerk...i really feel......baptized. the "heart of darkness-jones" idea sounds cool but would be a little bit of a revisiting of the father son last crusade topic.

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  • Oct 05, 2005 2:34:10 PM CDT

    The plot will be......

    by capt. blackadder

    ....Indy breaking his father out of a old folks home. " I'm to old for this shit, Junior"

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  • Oct 06, 2005 12:11:38 AM CDT

    You ARE all idiots

    by robgb

  • Oct 06, 2005 1:18:25 AM CDT

    Dutta to be.....Indy's daughter perhaps?

    by monkey_king

    Could be. He has had many women over the years. Maybe this one finally tracked down her globe-hopping adventuring daddy.

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  • Oct 06, 2005 1:41:39 AM CDT

    Indiana Jones and the Bubba Nosferatu?

    by flim springfield

  • Oct 06, 2005 12:05:24 PM CDT

    People, PLEASE

    by mister man

    LMAO (Gasp, gasp) LMAO. Could AICN have sunk any lower? I didn't realize you could jump the shark twice.

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  • Oct 07, 2005 6:20:12 AM CDT

    Dutta ain't playing Indy's daughter

    by magic muppet

    It's a SMALL ROLE, stated in the press release. Of course, Lucasfilms has denied Laura Dutta has been cast, so it may all be bullshit. I'm guessing Indy'll have old-man-goin-out-with-young-woman-half-his-age syndrome, they'll take the piss out of his age. Harrison Ford has said as much, that he wants Indy to show his age. Add Indy's old flames, and there could be a classic movie scene in the making. Maybe Indy wakes up, wonders what he's doin with this beautiful young woman, and goes on one last adventure. I only hope they don't spend too much effort on the object of the quest -- let's just make this film all about Indy, and it's the journey he goes on rather than the museum piece he's chasing.

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  • Oct 07, 2005 9:11:42 AM CDT

    I bet they never make another Indy with Ford.

    by minderbinder

    And if they do, I bet it tanks.

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