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Now this was a surprise! I've been waiting ages for a Wallpaper of Drew Struzan's Full Official Poster of Indy IV to appear on IndianaJones.com, and it still hasn't.

So where did I find it? Why, only on the UK version of the Official Site instead!! Check the Downloads page out!

Here's the direct link to the best version! Enjoy!

So this is what he's up to when not writing news posts.

Reports are coming in from, well, me, saying that the new Kingdom of the Crystal Skull LEGO sets are now available to buy in stores, even here in the UK.

Our intrepid reporter (again, me), took a couple of shots to prove his slightly blurry findings. There's also the first ever shot of Indy together with the Crystal Skull, although obviously just in Lego.

Excited?

About damn time too! You can experience the new Indiana Jones trailer in full HD quality!

1080p / 720p / 480p

If you can't run HD, The Official Indiana Jones Site has it too. The site has also had a small revamp, which basically means that a very golden Crystal Skull is staring at you the whole time you're there.

EDIT: There's also something on the updated Official Site that you may or may not want to avoid - an official Story Synopsis of Indy IV. Don't say we didn't warn you...

Here at the International House of Leaked Indy4 Footage, we pride ourselves in linking you to the latest and greatest of shoddy Youtube renditions of upcoming Crystal Skull video marketing.

Up now (temporarily, I'm sure) is the full theatrical trailer for the movie which will be attached to Iron Man and will likely be available for download on the official web site in a few days. It's probably recommend that you just wait until then when you can see the trailer in more than seven lines of resolution, but if you insist.

UPDATE (yes, by Tingler again, the Bringer of Doom): It's gone! It's ALL gone! Guess we're waiting until it comes up properly now!

Another new Indy-related pixel has appeared on the interwebs and, as you know, it's our duty to report on it!

Here you go: Indy IV TV spot.

UPDATE by la Tingler: Fortunately for us who value quality, IndianaJones.com has finally put up the latest TV Spot in HD Quicktime!

You can also download it directly like this:
Good, better, best!

Paramount have released a fair number of new, cool pictures from Indiana Jones and the Several Nouns probably with 'of' in the Middle. TheRaider.net has done a good job of collecting them.

Mostly of interest is an absolutely stunning shot of the Crystal Skull itself, which looks like concept art:

If that doesn't sate your Indy hunger, how about the news that in exactly one month from today the new Indy film will be released after 19 years of waiting?

To celebrate, Mojo is pleased to announce Indy Month 2, which may or may not last longer than an actual month. We've got plenty of reviews and features lined up to celebrate, and it'll all kick off soon with the next part of our LucasArts' Secret History series on Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

And if you're not an Indy fan, don't worry, we'll still have regular News, our wacky Forums, and the rest of the Secret History series. Mojo: the place to be!

There's a nice Q&A with Steven Spielberg and George Lucas at Entertainment Weekly about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. In it Lucas continues to express his amusing "Everybody is gonna hate this movie" attitude, but there's also some good info in there.

A second article, this one from the LA Times, discusses the financial situation for the movie's participants, including the fact that it has to gross more than $400 million before it can start earning a profit. That's a lot of adventure game marketing budgets.

For those two of you still denying that Star Wars: The F***est Uppest wasn't slipped a whole year in order to ride off the back of the next big event in the SW universe - The Clone Wars movie and series - then prepare to have your beliefs mocked as Empire reveals that the film will be out August 15th, within a month of TFU.

Also, this interview at IGN reveals that characters from the game will appear in the series. Hmmmmm!

In this Youtube video, John Williams discusses that he recently finished mixing the seventh and final reel for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, going onto say that the film will be shipped for distribution on "Tuesday" (tomorrow), aka totally finished.

To add to your excitement for Indiana Jones 4 being in the can, why not check out some new production photos at the always classy TheRaider.net? I don't expect an answer to that question.

MAD Magazine has a letter supposedly from George Lucas to Steven Spielberg about the new Indiana Jones film that addresses quite a lot of the fears many fans are having about the project and putting them to rest. Honest.

Have a read.

I don't know what a lot of people think of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, but my general opinion is that they were pretty good with some excellent stories, but they didn't really capture the feel of the movies.

The show was cancelled after just two seasons, although there were always plans for a third series that would make the show feel more Indy-like. A few of these stories got made into TV movies, including 'Treasure of the Peacock's Eye' and 'Phantom Train of Doom', two of the best and most filmic stories (the latter even had Paul 'Belloq' Freeman in it).

The rest of the episodes had only vague plots outlined... that is, until now!

Young Indy meeting Abner Ravenwood and searching for the Ark together? Indy becoming friends with Belloq and discovering a Crystal Skull and a Lost City? Indy having a fantasy where he's five inches high and rides a goose? Damn, I want these made!

Check it out!

If you were to go to Amazon's pre-order page for the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull soundtrack disc, you would find a complete track listing. I won't post them here, since they do contain spoilers (though I'm pretty sure nothing along the lines of a certain Star Wars prequel track title), but it's there.

Also, pre-order the soundtrack! Because you know no matter what happens, that part of the movie is going to be fantastic.

In case you missed it, here's the totally awesome, cool and not at all fake trailer for Sam & Max: Freelance Police - The Movie.



Caution: may contain footage of a cancelled game that still brings Mojo to tears.

Okay, so we're all aware of the behind-the-scenes soap opera concerning the various screenplays that attempted to rejuvenate the Indiana Jones film series before a script was finally written that was actually produced into the film we're all going to be seeing on May 22. By far the most well-known of the rejected drafts was the one by Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, some Young Indy episodes), a treatment reportedly loved by Spielberg but not-so-loved by big George. Despite the attempts of the internet media to make it look like Frank Darabont is incredibly pissed off and wants to shoot George Lucas repeatedly in the face, it's evident that he's pretty chill on the whole thing:



Something you'll notice in that interview, though, is that Darabont mentions the possibility of Kingdom of the Crystal Skull containing more than a few similarities to his own work. The above interview was conducted a few months ago when Darabont was promoting his latest film, The Mist, and he had not yet read the script to see just how much of his ideas were used.

Well, it would seem, according to this annoyingly written article that not enough of Darabont's work survived the finished film to get his name in the credits, at least in the opinion of the WGA or whoever's responsibility it is to decide such matters. Interestingly, though, Jeff Nathanson shares a "story" credit with George Lucas in the final credits list - Nathanson is the guy who penned a draft between Darabont's dismissal and the final screenplay by David Koepp. Is there in fact a good deal of Darabont's work in the final product? Who knows, but I thought this was worth sharing.

To complete our round of exclusive News stories at Mojo (three in one day? Extraordinary!), we can present to you a special exclusive photo from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, showing Indy actually with the Crystal Skull! Wow!

Check it out!

If you were to head over to the official Indiana Jones web site you could watch the first TV spot for the film. The 25-second clip doesn't showcase any new footage except for a brief exchange between Indy and Shia at the very beginning, where the adventurous archaeologist tells off the arrogant little punk when he attempts to tell the man his business. Presumably the TV spot cuts the scene off just before Indy shoots a hole through LaBeouf's forehead and he subsequently gets skewered by a renegade, airborne sawfish, has an anvil dropped on his head, and somehow collapses backwards into an open manhole filled with crocodiles.

In any event, check out the TV spot!

This is kind of weird, especially since we just got a report that Paramount is prepping a new Indy4 trailer for next month, but Yahoo is saying that we're going to get a second trailer this week. Kinda peculiar, but hey, I'm not complaining if it's true.

Update: Empire Magazine got in touch with LucasFilm and apparently the news is incorrect. The next trailer is still a month or so away. Honestly, not too surprising.

In rather a surprise announcement (or rather reminder) at the ShoWest convention during a quick chat about Star Wars: The Clone Wars (animated movie and series, not awful game), George Lucas gave an interview with ComingSoon.net about his first original film since the early 90s, entitled Red Tails.

Read a brief preview of the interview here.

Red Tails will tell the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all African-American pilot squad that flew during World War II. And to balance the seriousness of this update, wibble blibble plip plop plap.

Update: Ahhh, that's better, I thought the world was coming to an end then. George talks to Empire about Star Wars. Animated Clone Wars and the upcoming live TV series.

Now, you remember The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Lucas' last TV series? You know how they, despite being quite enjoyable, very rarely made any attempt to do anything that made us love the movies so much? Well:

The live action show doesn't have any of the characters from the movies. It takes place at the same time, between episodes three and four, but it doesn't have anything to do with the Skywalkers. You kind of hear about the Emperor, and it takes place in that world, but it's like you have the TV show 24 and the TV show The Wire; they're in the same place but they're two completely different things."

So, no Emperor, no Darth Vader, no Yoda, no Obi-Wan Kenobi, no Luke, no Leia, no Han Solo, no Jabba The Hutt, Boba Fett etc. Feel those Young Indy flashbacks yet?

UPDATE: That ComingSoon interview is now viewable for your reading pleasure. There's a little of Red Tails and Lucas' films post-Sith, but it's mostly about The Clone Wars animated series.

For extra fun value, why not imagine George Lucas' words being said by a Star Wars character? Darth Vader's pretty good.

In case you're the kind of person who doesn't read the huge, blaring, black headline, Steve Purcell has been interviewed by Toon Zone about the awesome Sam and Max, the Animated Series.

The interview includes the expression "screaming blue heck," the sentence "suggested making Max a girl," and every reason why you should demand a second, third, fourth and fifth season of the Animated Series, and another thirty or so years of unrelenting Sam and Max delight from Telltale.

Source: Toon Zone