[Jason Bortz]

Title:      Indiana Jones 4
Log line: Adventures of the swashbuckling archaeologist.
Writer:  Jeff Nathanson
Agent:    Andrew Cannava of UTA
Buyer:    Paramount Pictures
Price:      n/a
Genre:    Adventure
Logged:  10/27/04
More:      George Lucas will produce.  Steven Spielberg will direct.  Harrison Ford will star.  First set up in May 2002.

Source here.

[Baal_T'shuvah]

First set up in May 2002.

??? Does this mean that Nathanson has been on the project since this date ???

And isn't this the guy who wrote Rush Hour 2 and Speed 2: Cruise Control? His track record on writing action movie sequels is not the greatest IMHO.


Wooohooo... my total posts = my registered user #. Next thing to crack is that "1% of board posts".

[Overstreet]

Wow. That's a fascinating page for SO MANY reasons.

The Odyssey, huh? I'm thinking... hmmmm... SEAN BEAN????

[Persona]

Silent Hill?! Wolverine?!

-s.

This post has been edited by stef: 27 October 2004 - 08:41 PM

[SZPT]

Title:      Four Brothers
Log line: Four adopted brothers come together to bury the woman who raised them. At the funeral, the brothers discover that their mother may have been murdered and they want revenge.

This sounds a bit like The Sons of Katie Elder, no?

[Anders]

Silent Hill?! Wolverine?!

Oh, yeah. You didn't know about those two films?

Apparently Jackman has already signed on to star in the Wolverine spin off film.

[MattPage]

Hmmm som interesting titles. Odysseus & A new version of Jason and the Arganauts confirms the Epic's comeback. The A team & He-man are both cashing in on the 80snostalghia Gen X buck, sure to be with different results (although both will suck, the A-team will never be better than the original, whereas He-Man can't fail on that score - particularly anyone who witnesses the Dolph Lungren film as well) Oh and actually Miami Vice and Dallas too?

Goodbye Dali sounds interesting, and All you need is love is sure to have the most expensive soundtrack ever one would imagine.

And um Hip Hop Nanny? ::vomit::

Matt

[Shantih]

??? Does this mean that Nathanson has been on the project since this date ???

Nathanson is a fairly recent addition to this process, the first draft was written by Frank Darabond. Spielberg liked it, Lucas didn't. Let's just thank our lucky stars that Lucas didn't decide to rewrite it himself...

Phil.

[Baal_T'shuvah]

??? Does this mean that Nathanson has been on the project since this date ???

Nathanson is a fairly recent addition to this process, the first draft was written by Frank Darabond. Spielberg liked it, Lucas didn't. Let's just thank our lucky stars that Lucas didn't decide to rewrite it himself...

Part of my confusion over this is that the linked site that Jason provided seems to indicate that Nathanson's script has been completed, perhaps going through a polishing process... while other sources yesterday are running the story as if Nathanson had just been hired, and is only now writing the new Indy story.

AFP story here.

E! Online story here.

[Jason Bortz]

Part of my confusion over this is that the linked site that Jason provided seems to indicate that Nathanson's script has been completed, perhaps going through a polishing process...  while other sources yesterday are running the story as if Nathanson had just been hired, and is only now writing the new Indy story.

Nope--Done Deal merely cites properties that have been sold.

You can sell a spec script when it comes down to it. It's likely Nathanson completed a treatment that they (Lucas et al.) finally agreed upon and is in the writing process.

Other scripts on there have been floating around for years (hence the 'First Set Up' clause) and only now are being greenlighted for production, whether due to revisions, new writers, or 'timing'--it's anybody's guess.

[Baal_T'shuvah]

Nothing to do with Indy IV, but other script sales and developments were being mentioned on this thread.

Now here's a screen credit that would elicit a huge laugh from me if I ever saw it... "Loosely Based on a Book Proposal by..." Read on...

Nov. 11, 2004

'Blackbird' singing for Maguire, Col

Tobey Maguire is taking flight to produce with an eye to star in "Blackbird," a thriller that David Auburn will write for Columbia Pictures. "Blackbird" will be loosely based on a book proposal by Eric Olson titled "Through the Glass Darkly," which has been set up at Regan Books. Olson's father worked for the CIA when the agency performed LSD experiments in the 1960s and later died under mysterious circumstances. For 20 years, Olson's family believed he committed suicide. When Olson found out that his father was given LSD by his employers a week before his death, he was compelled to investigate what happened. Mark Ross will oversee for Maguire Entertainment, while Rachel O'Connor and Matt Tolmach will oversee for Columbia.

[Overstreet]

Spielberg... and finally, LUCAS... have signed off.

So why I am filled with dread?

[theoddone33]

The renewed interest in this thread got me browsing scriptsales.com again. Aside from a ton of terrible-sounding movies (one starring Fred Durst?!) and a couple interesting ones, I found this:

Title:        The Second Coming
Log Line:  An archeological dig uncovers the bloody crown of thorns worn by Jesus Christ in his final hours. Secretly, religious leaders break with dogma to clone a new savior. When their plan comes into doubt, the new Messiah must run for his life. Hiding amongst the homeless, he inadvertently finds a new flock, and the world comes face to face with a new destiny.
Writer:      Joseph Calabrese
Agent:      Mngmnt. firm GoGo Films
Buyer:      Willfilm Productions, Inc.
Price:        n/a
Genre:      Drama
Logged:    5/18/05
More:        Willfilm Productions, Inc. will produce.  The script was a Slamdance SlamFi (Science Fiction Screenwriting) Award winner.

Interesting.

Edit: And another interesting one....

Title:        Bathory
Log Line:  Centers on Elizabeth Bathory, who inspired many a vampire myth with sadistic rituals that included bathing in the blood of virgins.
Writer:      Julie Delpy
Agent:      Craig Shapiro of Innovative Artists and atty. Craig Emanuel of Loeb & Loeb
Buyer:      Bauer Martinez
Price:      n/a
Genre:      Drama
Logged:    5/17/05
More:      Julie Delpy will direct as well.  Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy will star.

An alternate take on Before Sunrise I guess. Sorry this is all so offtopic, but it's so interesting!

This post has been edited by theoddone33: 30 May 2005 - 03:05 AM

[Overstreet]

Title:        Bathory
Log Line:  Centers on Elizabeth Bathory, who inspired many a vampire myth with sadistic rituals that included bathing in the blood of virgins.
Writer:      Julie Delpy
Agent:      Craig Shapiro of Innovative Artists and atty. Craig Emanuel of Loeb & Loeb
Buyer:      Bauer Martinez
Price:       n/a
Genre:      Drama
Logged:    5/17/05
More:       Julie Delpy will direct as well.  Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy will star.

I've been reading about this one in recent weeks. It's really happening. Here's the Coming Soon blurb, and it was announced at The Hollywood Reporter as well.

[Peter T Chattaway]

Link to the thread on the Indiana Jones trilogy.

[Jason Panella]

Denholm Elliott (aka Marcus Brody) died a few years after the Last Crusade, so--despite how good this film may be--it'll have something missing, I think.

[Peter T Chattaway]

The writing at Cinematical sucks -- far too many items begin with the writer talking all about me, me, me -- but there are still some interesting rumours here, gleaned from a recent NYC screening of Raiders at which Karen Allen did a Q&A.

[NBooth]

Interesting indeed. FWIW, I'm more interested in the potential for Allen to return than Capshaw or even the appearance of Portman. She (Allan) was the only Indy girl that seemed really to connect with Indy himself.

(I trust since none of this is confirmed, the potentialities do not count as spoilers? If they do, I shall dutifully black 'em out).

[Peter T Chattaway]

George Lucas says, "We're basically going to do The Phantom Menace."

[David Smedberg]

So . . . does that mean that they'll need to get to Indiana Jones: Part 6 before they get it right?