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Steven Spielberg Gives Updates On Next Jurassic Park And Indiana Jones Films

Steven Spielberg recently sat down and talked about the status of two of his upcoming much anticipated projects, continuations of the Jurassic Park and Indiana Jones film franchisees.

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By Jake "WaylonJones" Lester - 10/26/2011

While chatting with Empire, Steven Spielberg was asked on the current status of the next Indiana Jones and Jurassic Park films. While not going in to much on Jurassic Park Spielberg did say it is currently being written and that the story for this one is better than the one for the third one. When answering about Indiana Jones, Spielberg deflected the question by saying the question should be directed at George Lucas. He also gives his thoughts about the last Indy film Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull.

On Jurassic Park

"The screenplay is being written right now by Mark Protosevich. I'm hoping that will come out in the next couple of years. We have a good story. We have a better story for four than we had for three..."


On the Next Indiana Jones Movie:

"You have to ask George Lucas. George is in charge of breaking the stories. He's done it on all four movies. Whether I like the stories or not, George has broken all the stories. He is working on Indy V. We haven't gone to screenplay yet, but he's working on the story. I'll leave it to George to come up with a good story."


On What he thought of Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull:

I'm very happy with the movie. I always have been... I sympathize with people who didn't like the MacGuffin because I never liked the MacGuffin. George and I had big arguments about the MacGuffin. I didn't want these things to be either aliens or inter-dimensional beings. But I am loyal to my best friend. When he writes a story he believes in - even if I don't believe in it - I'm going to shoot the movie the way George envisaged it. I'll add my own touches, I'll bring my own cast in, I'll shoot the way I want to shoot it, but I will always defer to George as the storyteller of the Indy series. I will never fight him on that."

You can check out Spielberg's next film The Adventures Of Tintin: The Secret Of The Unicorn on December 23, 2011 in the US.

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WesleyGibson - 10/26/2011, 7:55 AM
Cool. I thought JP3 was good, another couple of years is a while though...
Gusto - 10/26/2011, 7:57 AM
I blame Lucas!
Gusto - 10/26/2011, 7:57 AM
And, pants!
xXkryptoniteXx - 10/26/2011, 8:02 AM
I guess he knows George isn't the best writer as before lol
xXkryptoniteXx - 10/26/2011, 8:03 AM
I wonder who's idea was it to add swinging monkeys with the greaser wanna be Tarzan lol
nuck82 - 10/26/2011, 8:03 AM
why!! why!!! why!!

xXkryptoniteXx - 10/26/2011, 8:06 AM
@grayfox wait for roboapacolypse, I've read the book and it's great. I just can't wait until his on that project.
KryptoniteSmoker - 10/26/2011, 8:08 AM
he should have fought him on that a little bit, come on Speilberg. bring back the nazis and religious artifacts!!!
getupkid - 10/26/2011, 8:10 AM
Hey, at least he didn't try to pretend Indy IV was a good film....
hoodedjester - 10/26/2011, 8:21 AM
I remember reading interviews with Ford and Spielberg about Indy 4 and that they weren't really set on the idea of aliens being involved but Lucas always gets his way - take a look at the new star wars movies - case in point.

I'd love to see a new jurassic park movie - especially if they bring a good story and a few of the original actors back maybe? The T-rex running around the city in number 2 was cool
REMY1 - 10/26/2011, 8:23 AM
@Nuck82 That pic is very disturbing lol
plasticman - 10/26/2011, 8:23 AM
What he is saying is that he will continue to make whatever Lucas sends his way because it will make him money and it has gotten him to the supreme high leader in Hollywood that he has become. (Not that George's work alone has done that, but Indy is a big part of both of their resumes.)
VictorHugo - 10/26/2011, 8:28 AM
Just make a story in which the elderly Indy passes the torch to Lara Croft already!
Macman29 - 10/26/2011, 8:29 AM
Remember when Spielberg made good films?
Fabius - 10/26/2011, 8:41 AM
@Macman29

You're not really cool...But I understand you...
Minority Report was good, WOWorlds too. CMIYouCan...Was good. But they are not so great like First Jussarik park, Jaws, IndyTrilogy...
MatchesMalone1989 - 10/26/2011, 8:54 AM
@ all the Whiners

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PaulRom - 10/26/2011, 9:02 AM
Sheesh, hasn't everyone been saying the same thing about Indy 5 for years now? We should've had a script by now.
But I'm all for JP4.
nuck82 - 10/26/2011, 9:06 AM
@REMY1 as it should be lol, indy getting raped should never get a good thing
CapA - 10/26/2011, 9:12 AM
@ Teabag I believe him, he did the same mistake with AI : as a great director/producer he must have known the movie should have ended with the kidbot in the ocean in front of the statue yet, out of respect for Kubrick he continued with that INSANE alien/bot ending.
I do not like he screwed up AI and Indy 4 but I do like he's loyal.
theHuch - 10/26/2011, 9:25 AM
I always liked the storyline for Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. If we have already added aliens- why not get the Atlanteans involved.
Fogs - 10/26/2011, 9:39 AM
CapA - Kubrick's AI ending was when the thousand years passed and the kid was much more human than anyone in that time.

Spielberg added the stupid cloning/dying thing.
Gamester76 - 10/26/2011, 9:49 AM
I dont want just any Jurassic Park IV... I want that asanine pile of balls that they reviewed over at Ain't It Cool a few years back. You all know, the one with the dinosaurs holding guns. That script had HUGE stones and it would be criminal to not see such a vision finally realized.
CapA - 10/26/2011, 10:03 AM
@ Aklash - It doesn't change the fact that the most emotional point of the movie didn't became the ending of the film because of loyalty to Kubrick.
HavocT - 10/26/2011, 10:07 AM
Indy 5.... Indy in space.
bhorwith22 - 10/26/2011, 10:41 AM
At least a second trilogy of Indy films, but take more creative control, away from Lucas. BTW Crystal Skull was better than Temple of Doom.
CaptainTall - 10/26/2011, 10:58 AM
I liked Indy 4....
mainstream05 - 10/26/2011, 11:35 AM
"I'm very happy with the movie. I always have been... I sympathize with people who didn't like the MacGuffin because I never liked the MacGuffin. George and I had big arguments about the MacGuffin. I didn't want these things to be either aliens or inter-dimensional beings. But I am loyal to my best friend. When he writes a story he believes in - even if I don't believe in it - I'm going to shoot the movie the way George envisaged it. I'll add my own touches, I'll bring my own cast in, I'll shoot the way I want to shoot it, but I will always defer to George as the storyteller of the Indy series. I will never fight him on that."
Well, you really should.
Christuffer - 10/26/2011, 11:36 AM
I loved Crystal Skull. You can all suck it.
Maia87 - 10/26/2011, 11:50 AM
Saw Spielberg's TINTIN in a french theater today. It was AWESOME!!
CapFan79 - 10/26/2011, 1:09 PM
I liked Skull.

So basically he just sort of said Lucas is more responsible for all Indy films than he was.
bababoozer - 10/26/2011, 1:21 PM
"I'll leave it to George to come up with a good story."
Apparently Steven didn't see Star Wars I-III
marvel72 - 10/26/2011, 1:28 PM
f*ck indy his movies should of ended with the last crusade & as for jurassic park 4 lets get this movie made as soon as.
AlexDeLarge87 - 10/26/2011, 1:50 PM
poor poor Indy ;(
spiderneil - 10/26/2011, 2:11 PM
if lucas is writing indy 5 the movie is ****ed before it is even filmed
ElChavo - 10/26/2011, 2:12 PM
I WANT A JURASSIC PARK MOVIE SO BADLY!!!!
OptimusPrimeTime - 10/26/2011, 2:27 PM

THE KING OF THE HOLLYWOOD JEWS HAS SPOKEN. ALL SHALL BOW BEFORE HIM OR PERISH

marvel72 - 10/26/2011, 2:31 PM
@ intruder

a.i would of been great if kubrick hadn't died. :(
EarOne - 10/26/2011, 2:39 PM
hey, with spielberg being THIS outspoken...no wonder shia's been yapping his mind all this time. he was just takin after his mentor.

i still respect you though mr. spielberg.
allwalledup - 10/26/2011, 3:13 PM
i can't wait for these! i think indie 5 has potential to be amazing and jurrassic park was never bad so how could you go wrong?
allwalledup - 10/26/2011, 3:15 PM
as for you nuck...it may as well be you getting raped by gorge lucas. it was a decent film. not as good as 1 and 3 but decent. quit b*tching about it
admiralhowdy - 10/26/2011, 3:59 PM
George will be coming up with a story the day after shooting starts. Lazy bastard.
Julesimanerd - 10/26/2011, 4:23 PM
I'm okay with Jurassic Park. i can at least handle that. but Indy....he's dead to me. and thats really hard to say....
headlopper - 10/26/2011, 4:58 PM
I'm done with both these douches.
Jackson
Del toro
Blomkamp
Nolan
These are MY guys!
You can keep riding in your horse and buggies and crappin' in an out-house if you like, but I'll take these four guys over anyone right now.
There comes a point in time were 'old school' is just a moldy, rusty relic.
SuspenseSmith - 10/26/2011, 5:22 PM
"We got a better story for four than we do for three." No shit Sherlock. Jurassic Park III was the cheesiest piece "fan fic" quality sequel I had ever seen. Lost World was terrible, but at least it was fun at parts.

I felt so cheated in Jurassic Park III.
SuspenseSmith - 10/26/2011, 5:23 PM
And George Lucas, you need to learn the phrase "Let it be."
fceeviper - 10/26/2011, 9:05 PM
JP3 was way better than JP2 imo
fceeviper - 10/26/2011, 9:05 PM
JP3 was way better than JP2. imo
gaikinger - 10/26/2011, 10:32 PM
headlopper- what about
Fincher
R.Scott
T.scott
Mann
Abrahms
gaikinger - 10/26/2011, 10:34 PM
oh and of course.....Snyder. Jizzez a little whilst spoken.
gdarmo - 10/27/2011, 12:13 AM
I finally saw Crystal Skull quite recently after everyone I know had absolutely slated it. While I agree that the payoff for the MacGuffin was a touch overdone in the final scenes with the UFO disappearing into another dimension, I didnt have too much of a problem with it, and it still felt like an Indy movie to me... but I was wondering why a lot of people seem to have a problem with aliens being in the movie? If they are prepared to accept the vengeful wrath of the christian god, miracle healing artefacts, and thuggee cult heart-ripping myticism to be made plausible in the Indy movie world, then why not an alien race? The Mayan and Aztec cultures had religions which recorded 'chariots of the gods' in their mythology, and it ties in to the post-war obsession with UFOs and the rise of the 'grey alien' conspiracy following Roswell. Crystal Skull taps into both of those things. It does follow the formula of 'modern political power seeks to harness a great power derived from a religion but Indy saves the day'. Sure, Lucas has become more corny in his storytelling, relying on set pieces to pad out his screenplays (tarzan monkey chases, angry anthills, podraces) and his dialogue can be terrible, but in the case of Indy IV it didnt offend me too much....
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