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June 30, 2007
Jumpy on Security Issues
| June 30, 2007 |
JUMPY ON SECURITY ISSUES -
Security is tight around Indiana Jones 4 and the moviemakes are suffering the dilemma of keeping the fun a secret while not infringing on people's right to use a camera in public areas. The issue is mentioned in a video report from WTNH today: Click here to see the report.
We also have the latest batch of hi-res pictures in; click on image below to go to the relevant section of HFW Gallery 1. Big thanks to Hayley at CalistaOnline!!
We know, wrong movie, but we just got this urge for Steppenwolf --
True to habit we just couldn't help ourselves -- based on footage from the WTNH news report mentioned above we made this. PS. Yank up the speakers and click the Play button below. (Unfortunately John W. was busy today, so we had to make do with someone further down our soundtrack options list
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PS. This is an example of 'physical acting' and not stunt work; definition and performance courtesy Harrison Ford.
Posted by Grethe at 12:06 PM
Update: Rigged Guys
| June 30, 2007 |
UPDATE
| Just got a couple of pics in from Fréderic China: Messrs. Spielberg and Ford on a rig. (The bigger ones are in HFW Gallery 1) |
 Photo by Fréderic China |
| The net is already abuzz with acute and partly nasty ageism - most of it no doubt written by people who didn't even exist waaaay back in 1981 - people who take the freedom to push their extreme predjudice and disdain of background research down everybody's throat just to boost a personal Google egoboo ranking. In our opinion the professor looks fine and just right. A basic lookup in an Indy bio will tell that he is 58 years old in the timeframe of the movie (1957). [See the Wikipedia entry on Indiana Jones here,] We've seen 'em look far worse at any age than Harrison - and our professors never kicked a**. Did yours, or for that matter: do you? |
Posted by Grethe at 04:22 AM
June 29, 2007
A Pompadour, A Professor, Stunt Doubles and Not
| June 29, 2007 |
A POMPADOUR, A PROFESSOR, STUNT DOUBLES AND NOT
 Stunt Doubles Photo by Wendy Felletter on June 28 published in the public Indiana Jones Photo Gallery at The New Haven Register |
 Shia LaBoeuf and Harrison Ford on June 29 |
 Photo above from Just Jared Dot Com |
See the rest of the pics in HFW Gallery 1
Posted by Grethe at 05:00 PM
June 28, 2007
First Day of New Haven Shooting
| June 28, 2007 |
FIRST DAY OF NEW HAVEN SHOOTING; UPDATED SHOOTING SCHEDULE
 Period car on street; needing a breather  Attention to detail: extra in period plumber wear |
Two shoots took place simultaneously in New Haven today: the first was Harrison's stunt double riding the backseat of a motorcycle racing on the street; the second was Harrison himself shooting a classroom scene out of the public eye at the William L. Harkness Hall. Producer Frank Marshall and exec producer Kathleen Kennedy held a press conference on Wednesday night and they could tell that Yale U will not be featured as Yale, but as the fictional Marshall College. Frank Marshall also said that after cast & crew have finished in New Haven (on July 7), they'll be off to Hawaii and then head back to L.A. This means that shooting in Hawaii is pushed ahead and that shooting (if any) in Veracruz, Mexico is postponed. (We've reported earlier that Hawaii would be shooting in August and that Veracruz might see Jones action by the second week of July) |
WTNH Video Report (June 28) The New Haven Register (June 28)
The New Haven Independent (June 28)
Posted by Grethe at 05:35 PM
Fan Teaser Poster
| June 28, 2007 |
FAN TEASER POSTER
We also got this great fan teaser poster in the mail from Hänselation in Germany today. Do we like it? Indeed!!!
Big thanks to Hänselation!!
Posted by Grethe at 05:34 PM
June 27, 2007
Preps & celebrations in New Haven
| June 27, 2007 |
PREPS & CELEBRATIONS IN NEW HAVEN
 | New Haven is buzzing with Jones activity. Fans, extras, and crew gather in town, Crew trailers have arrived; sets are being made ready and there's no lack of fedoraed guys around - neither live nor dummy. Yesterday night the town celebrated the movie, the crew and Indy himself with the Indiana Jones and the Temple Street Festival, an outdoor event free for all - which included the screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark on the town Green. HFW member Fréderic China (a.k.a angelseyth) is presently in town and he has snapped a number of photos for you to enjoy. You can see them here and here. |
Local TV station WTNH has also had some coverage and we'd be surprised if they didn't follow presedence in the upcoming days. Click the links below to see the relevant news clips so far in separate popups: Oh, and Fredéric has become a TV name too
Posted by Grethe at 01:36 PM
June 26, 2007
First Day of Shooting Video
| June 26, 2007 |
FIRST DAY OF SHOOTING VIDEO
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A first day of shooting video was made available today. Go to IndianaJones.com to check it out. |
Posted by Grethe at 07:00 PM
June 24, 2007
Updated New Haven Shooting Schedule
| June 24, 2007 |
UPDATED INDIANA JONES 4 NEW HAVEN LOCATIONS
NEW SCENE UNDER CREATION
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More details on the upcoming shooting in New Haven are published today in the New Haven Register. The paper says that plans for filming on Thursday June 28 and the following days includes a shoot inside the William L. Harkness Hall, Yale Law School and a number of streets around the Yale Old Campus. Click here to see a map of downtown New Haven with the details plotted in. The Register also says that the last part of the New Haven shooting schedule will be filled with something new and that the moviemakers are creating a new scene - which is yet unconfirmed. A planned chase scene on a Yale practice field (Derby Avenue - see map here) west of the town center has been scrapped. |
There are chances there will be shooting at the First Congregational Church. Barbara J. Lamb, director of New Haven's Office of Cultural Affairs said she had referred the "Indiana Jones" film crew to the church when they asked if she knew of any quaint white churches in the area. Paramount Pictures representative Abby Eon said in a letter to the city that the producers are considering using the exterior of the historic church on the Green, "with actors entering and exiting the church."
See a (small) picture of the church and read about its history here.
The New Haven Register (June 24)
The New Haven Register (June 3)
Google Maps
Posted by Grethe at 08:58 AM
June 23, 2007
Shooting on Hawaii Big Island in August
| June 23, 2007 |
INDY 4 SHOOTING ON HAWAII BIG ISLAND IN AUGUST
DEMING SET PICS
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The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported on Thursday (June 21) that location shooting for Indiana Jones 4 will take place along Big Island's Hamakua coast for three weeks in August. Lucasfilm has opened a production office in Hilo but there's yet no word on a local casting call or local production hires. (Click here to see a map of Hawai'i Big Island). Deb Wuliger, a publicist for the Indiana Jones project (dubbed Project X ), says that filming started in Deming, New Mexico on Monday [June 18] and that part of the town has been decked out to resemble Morocco during World War II. The secrecy security on the project is even tighter than usual, and Wuliger comments: "The attempt is to preserve the integrity of the story and to preserve the experience with the audience. It really is. We're going through a period of time where information travels so fast and people put things together so quickly that before a movie can be released, people are reading about it. ... The thing about the Internet is that when there are spoilers, at least they announce it, so people can choose how to look. But the (mainstream media), that's not how they do news. ... The problem is that there's no longer any such thing as a 'local story.' People piece them all together and it's a different world and we're trying to learn how to deal with that." |
Alas curiosity has got the better of us; we thus remain a bit sceptical on the "Morocco during WWII" reference since this Deming set photo shot on June 16 shows a number of fifties vehicles lined up outside one of the airstrip set buildings.
We have not yet found reports about rebuilding/dressing of downtown Deming buildings and a look on this page doesn't make many bells ring re: a Moroccan atmosphere. It's also a bit of a snag that many of the atmospheric buildings in Deming are placed on the State Historic Register (four out of sixteen are also on the National Register of Historic Places) and we gather pretty strict regulations apply when it comes to the use of the buildings, not to speak of redressing them.
A search in the online archive of the local Deming paper, The Deming Headlight, produced no relevant hits on keyphrases like "movie production" or "redress building". Interestingly enough, a search on the keyphrase "Indiana Jones" resulted in 3 hits; none of them were reports or news on the movie production going on practically next door.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
The Deming Headlight
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| As indicated above: we also have some hi res photos (shot on June 16) of the Deming, NM set. Click on image above to go to the relevant subsection in HFW Gallery 1 |
neomexicanus at entertainment.webshots.com
Posted by Grethe at 02:04 AM
June 22, 2007
First on set picture
| June 22, 2007 |
FIRST ON SET PICTURE
Indy's back, and no doubt about it. May we also suggest that ye pimply, ûber cool, sneering and complaining brats (we don't discriminate on age, sex, race etc. -) just shut the &#@!! up??
Hi res version (3072 x 2304) without watermark available here in HFW Gallery 1. Enjoy!!!!
IndianaJones.com
Posted by Grethe at 12:14 AM
June 21, 2007
Universal Set News
| June 21, 2007 |
UNIVERSAL SET NEWS
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Website TMZ.com has been doing some investigating journalism. On June 19, a couple of TMZ staffers took a ride on the Universal Studios Hollywood Tour where they passed an enormous Aztec temple set that tour guides said was being built for the upcoming movie National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets Click on image left to go to HFW Gallery 1 and see five new big size pictures in a series from the set in question.(#05 - #10). TMZ first called Jerry Bruckheimer Films (production company of National Treasure) and they could tell that the shooting of Book of Secrets wraps next week outside of LA. Then they went on the Universal Studios Hollywood Tour, where they asked the tour guides about the possibility of the set being for Indiana Jones 4 - and drew a blank, or rather "have noe clue" replies. |
TMZ finally called Universal Studios Productions, which denied any link to Indiana Jones, saying, "We do not reveal the details of our shooting locations."
We find the reply interesting... we have been under the impression that Indiana Jones 4 is being made by Lucasfilm and Paramount??
We agree with TMZ that the sets could be built as a new attraction for the Universal Studios Hollywood Tour - but if so, why would Universal's people say they never revealed details on shooting locations? We also still fail to understand why Dreamworks' representatives would go to the trouble of pulling the National Treasure story when it would have been far easier to refer to Universal. Why comment on something that is not within your business domain - unless it actually is - one way or another?
Click Here to read TMZ's report and here to see WestCoaster.net's comments to the pictures.
Posted by Grethe at 07:08 AM
Global Indy Products and Licencing Program
| June 21, 2007 |
GLOBAL INDY PRODUCTS AND LICENCING PROGRAMS
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IndianaJones.com reports that new new Indiana Jones movie adventure will be backed up with a variety of products and licencing programs. Robert Hoffman, president of Lucas Licensing comments: "We are sensing a huge pent-up demand for everything Indy," (We're also pretty sure the calculated revenues help a bit on the desire to soothe -) On the bandwagon so far (more partners will be announced soon):
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Posted by Grethe at 07:08 AM
June 18, 2007
Day One Of Shooting Officially Confirmed
| June 18, 2007 |
UPDATE: DAY 1 OF SHOOTING OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED
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Hit picture left to head over to IndianaJones.com and see a video where Shia LaBoeuf tells us about his latest activities, characterization by handshake quality - and his reaction when 'somebody' stepped out of his trailer with a fedora on. |
Posted by Grethe at 03:45 PM
Jim Broadbent Joins Cast (?)
| June 18, 2007 |
JIM BROADBENT JOINS CAST (?)
| According to BritFilms.tv and Ain't It Cool News, British character actor Jim Broadbent has joined the cast of Indiana Jones 4. In an interview with BritFilms.tv he says:."I'm doing a good cameo in the next 'Indiana Jones', so working with Mr.Spielberg should be an experience. I'm going to Yale - I'm a professor." It was suggested during the interview that he could be the new 'Marcus Brody' character. Broadbent's reply to the suggestion: "That would do for me" (laugh). In other words: Broadbent being cast as as a Brody successor is speculation only. |
The news is yet not confirmed by Lucasfilm or Paramount, but we sincerely hope it will be since Broadbent would be yet another extremely valuable addition to the platinum Indy 4 cast. In our opinion the choice is also very inspired. Bravo!!!
Posted by Grethe at 08:15 AM
June 13, 2007
Update Debunked Indy 4 Set Piece Pics
| June 13, 2007 |
UPDATE RE: DEBUNKED INDY 4 SET PIECE PICS
According to SpielbergFilms.com DreamWorks representatives have confirmed that the pictured sets are "not for "Indiana Jones," rather, they're being constructed for the non-Spielberg, Indiana Jones-lite franchise "National Treasure" for Walt Disney Pictures."
We admit it makes us wonder what other parts of the mentioned franchise is in production at the moment besides National Treasure: Book of Secrets.
We'd love to know.
Posted by Grethe at 04:37 PM
Set Piece Pics Debunked
| June 13, 2007 |
INDY 4 SET PIECE PICS DEBUNKED
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Four pictures in a series from the Universal backlot are presently circulating on the net as pictures from the Indiana Jones 4 set. According to comingsoon.net the pictures are not from the Indy 4 set but from Disney's National Treasure: The Book of Secrets. |
On the other hand: we have a bit of difficulty seeing how these obvious, big and very elaborate classic Mesoamerican architecture style set pieces fit an even inventive Jerry Bruckheimer style plot in a movie about the 18 missing pages in the diary of John Wilkes Booth and the "truth" about the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
In other words: are we seeing the effects of a counter rumor designed to stop a leak? Or a creative and unofficial ccoperation between heavyweights in the industry? See the discussion here and here in the HFW Forum.
Time will show.
Posted by Grethe at 02:11 PM
June 12, 2007
Veracruz Update: Filming Starts 2nd Week of July
| June 12, 2007 |
VERACRUZ UPDATE: FILMING STARTS 2ND WEEK OF JULY
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Film commissioner Próspero Rebolledo of the state of Veracruz said in an interview in Coatzacoalcos that Indiana Jones 4 starts filming in Veracruz as of the second week of July. We have reason to believe that Mr Rebolledo refers to Veracruz the state and not just the state capital and port, see lower part of this posting. |
| Mr. Rebolledo was present at the 5th Rally Malayerba, Make a Short Film in 24 Hours event and also said that the production Fire Bay starring Robert Forster and Kuno Becker helmed by Randall Fried will start shooting in the state the same week. 10 more projects for yet unnamed US producers have been scouted for the last six months. We hope they'll say "Right on, go!" because we have our foot on the accellerator. This reflects the support given the cinema industry by the Governor (Mr. Fidel Herrera), to the benefit of not just Veracruz but the whole country" Mr. Rebolledo added. |
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We have looked up a bit more on the state of Veracruz and the two following sites look so promising we're considering to make a meal out of our personal fedora should we miss: Cempoala ("Place of the Twenty Waters", picture top left). The ancient Totonac site is situated just 5 mi / 8 kms from Veracruz on the Río Actopán (NB! Not the same as Veracruz the state capital!) El Tajín ("Place of Thunder") in the north of the state (picture lower left) is another site of interest (magnificent!!) and should be within reach for the cast and crew if they have a place booked for them in the nearby city of Papantla. |
MiEnlace.com (news item source)
Malayerba Short Film Rally Net Site
Cempoala on Google Earth
El Tajin on Google Earth
Wikipedia on Cempoala
Wikipedia on El Tajín
Wikipedia on Papantla
Article on Totonac Religious Practices
Posted by Grethe at 01:44 PM
June 09, 2007
New location revealed: Deming, New Mexico
| June 9, 2007 |
NEW LOCATION REVEALED: DEMING, NEW MEXICO
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According to United Press International and Las Cruces Sun-News, an abondoned airstrip outside Deming, New Mexico has been given the Hollywood treatment. Reason: it's to be passed off as an airstrip in Morocco in Indiana Jones 4. (Click picture left for bigger version) The set includes a building, painted blue with a USAF insignia and the words "Home Of The Fighter Pilot" painted on an outside wall. WWII planes will also be parked in the vincinity. Neither of the news sources can confirm that shooting with the principal actors will take place at the site |
We've looked up on USAF airstrips/bases in Morocco in the late 50s. (The base would have to be American since the lettering and symbols on the described building are American.) The USAF had three of them in the country, all dating back to WWII: Sidi Slimane, Noasseur and Ben Guerir. With Moroccan indepencence in 1956, the USAF was asked to dismantle the bases and leave the country since the bases were then used for B-36s, KC-97s and B-47s carrying muclear arms. The withdrawal began in 1959 and was over in 1963, at which time bases in Spain and the longer ranging B-52 had taken over as the USAFs long range bomber.
We take the liberty to remain open on the issue of New Mexico - an area literally crawling with old airbases and Roswell (about 200 mi/320 kms from Deming) - and the possibility that it is going to be more than just Morocco in the movie.
Click here for a screenshot from Google Earth with some of the NM airstrips plotted in. If you want more speculation you can have a look at this thread in the HFW Forums.
GlobalSecurity.com
Airfields Freeman.com
Posted by Grethe at 03:05 PM
June 08, 2007
Who's Out and Who's In
| June 8, 2007 |
WHO'S OUT AND WHO'S IN
Sir Sean Connery has released the following statement through Paramount Pictures:
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I get asked the question so often, I thought it best to make an announcement. I thought long and hard about it and if anything could have pulled me out of retirement it would have been an Indiana Jones film. I love working with Steven and George, and it goes without saying that it is an honor to have Harrison as my son. But in the end, retirement is just too damned much fun. I, do however, have one bit of advice for Junior: Demand that the critters be digital, the cliffs be low, and for goodness sake keep that whip by your side at all times in case you need to escape from the stunt coordinator! This is a remarkable cast, and I can only say, 'Break a leg, everyone.' I'll see you on May 22, 2008 at the theater! |
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The same press release also announces that John Hurt (The Elephant Man, I Claudius, Alien,1984, V for Vendetta) has joined the cast for Indiana Jones 4 |
We confess to great sadness over Sir Sean's decision. On the other hand, his very absence may give the high quality Indy 4 cast the push to really show their worth and talent: they have to fill the huge void, make the audiences feel the movie is "right" even if Sir Sean isn't in it.
The addition of John Hurt to the cast is in our opinion a brilliant move and great step in that direction.
comingsoon.net
CHUD.com
Posted by Grethe at 02:36 AM
June 05, 2007
Veracruz in October??
| June 5, 2007 |
VERACRUZ IN OCTOBER??
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According to Spanish news agency Terra.es, the Indy 4 cameras may be rolling in the Mexican port of Veracruz in October. (click map left for bigger version). Film commissioner Próspero Rebolledo, the head official for attracting movie business to the state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave, indicated in an interview yesterday that negotiations with the Indy 4 producers are underway, that they are scouting and hiring locations in Veracruz and that shooting is set for October. |
| The scouting in Veracruz seems to have been going on for a while; newspaper El Sol de San Luis reported in June 2006 that shooting would take place in Veracruz and the paper repeated the rumor in a short notice on May 21 ("Hoping for Cortés and Indiana Jones") without giving source or specific dates. |
Big thanks to Analía for checking on our understanding of the referred articles.
Source: IndianaJones.es
Posted by Grethe at 02:22 PM
June 04, 2007
Want to be an extra in Indy 4?
| June 4, 2007 |
WANT TO BE AN EXTRA IN INDY 4?
| We kid you not and gather SpielbergFilms.com doesn't either: There's an open casting call in New Haven next week. The work: being an extra in the Indy 4 chase sequ- ence where Indy tears through campus on a motorcycle. Shooting will take place in New Haven between June 28 and July 7. You must be 18 or older and bring a headshot (photo; don't expect to get it back) with you to the casting call. | ||||||||||
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What else need we say but Go go go!! and
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Posted by Grethe at 03:10 PM
June 01, 2007
Shooting of Indy 4 Starts Next Week
| June 1, 2007 |
IF ALL GOES WELL, INDY 4 STARTS SHOOTING NEXT WEEK
Quote George Lucas on May 28th:
A Monaco regular is movie mogul George Lucas, a long-term Formula One fan. “I caught the racing bug when I was 14 years old - and I have been following Formula One ever since. Probably unusual for an American, but there you go. What fascinates me most is the speed and the accuracy, especially here in Monaco where sometimes centimetres make the difference between do or die. I plan to go to Indianapolis as well - if my schedule permits it, as I start shooting Indiana Jones IV next week. If the production is running as planned you will find me there.”
Source: Official Formula 1 Website
Posted by Grethe at 11:15 AM