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March 7th, 2010 by 87 received 25 Comments »1. ‘Germ of an idea’ for fifth Indiana Jones film
Harrison Ford says an idea for the storyline for the fifth Indiana Jones film has been agreed.
The Hollywood actor says he, director Steven Spielberg and writer George Lucas have come up with a rough outline for the follow-up to Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
He said: “Steven [Spielberg] and George [Lucas] and I are sort of agreed on a germ of an idea and we’re seeing what comes of it.”
The last Indiana Jones film made more than £500m around the world and introduced Transformers actor Shia LaBeouf to the franchise.
Harrison Ford, 67, says despite coming up with an idea for the movie, people won’t see the finished product for some time.
“The process works like this,” he said. “We come to some basic agreement and then George goes away for a long time and works on it.
“Then Steven and I get it in some form, some embryonic form.
“Then if we like it we start working with George on it and at some point down the line it’s ready and we do it.”
The first Indiana Jones film, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, was released in 1981 with two follow-ups released in 1984 and 1989 before a gap of 19 years until 2008′s Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
2. Disney Channel previews new projects
Disney Channel is developing a “Tron” animated series to follow the upcoming theatrical release of “Tron: Legacy.”
The news was part of Disney’s upfront presentation Tuesday evening to media buyers and clients, which included a preview of the “Tron” series. Geared towards kids age 6-14, the plan is to precede “Tron” with another project, a 10-part “Tron” micro-series premiering in fall 2011 on Disney XD.
Gary Marsh, entertainment president and chief creative officer of Disney Channels Worldwide, also offered a glimpse of “Legacy,” which is at such an early juncture in the development process that only stills were available.
“Tron is another example of how we can take advantage of the intellectual property that the studio unit pays tens, if not hundreds, of millions to develop and market,” said Marsh.
The “Tron” projects represent a CGI-refresh of Disney’s 1982 theatrical, with “Legacy” expected to be released in December.
3. Video game incursion into Hollywood could continue with Space Invaders
With a movie version of Missile Command essentially set up at Fox and an adaptation of Asteroids in development at Universal, it was only a matter of time before a studio decided to take on the grandfather of all video games, Space Invaders.
And now it looks like one could.
Warner Bros. is negotiating to acquire feature rights to the landmark shooter from Taito, the Japanese company that originally manufactured the game. If the rights issues all work out, the project would bring on Hollywood fixtures Mark Gordon, Jason Blum and Guymon Casady as producers.
Gordon is a film veteran with experience at the big-budget art house (“Saving Private Ryan”) as well as the big-budget commercial (“The Day After Tomorrow”). Blum is best known for producing horror breakout “Paranormal Activity,” while Casady is a manager-producer with a slew of high-profile clients.
It’s not surprising that Warner Bros. would look to jump-start a Space Invaders movie; last summer the studio bought Midway, the video game’s U.S. publisher (which does not control theatrical rights), and also is developing a feature of another video game, “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.”
Space Invaders was of course the iconic game that helped start it all, a Japanese-created arcade title from 1978 that featured roving attacking ships raining vertical fire on the player’s craft, which dodged and fired back. It later vaulted to prominence via the Atari 2600.
There’s a bit of a loop-closing thing happening, since the game itself was inspired (loosely) by sci-fi movies like “Star Wars.” Still, like most games of the era, Space Invaders features little back story, which is why it’s anyone’s guess what shape a movie might take.
Which we suppose is also part of the appeal, since any script involving science fiction, or invasions, or shooting, can reasonably be produced and released as a Space Invaders movie. Still, we do have to ask: With three vintage video games in development at three studios, can Pac-Man or Frogger be far behind?
5. Neil Patrick Harris Will Be Lead Smurf
Neil Patrick Harris has a TV-heavy resume. Now he’s just landed the lead in Smurfs: The Movie for Sony. Harris won’t have to walk around as a blue-tinted Avatar, either. The Raja Gosnell-directed film is a mix of live action and animation, and Harris is the lead live action character. Filming begins in April, when he’ll be on hiatus from CBS’ How I Met Your Mother.
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