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2007's summer of sequels, threequels and sick-to-the-teeth-quels led many think that maybe Hollywood had been hollowed out, that there was little new left to give summer audiences. But if the "it's not broke so don't fix it" attitude was a tad vacuous last year then this summer things might be a little different.
That is certainly a difference Steven Spielberg and George Lucas will want to make clear as the fourth Indiana Jones is released. After taking an 18-year break from the whip gripping, fedora follies of the archaeologist cum action hero surely no movie this summer will have garnered the levels of anticipation and numbers of salivating fanatics as The Kingdom of Crystal Skulls.
Harrison Ford (soon to be 66) reprises his the lead role next to his old screen flame, Karen Allen's Marion Ravenwood but worry not, they won't be trying to convince audiences that Dr Jones is still a young, acrobatic pugnacious stud he used to be; the movie is set in 1957, twenty years after his last escapades. Shia LaBeouf is delivering the more youthful, rebellious energy. He plays a greaser-biker with a penchant for blades and, if the grapevine reports are correct, he could be Indy's illegitimate infant.
As far as Brits go Jim Broadbent, stars as an academic colleague, Ray Winstone is one of Jones's archaeological rivals and although it is yet to be revealed John Hurt and Ian McDiarmid have parts promising some juicy thespian feats.
But one of the outstanding highlights is the casting of one of our greatest living actresses, Cate Blanchett as a leading Russian rival. She will undoubtedly nail the part with such fierce finesse that her villainess will conquer the screen and our hearts if not the hero.
Jurassic Park writer Michael Koepp ploughed through at least 15 years worth of scripts to come up with something distinctly pop corny, with high entertainment values, minimum cerebral challenge and plenty of humor. Equally Janusz Kaminski has been Spielberg's cinematographer since Schindler's List and if he trusts him so should we.
The last three movies earned more than a billion dollars worldwide from theatrical releases alone. $125 million have gone into perfecting the latest opus. Spielberg is notoriously secretive about his work so finding out what the plot might be is nigh on impossible but we know that it will be an old school production made by modern masters and there really is a hero's return to look forward to.
Shaun Newport
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