Manolete (Movie Watch)

"Manolete" is a film on legendary matador Manuel Rodriguez Sanchez & his love affair with actress Lupe Sino. The film is set in 1940s Spain & tells the story of matador Sanchez's infatuation with Sino, which continued until his death in the bullring in 1947 at 30.

Trailer HERE

Madman (What to Know)

Dimension Films has apparantly struck a deal to turn Michael Allred's comic character Madman into a live-action film. George Huang (Swimming With Sharks) will direct a script he'll write with Allred. Robert Rodriguez & Elizabeth Avellan will produce via their Troublemaker Studios.

Madman is a post-modernist reimagining of the Frankenstein tale, with a superhero twist.The title character, killed in a car accident, is reanimated by an eccentric doc who names him Frank Einstein & instills in him enhanced senses, psychic power & exceptional physical skills. The doc can't fix his creature's face, so Madman wears a costume to hide his scars.

The project, spearheaded by Dimension will follow a template similar to Sin City, which Troublemaker produced & Rodriguez directed with its creator Frank Miller for Dimension. As with that film, the creative behind the comic book is made an active part of the creative process to have a greater possibility avoiding the Alan Moore/Corporate syndrome. And like Sin City, Madman will be shot entirely at Rodriguez's Troublemaker Studios in Texas.

Die Hard 4: Live Free or Die Hard (Graded)

In the 4th installment to the ‘Die Hard' series, "Live Free or Die Hard" follows a criminal plot to take down the entire computer & technological structure that supports the economy of the United States (and the world). Obviously it's up to "old school" cop, John McClane, to take down the conspiracy aided by a young hacker.

Grade: C +
Teaser HERE
Trailer HERE

Underdog (Movie Watch)

Based on NBC's long-running cartoon, Underdog, this live-action film is about a diminutive hound named Shoeshine, who accidentally acquires superpowers during a lab mishap. A lonely twelve-year-old boy adopts Shoeshine, all the while knowing that his little friend is actually the superhero Underdog. To save Capitol City, Underdog must defeat his nemesis, the mad scientist, Simon Barsinister. Underdog will be played by a real dog, with a few CGI enhancements.

Trailer Here

Shrek The Third (Movie Watch)

When we last saw him, King Harold had turned into a frog. Now that he has fallen ill, his daughter, Princess Fiona, & her husband Shrek are the next in line to rule as the Queen and King of Far, Far Away. Since he finds difficulty in the new position and longs to return to his swamp, Shrek is delighted to hear that he may have a way out of this predicament. There is one other person who could rightfully claim King Harold’s throne – Fiona’s troublesome cousin Artie. With his friends Donkey & Puss in Boots beside him, Shrek sets out to find the rebellious teen. Suddenly, the jilted Prince Charming, who was thrown out of Far, Far Away last time, makes his way back to the kingdom, looking for revenge. Together with a group of fairy tale villains, he hopes to seize back the castle and the throne. Fiona assembles a band of princesses to help her stop the Prince’s assault, but with Shrek away on his mission, the kingdom is in grave danger.

Grade: B +

Teaser HERE

Happily Never After (Movie Watch)

Once upon a time in Fairy Tale Land, the age-old balance between good & evil has been thrown out of whack. Frieda, Cinderella's power-mad stepmother, has formed an unholy alliance of evil to take on the good guys. With her own fairy tale spinning wildly out of control, Cinderella (a/k/a Ella) is forced to shed her damsel-in-distress trappings in order to seize control of her own destiny & lead the resistance without her Prince Charming.

Trailer HERE

Reign Over Me (Movie Watch)

Charlie Fineman has completely shut himself off emotionally from the outside world. During the attacks that occurred on September 11th, he lost his wife & daughters and has been barely able to cope with the daily intricacies of life since. An unlikely reunion with Alan Johnson, Charlie’s old college roommate, changes things. The two rekindle their friendship & suddenly there seems to be hope that Charlie may recover from his grief after all. Since college Alan has become a doctor, after meeting up with Charlie he quickly becomes determined to help him find a way out of his depression, but can he?

Trailer HERE

Martin Nodell (Nov 15, 1915 – Dec 9, 2006)

Martin Nodell, the creator of Green Lantern, the comic book superhero who uses his magical ring to help him fight crime, passes away at 91 yrs old.

Nodell passed away at a nursing home in Muskego, Wis., on Saturday of natural causes, his son Spencer Nodell told The Associated Press on Tuesday. He previously lived in West Palm Beach.

Nodell was looking for a new idea for a comic book in 1940 when he was waiting for a New York subway and saw a train operator waving a lantern displaying a green light, said Maggie Thompson, senior editor of Comics Buyer's Guide.

Nodell imagined a young engineer, Alan Scott, a train crash survivor who discovers in the debris an ancient lantern forged from a green meteor. Scott constructs a ring from the lamp that gives him super powers, and becomes a crime fighter.

He brought his drawings and story lines to All-American Publications, which later became a part of National Periodical Publications, the company that was to become DC Comics, Thompson said.
The first Green Lantern appearance came in July 1940, an eight-page story in a comic book also featuring other characters. The character then got his own series, and Nodell drew it until 1947 under the name Mart Dellon. After its cancellation in 1949, the series was reborn in 1959 with a revised story line, and it has been revived several times.

Meanwhile, Nodell left the comics field for an advertising career. In the 1960s, he was on a design team that helped develop the Pillsbury Doughboy.

In later years, Nodell traveled the comic book convention circuit with his wife, Caroline, who died in 2004.

"There were myriad of fans who would come up to my dad and would say `Green Lantern got me to read' or `Green Lantern got me to do something in my life,'" Spencer Nodell said.

Nodell was born in Philadelphia and studied at art schools in Chicago and New York. Besides Spencer Nodell, survivors include another son, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

TMNT (Official Trailer Release)

"TMNT", the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie will be the first all CG animated movie in the history of the franchise. The PG-rated movie will derive its tone from the original comic-book series and will be grittier than the previous live action pictures, we can hope.

Grade: B -
Teaser HERE
Trailer HERE

300 (Graded)

Based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller, 300 is a ferocious retelling of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae in which King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. Facing insurmountable odds, their valor and sacrifice inspire all of Greece to unite.

Grade: A -
Trailers HERE

The Secret Life of Words (Movie Watch)

Hannah, who wears a hearing aid, is forced to go on holiday. On holiday she manages to find a job: caring for Josef, a burn victim on an oil rig who temporarily lost his sight, until he's stable enough to be transferred. There is almost no one on the rig, except a cook, an oceanographer and a few others out at sea. Hannah tends to Josef and he slowly breaks her shell of silence.

Trailer HERE

Fido (Movie Watch)

Timmy Robinson's best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named FIDO. But when Fido eats the next-door neighbor, Mom & Dad hit the roof, and Timmy has to go to the ends of the earth to keep Fido a part of the family. A boy-and-his-dog movie for grown ups, "FIDO" will rip your heart out.

Grade: B

Trailer HERE

Det. Axel Foley Returns (What to Know)

Our pals at Ain't It Cool News got word that there are plans for another "Beverly Hills Cop" sequel. Apparently Eddie Murphy is currently in negotiations to reprise his role as Detective Axel Foley, the Detroit cop in pursuit of a murderer, who finds himself dealing with a very different culture of Beverly Hills. At this point, there is still no word on the script, director, or Paramount's plan.

I believe as long as Axel brings back his wise ass antics from I & II & less phyiscal action from III, he just might avoid getting out shined by Rocky Balboa & John McClane's return.

Till more details peak stay tuned.

Robocop (What to know)

Through our sources at The Bloody Disgusting web site, we have been informed that the planned Robocop remake has been told to "freeze." Over a year ago, news broke that Sony Pictures was working on a remake for the sci-fi flick, with Hollywood legend Michael DeLuca (New Line's former president of production). No details were revealed other than the unofficial (and confirmed) announcement. Now apparently the studio is no longer interested in the remake, even though everyone involved in the original film were talking to the studio about being involved. In the original 1987 film a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg with submerged memories haunting him & I was hooked.

I miss the the Arcade game. Robocop was stiff but right on. Murphy!!!

Poltergeist (What to Know)

Sources have shared that the word on the street on the proposed sequel film Poltergeist: Kayeri has been shelved in favor of a shot-for-shot remake of the original 1982 film. "The original idea for Kayeri will obviously not be used for the remake." An anonymous source told the The Bloody Disgusting Web site. "Instead, the new film will be a straight-up remake of the first film. Pretty much frame-for-frame. Just think Psycho." According to the site, screenwriter Clint Morris, who wrote the script for Poltergeist: Kayeri, will not be involved in the new project. The source also sadly reported that original cast members Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams & Zelda Rubinstein will not appear in the remake. The original Poltergeist, produced by Steven Spielberg & directed by Tobe Hooper, centered on a family who move into a new housing development to discover that their home was built over an ancient burial ground inhabited by angry spirits. The film spawned two theatrical sequels & an unnoticed television series, which ran shockingly from 1996 to 1999.

All I can say is give me some more static tvs & creepy door to door Reverends. Man, Reverend Henry Kane was a creepy mofo. I mean, look at em.

Dave Cockrum (Nov 11, 1943 – Nov 26, 2006)

X-Men's Dave Cockrum Passes Away

Comic book illustrator Dave Cockrum, who in the 1970s overhauled the X-Men and helped popularize the relatively obscure Marvel Comics title into a publishing sensation and eventually a major film franchise, died Sunday. He was 63.

In his Superman pajamas & with his Batman blanket, Cockrum died in his favorite chair at his home in Belton, S.C., early Sunday morning. He had suffered a long battle with diabetes & related complications, his wife, Paty, said Tuesday.

At Cockrum's request, there will be no public services and his body will be cremated, according to Cox Funeral Home. His ashes will be spread on his property.

At Marvel Comics, Cockrum and writer Len Wein were handed the X-Men. The comic had been created in 1963 as a group of young outcasts enrolled in an academy for mutants, but the premise failed to capture fans.

Cockrum and Wein took the existing comic, added their own heroes & published "Giant-Size X-Men No. 1" in 1975. Many signature characters Cockrum designed & co-created — such as Storm, Mystique, Nightcrawler and Colossus — went on to become part of the "X-Men" films starring Hugh Jackman & Halle Berry.

Cockrum received no movie royalties, said family friend Clifford Meth, who organized efforts to help Cockrum and his family during his protracted medical care.

"Dave saw the movie and he cried — not because he was bitter," Meth said. "He cried because his characters were on screen and they were living."

Cockrum was born in Pendleton, Ore., the son of an Air Force officer. He set aside his interest in art while serving in Vietnam for the U.S. Navy. He moved to NYC after leaving the service & got his big break in the early 1970s, drawing the Legion of Super-Heroes for DC Comics before moving to Marvel.

In January 2004, Cockrum moved to South Carolina after being hospitalized for bacterial pneumonia. As his diabetes progressed, his drawings became limited. His last drawing was a sketch for a fan, who attended a small comic book convention in Greenville, Paty Cockrum said.

Meth said Cockrum, who will be cremated in a Green Lantern shirt, will be remembered as "a comic incarnate."

"He had a genuine love for comics and for science fiction and for fantasy, and he lived in it," Meth said. "He loved his work."

Sebastian Foucans (Who to Know)

From innovator of Parkour (Free Running or Urban Freestyle), Nike & Scion commercials, Bond action scenes to Madonna, French Bad A$$ Sebastian Foucans is something to see to believe & enjoy.

See Sebastian do his thing below in... Nike Presto's angry chicken COMMERCIAL, Casino Royale's amazing CHASE & Mrs. M's JUMP Video here.

Movies Missed List

(Out) The Motel
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(Out) Princesas
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(Out) Renaissance
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(Out) Man of the Year
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(Out) Letters from Iwo Jima
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(Out) The Good German
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(Out) Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
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(Out) The Dead Girl
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(Out) Breaking and Entering
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(Out) Arthur & The Minimoys
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(Out) Zodiac
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(Out) Reign Over Me
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() Day Watch


() Eagle vs. Shark


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Off The Black (Movie Watch)

"Off the Black" is the tale of Dave Tibbel, a teenager coping with his distant father, forms an unlikely friendship with a disheveled, disillusioned alcoholic high school umpire, Ray Cooke. As they grow more dependent on each other, Ray asks Dave to go to his 40th high school reunion and pretend to be his son, a benevolent act of deception that winds up opening unexpected dimensions in the two men.

Trailer HERE

His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Movie Update)

Based on the bestselling Philip Pullman novels, the "His Dark Materials" trilogy is comprised of "The Golden Compass," "The Subtle Knife" & "The Amber Spyglass". It revolves around a young girl who travels to the far north to save her best friend. Along the way she encounters shape-shifting creatures, witches, and a variety of otherworldly characters in parallel universes.
Grade: A
Trailer 1 HERE
Trailer 2 HERE

The Astronaut Farmer (Teaser Poster Release)

An astronaut of NASA is forced to retire so he can save his family farm. But he can't give up his dream of space travel and looks to build his own rocket, despite the government's threats to stop him.

Trailer HERE

Fred Claus (Movie Watch)

Growing up at the North Pole wasn't easy for Fred, as he was constantly compared to his virtuous brother. As much as he tried, he could never measure up to Nicholas Claus, who was the perfect saint. Nick grew up to be the embodiment of Christmas with his philanthropy & altruistic ways, whilst his older, disgruntled brother Fred grew up to be the exact opposite - a callous repo man who then stole whatever he repossessed. Unfortunately, Fred's deceitfulness finally catches up with him, & he ends up in jail. Amidst a furor of protests from Mrs. Claus, Nicholas sympathizes with his brother and bails him out on one condition: Fred must come back to the North Pole, & repay his debt by making toys. The trouble though is that he is not exactly elf material, and with Christmas quickly approaching, Fred's antics could not only jeopardize the merriest time of the year at the North Pole, but also for millions of people around the world!

Teaser Trailer HERE

Harry Potter & The Order of The Phoenix (Movie Watch)

With their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry & Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.
Grade: A -
Teaser HERE

Special (Movie Watch)

Les Franken is a kind-hearted & soft-spoken man who loves reading comic books. He’s the type of guy who most people walk by on the street without even noticing; in essence, he’s completely average & virtually invisible. However, everything changes for Les the day he is accepted into an experimental drug study for a new & exciting anti-depressant, Specioprin Hydrochloride. As Les begins to take the drugs an unexpected side effect occurs - he begins to develop special powers: the ability to levitate, to read peoples’ minds, and even walk through walls. Faced with the dilemma of how best to utilize his new “powers,” the answer seems obvious to Les. He puts together a homemade superhero suit and hits the streets to fight crime and protect the world from the forces of evil.

Trailer HERE

Scenes of a Sexual Nature (Movie Watch)

In Scenes of a Sexual Nature we view insights into sex and love. Some seek it, some need it, some spurn it & some pay for it, but we're all involved in it. Set on one afternoon on Hampstead Heath, London, the film investigates the minutiae of seven couples & what makes us tick?

Trailer HERE

MGM News (What to Know)

According to Varity, MGM Chief Exec Harry Sloan was in London for the world premiere of "Casino Royale," where he highlighted MGM's five core franchises - Bond, the Pink Panther, Thomas Crown, Rocky and the Hobbit.

Next year is likely to see MGM go into production with new installments the first three.
Steve Martin recently delivered a script for the latest "Pink Panther" and no one knows why.

The next "Thomas Crown", starring Pierce Brosnan, nice to know MGM holds Pierce's charm in high regards, is scheduled for March. While Daniel Craig, the new Bond boy, will be returning in the sequel to "Casino Royale." No shocker there.

"Rocky Balboa" will be the LAST installment in that franchise, no really?, Because Sylvester Stallone's title character will be too old to get back in the ring, like that ever stopped money from being made.

As for the real news, "The Hobbit," was confirmed that MGM was currently in advanced talks with Peter Jackson to make two films based on JRR Tolkein's "Prequel" to "The Lord of the Rings." The first would be a direct adaptation of "The Hobbit," & the second would be drawn from "footnotes & source material connecting 'The Hobbit' with 'Lord of the Rings."' Yet the interesting news leaked out through "The Lord of the Rings'" fansite TheOneRing.net had been that an official statement from Peter Jackson & Fran Walsh about The "Hobbit" had been released saying that the two had been passed over by New Line due to rights issues & possibly Wingnut Films' lawsuit against the studio regarding "The Fellowship of the Ring,", but due to returning rights & fan out cry it has been finally decided that "The Hobbit" & the mystery second "Lord of the Rings" prequel will be helmed by Jackson without question. Good news to hear, I'd say.

So while it appears the core franchises are no-brainers, except for "The Pink Panther" which is a cosmic joke to say the least, it was "Terminator 4" that went unmentioned, maybe giving a sad, but better off clue to its "No Arnie" future. Now we can get our collective butts angry enough at the lack of Arnie news to help that franchise out as you all did for Frodo & company. I doubt Jackson will ever make a better film then his trilogy of the Ring Saga, as I also doubt no one else should be allowed to do a Terminator chapter without Arnie.

Paris, Je T'aime (Movie Watch)

Through the neighborhoods of Paris, love is veiled, revealed, imitated, sucked dry, reinvented and awakened.

The long delayed American release of Paris, je t'aime a film project about the plurality of cinema in one mythic location: Paris, the City of Love. Twenty filmmakers will bring their own personal touch, underlining the wide variety of styles, genres, encounters and the various atmospheres and lifestyles that prevail in the neighborhoods of Paris. Each director has been given five minutes of freedom. The 20 films will not appear in the order of the arrondissements, from one to twenty, but rather, in a pertinent narrative order, initially unknown to the audience. They will be fused together by transitional interstitial sequences, and also via the introduction and epilogue sequences of the feature film.

Trailer 1 HERE
Trailer 2 Here

Spiderman 3 (Exclusive Raw Trailer)

A strange black entity from another world bonds with Peter, causing inner turmoil as he contends with new villains, temptation & revenge. Trailer includes Comic Con's Venom appearance.

Grade: A -
Raw Trailer HERE

Hannibal Rising (Poster Release)

Based on the soon to be release Hannibal Rising novel, Young Hannibal: Behind The Mask, showcases Hannibal Lecter's formative years. These experiences as a child and young adult lead to his remarkable contribution to the fields of medicine, music, painting and forensics. We begin in World War II at the medieval castle in Lithuania built by Dr. Lecter's forebear, Hannibal the Grim. The child Hannibal survives the horrors of the Eastern Front and escapes the grim Soviet aftermath to find refuge in France with the widow of his uncle, a mysterious and beautiful Japanese descended from Lady Murasaki Shikibu, author of the Tale of Genji. Her kind and wise attentions help him understand his unbearable recollections of the war. Remembering, he finds the means to visit the outlaw predators that changed him forever as they battened on the helpless during the collapse of the Eastern Front. Hannibal helps these war criminals toward self-knowledge even as we see his own nature become clear to him. The true mystery appears to be, will Sir Anthony Hopkins play Hannibal's adult self once again in at least a cameo role?


International Teaser Here
Amercian Teaser Here
Amercan Trailer Here

Blood Diamond (Poster Release)

Set against the backdrop of the chaos and civil war that enveloped 1990s Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer, a South African mercenary, and Solomon Vandy, a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories and their circumstances are as different as any can be—until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives.

Grade: C +
Official Trailer HERE

The Simpsons Movie (Movie Watch)

Just because I know some of you still love Homer and company, here is the upcoming and long withheld Simpson movie.

Trailers Here

Stranger Than Fiction (Graded)

A comedy about a novelist who is is struggling to complete her latest--& potentially finest--book. There's only one problem: she only has to find a way to kill off her main character, Harold Crick, & she’ll be done. Little does she know that Harold Crick is inexplicably alive & well in the real world and suddenly aware of her words. Fiction & reality collide when the bewildered & resistant Harold hears what she has in mind, & realizes that he must find a way to change her, & his, ending.

Grade: C +
Trailer HERE

Factory Girl (Poster 2 Release)

A beautiful, wealthy young party girl drops out of Radcliffe in 1965 & heads to New York to become Holly Golightly. When she meets a hungry young, artist named Andy Warhol, he promises to make her the star she always wanted to be. And like a super nova, she explodes on the New York scene only to find herself slowly lose grip on reality.

Trailer HERE

Singer & Jackman: Wolverine & X-Men Sequal (What to Know)

Executive producer Chris Lee, producer Jon Peter, and director Bryan Singer spoke at University of Hawaii about the upcoming "Superman Returns" sequel. Singer and Peters are in Honolulu this week to celebrate Lee's birthday and to begin planning the next Superman film, which will likely begin production mid to late next year in a location yet to be determined.

Singer acknowledged that he has also been approached to direct the next "X-Men" movie. He directed the first two well-received films before turning over the reigns for the third installment to Brett Ratner, which SUCKED!.

But he added he obviously wouldn't have time to take on another large-scale project before the next Superman gets underway. He is interested, however shocking, in seeing the script for the "X-Men" spinoff "Wolverine." The Warner Bros.' sequel to "Superman Returns," which grossed barely reached a healthy $200 million in the U.S. this year, will likely hit theaters in 2009.

As for Jackman, he has told sources that the project (Wolverine) "is out to directors and no, I haven't heard anything. It's hard because you can't... we're approaching very A list directors so you can't give it to 20 of them at once."

Asked further if we can expect any mutant cameos, Jackman grinned and replied, "It's a prequel, so there won't be many. There will be other new characters." Thanks Hugh..

King of California (Movie Watch)

An unstable dad who after getting out of a mental institution tries to convince his daughter that there's Spanish gold buried somewhere under suburbia, Costco actually.

Teaser HERE

The Bucket List (What to Know)

Corporate billionaire Edward Cole & working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room & discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do before they “kick the bucket” & an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest. Each adventure adds another check to their list, all done with insight and humor.

Ratatouille (Graded)

A young rat living within the walls of a famous Paris bistro attempts to obtain the finest of Paris food and luxury, as opposed to the meager lifestyles his family and friends seem content with.

Grade: A
Teaser HERE

Breach (Movie Watch)

Breach: Based on a true story, FBI upstart Eric O'Neill enters into a power game with his boss, Robert Hanssen, an agent who was ultimately convicted of selling secrets to the Soviet Union.

Trailer HERE

Indy 4 Retarded News with a Happy Ending (What to Know)

I've been annoyed for years by Lucas' choices but this one takes the cake... Our sources recently got on the phone with the writer of the Indiana Jones IV script to get all the details. Unfortunately the details are extremely disappointing, which could result in the end of the Indiana Jones franchise. Frank Darabont, the writer for such great films as "The Green Mile" and "The Shawshank Redemption," is now fed up with writing scripts that will never see the light of day, and is now completely shifting to directing full time.

The reason for his actions, is that after writing the script for the fourth Indy installment, which dealt with Indy investigating UFOs in the 50s, the script was eventually scrapped. When asked how he felt about that, he replied..."That was the most frustrating of all, and that was the straw that broke the back of me wanting to continue in that line of work. That was terrifically frustrating. I worked for over a year on that; I worked very close with Steven Spielberg.

He was ecstatic with the result and was ready to shoot it two years ago. He was very, very happy with the script and said it was the best draft of anything since Raiders of the Lost Ark. That's really high praise and gave me a real sense of accomplishment, especially when you love the material you're working on as much as I love the Indiana Jones films. And then you have George Lucas read it and say, 'Yeah, I don't think so, I don't like it.' And then he resets it to zero when Spielberg is ready to shoot it that coming year, [which] is a real kick to the nuts. You can only waste so much time and so many years of your life on experiences like that, you can only get so emotionally invested and have the rug pulled out from under you before you say enough of that."To make things worse, when asked if he believes the film will be made, Darbont said..."I don't think so. I don't think so. But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong. I just think it's fantastically bizarre that for a project that people have been trying to crack for ten years and have a writer come in and finally crack it and have a director who happens to be Steven Spielberg, one of the greatest directors of all time, and then say, "No, I don't think so." It's just bizarre to me.

I can't get into George's head." Well guess what Frank... no one does. Sadly for us Indy lovers we're going to be apparently strung along and dissed once again by Sith Lord Lucas and his out of touch, lack of inspiration and greedy ass. I don't want to see another film or project supposedly directed by you in my lifetime. I want the last three chapters of the Star Wars story to be directed and worked on my competent directors and films teams. Basically Lucas free. Please Spielberg!!! Save us!!

ADDED NEWS: (Dec 31, 2006)
Our sources have learned more details about the Indiana Jones 4 production after it was announced that George "No Imagination" Lucas gave two thumbs down to a script Spielberg and Ford loved. Now it appears a new script has been approved, a shooting month of June 2007 released and dropping date of May, 2008 has been handed over.

"George, Harrison and I are all very excited," Spielberg said. "We feel that the script was well worth the wait. We hope it delivers everything you'd expect from our history with Indiana Jones."

David Koepp, who has wrote such previous Spielberg projects as Jurassic Park and War of the Worlds, wrote the screenplay that finally got the stamp of approval from Lucas and Spielberg. An earlier screenplay by Frank Darabont had been shelved when Lucas turned thumbs down on it.

Although a spokesman for Spielberg said Monday that no casting has begun, Lucas and Ford have said that they would like to include Sean Connery, who played Indiana Jones' father, Professor Henry Jones, in "The Last Crusade."

The Sarah Connor Chronicles (What to Know)

Lena Headey has landed the leading role in the Fox pilot "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" while Thomas Dekker, of Heroes' fame, is set to play John Conner in the project from Warner Bros. TV, which continues the "Terminator" movie franchise storyline from T2 by focusing on Sarah & her 15-yr-old son John, as they fight attackers from the future in present-day Los Angeles. Headey takes over the role made famous by Linda Hamilton in the first two "Terminator" films. Lena will next star in Warner Bros.' film 300.