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

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.

By WaylonJones - Oct 26, 2011 07:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Jurassic Park
Source: Empire

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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nuck82
nuck82 - 10/26/2011, 8:03 AM
why!! why!!! why!!

KryptonitePen
KryptonitePen - 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
getupkid - 10/26/2011, 8:10 AM
Hey, at least he didn't try to pretend Indy IV was a good film....
hoodedjester
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
REMY1 - 10/26/2011, 8:23 AM
@Nuck82 That pic is very disturbing lol
plasticman
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
VictorHugo - 10/26/2011, 8:28 AM
Just make a story in which the elderly Indy passes the torch to Lara Croft already!
Macman29
Macman29 - 10/26/2011, 8:29 AM
Remember when Spielberg made good films?
MatchesMalone1989
MatchesMalone1989 - 10/26/2011, 8:54 AM
@ all the Whiners

Photobucket
PaulRom
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
nuck82 - 10/26/2011, 9:06 AM
@REMY1 as it should be lol, indy getting raped should never get a good thing
CapA
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
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
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
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
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
HavocT - 10/26/2011, 10:07 AM
Indy 5.... Indy in space.
bhorwith22
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
CaptainTall - 10/26/2011, 10:58 AM
I liked Indy 4....
mainstream05
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.
TheNameIsBetty
TheNameIsBetty - 10/26/2011, 11:36 AM
I loved Crystal Skull. You can all suck it.
CapFan79
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.
marvel72
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
AlexDeLarge87 - 10/26/2011, 1:50 PM
poor poor Indy ;(
spiderneil
spiderneil - 10/26/2011, 2:11 PM
if lucas is writing indy 5 the movie is ****ed before it is even filmed
lnTylerWeTrust
lnTylerWeTrust - 10/26/2011, 2:12 PM
I WANT A JURASSIC PARK MOVIE SO BADLY!!!!
OptimusPrimeTime
OptimusPrimeTime - 10/26/2011, 2:27 PM

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

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

a.i would of been great if kubrick hadn't died. :(
EarOne
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
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?
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