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Happy 85th Birthday to John Williams!

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It is without question John Williams is one of the greatest composers of our time. Throughout the span of his career, the man has churned out several memorable pieces of music for films that can only be described as iconic. Whether its for Star Wars, Jaws, Indiana Jones or another film, everyone has heard at least one piece of music […]

Watch the unofficial The Adventures of Indiana Jones animated short

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Back around the release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, artist Patrick Schoenmaker was commissioned by Lucasfilm and ACME Archives to create a special print which envisioned the adventurer and archaeologist as an animated cartoon. This sparked Schoenmaker’s imagination, and he’s spent the past five years working on an unofficial animated […]

Five Films From The 1980s That Need An All-Female Remake

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This week Neil Calloway looks at more 80s films that would benefit from a gender reversal remake… With the official synopsis of the new Ghostbusters film announced this week, soon after Dan Aykroyd saying it might be better than the original (given that he has a cameo in the new film, he’s probably contractually obliged […]

Indiana Jones 5 confirmed for 2019; Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg to return

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After years of speculation about the future of Indiana Jones, Disney has today officially announced a fifth adventure for the iconic hero, with both Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford returning. Many rumours have circulated in the year’s since 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, with Harrison Ford saying he “would love […]

Steven Spielberg says he’ll “probably” do Indiana Jones 5 with Harrison Ford

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Since Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm, there’s been a lot of speculation about the future of of the production company’s other big franchise, with talk of a fifth Indiana Jones movie, which may or may not be a reboot of the series. Speaking to Yahoo! Movies about his upcoming movie Bridge of Spies, director Steven Spielberg has […]

Flickering Myth’s Formative Movie Experiences

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Sean Wilson asks his fellow Flickering Myth writers about the film experiences that shaped their childhoods… I was more than a little startled when hit with the recent revelation that nineties family classic Free Willy this year passed its 22nd birthday. It’s not a lengthy period in the grand scheme of things but for me […]

Disney’s Bob Iger says Indiana Jones 5 “won’t just be a one-off”

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Having kept its Indiana Jones cards close to its chest while it relaunched the Star Wars franchise, it was announced back in March that Harrison Ford will be reuniting with director Steven Spielberg for a fifth outing for the archaeologist and adventurer in 2019. Given that he’ll be 77 years old by that point, you’d have to […]

David Koepp to write Indiana Jones 5 for Disney

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After the big announcement this week that Indiana Jones will be returning in a fifth movie, we have more news on the project today as Disney has announced the screenwriter to take charge of the newest entry in the franchise. According to The Hollywood Reporter, regular Steven Spielberg collaborator David Koepp has been tapped to write the […]

Disney’s Bob Iger says new Indiana Jones movie is coming

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If all the recent talk from Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford wasn’t enough to convince you that Indiana Jones 5 was on the horizon, Disney’s CEO and Chairman Bob Iger has now confirmed that we will be getting a new adventure featuring the iconic adventurer in the wake of the box office success of Star Wars: […]