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06 Sep

Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Many Influences of Indiana Jones

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When Raiders of the Lost Ark was released in 1981, it was like a jolt of lightning from out of the past. As with George Lucas’ Star Wars before it, here was a throwback to many of the cinematic touchstones high and low that Baby Boomers grew up with: Saturday morning serials, prestige Oscar winners from yesteryear, and even boys’ pulp magazines were sifted through, borrowed from, and recontextualized into one of the most thrilling action-adventure movies anyone had ever seen. Somehow Lucas, who was a producer on the project, director Steven Spielberg, and the whole Indiana Jones team were…

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02 Sep

Suranne Jones’ Best Roles From New Drama Vigil to Doctor Who, Gentleman Jack & More

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We’ve seen her sew knickers, spew out Artron Energy, run a coal mine, solve and commit murders, and now thanks to BBC One thriller Vigil, we’re seeing her gumshoe her way around a nuclear submarine sniffing out a naval conspiracy. There’s very little Suranne Jones can’t do. To celebrate the breadth of her on-screen work, here’s a selection of Jones’ finest performances so far. Karen Macdonald in Coronation Street The Street’s where it all started for Jones, playing the mouthy, ambitious Karen McDonald (née Philips) to audiences of almost 20 million four nights a week. Jones won two ‘Most Popular…

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01 Jun

Indiana Jones 5 Set Photos Tease Potential Last Crusade Script Connection

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While Indiana Jones 5 has yet to officially begin production, Harrison Ford has arrived in the U.K. to film the next installment in the much-loved action adventure series. As is common with blockbusters of this size, pre-production has been underway for months, with crews working on the construction of some of the sets up that will be used in the film. Because of this, we have our first set photos from the Indiana Jones 5 production and, while they don’t tell us much about what we can expect from the upcoming film, they a) do make us very excited that…

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02 Mar

Sophie Jones

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Stunned by the untimely death of her mother and struggling with the myriad challenges of teendom, Sophie (Jessica Barr) tries everything she can to feel something again, while holding herself together.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Mar 02, 2021

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12 Feb

Iron Fist Season 3 Would Have Been its Peak, Says Finn Jones

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The Marvel Cinematic Universe is fielding a massive multimedia transition with star-studded television projects—launched with the current run of Disney+ series WandaVision—complementing the studio’s theatrical slate. While that initiative has relegated its former small screen endeavor, the Netflix “Street Level” Marvel shows, to the proverbial bin of forgotten toys, Iron Fist star Finn Jones maintains that his nixed Netflix series would have completed a poignant arc, as he reveals with plot details for the never-realized third season. Iron Fist, like continuity-connected cohorts Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, The Punisher and crossover team-up The Defenders, became the casualty of a shifting…

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12 Jan

Bethesda’s Indiana Jones: Clues We Found in the Trailer

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Just as we were getting over the shock of all the cat ears in that Bowser’s Fury trailer, we were blindsided by this tweet that reveals Wolfenstein developers MachineGames and publisher Bethesda are working on a new Indiana Jones game in association with the recently revived Lucasfilm Games brand. A new Indiana Jones game with an original story is in development from our studio, @MachineGames, and will be executive produced by Todd Howard, in collaboration with @LucasfilmGames. It'll be some time before we have more to reveal, but we’re very excited to share today’s news!— Bethesda (@bethesda) January 12, 2021…

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08 Dec

Indiana Jones 5 Producer Promises Harrison Ford is the Only Indy

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Some 12 years after 66-year-old (at the time) Harrison Ford last wore the fedora in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, a fifth installment in the saga of everyone’s favorite adventurer and archaeology professor is still in the works. A new script is being penned by James Mangold (Logan), who has also been tapped to succeed Steven Spielberg in the director’s chair for Indiana Jones 5, Den of Geek had a chance to speak with producer Frank Marshall about the current state of development on the movie, starting with the screenplay, Ford’s status (he’s now edging toward…

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17 Sep

Indiana Jones 5 Update: Why Writer David Koepp Left the Movie

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Indiana Jones 5 still seems to be part of Disney’s plans for the future, although as with everything else in this increasingly lost year of 2020, the pandemic has almost certainly slowed development on a project that was already crawling along for years. Of course, the big news revealed earlier this year — back in February, to be exact — was that Steven Spielberg was no longer going to direct the movie. James Mangold (Logan) was anointed his successor, making the fifth film in the series the first to be directed by someone other than The Beard (who is still…

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24 Jul

Sherlock Designer Arwel W Jones: ‘There’s a Magic to Set Design’

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It’s summer 2011 and Arwel W Jones is causing a commotion in the Brecon Beacons. Cars overtake his forklift along the narrow country road, puzzling at the sight of a living room wall travelling solo past hedgerows and moorland. The wall belongs to Irene Adler, sometime adversary/paramour of Sherlock Holmes. It’s on its way to stand behind Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and Lara Pulver in the series two opener of Sherlock, to help to tell their story and to make them look good.  Storytelling and making things look good are Jones’s job. As Sherlock’s production designer, his art department conceived, created and…

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16 Jun

Mr. Jones

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Agnieszka Holland’s thriller, set on the eve of WWII, sees Hitler’s rise to power and Stalin’s Soviet propaganda machine pushing their “utopia” to the Western world. Meanwhile an ambitious young journalist, Gareth Jones (James Norton) travels to Moscow to uncover the truth behind the propaganda, but then gets a tip that could expose an international conspiracy, one that could cost him and his informant their lives. Jones goes on a life-or-death journey to uncover the truth behind the façade that would later inspire George Orwell’s seminal book Animal Farm. [Samuel Goldwyn Films]Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Jun 19, 2020

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02 Mar

Indiana Jones 5: James Mangold Tapped to Replace Steven Spielberg as Director

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Ford v Ferrari and Logan director James Mangold is in talks to replace Steven Spielberg as the director of Indiana Jones 5, according to Variety. The outlet reports that the deal isn’t set in stone yet, but that it was Spielberg’s decision to step away from the director’s chair in order to give another director a chance to bring a new perspective to the sequel. Spielberg will instead remain on the project as a “hands-on” producer. This will be the first Indiana Jones movie not directed by Spielberg.  Mangold is an exciting new addition to the franchise, having already cut his teeth on big blockbuster franchises like…

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15 May

Jasper Jones

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Rent It Charlie Bucktin (Levi Miller) is perplexed when Jasper Jones (Aaron McGrath) knocks at his window in the middle of the night demanding his help. Although Jasper is a classmate and a local, Charlie and Jasper have never spoken to one another, and he is especially shocked when Jasper leads him to the body of Laura Wishart, the older daughter of the town councilor, hung from a tree. Jasper, who is both an Aboriginal and Laura's girlfriend, correctly assumes the police will look at him as the primary suspect. Jasper suspects the real killer is Mad Jack Lionel (Hugo…

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09 Apr

Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami

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This electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of pop culture mega-icon Grace Jones contrasts musical sequences with intimate personal footage, all the while brimming with Jones?s bold aesthetic. A larger-than-life entertainer, an androgynous glam-pop diva, an unpredictable media presence ? Grace Jones is all these things and more. Sophie Fiennes?s documentary goes beyond the traditional music biography, offering a portrait as stylish and unconventional as its subject. Taking us home with her to Jamaica, into the studio with long-time collaborators Sly & Robbie, and backstage at gigs around the world, the film reveals Jones as lover, daughter, mother,…

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