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  • Harrison Ford to Star in Fifth “Indiana Jones” Movie, Due Out in 2019

    Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg are back as a dynamic actor and director duo for the fifth Indiana Jones movie due out in 2019.

    Disney announced the exciting news on Tuesday.

    Harrison Ford’s return to the Star Wars franchise in the Star Wars: The Force Awakens, reprising his role as Han Solo, was a huge help with the film’s bottom line. It also rendered him the highest grossing actor in U.S. box office history. Disney–owner of the Star Wars franchise, in addition to that of Indiana Jones–hopes Harrison Ford has the same affect on the 2019 film.

    It’s been 38 years since Harrison Ford starred in the first of the Indiana Jones films–Raiders of the Lost Ark. He will be 77 when the as yet untitled film hits theaters.

    It’s too soon to tell whether or not Shia LaBeouf will reprise his role as Indiana Jones’s son. He debuted the role in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Shia LaBeouf has been rather busy of late, wearing paper bags on his head and riding up and down in a London elevator.

    Are you an Indiana Jones fan? If so, you’re likely thrilled to learn that a fifth film is in the works, and that it stars Harrison Ford.

    Harrison Ford needs to stay as far away from airplanes as possible. He was seriously injured when a plane he was piloting crashed near L.A. in August of 2014. His World War II-era plane stopped working midair, causing him to do his best to bring it safely to the ground.

    Fans surely don’t want to see their favorite actor flying any antique plans as they await a 2019 movie release.

    Maybe wife Calista Flockhart can keep Harrison Ford grounded for a while?

  • Melissa Mathison, Former Wife of Harrison Ford and ‘E.T.’ Screenwriter, Dies at 65

    Melissa Mathison, the former wife of Harrison Ford and the screenwriter of Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra Terrestrial, has died at the age of 65.

    According to the Associated Press, Mathison was known for her family friendly films, which also includes The Black Stallion.

    Mathison died Wednesday at her Los Angeles home after a bout with neuroendocrine cancer, confirmed her sister, Melinda Mathison Johnson.

    “Mathison’s stories were rich with symbolism, adventure, depth, and darkness. With their intricate plots and grown up themes of loneliness and loss, her films enchanted a generation of kids, and their parents,” said Lindsey Bahr, for her AP article on Mathison.

    E.T. has remains a classic film and continues to charm children of all ages.

    “Melissa had a heart that shined with generosity and love and burned as bright as the heart she gave E.T.,” Steven Spielberg said in a statement.

    Mathison’s first credited work was in assistant roles on The Godfather: Part IIApocalypse Now.” Her break out project was 1979 classic, The Black Stallion, which was directed by Carol Ballard.

    Mathison met Harrison Ford on the set of Apocalypse Now in 1976, and the couple married in 1983. They remained married until 2004 and had two children, Georgia and Malcolm.

    According to the Los Angeles Times, Mathison often collaborated with producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall under their Amblin Entertainment banner and worked with directors like Frank Oz on The Indian in the Cupboard and Martin Scorsese.

    Mathison left her lasting legacy with E.T., which became the highest grossing film of all time. According to the Associated Press, Spielberg and her then-boyfriend Harrison Ford reportedly convinced Mathison to write the screenplay on a 207 mile-drive through the Tunisian desert during the shoot for Raiders of the Lost Ark.

    Mathison was honored with her first and only Oscar nomination for E.T. but lost out to John Briley’s Gandhi screenplay.

    Melissa Mathison’s last credited work is on Spielberg’s big screen adaptation of Roald Dahl’s novel The BFG, which comes out next year.

  • Indiana Jones Runs For His Life in Central Park

    Last week Improv Everywhere (the “no pants subway ride” troupe) released the first of its “Movies in Real Life” series. The first event had an actor dressed as Rocky Balboa run through the streets of Philadelphia, re-creating the famous workout scene from Rocky II. One hundred children were also recruited for the video, which quite obviously brought plenty of smiles to Philadelphia residents.

    Today, the second video in the series has been released. It depicts a re-enactment of the famous opening of Raiders of the Lost Ark, in which Indiana Jones outruns a giant boulder trap. In this version, Indy runs from Central Park holding the prized golden idol and brings it to the American Museum of Natural History (because that’s where it belongs):

    According to an Improv Everywhere blog post, the hollow boulder was created out of paper mâché and foam. The “drivers” inside the boulder were strapped in and used a GoPro camera in the front of the boulder and a pair of video glasses to chase Dr. Jones around the park.

    A new video in the “Movies in Real Life” series is scheduled to be released every Tuesday throughout the fall.