South Park
Matt Stone and Trey Parker still know how to get people talking.
Wednesday night's South Park outing pushed the envelope and then did all kinds of god-awful things to it, with a recurring riff in which uberproducers George Lucas and Steven Spielberg repeatedly ...
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The Dark Knight courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures; Iron Man courtesy Paramount Pictures
The Dark Knight ruled theaters but the summer box office was not dark at allAccording to The Hollywood Reporter summer 2008 can go down in history with a record domestic gross thanks to the 300 million-plus hauls of Knight Iron Man and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullThough last summer had four films cross the 300 milestone Knight made up for the deficit with its own record-setting performance which includes four consecutive weeks at No 1By the close of Labor Day weekend domestic intake is projected to surpass 4 billion
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Shia LaBeouf in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull courtesy Paramount Pictures
George Lucas out promoting his new Star Wars The Clone Wars movieTV series detailed in the new TV Guide dismisses speculation that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull effectively set up Shia LaBeoufs Mutt Williams to inherit the franchise[Harrison Ford] is Indiana Jones Lucas tells the AP If Indiana Jones wasnt in it youd have to call it Mutt Williams and the Search for Elvis Yeah its Mutt Williams and the Search for ElvisThough Crystal Skull the series fourth installment and one that was many years in the making suffered considerable whip-lash from critics Lucas wont rule out another sequel [It] really depends on me coming up with a good idea he says So were doing research now to see if we cant come up with another object for [Indiana Jones] to chase Perhaps a late Medicare payment Matt Mitovich
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Cheers to John Hurt for reminding us of his talent with a pair of Memorial Day weekend roles. The versatile British actor can be seen as demented professor "Ox" Oxley in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and as buttoned-down ex-Secretary of State Warren Christopher in HBO's Recount (opposite another gifted Englishman, Tom Wilkinson, as Republican counterpart James Baker). Hurt has always moved easily between small and big screens, making his name on TV as Quentin Crisip in The Naked Civil Servant and Caligula in I, Claudius before earning Oscar nominations for Midnight Express and The Elephant Man. If he wins an Emmy for his stellar HBO work, there'll be no need for a recount.• Share your own raves and rants about other shows on the Reader Cheers & Jeers discussion board.• We may feature your Cheer or Jeer on TVGuide.com or in TV Guide magazine!
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Harrison Ford courtesy Lucasfilm/Paramount
Indiana Jones whipped up a hefty sum in Memorial Day weekend ticket sales and stands poised to rank as the No 2 opening of all time within that holiday span From Friday through Sunday Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is estimated to collect 101 million and then bring that total to 126 mil on Monday That falls shy of the 1398 mil Pirates of the Caribbean 3 amassed over the four-day stretchIf including Thursday receipts Indy 4 will tally 151 mil to POTC3s 153 mil Globally Professor Jones latest escapade which had a reported budget of 185 million took in an estimated 311 mil Rounding out the weekends top five were The Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian 23 million Iron Man 201 mil and 2523 mil to date What Happens in Vegas 9 mil and Speed Racer 4 milPOLL How many stars would you give Indy 4 Vote hereWatch Movie Talk for Maitland and Kens take on Indiana Jones 4
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Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by David James/TM and (c)Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved./Paramount Pictures
I wonder if TVGuidecom would want to send someone me to cover this awesome event Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will be premiering at the Cannes Film Festival which runs from May 14-25 Thierry Fremaux the festivals head said the presence of Steven Spielberg and the stars of the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones film franchise which will premiere outside the main competition would ensure a magnificent red carpet reported Reuters Mega-stars Harrison Ford Cate Blanchett and director-producers Spielberg and George Lucas are expected to attendThe red carpet will also sizzle with the likes of Scarlett Johanson Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem who will be promoting their Woody Allen film Vicky Cristina Barcelona Other highly anticipated premieres include Clint Eastwoods The Changeling with Angelina Jolie and Steven Soderberghs four-hour epic Che based on the life of the revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara Gee seems as though TVGuideco
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When Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull debuts worldwide May 22 the cast and producers wont just be taking risks in search of treasure theyll be risking their real-life earnings from the films profit Eschewing the usual upfront fees that talent typically get before a film even opens the new Indy film is set for an adventure in deal-making in which no one gets a cut of the profit unless the movie brings home the bucks at the box office With film production and marketing costs leaping through the roof says the LA Times Paramount Pictures set up a different kind of arrangement for the Crystal Skull which cost 400 million to make and market Executive producer George Lucas director Steven Spielberg stars Harrison Ford and Shia LaBeouf and other potential earners from the movie wont see much of a payday until that amount is recouped and exceeded Skulls talent though probably dont have much to worry about The first three of the Indiana Jones flicks earned 12 bil
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I admit it I am a sucker for summer movies All winter long I wear itchy wool sweaters and watch depressing high-brow fare about the Russian Revolution Alzheimers Nobel Prize winners and urban ennui When summer comes all I want to do is slip into some flip-flops and all I want to see up on the screen is a bunch of surfboards exploding oil tankers well-toned bodies and song-and-dance numbers that are embarrassingly entertainingFandango the movie-ticket-website people asked their readers which summer flick they were most looking forward to The unsurprising winner Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is their top pick Do you agree Take a look at our Summer Movies poll and let your voice be heard Mickey OConnor
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CHiPs courtesy Turner Home Entertainment, Route 66 courtesy CBS, Incredible Hulk courtesy Universal Studios
As we all know by now (unless you're living under a rock), Harrison Ford has been whipped back into shape for the long-awaited 4th film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It debuts at the box office in just two more months, and most of us can't wait! But there's been an added bonus: in the run-up to this sure-fire blockbuster, Paramount Home Entertainment and Lucasfilm have slowly been releasing DVD sets of the early '90s television version, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. In fact, the third and final collection ships on April 29th.Pre-order Young Indiana Jones - Vol. 3 on Amazon.comBut if it weren't for the upcoming return of this illustrious character, would the television series have ever seen the light of day? Maybe...but possibly not at this particular time, and probably not with such an in-depth production job on episodes and extras. Oh, these TV-DVDs have certainly been in the works since 2002. But then again, the new film has been planned for a very lon...
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USA Network has coughed up some $40 million to nab broadcast rights to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (to hit the cabler in 2011), as well as the first three films (to be broadcast around the time of No. 4's May 22 release). Watch the Skull trailer here.... Chris Harrison, host of The Bachelor and now TV Guide Network's Hollywood 411, interviews ABC's latest Bachelor, Matt Grant, tonight at 9 pm/ET.... Chuck Heaton, a legendary sportswriter and the father of Back to You's Patricia Heaton, died Thursday of pneumonia. He was 90.
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