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NO REDEMPTION FOR INDY 4 WRITER

The latest effort to bring back Indiana Jones appears doomed, according to writer-director Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption) [that's Oscar-nominated screenwriter Frank Darabont - ed]. Darabont said that although Steven Spielberg had praised his script for "Indy 4" as "the best draft of anything since Raiders of the Lost Ark," his excitement was not shared by fellow producer George Lucas. In the interview with Devin Faraci, Darabont said Spielberg's praise "gave me a real sense of accomplishment, especially when you love the material you're working on as much as I love the Indiana Jones films. And then you have George Lucas read it and say, 'Yeah, I don't think so, I don't like it.' And then he resets it to zero." Asked whether he believes "Indy 4" will ever be filmed, Darabont replied, "I don't think so. ... I just think it's fantastically bizarre that for a project that people have been trying to crack for ten years and have a writer come in and finally crack it and then ... [for Lucas to] say, 'No, I don't think so...' It's just bizarre to me. I can't get into George's head."

seriously, Steven, why do you continue to work with that utter fucking idiot?