Tag: Jones
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Gravitas Ventures Picks Up Comedy Film ‘Halfway to Amarillo’ (Exclusive)
Gravitas Ventures has picked up “Halfway to Amarillo,” a neo-western kind of comedy which is set for distribution this November. Written and directed by Burt Binder, “Amarillo” follows an author who, in a bout of writer’s block, finds that his fictional characters have leapt straight off the pages of his novel and are running amok…
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What ‘Dial of Destiny’s Box Office Flop Means for Franchise Blockbusters
In hindsight, the release of a new Indiana Jones film after 15 years away from the big screen should be more welcomed, impactful, and highly regarded. In a cruel twist of fate, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny swung to an underwhelming opening weekend at the box office, grossing a minimal $60 million domestically.…
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Indiana Jones Was Right to Be Afraid of Snakes
That Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) has a fear of snakes seems almost out of character. Our very first introduction to the hero, in 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark, sets up Jones as a fearless adventurer, one that is calm, collected, and quick with the bullwhip he carries. Within the first minutes of the film,…
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‘Young Indiana Jones’ Is the Buried Treasure of the Franchise: Its Star Opens Up on What Made It Great
Television archaeologists take note: you don’t need to dig deep into the medium’s origins to uncover a diamond in the rough. Treasures can be found in the recent past. And one of those treasures involves the greatest fictional archaeologist of them all, Indiana Jones.On March 4, 1992, ABC premiered the two-hour movie pilot of “The…
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UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny’ gets 2023’s widest release so far
Also new this weekend: Dreamworks animation ’Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken’ and ’La Syndicaliste (The Sitting Duck)’, starring Isabelle Huppert.Disney is leading the pack this weekend with Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny out at 743 venues, the widest UK-Ireland release of 2023 so far.It opens ahead of Disney’s The Little Mermaid, which debuted at…
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UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny’ whips up widest release of 2023
Also new this weekend: Dreamworks animation ’Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken’ and ’La Syndicaliste (The Sitting Duck)’, starring Isabelle Huppert.Disney is leading the pack this weekend with Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny out at 743 venues, the widest UK-Ireland release of 2023 so far.It opens ahead of Disney’s The Little Mermaid, which debuted at…
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‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ Ending Explained: Indy’s Last Quest
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones has been through a lot of adventures. His latest, James Mangold’s Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, may also be his last. First premiering at the Cannes Film Festival, it is a rather uneven film that is…
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Short Round Is Indiana Jones’ Best Sidekick
Ke Huy Quan’s Short Round character in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom will always be Indy’s greatest sidekick. As beguiling as Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) might’ve been in Raiders of the Lost Ark or as compelling as Sallah (John Rhys-Davies) might’ve been in four of the franchise’s five films, no supporting character can…
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Does Indiana Jones Die in ‘The Dial of Destiny?
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny has hinged much of its marketing on promising viewers that it’s the end of the entire Indiana Jones franchise. This is not an installment offering up a rebirth of the saga, but rather a capper…
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Mads Mikkelsen Doesn’t Consider His ‘Indiana Jones’ Character “A Baddie” & Still Hopes For Another Season Of ‘Hannibal’
With “Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny,” Mads Mikkelsen plays yet another bad guy in a blockbuster. This time, he’s Jürgen Voller, an ex-Nazi physicist on the hunt for an artifact Harrison Ford‘s Jones also wants to find. And while he’s adept at playing villains, Mikkelsen fans would rather have him return to the…