Indiana Jones Is Battling the Long Knives of the Internet

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Knives and Tongues
Published 5/10/2008 at Hollywood Elsewhere
Knives and Tongues In his usual perfunctory way, N.Y. Times reporter Michael Cieply has reported on the bad-internet-buzz-chasing- Indy 4 story ("Indiana Jones Is Battling the Long Knives of the Internet"). He's ignored, however, what may turn out to be the most interesting aspect of reactions to the film. This, as I ...

Indy Hater Had Conflict of Interest [Update]
Published 5/10/2008 by ian spiegelman at Gawker
The anonymous jerk who blasted Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on Ain't It Cool News "is a theater executive who saw the film at an exhibitors’ screening this week. He spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid reprisal from the studio." Problem? "Theater executives may have an incentive to play down a movie’s prospects after such a screening, to get better terms." You see? This movie is going to be awesome! [NYT] ...

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Published 5/11/2008 by orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) at /Film
Here is a round up of stories that just didn’t make the /Film front page, or what we like to call…. Page 2! Orlando United has photos of the exterior and queue area of Disney’s new Toy Story Mania. I love the mini-replica of Pixar Studios. David Chase, creator of “The Sopranos,” has signed on to write, direct and produce his first feature film for Paramount Pictures. [Variety] Warner Bros has released a new poster (seen right) and trailer for Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D. [Apple] Natalie Portman has walked out of new ...

Indiana Jones Is Battling the Long Knives of the Internet
Published 5/11/2008 at OH NO!!
Indiana Jones: Summer BOMB? Now comes the part where Indiana Jones dangles over the snake pit of public opinion. Actually, a handful of Web reviewers have already struck at the film “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” despite an intense effort by the director Steven Spielberg, the executive producer George Lucas and Paramount Pictures to keep this highly anticipated sequel out of sight until Sunday, May 18. On that day, this fourth Indiana Jones movie is scheduled to make its debut at the Cannes Film Festival with an afternoon press screening, and another one at night. At about the same time, the picture, ...

NOT SO HOT: SPEED RACER...
Published 5/12/2008 by Zack Taylor at HOTORNOTGOSSIP.COM | THE AUTHORITY ON WHAT'S HOT OR NOT IN POP CULTURE BY CELEBRITY BLOGGER ZACK TAYLOR
... Rumours are going around that the next big bomb will be the new Indiana Jones movie... I hope not!! Did you see Speed Racer?? What did you think?? ...

Reviews arrive a little too early for new Indiana Jones film
Published 5/12/2008 by Hot Momma at Hot Momma Celebrity Gossip Blog
... and elsewhere. Such screenings are required in about two dozen states that have laws against blind-bidding, a practice in which theater owners were once asked to bid on films they had not seen. The man who posted as ShogunMaster, admitted he is a theater executive who saw the film at an exhibitors’ screening this week, obviously taking advantage of his position. He spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid reprisal from the studio that he so easily stabbed in the back. ...

Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of Doom?
Published 5/12/2008 by TRENT (noreply@blogger.com) at Pink Is The New Blog
... . Much of the film's failure was due to poor reviews resulting from a very poor film ... which is could be worrisome for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull because, despite attempts to keep the film under wraps until it opens in a couple of weeks, the first reviews to make it to the InterWeb are less than favorable -- which may result in another ...

Indiana Jones movie is already getting bad reviews?
Published 5/12/2008 by Roberta at In Case You Didn't Know
... The campaign has been effective so far. Fandango, which sells film tickets online, said this week that it was “seeing brisk advance ticket sales” to “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” identified as the summer’s most anticipated film in a poll Fandango conducted of moviegoers. But a better gauge of success is likely to be the extent of online sales in the few days after the film screens at Cannes — and after many reviewers have weighed in. Source ...

Bad News (Maybe) for Indy Fans
Published 5/12/2008 by Rick at Coosa Creek Mambo
Well, it had to happen — several reviews of Indy’s newest outing have hit the fan, and they aren’t all that pretty. The worst one has been posted at Ain’t It Cool News by someone who calls himself (or herself) ShogunMaster: . . . this is the Indiana Movie that you were dreading. During the whole of the movie, there was not a single moment that I thought our hero Mr. Jones (actually Colonel Jones as he was a hero in WWII now) was in any sort of peril or even significant inconvenience. In most cases, you were so many steps ahead of the characters that it was really just an arduous wait for them to get through ...

Indiana Jones Review Leaks
Published 5/12/2008 at movies filter
Bad reviews for the new Indy movie?   From the New York Times:   "Mr. Spielberg is unusually fastidious when it comes to protecting his films from advance word that can diminish excitement or muddy a message planted by months of carefully orchestrated publicity and expensive promotions ...

Screenwriting News & Links! 5/13/08
Published 5/13/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Mystery Man) at Mystery Man on Film
... around town? Having an actor or director attached to your script can certainly increase your sale price, but a good rule of thumb may be this: If your talent is publicly attached to more projects than you have zeroes in the offered purchase price, ask yourself whether it's important that your film actually gets made. And beyond that, beware of anecdotal evidence that an overbooked or underwhelming attachment can negatively affect your negotiation." NYTimes reports ...

You Cannes Drive Me NUTS!!!!
Published 5/17/2008 at The Hot Blog
This is why I got so angry about the NY Times’ idiotic story about “the internet knives” being out for Indiana Jones… and this… and this… and this and sadly, this... Why do people run this shit without doing more than 10 seconds of damned legwork? 1. The Times of London, relying on inaccurate away-from-the-office Variety reporting, lazily failed to research or copy edit the FALSE information it offers about this premiere. Not only is it not true that studios shied away from Cannes after the (massively successful, but unpleasant) Da ...

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - media reviews
Published 5/23/2008 by Grace at Superhero Profiles
... Director Steven Spielberg is known for keeping a tight lid on advance reviews of his films. But as early as May 10, the New York Times reported that an theater executive, who had seen an advanced screen of “ ...