If Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull turns out to be the kind of hit many industry observers expect, it's likely that a fifth Indy film will follow, the filmmakers told a news conference at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.
Asked whether he'd make any more Indy sequels, Steven Spielberg replied, "Only if you want more of them." He added, "That's the reason why we made this Indiana Jones," explaining that no one has ever asked him to make a sequel to 1941 or Artificial Intelligence: AI. "So certainly we'll have our ear to the ground this summer and that will decide where we go from here."
In an interview with FoxNews.com's Roger Friedman, George Lucas added, "I haven't even told Steven or Harrison this. But I have an idea to make Shia the lead character next time and have Harrison come back like Sean Connery did in the last movie. I can see it working out."
That may be the only way Harrison Ford might return. He has previously told interviewers that Crystal Skull will be his last film as Indy.
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Network television is not recovering at the expected pace from the effects of the writers' strike, ratings during the May sweeps reveal.
According to TVWeek, overall ratings for the crucial period, which ends on Wednesday, are down 10 percent.
But, more importantly, ratings for adults 18-49, the demographic targeted by advertisers, is down a whopping 17 percent, with several shows performing near or at their all-time lows.
TVWeek commented that the situation is not likely to improve during the summer months.
"Viewers out of the habit of watching broadcast TV might not return until fall," it said, "and the threat of an actors strike may have networks seeing deja vu all over again this summer."
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