Script trips next 'Indy'
New writer sought as trio syncs schedule
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Paramount had hoped to reunite Indy with his whip and Stetson hat and get back into production on a new "Indiana Jones" pic in 2004 for a 2005 release. Frank Darabont had been brought in to script a concept the trio liked, but sources close to the production said Lucas was unhappy with the draft. The Indy troika will now bring aboard another screenwriter to hone Darabont's script.
Spielberg had no comment on his plans. Spielberg, Lucas and Ford have been trying for nearly a decade to mount one last Indiana Jones adventure, on the condition that all three had to love the concept and script before proceeding.
Finding an availability window for Spielberg, Ford and Lucas is daunting, and it is now looking like a 2005 production start at the earliest.
Ford, meanwhile, is considering other assignments, and Spielberg is likely to move on to another project.
'The Rivals'
High on the radar is "The Rivals," the Robin Swicord-scripted spec whose purchase Spielberg personally supervised. The DreamWorks drama centers on the catfight between 19th century stage stars Sarah Bernhardt and Eleonora Duse for dominance of the legit stage.
That pic will be produced by the "American Beauty" team of Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen.
Production could begin in the fall or winter, depending on who Spielberg chooses to play the divas. Pitted against one another are French actress Bernhardt, who dominated the stages in the late 19th century, and the Italian-born Duse, a younger thesp who challenged Bernhardt's prominence. Susan Batson and Carl Rumbaugh are exec producing.
Spielberg is also said to be interested in a secret project said to be making the rounds.
With "Indiana Jones" again sidelined, there's no certainty as to what pic Spielberg will next direct. In the past, he's pursed such projects as "Harry Potter" and "Memoirs of a Geisha" but changed his mind.
