Broadbent Joins INDIANA JONES

By: Jarrod Sarafin
Date: Thursday, June 21, 2007
Source: Indiana Jones.com

According to Lucasfilm's official Indiana Jones site, Academy Award winning actor Jim Broadbent has joined the cast for Indiana Jones 4 (current title). The actor won an Best Supporting Actor Oscar and a Golden Globe for his role in "Iris".

He's also been in Moulin Rouge, Time Bandits, The Chronicles of Narnia & most recently, Hot Fuzz.

Lucasfilm announced that he will be playing a Yale professor in the upcoming fourth installment of the Indy franchise.

He joins an already stellar cast alongside Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf (Who may or may not be playing Indy's son.), John Hurt & Ray Winstone. Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and George Lucas are the exec producers and Steven Spielberg is returning to the director's chair.

Lucasfilm Ltd and Paramount are distributing the film for a May 22, 2008 theater release.

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Comments/Responses

SinisterPryde • Jun 21, 2007, 02:06am •

Ten bucks says this is the Sean Connery part reworked to make it work for another actor. Which is fine with me as long as they are not recasting Henry Jones.

exfan • Jun 21, 2007, 02:27am •

I don t know what to think anymore, Connery character can t be replace, it will be no Indy father, but it can be some kind of mentor, an old father friend...i beleive

browbeat • Jun 21, 2007, 03:23am •

I'm not actually all that worried about Connery not being in the film. After all, he wasn't in the first two.

I could see Broadbent playing a quirky professor similar to Brody but less likely to get lost in his own museum.

Captmathman • Jun 21, 2007, 09:05am •

I miss Brody getting lost in his own museum.
This is great casting news. I still have my concerns, because I just can't see Indy in the '50's, but everything else seems to be clicking together nicely.
And Pryde, no thanks. Sucker bet.

amateurscientist • Jun 21, 2007, 12:11pm •

"... who may or may not be playing Indy's son..."

well, as usual, I guess that was a surprise that was spoiled months ago in casting reports.

ugh.

still, it's gonna be a fun movie, I'm sure of it. I wonder if they're going to make Shia do the lion's share of the action. (I've been sayin' for years that kid is good...) Can't wait to see Indy crackin' the whip.

TheSleeper • Jun 21, 2007, 10:32pm •

This movie is a mistake! A MISTAAAAAAKE!!!!

I don't usually like to forecast doom and gloom on a picture this early, but this just doesn't feel right. Indy in the Fifties? Who's he going to be fighting, HUAC? Gout? And while LaBeouf is a good actor, he tends to play the same sort of personality each time, and I don't really see him as a convincing adolescent from the 1950's. And let's face it--Ford's star power has been on the wane for about a decade now. There's real potential for him to embarrass the role that made him (even more) famous.

This is all wrong. All wrong.

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