Indiana Jones Thwarts Thief, Blabbermouth!
Indiana Jones has tracked down the lost ark, destroyed the temple of doom and recovered the holy grail. You have to figure baddies don't have a chance against the man in the hat and his pals.
Filmmakers behind the monstrously successful movie franchise have managed to foil a thief and a spoil sport in two separate incidents.
First, authorities have busted the scofflaw who broke into Steven Spielberg's production offices for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull on the Paramount lot and made off with laptops containing more than 2,500 photos of the fourth installment of the Indy series as well as a detailed budget breakdown and other top-secret information related to the hush-hush project.
"We arrested him at 4 p.m. Tuesday," said Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore. "We don't know when the actual heist took place. The report was taken Sept. 24."
The ne'er-do-well, identified as 37-year-old Roderick Davis, was charged with receiving stolen property and is currently in county lockup. Whitmore said investigators are trying to determine whether Davis may have violated his parole.
According to Whitmore, the ex-con apparently contacted several Websites about the purloined Crystal Skull cache. One of the bloggers tipped off the Sheriff's Department, which set up a sting operation and busted Davis before any of the material made it online.
No word yet on a court date. A rep for Lucasfilm, which is producing the film for Paramount, declined to discuss the heist, citing an "ongoing criminal investigation."
Meanwhile, the inability to stay mum has cost an extra from Crystal Skull dearly.
Tyler Nelson, a 24-year-old who reportedly played a "dancing Russian soldier" in the film, was targeted by the film's brain trust after he spilled some key plot points for the movie to Oklahoma's Edmond Sun newspaper in violation of a nondisclosure agreement, has reached a settlement with producers.
When news of the spoilers were picked up by several outlets, he asked the Sun to pull the interview from its site, which the newspaper did.
But the damage had been done.
Lucasfilm publicist, Lynn Hale said the filmmakers had no choice but to pursue legal action against Nelson for violating the confidentiality agreement.
Terms of the settlement, which was entered Tuesday in Santa Monica Superior Court, were not disclosed.
"We ask every cast and crew member to sign a confidentiality agreement because we want to protect the movie's thrills and surprises for audiences," said Lucasfilm's Lynn Bartsch. "Consequently, we think it's very important to make sure people hold to those agreements."
No word whether Spielberg plans to cut Nelson's dance from the film. The director's spokesman, Marvin Levy, refused to confirm whether any of Nelson's revelations were accurate, but if the settlement's any indication, Spielberg and George Lucas weren't happy.
"How did all this happen in the same week?" mused Levy.
Neither Nelson nor his reps at the Thomas Talent Agency were commenting on the matter.
Spielberg reportedly handpicked the blabbermouth, believing his graceful moves were perfect for a small, but significant scene involving Indy and his latest nemeses, the Soviets.
Harrison Ford, 65, is back in the fedora for the fourth film, leading an ensemble that includes Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent and Karen Allen, who's reprising her Raiders of the Last Ark role as Indy's feisty love interest, Marion Ravenwood.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is wrapping up production in Los Angeles. The film is scheduled for a May 22, 2008 release, with a teaser trailer in theaters as early as Thanksgiving.
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