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It's Official: Karen Allen to Reprise her Marion Ravenwood Role in Indy IV
I just received an email from Karen Allen and she says she can officially admit that "yes I am working on the new Indy film. I've been sworn to secrecy until today, but now I can let you know. I'm having a fantastic time shooting it." Allen to Return to Indiana Jones Franchise May 23, 2007 - Actress Karen Allen is reportedly set to return to the Indiana Jones franchise for the much-anticipated fourth film — as the mother of the movie adventurer's sidekick. Allen played Harrison Ford's love interest, Marion Ravenwood, in Raiders of The Lost Ark and now she's planning to reprise the character in Indiana Jones IV. According to website chud.com, Allen will play Shia LaBeouf's mother in the new film. Indy 4 Rumors, Casting News, and Potential Spoilers May 21, 2007 - Karen Allen — last seen in the franchise as old flame Marion Ravenwood — has been confirmed to return in that same role. She's Shia's character's mom. Let's hope she lives to see the end of the movie, or else we'll end up like the last episode of MacGyver. 
Karen Allen to Direct Joan Ackermann’s The Batting Cage
February, 28 2006 - Karen Allen will direct the upcoming production of Joan Ackermann’s The Batting Cage at Simon’s Rock College of Bard. The production will take place in the Studio Theater of the Daniel Arts Center from Thursday through Sunday, March 9-12. The productions will begin each evening at 7:30pm, with 2:00pm matinees on Saturday and Sunday. The play is not suitable for children. Donations will be accepted. For information, call 528-7293. Karen Allen Boozer Celebrated in Drinking Poll 
February 21, 2006 - Karen Allen's hard-drinking character Marion Ravenwood has made a quirky new list of
The Greatest Movie Drinkers in the Maxim boozer's poll.
The top 10 are: 1. Frank 'The Tank' Ricard (Will Ferrell) in Old School 2. Arthur Bach (Dudley Moore) in Arthur 3. Wong Fei-Hung (Jackie Chan) in The Legend Of Drunken Master 4. Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) in Raiders Of The Lost Ark 5. Trent Walker (Vince Vaughn) in Swingers 6. Rick Blane (Humphrey Bogart) in Casablanca 7. James Bond (Sean Connery) in Goldfinger 8. John 'Bluto' Blutarsky (John Belushi) in Animal House 9. E.T. in E.T. The Extra Terrestrial 10. Henry Chinaski (Mickey Rourke) in Barfly New England Gem 
July 3, 2005 - The Westport Country Playhouse held a re-opening
gala June 3 in celebration of its 75th Anniversary Season and the
completion of its 18-month, $17.8 million renovation.
The gala raised funds for the Campaign for a New Era, as
Christopher Plummer gave the inaugural public performance in the newly
refurbished theater.
Following a reception honoring more than a dozen Playhouse actor-alumni who returned to celebrate the theater's anniversary, the curtain rose on "A Word or Two, Before You Go," written, arranged and performed by Plummer. Joanne Woodward, the Playhouse's artistic director, and her husband, Academy Award-winning actor Paul Newman, welcomed the alumni, as did Plummer. Among the Playhouse alumni honored were Blythe Danner, who starred with Keir Dullea in the 1969 Playhouse production of "Butterflies Are Free"; George Gizzard, who appeared in five Playhouse productions, from 1960's "Amphitryon 38" to 1991's "Lend Me a Tenor"; David Birney, who starred in "Talley's Folly" in 1981 and "Social Security" in 1988; and Karen Allen, who appeared in "Temporary Help," by David Wiltse in 2001. Also in attendance were Jane Alexander, Charles Grodin, Anne Jackson, James Naughton, Betsy von Furstenberg, Eli Wallach and Elizabeth Wilson. Guests included Ruby Dee and Ralph Laurne. Until September Coming to DVD in January 
October 6, 2004 -
Karen Allen delivers "a performance of great humor and subtle emotion" (Variety) as a lonely American
tourist who falls for a suave French playboy in this bright, funny and passionate romance. As far as Mo
Alexander (Allen) was concerned, Paris was just an unplanned pit stop on her whirlwind tour of Europe.
But that was before she missed her connecting flight and met sexy Frenchman Xavier de la Perouse
(Thierry Lhermitte). Savvy, sophisticated and positively drop-dead gorgeous, he captures Mo’s heart
forever with just one steamy, blue-eyed glance. But is this hot Parisian dreamboat looking for a
long-term commitment…or is he simply passing time Until September?
Scheduled to be released January 25, 2005. Rated  for nudity.
Poster Boy Premiers at Tribeca March 26, 2004 - The Tribeca Film Festival unveiled its lineup for its third annual New York event, including six international premieres and 10 U.S. bows. The festival opens May 1 with Garry Marshall's Raising Helen, starring Kate Hudson and runs through May 9. Other films featured include Dear Frankie, starring Emily Mortimer and Gerard Butler; Whore starring Daryl Hannah and Denise Richards; and Zak Tucker's Poster Boy, starring Karen Allen and Michael Lerner. Animal House: 25th Anniversary Cast Reunion and Parade August 21, 2003: A class reunion of the rowdy Animal House gang shut down Hollywood Boulevard with a parade today at noon, featuring a live elephant, an ROTC contingent, a cheerleading squad and an interruption by the "Deathmobile." Actors Tim Matheson, Karen Allen and Stephen Furst rode on a cake float in the procession, which recreated the 1978 comedy's catastrophic climax. The event, organized by Universal Pictures to promote the 25th anniversary DVD 
set for release next Tuesday, culminated in a faux-foodfight between scores of extras sporting generic "College" sweat
shirts worn by the late John Belushi (news) in the film. Otis Day And The Knights performed the song "Shout," getting
a little bit louder, a little bit LOUDER now, and then a little bit softer before wrapping up the parade.
The film, which became a surprise blockbuster and launched the careers of many of its young stars, chronicled the antics of the disreputable Delta House frat as it uses lust and alcohol to fuel a revolt against authority in the early 1960s. What made the film an enduring hit? "I think it's about wild rebellion and it's about kind of conventional conservative oppression up against rule-breaking," said Allen, who played Katy, the movie's comely voice of reason. Other cast members at the parade were Matheson, who played slickster Otto; Furst, the chunky newbie Flounder; Martha Smith, who was the sexpot Babs; Mark Metcalf, the uptight Neidermeyer; and John Vernon the blustery villain Dean Wormer. Belushi's widow, Judy Belushi Pisano, also participated in the event. In the movie, she played an extra who danced with Belushi and laughed at him smashing a guitar in the film's famous toga party scene. "I'm here at my college reunion," joked Peter Riegert, who played the morally lax frat brother Boon. Asked if shooting the movie in 1977 was a crazy time, he responded: "Oh my God! Look at what we made! ... You can't be stoned or drunk and act, but you're done acting at the end of the day." Anthony Breznican, AP Entertainment Writer
Long Trip To DVD For Indiana Jones ![[Karen Allen]](../graphics/rotla06.jpg)
May 6, 2003: Indiana Jones is finally making his way to DVD. After much wrangling
over logistics and control, a four-disc set will be released by
Paramount Home Entertainment on October 21, 2003. Lengthily titled The Adventures of Indiana Jones —
The Complete DVD Movie Collection (about $50), it will contain Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981),
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) and a
bonus disc loaded with extras, including interviews with cast and crew members, new behind-the-scenes
documentaries, featurettes on visual effects and music, and hithtero unreleased footage cut from the
original films.
One highlight is a deleted fight between Indy and a Cairo swordsman that Spielberg spent days choreographing only to have Ford — under the weather because of a stomach virus — improvise and just shoot the baddie, which wound up in the finished Raiders and was one of the best-remembered moments. The full scene has been resurrected for the DVD. Each film was remastered in THX surround sound and restored digitally. "We're not just putting out a vanilla version (of the film on DVD)," Lucasfilm's Jim Ward says. ![[Briar Patch]](../graphics/briarpatch2.jpg)
Briar Patch to be Released This Year
January 24, 2003: Lauren Moews, one of the producers of Briar Patch tells me the film "should be released either on video or in theaters this year." The film was screened in the 2003 Slamdance International Film Festival (1/20/03). It won Best Feature at Indie Memphis (10/6/02), Gold Special Jury Award at the 36th WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival (4/13/02), Land Grant Finalist at the Taos Talking Pictures Festival (4/12/02) and Official Selection at the 25th Denver International Film Festival (10/12/02). Karen Will Film The Root This Fall April 1, 2003: Karen tells me that, as we moved closer to war, the investors became anxious and for the moment the film is in a holding pattern, as is so much of so many people's lives as we struggle for equalibrium in a world that seems at the moment to have derailed. August 26, 2002: Commercials and television director Matthew Penn will make his feature directing debut early next year with The Root, a low-budget project starring David Strathairn, Gregory Hines, Karen Allen and Eli Wallach. The Root is a Faustian story about a man who runs a chop shop, selling off parts from stolen cars. A relationship with a crooked police detective leads him to attempt to get out of the business, and that's where the trouble begins. The picture, which will shoot in New York, was written by Gary Richards based on his own play. Penn directed the regional theater production of The Root. Penn has directed more than 50 episodes of hourlong dramas, including The Sopranos and NYPD Blue. He was nominated for an Emmy for directing the 200th episode of Law & Order, starring Julia Roberts. He has also helmed Radio Shack spots with Shaquille O'Neal and commercials for such clients as Cadillac and TD Waterhouse. Charles Lyons, Variety
July 26, 2002: Karen Allen will be filming The Root in New York City later this year. The director of the film is Matthew Penn, who is the son of Oscar®-nominated director Arthur Penn (Bonnie and Clyde, Little Big Man). Matthew has directed numerous television shows, including Third Watch, The Sopranos, NYPD Blue and Law and Order. This is his first feature film. Will Karen Allen Be in Indy IV?
May 10, 2007 - At the Time magazine dinner for the 100 most influential people, George Lucas discussed Indiana Jones 4 which he is currently preparing with Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett and Shia LaBoeuf. The latter plays Ford's son, which means his mother was possibly the character Karen Allen played in Raiders of the Lost Ark. "I can't say," Lucas said when Allen's name was brought up. ![[Harrison Ford]](../graphics/indy.gif)
January 2, 2007 - George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have confirmed that the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones series will start filming in June. The film will hit theaters in May 2008. Spielberg is officially on as director (this will be his next project), and Lucas is back as producer. Harrison Ford is the only star signed, although rumor has it that Sean Connery (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) and Karen Allen (Raiders of the Lost Ark) may also reprise their respective roles. Lucas told Access Hollywood in June: "We are writing him in whether he wants to do it or not." March 20, 2007 - It has just been confirmed that Cate Blanchett has signed on as Indy's "love interest" for the fourth installment, along with Shia LaBeouf as the savvy archaeologist's son. George Lucas has reportedly claimed that the character of Henry Jones, Sr. (played by Sean Connery) has been written into the script despite the fact that Connery has dragged his feet about reappearing in the Indy 4 project - never say never again, Mr. Bond! Also, the hiring of Blanchett is a curious turn of events considering it was largely speculated that Karen Allen would return as Marion Ravenwood to reprise her original role as Indy's leading lady from Raiders of the Lost Ark. But it wouldn't be a stretch to imagine that Allen's character - a fan favorite - might resurface as the mother of Indy's love child (LaBeouf) as well. December 30, 2006 - The fourth instalment in the Indiana Jones saga will be the best film in the series so far, producer George Lucas has said. Steven Spielberg is set to direct the as yet untitled film, with principal filming to take place in Los Angeles in 2007. By that time it will have been 17 years since Harrison Ford last cut a dash as the eponymous Nazi-hating archaeologist/adventurer/womaniser, but Star Wars supremo Lucas says the fourth film will be "really cool". "It's going to be fantastic. It's going to be the best one yet," he said. The Indiana Jones trilogy was a huge commercial and critical success in the 1980s, with Ford cementing his position as a Hollywood legend in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Earlier this year the 64-year-old hit back at claims that he was too old to star in the upcoming film, insisting that he was "fit to continue" and relished the chance at being given one last crack of the whip. Despite this insistence however, Indiana Jones and the Ravages of Time was still put forward as a potential title for the film by cheeky fans. A host of familiar faces are rumoured to be connected with the project, including John Rhys-Davies, Karen Allen and Sir Sean Connery, who played the archaeologist's father in the Last Crusade. 
July 10, 2006 - Natalie Portman is being lined up to play Indiana Jones' daughter in the fourth and final movie adventure to
star Harrison Ford as the daredevil archaeologist. Karen Allen, who is expected to reprise her Marion Ravenwood role
in the upcoming Indiana Jones movie, let the news slip about Portman at a question-and-answer session in New York on Friday.
Allen spoke to Indiana Jones fans after a screening of Raiders Of The Lost Ark, and, although she was coy about her own part in the fourth film, she revealed Portman's name is being mentioned. She told fans, "I just heard Natalie Portman was cast as Indy's daughter." One fan in attendance says, "She (Allen) immediately changed the subject as if she knew she shouldn't have said anything." But is there any truth to this? Probably not. In fact, I must admit here that I am the person who told Karen about the Portman rumor. In an email I sent June 28, I wrote "the latest rumors are that the film is set in the 1950's or 60's and that Natalie Portman will play Indy's daughter, which would mean that someone (Marion?) was her mother." Four days later Karen replied with, "You always are so much more up to date on things than me. So if it is Natalie Portman I imagine that she is Marion's daughter. At least I will be there in spirit." She mentioned this rumor at the Paris Theatre Q&A and it quickly spread all over the net. Why did I pass along this particular rumor? I saw it again recently in an article by Matt Forsman on askmen.com, 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Indiana Jones 4, which I found from a link on theindyexperience.com. This rumor dates at least back to a November 2004 article on The Movie Reporter. In conclusion, don't believe everything you read on the net, regardless of the source. But as Clint Morris [moviehole] wrote, "I don’t really believe it… but I want to. Heck, I’d love to see a fist-swingin’ Natalie Portman, fighting alongside her famous poppa." 
January 21, 2006 - A title has been announced for the long-promised fourth installment in the Indiana Jones series:
Indiana Jones and the Geriatric Ward. OK, that's not really the new title but at this rate it may be all
we'll get. After all, Harrison Ford ain't getting younger. MTV recently caught up with George Lucas and posed the
question on everyone's mind: what on earth is taking so long? The Iraqi people have created a whole new system of
national government in less time that you're taking to get this film pulled together. Lucas' shrugged response?
"We just keep working on it. You know, we just write and write and write and write and write. But we are getting
closer, and hopefully this year we will have a start date and we will have a script that we all love and hopefully
it will come out next year."
Look, if there's one thing we've learned from the new Star Wars trilogy, Lucas should be kept as far away as humanly possible from anything remotely related to writing process. To complicate matters Lucas mentioned he's brought in Jeff Nathanson who wrote Catch Me If You Can to work on the script. C'mon, people, the "B" edition of Encyclopedia Britannica didn't have this many contributing writers. Casting rumors are still going back and forth but I suppose those all depend on what the final script ends up being. Karen Allen and Kate Capshaw who played Jones' past love interests are rumored to be returning and there's a chance John Rhys Davies may reprise his role as Sallah as well. 
January 19, 2006 - Harrison Ford's not getting any younger (and Karen Allen's not getting any more relevant),
so fans can't help but wonder: When, exactly, are we going to see the long-promised fourth Indiana Jones movie? "We
just keep working on it," shrugged series writer/producer George Lucas. "You know, we just write and write and write
and write and write. But we are getting closer, and hopefully this year we will have a start date and we will have a
script that we all love and hopefully it will come out next year." Lucas added that Jeff Nathanson (Catch Me if You
Can) is the newest addition to a pile of screenwriters bigger than the Cairo swordsman's weapon of choice. Ford has
said that he will reprise his whip-wielding adventurer role for the first time since 1989's Indiana Jones and the
Last Crusade, and Steven Spielberg is making plans to direct.
April 2, 2004 - The Indiana Jones IV script developed by Frank Darabont has been declined by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. The new writer is Stuart Beattie, an Australian who collaborated on the screenplay for last summer's blockbuster hit Pirates of the Caribbean. Apparently, Beattie's arrival has prompted Lucas and Spielberg to ask Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Karen Allen and Kate Capshaw to clear their schedules for filming next year. 
However, Karen says no one has contacted her about it. "Haven't heard a word yet. I only heard that they weren't happy with the script for the shooting this summer. When I was in LA with Kate [Capshaw] and Allison Doody in the fall for the DVD release, everyone from Lucasfilm was playing it very hush hush about who would be in the next film. It seems I'm always the last to know." October 14, 2003 - Harrison Ford thrilled his three Indiana Jones leading ladies at the weekend (12Oct03) when he showed up at a launch party for the new DVD box set in full costume. Karen Allen, Kate Capshaw and Alison Doody were chatting about their experiences on the set with a small group of journalists and fans in Hollywood when Ford burst in on them. Capshaw, the wife of Indiana Jones director Steven Spielberg, says, "I was really surprised to see him. I don't think anyone knew he'd be there." 
The new box set, which features all three Indiana Jones adventures on DVD, also includes a bonus disc featuring outtakes
from the set and a back story about the creation of the beloved movie character.
June 3, 2002 - "The movie's going to be shot probably in May of 2004. When I say probably, it could be April or May of 2004 and the movie's going to come out probably for the July 4th weekend of 2005, because the last Star Wars is going to come out the week before Memorial Day 2005. So we’re coordinating this to be a one-two punch with the last Star Wars coming out in 2005 in May and Indiana Jones 4 coming out 2005, probably June 29th or July 4th." Steven Spielberg, Cinescape
May 31, 2002: Is it finally time for Harrison Ford to take the bullwhip out of mothballs? Variety reports that the makers of the long-awaited fourth Indiana Jones movie are finally naming a screenwriter: Shawshank Redemption writer/director Frank Darabont. His hiring would seem to clear the last obstacle that has kept the franchise off the screen for 13 years and counting. Darabont would adapt a story by series producer George Lucas, which Lucas has hinted involves the reappearances of Indy's ex-girlfriends (to be played, presumably, by Karen Allen and Kate Capshaw) and a son for the archaeological adventurer. The film would reunite Lucas, director Steven Spielberg, and Ford for a production that would be ready for the multiplex in July 2005, the same month that Ford will turn 63. Darabont was one of many writers' names on the wish list; Spielberg had suggested M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense), while Ford had wanted Tom Stoppard. But Darabont had an inside track, having scripted several of TV's Young Indiana Jones adventures. April, 2002: In a recent issue of Entertainment Weekly, producer Kathleen Kennedy says one scene will bring Indy together with a group of past girlfriends likely including cameos by Karen Allen and Kate Capshaw. Feb 28, 2002: An unconfirmed rumor maintains that enough of the script is complete to indicate that Marion will be the female character of choice. Apparently Abner Ravenwood will be playing a key role, and Marion will come forward with a daughter of Indy's. ![[Harrison Ford]](http://images.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/20061005/66.ford.harrison.092806.jpg)
Jan 22, 2002: A spokesman for Steven Spielberg confirmed Tuesday that the director and fellow
Indiana Jones mastermind George Lucas have come up with a story, and Ford has agreed to reprise his famous role.
[There is no mention of Karen.]
You can read the complete article here.
Jan 22, 2002: Quotes from Monday's Golden Globe Awards and the parties that followed. Steven Spielberg: "We have a title, but we're not ready to announce it. I will give you one clue, though. Kate is in it." Harrison Ford: "It was always about getting the right script, and now we have it." Marvin Levy (Spielberg's publicist): "They have a story for an Indy 4, which George Lucas, Harrison and Steven have been working toward. They don't have a script. It's not [Steven's] next picture. We don't know what his next picture's going to be. Right now, Steven's been described as being in development heaven. They do have a story they like and they have title, but it's not been revealed." Feb 13, 2001: "Spielberg has been discussing a spectacular farewell-to-Indiana movie with [Harrison] Ford to go into production next spring. They are close friends off-set, a senior source told Ananova: 'Steven thinks Harrison is worth every cent [of $25 million]. The film would bring a classic end to the series. The guest star list Steven has planned is amazing with Connery, [Spielberg's] wife Kate Capshaw and Karen Allen who was in the first Jones movie.'" (Ananova.com, 2/13/00)
Jul 18, 2000: Harrison Ford: "George, Steven and I sat down 3 months ago and talked about a number of ideas. As soon as George is free from the burden of coming up with the stories for the next 2 Star Wars films he will turn his attention to this. I would expect sometime in the next couple years that we will get a script and we will make a 4th Indiana Jones." (Ford quoted on E! News Daily, 7/18/00) Mar 14, 2000: At the start of this week director Steven Spielberg received his Life Achievement Award from the Directors Guild of America. After the ceremony Spielberg was asked, "Your wife says that in your family you talk about movies from early morning. What do you tell your children when you go to the movies with them?" Spielberg: "Actually, I have to answer to the same question all the time: 'Dad, when are you going to film a new Indiana Jones movie?' But tonight I want to make a promise: Indiana Jones is coming back soon." |
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