Posted by Fedora from ppp-51.col.cableone.net on August 11, 2001 at 12:47:23:
In Reply to: Indy four news? (Micah, please read this) posted by Briede on August 11, 2001 at 10:48:52:
: This came from my local paper, the Times-Picayune today (8-11-01). It
: is an article about M. Night Shyamalan by Douglas Todd of the Religion
: News Service called "Two Popular Movies Have Hindu Undertones. It says
: at the end:
: "Now that he's one of Hollywood's most in-demand writers and
: directors, Shyamalan reportedly is busy on Steven Spielberg's request
: to DIRECT the next installment of the Indiana Jones series.
: Hinduism Today said that would give Shyamalan the perfect
: opportunity to redeem the installment "Indiana Jones and the Temple of
: Doom," which it said was rife with insensitive potrayals of Hindu
: gods."
: I thought Shyamalan was not going to be involved in IJ4. Anyway,
: I did not know he was in the running to DIRECT it. Any f
I reported here last Feb.(I think) that I heard this exact same thing on a radio talk show out of St Louis. I thought I had misunderstood the guy, as he said the same thing regarding him directing the next Indy film. This is one rumor that I sincerely hope is hogwash. Regards, Fedora