Darabont to fight for Indy IV

Lucas may have booted Frank Darabont from Indy, but the writer still wants his name on the film

By Will Reynolds / June 25, 2011

Indiana Jones and the City of the Gods. The script for that movie, which both he and Harrison Ford loved, was written by Frank Darabont. Unfortunately for Frank, George Lucas decided to throw a massive spanner in the works by declaring it "not good enough". The project was trashed and Jeff Nathanson and David Koepp penned fresh drafts that got the film going again. MTV Movies Blog reports (which I picked up at /Film) that Darabont will fight for a writing credit on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls despite not being involved in the movie for several years.

I havent read the script, at a certain point I will because Im sure there will be an arbitration over writing credits, he revealed. I keep hearing from people who are near the production and they keep saying, You know, theyre using more of your ideas here than you may have thought.

However don't expect him to want anything to do with Shia LaBeoufs character.

Thats a whole new element thats been brought in. Shia? I dont remember writing that character, Darabont said. I did suggest to Steven that he cast John Hurt in this movie and Im delighted that Mr. Hurt is a part of it. Its not entirely the role I suggested him for but I did suggest him.

I would love to read Darabont's Indy script; from what I've heard there are many elemens that carry over from his work, including the reintroduction of Karen Allen's Marion Ravenwood. Why not go through arbitration? Darabont stands a good chance of getting a "story by" credit at the very least, plus it wouldn't exactly damage his stock in the business to be credited on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls. source -/film, mtv movies blog