George Lucas, Harrison Ford, and Steven Spielberg on the set of the new film in Los Angeles. "Neither of them is ashamed of making audience films," Ford says of his partners. Photographs by Annie Leibovitz.





Shia LaBeouf and Karen Allen on set in Downey, California. Allen returns as Marion Ravenwood, Indy’s spunky girlfriend from the first film, while LaBeouf joins in—or so rumor has it—as Indy and Marion’s love child.





Set in 1957, the new film pits Indy against Russian Cold Warriors, including Cate Blanchett, whose character, Agent Spalko, looks like the toughest Soviet customer since Lotte Lenya’s Rosa Klebb took on Sean Connery in From Russia with Love.




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      I suppose that Soviet Agent Spalko (Cate Blanchett's character) must be from one of the Baltic republics since Spalko isn't a Russian name (nor is it Ukranian or Belorussian, for that matter).


      Of course, the same could be said for Ivan Drago from Rocky IV as well as countless other "Russian" characters in Western films.




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      We now know that Indiana Jones didn't have his right eye injured (thus needing the eyepatch that he wore during the 1990's in the bookends of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles episodes) by 1957.


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"Educated Guess: My Indiana Jones Crackpot Theory" (Vanity Fair web exclusive, January 4, 2008)





Shia LaBeouf: The new Indy?
Photograph by Mark Seliger.




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