It appears that Frank Darabont will get no credit for his work on Indy 4. We get the following scoop thanks to our tenacious friends at MTV:
After a long script-writing process for “Indiana Jones 4″ that he told MTV News last spring was “a waste of a year,” celebrated director Frank Darabont wondered in November whether there would be any arbitration over credit, given how many of his own ideas seemed to find a way into David Koepp’s “Crystal Skulls.” So we wondered: Now that the movie has been finished, will Darabont at last get to see his name on the big screen for an Indiana Jones adventure?
“Nope. Not on this one,” Darabont said when we caught up with him last week. “I know there are some common elements to what I gave Steven [Spielberg] and what was eventually shot, but I guess not enough to warrant credit. It’s clearly a disappointment, especially after Steven loved my script.”
The news piece goes on to say that Frank would be happy to work with Steven again but has no interest in working with lucas stating that ” our storytelling sensibilities have diverged to the point where that would be a pointless exercise.” For those of you that may not be able to read between the lines, that is a polite way of saying “Fuck No, Lucas is a douche bag.”
We heard about the unfortunate problems Darabont was having a few months back, and now it seems that the finger of blame is being pointed at George’s fabled beard. It sounds like some of his ideas made it through to the film and it is disheartening to hear that he will not get credit. All we can do is speculate however, the truth lies between these gentlemen and perhaps the full story will never be known. Show business is just that, and like any other – you may have a bad day at the office from time to time.
