The Cairo Swordsman shoots first...

...not! Indy will finally be available in high definition on Blu-ray later in 2012. A trailer for the set of four films + bonus material is available now.

Thankfully the trailer does include the Cairo Swordman scene from Raiders as we all remember it. After the Greedo-shoots-first disaster in Star Wars, I like the reassurement.

Harrison Ford plays Uncharted 3

Is there be a better way to promote the upcoming third Uncharted game for the PS3 than to let Indiana Jones himself play the adventure game? I guess not. The hard working marketing department from Naughty Dog, the game company responsible for the award winning Uncharted game series, pulled of the marketing hat-trick and got Harrison Ford for their Japanese Uncharted commercial.

The 30 second Uncharted 3 commercial with Harrison Ford

There is even a Making Off and additional footage from behind the scenes available. This extra material is really fun because you can see Harrison play the real game and just react to the amazing action he sees. His reactions remind me a lot of myself when I got Uncharted 2 last year and how I was blown away by the intensity of how this games kicks in right from the start. Now my wish for Xmas is: Let someone responsible from Lucasfilm Games see this to make them finally understand Uncharted + Indy = win.

The Making of the Uncharted 3 commercial

Behind the scenes: Harrison Ford playing Uncharted 3 (you see lots of in game scenes!)

M&M Jones

I am still amazed when I find some new Indy merchandise that I have never heard of and that I have never imagined. My latest discovery in the Indyverse: M&M's go well with Indiana Jones.

Time for a tea or a coffee? There's an M&M Indiana Jones mug available with a quite nice comic design of Red as Indy.

M&M's Indiana Jones mug with Red Jones

Or how about the 1:24 diecast version of an M&M's/Indiana Jones styled Nascar?

1:24 diecast M&M's/Indiana Jones Nascar

1:24 diecast M&M's/Indiana Jones Nascar box

If adventure needs a snack, M&M's might be a good idea.

Nathan Fillion likes Indiana Jones a lot

Remember when Nathan Fillion did that Indiana Jones-esque scenen in season 2 of Castle? Well it seems he (and the audience) liked that a lot. In the third season of the crime show Castle the protagonist Richard Castle does talk a lot about the Ark of the Covenant.

episode „Setup“ (season 3, episode 16):

CASTLE
Which it is. What do you think's in there?

BECKETT
I don't know. Might be empty like Al Capone's vault.

CASTLE
Oh, no. Think of all the amazing things that are found in storage units at times like this. (fake German accent) Ark of the Covenant, Dr. Jones.

[Castle strikes a pose and Beckett lifts the door. A single small crate is at the back.]

CASTLE (cont'd)
Well, the Ark of the Covenant was in a crate.

Ooh, what's in the crate?

episode „To Love and Die in L.A.“ (season 3, episode 22):

[INT. CASTLE'S SUITE - MORNING]
CASTLE
Wow. Somebody's up early.
BECKETT
Hey.
CASTLE
What? Did you pack a murder board?
BECKETT
Concierge. Called down, and then ten minutes later, voilà.
CASTLE
Ah, Maurice is amazing, isn't he? I bet if I ordered the Ark of the Covenant, he'd come through.
BECKETT
Wouldn't you be afraid to open it?
CASTLE
No. It only melts Nazis.

And now let's order that Ark of the Covenant...

The fans of both Richard Castle and Indiana Jones seem to have fun with all the references. Here is an hilarious fan trailer for Castle with an Indy touch: "Indiana Castle"

 Throw me the idol, I throw you the vacuum cup...

Now for season 4 they should give Kate Beckett (Stana Katic) some Marion Ravenwood scenes :-)

Harrison Ford versus the Smurfs

This is not exactly Indiana Jones related but you do not want to miss to see what Harrison Ford does to a smurf after the smurfs movie did nearly beat Ford's new film Cowboys & Aliens on the first weekend in cinema:

http://www.sfx.co.uk/2011/08/02/harrison-ford-vs-the-smurfs/

Now that's some action I wanna see on Indy 5 :-)