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- A slew of new pictures from "Indiana Jones" appear online, along with a description of crystal skulls. Not to put too fine a point on it, but we told you so. (/film and MTV)

- Matt Damon sports the world's worst mustache in "The Informant." (The Bad and the Ugly)

- The decider: First look at Josh Brolin and Elizabeth Banks as Mr. and Mrs. President Bush pop up online. (EW)

- I have a feeling we're being Punk'd. Ashton Kutcher says there are plans to bring prank show to the big-screen. (Ace Showbiz)

- How Divine! Johnny Knoxville and Parker Posey join "Fruitcake," the latest from director John Waters. (The Hollywood Reporter)

One’s a 65-year-old actor masquerading as the biggest action star on the planet, the other’s a 21-year-old at the peak of his physical prowess. So guess which one got injured on the set of “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”?

You get two chances, and your first one doesn’t count.

“I pulled a rotator cuff in my hip,” Shia LaBeouf said, gesturing to his waist. “It’s the only time in my career I’ve ever been injured. What happened was, because the injury got worse and worse as the movie went on, I pulled my groin also. [The groin] is not a good thing to have anything happen to.” Read more...

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." Read more...

- Snakes! Why does it always have to be snakes? Final poster released for “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.” (USA Today)

- First look at Beyoncé as Etta James on the set of “Cadillac Records.” (Just Jared)

- Johnny Depp is looking for a few good screenwriters to pen a Salvador Dali biopic. (NZ Herald)

- Judd Apatow’s latest will bring together Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, and Leslie Mann. That and it’s about, well, nobody knows actually. (Variety)

- Justin Long gets dragged to hell by Sam Raimi. (Variety)

- “Horton Hears a Who,” but will he hear YOU? Filmmakers issue hometown shouting challenge. (Horton)

I learned early on that one of the best places to uncover movie scoops was at the toy industry's annual trade show, since the companies often unveil characters and playsets ripped directly from their parent films. This year was my fifth excursion to the New York City-based event, and I went in hard, armed with a video crew, my reporter's notebook and a backpack to carry all the free swag.

Watch the video below to get a quick peek at some of the stuff we learned, and then click here to read my full Toy Fair report as we spill secrets from "Indiana Jones," "The Dark Knight," "Speed Racer" and other upcoming blockbusters.

"Great. Amazing. About darn time." I called the first trailer for "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" a lot of things when I wrote up my shot-by-shot analysis last week.

Last Friday, "Indy" co-star Shia LaBeouf told me I'd missed the most important one of all.

"It's awesome," he enthused from the set of his new film, "Eagle Eye." "I'm just as much a fan [of it] as you are." Read more...

Now this is more like it. A couple weeks back we got a look at Indy and company courtesy of "Vanity Fair", and now our friends at Lucasfilm have released a cool new shot from "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" that feels just right for an Indiana Jones adventure. Harrison, Shia, and Ray Winstone aren't in the temple of doom but it sure looks like the kind of place where Indy could bitch about hating snakes and a poor guy could get his heart taken out of his chest.

Also, remember to check out all of our "Indiana Jones" photos right here.

We're happy. Are you? What's the next image you want to see from fourth Indy adventure?

Considering "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" is already one of 2008's most anticipated movies, Lucasfilm doesn't really need a teaser poster, but it's nice they're giving us one anyway. Painted by long-time Lucas collaborator Drew Struzan, the poster harkens back to the artist's work on the earlier Indy films with our whip-equipped hero in an iconic pose. And if the empty "coming soon" spots on the official site are any indication, we can also expect at least three more posters down the pike. Click below for full image goodness.

Chris Weitz"You're back in Indy's world," super producer Frank Marshall exclaimed. "It's like a family reunion for all of us!"

Marshall was talking about working again with Harrison Ford and Karen Allen when he made the above statement, but it's not hard to imagine that he could have also been referring to us fans -- least in part. Since the moment the fourth film was announced in January it' been all we could do just to hold our excitement. An old friend is coming back. Read more...

Indy's upcoming search for the fabled crystal skulls may bring him fortune and glory. It may bring him a son. If Harvard lecturer Marc Zender has it right, it may bring him "dawning consciousness [and] free brotherly love."

Forget all that. For "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" screenwriter David Koepp, there’s just one Indy goal that matters.

"The ones that went before were pretty great," he said. "You've just got to hope to God you don't screw up." Read more...