I've gotten a few phone calls today regarding the rumor flying around the net about Shia LaBeouf being cast in the upcoming Indiana Jones Adventure.
I can tell you that it's not a rumor!
In fact, two weeks ago we posted the story below. But after a few minutes being up, I was told to take the story down. I don't really want to share the story, but I feel I have to say something. Essentially, I was told, Kellvin, you have to give something up. Either you take down the story or we won't be working with you anymore.
Here is the story in question:
I had a chance to speak to Shia LaBeouf a few weeks ago here in NYC and I asked him what he was working on next now that he's rapped TRANSFORMERS. Shia replied something like this: “I can't really say because.... put it this way, I'm trying to work something out to be in the next Steven Spielberg movie.”
Which Spielberg movie is it? Well let's do some math. Spielberg is working on two projects, Lincoln and Indy IV. Lincoln is the Abraham Lincoln biopic and we all know about Indy IV.
When I pressed him if it was Lincoln, Shia laughed it off. He just gave me a look saying “NO WAY!" Then when I asked him point blank if it was Indy IV. He put on a devilish smile and said “I'm trying to work it out. I don't want to loose the role to another actor so I really can't say much but it will be announced very soon.”
Even more, my guy in L.A., who isn't very liked at the moment, EL MAYIMBE has spotted Shia at the Gym working out like a mad man.
Would Shia being working his ass off for a role in Lincoln? Unlikely.
A few days later our sources said that Steven loves Shia and that he's up for one of two roles, either Indy's son or a faithful sidekick.
Could he be Indy's son? Considering the rumor that one of the rejected scripts did see Indy with a son from a liaison with Marion back in Raiders, it could happen. But it would make sense, considering Shia was born in 1986 and Raiders was released in 1981, if a fling with Willie in Temple created a Jones offspring, which was released in 1984, a bit closer to Shia's birth year.
Expect an announcement soon.
This report went up for a minute two weeks ago before it was taken down and now has been broken by AICN. I'm not hating on AICN at all. I'm pissed that I took it down and tried to play nice only to lose a great scoop. It sucks to do this to my sources as well, who share these scoops with us because they believe in us. Should this be what happens when someone tries to play nice? I don't think so either. So from now on, I will not play nice.
