GEORGE LUCAS - LUCAS APPROVES INDIANA JONES SCRIPT

Film-maker GEORGE LUCAS has finally given the go ahead to a script for the long-awaited INDIANA JONES sequel, and has passed it onto director STEVEN SPIELBERG for fine tuning. Speaking at last night's (13MAR06) Empire Awards in London, STAR WARS producer RICK MCCALLUM confirmed that shooting on the next adventure in the Jones franchise is moving towards a start date. MCCallum said, "(George has) just finished the Indiana Jones script, and Steven's having that rewritten and a few things done." Last week (ends10MAR06), star HARRISON FORD told the British movie magazine, "The reason it hasn't happened yet is we haven't had a good enough script."