The (possibly) final theatrical movie poster for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by legendary movie poster artist Drew Struzan has been unleashed. The poster features the first official close-up look at the alien-like Crystal Skull and a snake crawling out from the foliage around the Mayan ruins (”Snakes. Why’d it have to be snakes?”). Very cool, but I still like the initial Struzan design more because it was less busy.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull hits theaters on May 22nd 2008.
Discuss: What do you think of the new Indiana Jones 4 poster?
source: USAToday
March 9th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Looks great, can’t wait
March 9th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Poster looks great but… is that Dom DeLuise next to the Crystal Skull??
March 9th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
No complaints here, can’t wait.
March 9th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
I agree, its too full. I also dont like the faces on each side of his chin, they look too fake.
Thanks for the preview.
March 9th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Perfection.
March 9th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Enrique: no, it’s Ray Winstone
March 9th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Shia looks a bit out of place, or none of the characters facial expressions seem appropriate and the hot spots are really distracting… It seems poorly made to me.
March 9th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
looks awesome. but wheres Sallah? Shit. Im gonna miss him.
March 9th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Its too busy…. does the whole movie have to be in the damn poster?
March 9th, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Yeah, it looks great. Doesn’t make me want to see it any more or less.
March 9th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Reminds me a lot of the original ones. Its just that the actors look somewhat unrecognizable. Not as polished as I had hoped.
March 9th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
It goes along okay with the posters to the preceding Indy films, but something about this poster makes it feel more like the cover to a video game box rather than to actual, epic Indy film. I look at this and I see an Indy board game. And Shia’s frown is a bit much.
March 9th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
Twenty bucks says this will be the DVD boxart.
March 9th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
A brilliant poster. Something about it just exudes the same kind of excitement that the other Indy posters have done, so it does the job for me.
March 10th, 2008 at 1:27 am
It’s reminescent of the previous films, all good for me.
March 10th, 2008 at 3:11 am
nice poster, classic looking Drew Strussan… but what’s with Karen Allens looking “smile at the camera promo photo shot” ???
March 10th, 2008 at 3:15 am
lol @ “Dom DeLuise” comment
March 10th, 2008 at 3:34 am
Ray Winstone has realy let himself go since Beowulf.
March 10th, 2008 at 3:37 am
Damn first comment and I spelt ‘really’ wrong.
March 10th, 2008 at 5:06 am
Beautiful. My only complaint is that while the look of the cast is supposed to be drawn, Karen Allen and Ray Winstone look too photographic, making them look oddly out of place… Still, love the poster, can’t wait!!
March 10th, 2008 at 7:15 am
OH SNAP! mayans?! i’m definitely watching this.
poster looks fine to me, quit your whining, indy’s gonna take down quetzalcoatl.
March 10th, 2008 at 7:22 am
I was gonna say, “WTf is Chef Boyarde doing in Indiana Jones”. And the Karen Allen picture just looks like she is sayin’: “Just happy to be here.”
March 10th, 2008 at 7:26 am
Now this is good. It is very old school and I like it very much. Its not empty with Shia and Harrison alone like the poster that came out a few weeks ago. But shows all characters and previews some of the good adventure in the film.
March 10th, 2008 at 7:28 am
Who cares? It’s just a damn poster. I’m really more concerned about the movie.
March 10th, 2008 at 7:30 am
Is Dom Deloise still alive? With that being said I think Abe Vigoda would be a good Indiana Jones villian.
March 10th, 2008 at 8:00 am
Why’d it have to be Shia LaBeouf?
March 10th, 2008 at 8:08 am
You can tell the artist(s) were trying to go for something like the original Raiders poster: http://www.cinemasterpieces.com/raiders82rolledjan07.jpg . However, that poster appeared to have been hand-drawn and had comic book feel to it with humorous expressions that make it appealing to the mass audience. It was fresh, youthful, mysterious - one of the great movie posters in my opinion. Grabbed my attention 100% when I was a kid.
This new poster is too clean and lacks personality. It works, but definitely not something I’d buy to hang in the movie room.
I like that first *teaser* poster with Indy standing alone at the gates of the kingdom. That looked pretty freekin hot!
March 10th, 2008 at 8:19 am
I love it…but I don’t think I am going to like it very much since they decided to make Indy a giant. I mean, look at the poster, it is just creepy that he is so much bigger than everyone. Isn’t that going to be weird in the movie that he is like 20 ft tall?
March 10th, 2008 at 8:33 am
I don’t get what’s the big deal…
March 10th, 2008 at 8:34 am
I appreciate the fact that they tried to mimic the style of the other IJ movie posters, and for the most part it looks ok. My only problem is with the way Indy himself is depicted in it. In the big head shot, he has a grimace on his face that suggests he’s thinking “Can you believe I’m still doing this sh*t?”. And the smaller Indy in the foreground running away from the bad guys somehow doesn’t look anywhere near as cool as the one riding a horse and pointing a gun towards the bad guys on the poster for the Last Crusade. Now THAT was an awesome poster.
March 10th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Here it is, btw, just for the sake of comparison: http://images.art.com/images/products/large/12044000/12044807.jpg
Ok, so the bad guys do appear to be behind him in that one too, but he’s clearly running towards somebody.
March 10th, 2008 at 8:49 am
Meh. The “crystal skull” at the center of the poster really bugs me. It seems completely out of place.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:57 am
You know what made the original poster so great - you didn’t read a hundred comments by other people over analyzing it. I cannot wait until they day everyone’s uninformed opinions no longer matter again.
I will miss Sallah too :(
March 10th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Has anyone noticed that it’s a bit small to be a poster…
Hehe!
March 10th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
In the traditional Indy fashion, the poster after the teaser poster is supposed to be a little busier.
Take a look at the teaser poster for ToD, with Indy jacketless infront of a firie temple (much like KotCS) and the LC teaser just has Indy’s face and grin.
Both “offcial” posters (especiall LC) are very busy and full of little images, ie. Indy on horse back tanks, airplanes, all sorts of crap.
Personally, I think this new poster is exactly what is should be… Shia might get a little bit more ink then diserved… seeing as though Short Round only got a tiny little picture of his face on ToD….but Shia is a tween money maker… so I “get it.”
March 10th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
I think people’s excitement for the movie is interfering with their ability to judge the quality of this poster. It’s not a good poster — looks like it was done in photoshop by adding effects to photographs. Remember when movie posters were drawings or paintings that contained a feeling of myth?
check out this crop of “The Goonies” poster:
http://gooniesnvrsaydie.googlepages.com/beautiful_goonies.jpg
March 10th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
PLOT SPOILER! DO NOT READ IF YOU DON’T WANT TO HAVE THE PLOT SPOILED!!!!
Shia is more prominent than “Short Round” because he is going to be the next “Indy”. Shia will be spun off to save the franchise.
You heard it here first
March 10th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Hey, lady! You call him Dr. Jones!
March 10th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Is it just me, or does Harrison look a little stroked-out?
March 11th, 2008 at 8:07 am
I love the indiana jones movies, but yea this poster looks too crowded, maybe just Indiana, Hot girl and Skull would do it…
March 11th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
I like it. Classy!!
March 12th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
I can’t believe no one has said this yet…It looks like the Star Wars posters. I’m not saying that its a bad thing, but its basically a spitting images of the prequel trilogy posters.
Anyway, I think the poster looks pretty cool. Shia and Cate on either side does look a little awkward, but eh, not too shabby. I’ll probably end up getting this one too.
March 21st, 2008 at 10:33 am
Harrison Ford looks like Liam Neeson more than usually. Nice anyway, it simply could not have been something different from the IJ tradition.
April 8th, 2008 at 5:22 am
Hack again?!
April 18th, 2008 at 6:27 am
Doesnt anyone know its the same artist that did the original Indy
posters the Star Wars/prequels .There is no mimicry here
all four indy posters are by the same guy in the same style.The
unmistakable Drew Srtuzen.
May 22nd, 2008 at 2:49 am
any clues what the cartoon face is on the left hand side amongst the trees? It’s under the sword in Blanchett’s hand and left of Karen Allen’s face. Weird.
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:02 am
This farfetched installment of the Indiana Jones series is a mockery of the original ones. I was very disappointed with the plot and the plot device as they were extremely over thought. I think this movie was overdone because they thought people wouldn’t keep interest unless they took it over the top but it only made the movie that much worse. Indiana Jones needs to be kept what it is, an adventure, not a science fiction. Lucas was wrong for thinking that this movie wouldn’t be as appealing if it didn’t go over the top. Although there were a few unbelievable parts to the first three, most of the plot devices were centered on the power of God which most people believe as plausible (leap of faith, the ark consuming those who seek God’s power and the cup of Christ causing the temple to crumble when taken past the seal). These are all believable but the plot device in Indiana Jones 4 had to do with ancient skulls and aliens. Just because the time period (1950’s) was right smack in the middle of the UFO controversies, doesn’t mean that the movie should have anything to do with them. Another repetitive annoyance was the numerous jokes and humor references to the previous films. One or two would have been fine, but this one was just trying too hard. I think it was the only thing Lucas could do, besides going over the top with the science fiction strategy, to attempt to relate this film with the first three because of the large time gap. Lastly, I was disappointed with Karen Allen’s character Marion Ravenwood. I don’t know if she was asked to play the part different from how she portrayed the character in the first installment, but Marion was a loopy, and totally different, character. Overall, I feel that this film was a mockery of the first three, and I don’t recommend it. Indiana Jones surviving a nuclear blast, flying at least a mile, and landing safely all while inside an empty refrigerator, disappointment. Thirteen Crystal skeletons combining into one alien being, causing the antagonist’s brain to overload of knowledge, ultimately causing a UFO to rise from the ancient ruins only to destroy the ruins and then fly away, disappointment. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, a disappointment.
May 26th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
a great return to the old school, a great reference to the classic indy films. it’s truly great they didn’t break the tradition. Should be the official poster.Looks great. it does look fake, but that’s part of it’s appeal. the faces are supposed to look like a painting, not real life, that’s what made the oldschool posters great.
LeBouff is in the film, so it’s only right that he is there. i find interest in the fact that although a new actor and somewhat “teenybopper” in image, he is on this poster and still stands among the others also on the poster.
Triumphant return to the oldschool.
May 26th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
and not a dissapointment. the film has it’s flaws, but stop being fucking Communists and Nazis! the film may have had frequent flaws, but was truly worthy of the great adventure. i loved it, was mor excited than i had ever been at a movie, and not because i’m your usual crass moviegoer.
May 27th, 2008 at 4:31 am
Jesse:
you’re an idiot. this movie is a bucketload of fail, whoever wrote the script should be taken out back and shot in the head, twice.
IF KNOWLEDGE IS THE TREASURE OF ALIENS/MAYAN GODS; HOW COME MAYANS DIDN’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE WHEEL?