Father Figure

Even as filming gets underway on the fourth Indiana Jones film--anther actor has been added to the cast

Pamela McClintock of Variety:

Jim Broadbent [pictured] has signed up to star in "Indiana Jones 4," playing a Yale U. professor.

Steven Spielberg began lensing the pic Monday in New Mexico from a script by David Koepp. Film will shoot throughout the summer at several locations around the globe, including New Haven, Conn.

Paramount and Lucasfilm plan to release the picture in May. Frank Marshall serves as producer, while Kathleen Kennedy and Lucas are exec producing.

Broadbent, whose last film was action comedy "Hot Fuzz," will next be seen in "And When Did You Last See Your Father?"

Broadbent's talented for sure, but I have to wonder if his casting so late in the process, is the result of Sean Connery turning down the offer to return as Indy's Dad? My instincts say the answer to that question is "yes". I'm glad that production has finally begun.