• The new Colin Renfrew biopic, simply titled Colin, will start shooting in July. It stars Hugh Grant as the archaeo-lord, and will focus on his first decades in academia. Clint Eastwood directs an all-star cast including Casey Mulligan as undergraduate student Annabel Jones and Kiefer Sutherland as Lewis Binford.
• The next instalment of the Indiana Jones series is set to take a realistic turn. An insider said that star Shia LaBoeuf is taking GIS lessons and has just returned from a field school in Idaho. The film has been provisionally titled Indiana Jones and the Matrix of Doom. Suggestions that Edward C. Harris himself will have a cameo role have been dismissed by George Lucas.
• In an exclusive interview with RTP, Katy Perry has revealed how she has tamed wild-man husband Russell Brand. Perry said “We go fieldwalking on weekends”, adding that “Russell has become so interested in Stonehenge that we are going on a double date with the Parker-Pearsons!”.
• 1980s double act Shanks and Tilley have been busy writing a book about the theoretical scene back in their youth and credit an unexpected source for much of their inspiration. “Duran Duran played a big role in helping us form our theoretical frameworks” said Tilley. “Yeah, we really owe a debt of gratitude to Simon Le Bon” added Shanks. The as-yet-untitled retrospective is set to hit the shops in time for Christmas.
