Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull device of the crystal skulls. Lucas insisted on the "Kingdom" part. Koepp's "bright [title] idea" was "Indiana Jones and the Son of Indiana Jones", and Spielberg had also considered having the title name the aliens as "The Mysterians", but dropped that when he remembered that was another film's title. Koepp collaborated with "Raiders of the Lost Ark" screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan on the film's "love dialogue." Unlike the previous Indiana Jones films, Spielberg shot the entire film in the United States, stating he did not want to be away from his family. Shooting began on June 18, 2007, in Deming, New
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull the past films. Lego also released a series of computer-animated spoofs, "Lego Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick", directed by Peder Pedersen. Stern Pinball released a new Indiana Jones pinball machine, designed by John Borg, based on all four films. From October 2007 to April 2008, the re-edited episodes of "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" were released in three DVD box sets. Random House, Dark Horse Comics, Diamond Comic Distributors, Scholastic, and DK published books, including James Rollins' novelization of "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", a two-issue comic book adaptation written by John Jackson Miller and drawn