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 (franchise) wrote eight Indiana Jones novels in the early 1990s, which were never translated to English. All of the following were published by Bantam Books, with the exception of "Army of the Dead", which was published by Del Rey. Indiana Jones novels by Wolfgang Hohlbein: Ballantine Books published a number of Indiana Jones books in the "Find Your Fate" line, written by various authors. These books were similar to the "Choose Your Own Adventure" series, allowing the reader to select from options that change the outcome of the story. Indiana Jones books comprised 11 of the 17 releases in the line,