Here’s the official synopsis via Paramount: The newest Indiana Jones adventure begins in the desert Southwest in 1957 – the height of the Cold War. Indy (Harrison Ford) and his sidekick Mac (Ray Winstone) have barely escaped a close scrape with nefarious Soviet agents on a remote airfield.

Now, Professor Jones has returned home to Marshall College – only to find things have gone from bad to worse. His close friend and dean of the college (Jim Broadbent) explains that Indy’s recent activities have made him the object of suspicion, and that the government has put pressure on the university to fire him. On his way out of town, Indiana meets rebellious young Mutt (Shia LaBeouf), who carries both a grudge and a proposition for the adventurous archaeologist: If he’ll help Mutt on a mission with deeply personal stakes, Indy could very well make one of the most spectacular archaeological finds in history – the Crystal Skull of Akator, a legendary object of fascination, superstition and fear.

Here are some new promo pics from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull out Thursday, May 22.

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Shia LaBeouf doesn’t piss his money away on fancy cars — he pisses it away on fancy, old cars.

Sources tell TMZ that Shia LaBeouf recently took a train to San Diego and bought a bright red 1975 Checker Marathon — the same type of car used as a taxi back in the day. No, it doesn’t transform into a giant ass kicking robot.

During his Disney days, Shia was driven around in a Checker by his manager.

Source: TMZ

Shia LaBeouf was so desperate to land a part in 2006 film A Guide To Recognising Your Saints, he staged a violent outburst at his audition to prove he was tough enough for the role.

At the time, 21-year-old LaBeouf was best known for his role in Disney kids’ show Even Stevens, but was keen to start taking on more gritty projects.

And the star had his sights set on the role of Robert Downey Jr.’s disaffected younger self in the drama, so he decided to try and impress the panel at his audition by showing he could play a violent teen.

He says, “If I want a movie role badly enough, I’ve been known to punch my way through a wall. (The part) strongly appealed to me. I did one audition and they turned me down because they didn’t think I was tough enough, I convinced them to give me another audition and I was determined to show that I wasn’t this little Disney actor.”

“So I walked in, looked around the room and said, ‘This place is so clean and tidy. But I’m about to ruin it.’ Then I started punching a hole in the wall. They seemed surprised but gave me the part.

“Just as well, really, because otherwise I’d have been the idiot who punched a hole in the wall and still didn’t get the part.”

Source: cinemablend.com

“If this is not the biggest Indiana Jones movie yet, then I’ve got to paint Harrison Ford’s garage. If it is a flop, I’ve actually got to build him a new garage and then paint that, too. But this film is gonna be huge. It has to be - I’m not too keen on the idea of all that painting.”

- Shia LaBeouf makes a painting bet with Harrison Ford over the success of Indiana Jones.

Source: hollyscoop.com