Indiana Jones 'to return in 2008'

Lucas (l) and Ford (r) worked on both Indiana Jones and Star Wars

Director George Lucas says the fourth instalment in the Indiana Jones film series will start next year.

Lucas said he and Steven Spielberg had recently finalised the script, and promised it was "the best one yet".

Actor Harrison Ford will return as the titular star of the film, which is due to hit cinemas in May 2008.

With the working title "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Geritol", and featuring both Ford and quite possibly Sean Connery reprising his role as the Jones family patriarch, Lucas also promised that representatives from AARP would be on hand to assure that no senior citizen is harmed during the filming.