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Shia LeBouf, during an interview with the BBC to promote the new Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, confirmed that a follow-up to Indian Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystall Skull is in the works.

Previously confirmed by George Lucas, Shia said that, "Steven [Spielberg] just said that he cracked the story on it before I left and I think they're gearing that up" during the interview.

In the past, when asked the creator of the franchise had said he was waiting to come up with a story for the potential follow-up.  Sounds like everything is in place now.

Shia LaBeouf has signed on to portray the title role in the big screen version of John Grisham's upcoming legal thriller The Associate.

According to Variety,  LaBeouf will play a student who's about to graduate from Yale Law School. In typical Grisham fashion, however, he's manipulated into accepting a job at a top law firm and given privileged information about a multibillion-dollar lawsuit.

The novel itself will be published in January by Random House.

A recent set visit to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen revealed the sequel's biggest two stars hanging out on set.

If you look closely at the first photo of Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox, you can see the former's hand in a cast as a result of a recent car accident. If you look closely at the second, you can see the latter squeezing her own breasts.

Yowza!

A blockbuster movie such as Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen can't just be shut down for a few weeks.

That's why director Michael Bay says star Shia LaBeouf's injury from his weekend car accident may be tied into the upcoming sequel.

“His two fingers are pretty mashed, but we’re figuring out a way to shoot around it, kind of write it in the story,” Bay told Access Hollywood of the actor, who has undergone extensive hand surgery.

LaBeouf was charged with a misdemeanor DUI on July 27.

Shia LeBouf was arrested for DUI after a traffic accident early Sunday morning in Hollywood.

According to The Hollywood Gossip, the actor was involved in a traffic collision around 3 a.m. when he flipped his truck while making a left hand turn.

LeBouf was hospitilized with injuries and had to undergo extensive hand injury.  Luckily the actor is recovering and should return to the set of Transformers 2 within one month. 

Luckily, the female passenger in LeBouf's truck and the driver of the other vehicle in the accident weren't seriously injured.

Shia LaBeouf turns 22 today.

The young actor has already earned comparisons to Tom Hanks, though he has a long way to go to achieve such lofty status in our eyes.

Still, Shia's early film resume is solid:

• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
• Transformers
• Disturbia
• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

In honor of the actor, and for his many female fans out there, here's a photo montage of the actor. Click on the following thumbnails now for larger versions...

Shia LaBeouf recently sat down with Entertainment Weekly for a discussion about his character in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Mutt Williams.

Here are highlights from the interview:

Entertainment Weekly: What was it like meeting Harrison Ford?
Shia LaBeouf: He's the John Wayne of my generation, for sure. He's the quintessential movie star. And the fact that he doesn't really care is beautiful.

Your Crystal Skull character, Mutt, is pretty handy with blades and swords.
Steven and George wanted the character to have a switchblade. The thing became like a third arm. The floors are now disgusting in my house because there's all these knife gouges in the floor from me throwing the knife. I was on the Transformers press tour while I was getting my knives ready. So I'd take this knife with me to Italy and to Germany, and I'm trying to stash this switchblade in different places in my luggage so I don't get in trouble.

I've read and heard that you watched a lot of old movies â€" The Wild One, Blackboard Jungle, Rebel Without a Cause â€" to get ready to play Mutt.
I also remember Steven telling me to watch Red River, watch Montgomery Clift, and his cadence and his mannerisms and the way he dealt with John Wayne. That was my homework. George, of course, made American Graffiti and knows all about the demimonde of the ''greaser.''

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As part of their promotional campaign for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (as if that movie even needs to be promoted), Harrison Ford and Shia LaBeouf showed up on MTV's Total Request Live this week.

When asked about a fifth Indiana Jones film - which George Lucas has admitted to contemplating - Shia smiled and said:

"I know Harrison would love to, I know that Harrison, when he's 80, will still be jacked. Is there going to be an 80-year-old Indiana Jones? No one can say never."

Let's hope this is part of the story in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

If not, Shia LeBeouf has some serious explaining to do to Cate Blanchett's family, friends and fans...

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull comes out on May 22. We hope Shia and Cate will have made up by then.

Shia LaBeouf has signed on to star in the techno thriller Dark Fields.

Variety reports that Neil Burger (The Illusionist) will direct the film, which is based on Alan Glynn's 2002 novel "The Dark Fields."

The story centers on a young man who comes into possession of the ultimate smart pill, as events ensue from there.

LaBeouf will next be seen in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Eagle Eye. He starts filming Transformers 2 this summer.