"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," the latest Indiana Jones adventure, is the most eagerly awaited movie scheduled for release next year. (Fule Photo)

    BEIJING, Oct. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," the latest Indiana Jones adventure, is the most eagerly awaited movie scheduled for release next year, said a poll as quoted by media reports Thursday.

    The poll, conducted by online movie-ticketing service MovieTickets.com, said it asked over 2,000 U.S. moviegoers to list the films they were most interested in seeing in the next 12 months.

   Steven Spielberg's fourth adventure franchise, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," topped the list, followed by the next Batman movie, "The Dark Knight," at No. 2, "National Treasure: Book of Secrets" at No. 3, and "American Gangster" at No. 4.

    The top 10 also included several others based on existing properties, such as the "Chronicles of Narnia" and "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor."

    Only two original movies --"American Gangster" and "I Am Legend"-- made it into the top 10.

    "The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," starring Harrison Ford as adventurer Indiana Jones, will also star Karen Allen, Jim Broadbent, John Hurt and Ray Winstone. It will be released on May 22, 2008.

    Based on the results, the top 20 films are listed below:

    1. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

    2. The Dark Knight (Batman Begins 2)

    3. National Treasure: Book of Secrets

    4. American Gangster

    5. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

    6. Iron Man

    7. I Am Legend

    8. Get Smart

    9. The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

    10. Charlie Wilson's War

    11. Hancock

    12. Beowulf

    13. His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass

    14. Mamma Mia!

    15. The Incredible Hulk

    16. Speed Racer

    17. Step Brothers

    18. Bee Movie

    19. Mr. Magnorium's Wonder Emporium

    20. Starship Dave

    (Agencies)

The title of new "Indiana Jones" flick is ...

    BEIJING, Sept. 11 (Xinhuanet) -- Almost, but not quite lost in the hullabaloo of the MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas was a bit of information that ended months of speculation: the title of next summer's "Indiana Jones" movie is "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."

    Presenter Shia LaBeouf, co-star of the new film, announced the title on stage at the Palms casino. Full story