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This film is the third time DreamWorks has adapted a book. The first two were "Road of Destruction" and "Beyond the Fence".
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The film is the second time that "Indiana Jones" and "James Bond" have collaborated on screen, the last time it was Harrison Ford and Sean Connery in "Indiana Jones and the Crusade". Interestingly, Daniel Craig once starred in a spin-off of Indiana Jones: "Young Indiana Jones Adventure: Desert Heroes."
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The aliens in the film consciously refer to the appearance of the aliens in "Alien vs. Predator" and "The Third Kind of Contact" directed by Spielberg.
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At the beginning of the filming, the film had been entangled whether to use a 3D camera for shooting, but in the end director Jon Feiru insisted on only shooting with a 2D film camera.
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It was originally planned to play Jack by Robert Downey Jr., but because of schedule conflicts, he was replaced by Daniel Craig.
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The original plan was to play Ella by Eva Green, but in the end Eva Green gave up and the role was replaced by Olivia Wilde.
Cowboys & Aliens behind the scenes gags
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Extended Reading
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[after they jumped off one the alien ships and into the lake]
Jake Lonergan: We were flying.
Ella: Yeah.
Jake Lonergan: I don't want to do that again.
Ella: No.
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Nat Colorado: I always dreamed of riding into battle with you.
Woodrow Dolarhyde: I always dreamed of having a son like you.