The French can now regard to Steven Spielberg as an ‘officer in the French Legion of Honour.’ The most famous director in the world got this honor Wednesday, for his documentation on WWII and his help in Darfur. It’s the highest award you can get in France and of course president Nicolas Sarkozy was the one to give it to him.

I wonder how much of these buttons Spielberg has now. It’s not like he isn’t busy enough with that little movie called ‘The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’ these days. But it’s always difficult to cancel a meeting with some president in a palace I suppose. Well, back to promoting Indy 4. We all know it has to make at least $400 million.

Spike Lee will be working on a Micheal Jordan documentary, he said at Cannes. The NBA will finance the feature, which Lee hopes will be released next year. There’s no question about Jordan being the most famous basketball player to base a picture on. And as expected, he won’t mind walking the red carpet. “Mike wants to come to Cannes, so hopefully we will be here next year,” Spike Lee said.

The NBA will give Lee access to hours of unreleased footage filmed during the last two years of Jordan’s career, from 2001 to 2003. I reckon this is why they opted for a documentary, instead of a biopic about the basketball legend. But first, Spike Lee has to get his $43 million WWII drama “Miracle at St. Anna” out there, which will release in the US on October 10.

MTV sure is desperate for a new ‘Austin Powers’ movie. Last month they caught up with Seth Green about a possible fourth movie and now they’ve got director Jay Roach talking. “I know Mike’s thinking about it, which is something of a move in a direction,” Roach said.

It’s all up to the big man, Mike Myers. “There isn’t a script like that or anything yet, but it’s something, that [is still alive]…he’s got other stuff to do too, and that one’s completely driven by Mike. If he wants to do it, I’ll definitely want to be involved,” Roach added.

He noted how he thinks these sequels shouldn’t be rushed. And I think we would all agree. Nothing worse than a bad excuse to make some money. He shared the same feeling for a follow-up of ‘Meet the Fockers,’ currently called ‘Little Fockers.’ “We’re just trying to find the right story that makes it worth doing again. We always talk about ideas for it, and it would be a great group of people to get back together, for sure.” Well, those aren’t the worst decisions to make I’d say.