Harrison Ford to return as Indiana Jones (again)

frash

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55270909

Can't see it working but hopefully I'm wrong - he'll be 78
Releases in July 2022

mikhail

At 78, I presume the plot will be about a professor emeritus dealing with university politics as Indy tries to rationalise the number of new international archaeology programmes the university management team is trying to foist on his department.

RandRuns

Indiana Jones and the Lost Memory.

Quantum Erasure

Never say never again, again

partyguinness

As long as there is no sight of Shia LeBeouf I don't mind.

Hande hoche!

I will believe it when I see a trailer. Rather see a sequel to air force one now that the USA is in the habit of electing men in their 70s to the highest office.

seamus

At 78, I just can't see the action/adventure bit being as good. I mean, it has to be set in the late 70s/early 80s, which means the bad guys are the Russians.

It didn't really work in KOTCS, you just can't beat the Nazis.

If they insist on using Ford, I really think they would be better off with a new adventurer set in the same universe, and Ford doing a respectable handover. The crap with Shia LeBeouf didn't work.

But I think the real charm in Indy was always the fact that it was set in the 30s & 40s. It had a much more "wild west" feel to it. Chartering small flights to random countries, no border controls, no CCTV or drones or mobile phones. Doing some "young" Indy movies would be more appealing IMO. Take him from his mid-late-20s; i.e. not so young that he looks like a child, and not so old that the action is unbelievable. Throw in a load of Nazis and bob's your uncle.

Wheety

seamus wrote: »

Doing some "young" Indy movies would be more appealing IMO. Take him from his mid-late-20s; i.e. not so young that he looks like a child, and not so old that the action is unbelievable. Throw in a load of Nazis and bob's your uncle.

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles tv show was good.

A2LUE42

As long as they don't go the Irishman routs, as' that' fight scene was horrific.
Or it will be like that clip from the Simsons for Death Wish

whisky_galore

He belongs in a museum!

silverharp

Disney right? has to mean a teenage grand daughter will be poofed into existence, let see she will have 3 phd's in areas that will feature in the plot and at some stage she will bypass a compressor while she winks at the camera and Indie looks on bemused. this stuff writes itself :pac:

mikhail

mikhail wrote: »

At 78, I presume the plot will be about a professor emeritus dealing with university politics as Indy tries to rationalise the number of new international archaeology programmes the university management team is trying to foist on his department.

Still better than Skull!

RandRuns

silverharp wrote: »

Disney right? has to mean a teenage grand daughter will be poofed into existence, let see she will have 3 phd's in areas that will feature in the plot and at some stage she will bypass a compressor while she winks at the camera and Indie looks on bemused. this stuff writes itself :pac:

And in the course of the movie, she will transition to a male. Indy will be upset and angry at first, but will soon come to realise that he was being mean and bigoted, and he will realise that she is being herself. Indy will sing a heartfelt duet with his son, and his new partner, a mixed-race genderqueer intersectionalist muslim, which will nicely set up the next film in the series:
Non Geographically-Specific Ze/Zee and The Destruction of The Patriachy.

RandRuns

RandRuns wrote: »

And in the course of the movie, she will transition to a male. Indy will be upset and angry at first, but will soon come to realise that he was being mean and bigoted, and he will realise that she is being herself. Indy will sing a heartfelt duet with his son, and his new partner, a mixed-race genderqueer intersectionalist muslim, which will nicely set up the next film in the series:
Non Geographically-Specific Ze/Zee and The Destruction of The Patriachy.

You've seen the trailer for The Watch haven't you :pac:

Mr Crispy

Jaysus, people now getting wound up by scenarios they've invented themselves

ancapailldorcha

Mr Crispy wrote: »

Jaysus, people now getting wound up by scenarios they've invented themselves

If there's nothing to trigger them, they'll have to invent it themselves I suppose. I'd just not go and see the film if I didn't like the look of it.

On that note, I'm not sure how much longer the wheeling out of old men to make sequels to long dead franchises is going to be viable for. If Ford is nearly 80 then, why? Why not go for a new IP set between the wars or something like that? It's always some aul fella clearly past it or a bit of backstory nobody asked for like the Solo prequel film.

Eduard Khil

Indiana Jones and The Incontinence of Old Age

ancapailldorcha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeiQoW-v8XM

blue note

He reprised roles in star wars and blade runner recently and they were both good movies. Still though. Crystal skull was so dodgy you'd worried about them doing another.

ancapailldorcha

blue note wrote: »

He reprised roles in star wars and blade runner recently and they were both good movies. Still though. Crystal skull was so dodgy you'd worried about them doing another.

As side characters with a lot less stuntwork than an Indiana Jones film. Both titles had new characters who were the main focus and would have worked no less well without Ford.

Crystal Skull was the first Indiana Jones film I saw. I still remember the Cineworld staff giving me pitying looks when my friends told them.

pixelburp

Christ, the movie doesn't even exist and the thread is already stinking of Woke Whingers; ya know, maybe, just maybe it's an unhealthy and slightly tedious obsession if without any stimulus you get into a lather. Office Bore territory really.

And besides: we HAVE a female Indiana Jones, she's called Lara Croft :rolleyes: :pac:

Ahem. Anyway, much easier target to whinge about the idea of an Indy 5. That is to say mind you, I don't see it happening. Ford's too old, and too ornery about his old work that I'd believe he would return to the role. Especially a distinctly action oriented one; half the POINT of the series is to put Indy through the wringer. Hard to do that when your star could be hobbled by a flight of stairs

Maybe this is just another public fishing exhibition by Disney: try to get a sense of the public appetite. They're clearly on a buzz to resurrect as many old IPs in their stable, so presumably, Indiana Jones was a bit of an unknown quantity for them.

RandRuns

Mr Crispy wrote: »

Jaysus, people now getting wound up by scenarios they've invented themselves

I'm just pitching for the screenwriting gig.

silverharp

pixelburp wrote: »

Christ, the movie doesn't even exist and the thread is already stinking of Woke Whingers; ya know, maybe, just maybe it's an unhealthy and slightly tedious obsession if without any stimulus you get into a lather. Office Bore territory really.

And besides: we HAVE a female Indiana Jones, she's called Lara Croft :rolleyes: :pac:

Ahem. Anyway, much easier target to whinge about the idea of an Indy 5. That is to say mind you, I don't see it happening. Ford's too old, and too ornery about his old work that I'd believe he would return to the role. Especially a distinctly action oriented one; half the POINT of the series is to put Indy through the wringer. Hard to do that when your star could be hobbled by a flight of stairs

Maybe this is just another public fishing exhibition by Disney: try to get a sense of the public appetite. They're clearly on a buzz to resurrect as many old IPs in their stable, so presumably, Indiana Jones was a bit of an unknown quantity for them.

maybe you need to adjust your sense of humor instead of calling me a whinger, is it verboten to poke fun at large corporates?

Quantum Erasure

Indiana Jones, in space

seamus

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

On that note, I'm not sure how much longer the wheeling out of old men to make sequels to long dead franchises is going to be viable for. If Ford is nearly 80 then, why? Why not go for a new IP set between the wars or something like that? It's always some aul fella clearly past it or a bit of backstory nobody asked for like the Solo prequel film.

This is my concern. A bit like Arnie and the Terminator series, he's happy to take the van full of cash from the movie producers regardless of whether it damages the franchise.

I guess from Ford's perspective the Indy movies "made" him, but they can hardly be considered artistic masterpieces. He might just consider them a job he did once and will happily take money for more of them.

I'm more interested in the Uncharted movie coming up tbh. Basically the same premise as Indy, but a different universe and younger actors.

Tipsy McSwagger

It’s not the age honey, it’s the mileage. Sorry but it is the age.

pixelburp

silverharp wrote: »

maybe you need to adjust your sense of humor instead of calling me a whinger, is it verboten to poke fun at large corporates?

Surely jokes need to be funny first? It wasn't totally aimed at you, but the same joke told at every conceivable point doesn't get funnier on the 1000th telling. Can't click into a thread on boards these days without some paranoid, tedious nonsense about woke if there's even a sniff.

And as said, Indy already got gender-swapped so your joke's about 20 years stale

biko

Indian Jones is his own grandpa.

pixelburp

pixelburp wrote: »

Christ, the movie doesn't even exist and the thread is already stinking of Woke Whingers; ya know, maybe, just maybe it's an unhealthy and slightly tedious obsession if without any stimulus you get into a lather. Office Bore territory really.

.

Hardly man, he made a joke which was pretty funny, nobody was whinging about anything. What is tedious is the patronising high wokeness when anyone mentions the woke trend of cinema and film that is thrust in everyones faces these days. That is a recurring theme from you is it not? In the interest of balance I think you should release the trigger a bit!

That aside Werthers original should get in on the product placement for this.

screamer

Indiana Bones and the crypt of ages.....

nah, he's well past it at this stage, wouldn't be interested in watching it.

nullzero

Maybe it will be done in the style of the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles with Harrison Ford appearing as an old Dr Jones recounting his youthful exploits?

In reality it will be more akin to Robert De Niro's geriatric kicking of the shop keeper in the Irishman won't it?

Mr Meanor

They had high hopes for River Pheonix at the time.

ancapailldorcha

Deleted User wrote: »

Hardly man, he made a joke which was pretty funny, nobody was whinging about anything. What is tedious is the patronising high wokeness when anyone mentions the woke trend of cinema and film that is thrust in everyones faces these days. That is a recurring theme from you is it not? In the interest of balance I think you should release the trigger a bit!

That aside Werthers original should get in on the product placement for this.

I don't see what was funny. It was the same edgy whinge that's trotted out at every opportunity and even when there isn't.

If you don't like the fare on offer then don't go to see it. Simples.

the purple tin

Will Lucas or Speilberg be returning to rape Indy again?

Sky King

Indiana Jones and the Last Crus Hearing Aid

'Indians Jones and the... what's my name again?'

I laugh, but will definitely go and see it.

pixelburp

Not long after Crystal Skull, at least that's how it feels, there were rumours Chris Pratt would take the reigns of a reboot. I presume / suspect / hope that plan is dead in the crib. If a fifth film did happen, you'd want to presume the aim was a "passing the torch" story, Indy going on one last adventure, Last Crusade style. Can't see any other way it'd work TBH...

Mr Crispy

Christ, I hope it's not Pratt. I will always love Andy Dwyer, but I've had enough of him as the action hero.

Ridley

You did every variation these age jokes in 2008, guys.

RGARDINR

Always thought they could start the film off in Berlin 1945 last few days of the Nazi regime and they could have Indy facial like he was in the 1st few films and he is trying to get artefact from the nazis and Soviets trying to get it, so say 1st 15 mins that and no one gets it turns out cuts scene to a German uboat and die hard nazis have it and there is a few Japanese on the boat and you see then the world map of the uboat landing at different spots of the map until gets to its destination of some off the grid japanese island. Jump to say the 1980s or something and both Harrison Ford as he looks now and the Soviets find out where this island is and both go for it and you have both die hard nazis and die hard japanese on the island against them, so Indy fighting against all 3 on the island then for the artefact that can bring World domination. New nazi empire, new Japanese empire or world soviet empire, indy stopping all 3.

ancapailldorcha

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

I don't see what was funny. It was the same edgy whinge that's trotted out at every opportunity and even when there isn't.

If you don't like the fare on offer then don't go to see it. Simples.

I saw it as poking fun at the current trend, didnt seem like a whinge to me.

But i wholeheartedly subscribe to your second point.

pixelburp

Mr Crispy wrote: »

Christ, I hope it's not Pratt. I will always love Andy Dwyer, but I've had enough of him as the action hero.

Like I said the rumour milled about Pratt would star, but kinda died off quick enough;, presumably through being bullshít or lack of interest. He works as Starlord but that's cos his charisma matches with that characters fundamental flaws. Like yourself he will always be Andy Dwyer.

There was also the rumour Shia LeBeauf might take over after Crystal Skull, but again that obviously never came to be.

Clearly the franchise should be allowed to die, but Disney are actively on the hunt for pushing out reboots or remakes of their IPs. So I'd argue we swallow the reality that at least one Indy film will happen.

Mr Crispy

Just reading that Kennedy confirmed this would be the final instalment in the franchise? If it does gangbusters at box office, I can see them reversing that decision pretty quickly.

Ridley

Mr Crispy wrote: »

Just reading that Kennedy confirmed this would be the final instalment in the franchise? If it does gangbusters at box office, I can see them reversing that decision pretty quickly.

She announced it as such but curiously neither Lucasfilm nor Disney have repeated that bit. Dunno how live that aspect of the stream was though.

nullzero

Mr Crispy wrote: »

Just reading that Kennedy confirmed this would be the final instalment in the franchise? If it does gangbusters at box office, I can see them reversing that decision pretty quickly.

If Hollywood is adept at anything it is keeping the lumbering husks of franchises knocking around the multiplexes until the box office returns drop off a cliff. Not even the most beloved franchises seem capable of meeting a dignified end anymore.

Acosta

Happy that Lucas has no input as he was primarily responsible for The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull story.

breezy1985

pixelburp wrote: »

Not long after Crystal Skull, at least that's how it feels, there were rumours Chris Pratt would take the reigns of a reboot. I presume / suspect / hope that plan is dead in the crib. If a fifth film did happen, you'd want to presume the aim was a "passing the torch" story, Indy going on one last adventure, Last Crusade style. Can't see any other way it'd work TBH...

That was the point of Mutt he turned out to be a pretty unpopular character with the fans

py2006

eh, this is old news:

See here

Ridley

Acosta wrote: »

Happy that Lucas has no input as he was primarily responsible for The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull story.

He's also primarily responsible for Indiana Jones existing at all.

One thing is for certain. It might be 10, 20 or 30 years. Indy WILL be rebooted

Acosta

Ridley wrote: »

He's also primarily responsible for Indiana Jones existing at all.

Lucas is a legend and made some of my favourite movies growing up but after the distaster of the prequels and the last Indiana Jones movie, I'm happy he's not involved. Not that those last 4 movies diminish the greatest of the original trilogy of both sets of movies.