Disney acquires rights to Indiana Jones

Necronomicon · 07-12-2013 9:15pm #1

http://www.firstshowing.net/2013/disney-gets-control-of-indiana-jones-movies-rights-from-paramount/

And their quest for world domination continues.

Very hard to be anything other than sceptical after Crystal Skull, different studio or not.

Mickeroo · 07-12-2013 9:20pm

They'll have to re-cast Indy, no two ways about it.

brevity · 07-12-2013 9:21pm

Yup, Harrison Ford is too old.

I think Kyle Chandler would do a great job. His performance in Super 8 had shades of Indiana Jones about him.

Sad Professor · 07-12-2013 10:01pm

According to Spielberg, who seems rather keen to make up for Crystal Skull, Lucas is/was working on the story for Indy 5. Assuming everyone is still willing, this could fast track things considerably.

FlashD · 07-12-2013 10:49pm

Ford is back for sure!

...Ford gives Disney, Han Solo.

...Disney give Ford his final Indy movie.

Those are the rumoured contract agreements.

Bipolar Joe · 08-12-2013 1:04am

Rumoured where, out of interest.

Adamantium · 08-12-2013 2:56am

brevity wrote: »

Yup, Harrison Ford is too old.

I think Kyle Chandler would do a great job. His performance in Super 8 had shades of Indiana Jones about him.

Oh wow, that's perfect. I'm currently on season 4 of Friday Night Lights and just the other day I was thinking I haven't seen as dependable/reassuring looking,intimidating, man's man actor since................... Harrison Ford. (or Edward James Olmos in BSG, now that it comes to mind)

Coach Taylor reminds me Indy, and he has the charm too

Chandler nails that pissed off at what's transpiring, ordinary man in an extraordinary circumstance,weary,gruff look,
and his exasperated, scrunched face expressions are hilarious.

He's really distinctive, quiet, low key but powerful all at the same time, yet somehow manages to be the best yeller since Ed Harris. It never once feels like he's acting, I can't say that for even the very best of them

Man crush/

Don't pick a child Disney.

Pick Chandler.

brevity · 08-12-2013 1:35pm

Adamantium wrote: »

Oh wow, that's perfect. I'm currently on season 4 of Friday Night Lights and just the other day I was thinking I haven't seen as dependable/reassuring looking,intimidating, man's man actor since................... Harrison Ford. (or Edward James Olmos in BSG, now that it comes to mind)

Coach Taylor reminds me Indy, and he has the charm too

Chandler nails that pissed off at what's transpiring, ordinary man in an extraordinary circumstance,weary,gruff look,
and his exasperated, scrunched face expressions are hilarious.

He's really distinctive, quiet, low key but powerful all at the same time, yet somehow manages to be the best yeller since Ed Harris. It never once feels like he's acting, I can't say that for even the very best of them

Man crush/

Don't pick a child Disney.

Pick Chandler.

Ha ha! Brilliant post.

It was Super 8 that did it for me. Definitely worth a watch if you haven't seen it.

08-12-2013 3:59pm

Why are they letting George Lucas anywhere near this? He already has ruined two franchises (Star Wars and his involvement in Indy #4), with the former being removed from him almost entirely.

Adamantium · 08-12-2013 7:02pm

brevity wrote: »

Ha ha! Brilliant post.

It was Super 8 that did it for me. Definitely worth a watch if you haven't seen it.

He was excellent in it in Super 8

I especially loved him in Zero Dark Thirty when he tracked Osama Bin Laden single handedly and gave him a stern lecture about what he had done.

Coach Taylor style.

Zubeneschamali · 09-12-2013 1:51pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Why are they letting George Lucas anywhere near this?

Because he created Indiana Jones with Spielberg?

Sad Professor · 09-12-2013 2:01pm

Kennedy is in charge now, though, so Lucas won’t be able to hold up the show for years like he did with Crystal Skull.

Mr Freeze · 09-12-2013 3:49pm

Lucas was apparently insistent that Indy 5, should have even more CGI monkies.

I for one, will be sad to see control take anyway from him.

I kid, my actual stance, is that there are only 3 Indy films, Crystal never happened.

norrie rugger · 09-12-2013 5:27pm

Mickeroo wrote: »

They'll have to re-cast Indy, no two ways about it.

Give it to Whedon and cast Fillion!!!
Oh the nerd-gasm

Sad Professor · 09-12-2013 5:43pm

He looks well but isn't Chandler almost 50? Would he be up to the fight scenes? You need someone who can do their owns stunts convincingly. As for Fillion, good luck selling him to the studio with the way he currently looks.

I really can't think of anyone under 40 fit to lick Ford's boots. And I can't see Disney wanting to cast older than that.

Mickeroo · 09-12-2013 5:54pm

Bradley Cooper fits the bill for me, he's got that slight ruggedness and air of confidence about him that Ford had in his Han Solo/Indy days. He's also pretty much the same age as Ford was when he made Raiders. He's proven himself as a really good actor in the last few years too.

Mr Freeze · 09-12-2013 5:57pm

I just hope they don't make another one. Nothing wrong with Bradly Cooper. I just don't think anyone can take over from Ford, and 4 was just so bad.

Mickeroo · 09-12-2013 5:59pm

Mr Freeze wrote: »

I just hope they don't make another one. Nothing wrong with Bradly Cooper. I just don't think anyone can take over from Ford, and 4 was just so bad.

It will happen i'm afraid. Personally I think they should give both this and Star Wars over to Pixar and let them make animated features.

pixelburp · 09-12-2013 9:41pm

I defended - and would still defend - the fourth Indy movie but I certainly think the series should be left at that. I know I know, it's Disney and while there are gullible nostalgia-geeks like me out there with wallets there's a good chance a fifth film will be made, but if Crystal Skull did anything right, it sensibly retired the Worst Archaeologist in the World, letting him and the franchise simply end as all good things should.

Maybe it's just the fanboy coming out in me, but I find the idea of someone else wearing that iconic fedora pretty ludicrous; Harrison Ford was Indiana Jones & vice versa; something of a prototype John McClane, the beaten-down everyman hero whose success was more because of the actor playing him than anything the script managed. Ford has a reputation for dry & emotionless delivery, but as Dr. Jones he nailed that tired, weathered, sometimes laconic, cynical tone. That's lightning-in-a-bottle stuff, and you only have to see the infamous screentest with Tom Selleck to see how badly the wrong fit can be.

And the only reason they got away with it first time around was because Spielberg and co. had the freedom to cast who they wanted for their 1930s serial throwback; I couldn't see that happening with a 5th film and we'd end up with a Star (like Bradley Cooper, jeeez) rather than the Right Fit because there'd be too much riding on it for Disney to take a risk on someone admittedly more suitable like Kyle Chandler.

Zubeneschamali · 09-12-2013 11:03pm

pixelburp wrote: »

And the only reason they got away with it first time around was because Spielberg and co. had the freedom to cast who they wanted for their 1930s serial throwback;

They were this close to casting Tom Selleck, and then most of ye would never even have seen it (I still would, because I knew nothing about it walking into the cinema in London in 198x).

And if they recast it, it'll probably be ****e, but the original movies will still be there. Dr. Jones is now a character for the ages, like Dr. Frankenstein, Dr. Zarkov and Dr. Who.

Mr Freeze · 10-12-2013 9:51am

Mickeroo wrote: »

It will happen i'm afraid. Personally I think they should give both this and Star Wars over to Pixar and let them make animated features.

Totally agree, it will unfortunately definitely happen. Regarding Indy animated features, that is a great idea, and you could still have then set in the nazi/WWII era then and have Ford voice Indy.

touts · 10-12-2013 10:12am

Problem with casting Indy is there are too many rubbish Indy clones (not Indy but wearing the same sort of getup hat etc). Just tune into the Syfy channel and you'll probably find a few. I saw the actor who played the Autistic blond kid in St Elsewhere doing one. And Noah Wyle from ER. And on and on.

Iconic characters need really careful casting but if they get the recasting right and it will work. My suggestion is whoever thought of hiring Mads Mikkelsen to play Anthony Hopk.....sorry, Hannibal Lecter should be hired to cast Indy. It was a stroke of genius that worked so well that it is now hard to imagine anyone but Mikkelsen as Lecter including Hopkins who seems way over the top in the role.

10-12-2013 10:55am

touts wrote: »

And Noah Wyle from ER. /QUOTE]

Good call, Noah Wyle should be the new Indiana Jones.

Mr Freeze · 10-12-2013 11:00am

Deleted User wrote: »

Good call, Noah Wyle should be the new Indiana Jones.

After Falling Skies, I could not take him seriously ever again.

touts · 10-12-2013 11:24am

Mr Freeze wrote: »

After Falling Skies, I could not take him seriously ever again.

Oh I stopped taking him seriously way before Falling Skies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Librarian_(franchise)

krudler · 11-12-2013 9:04pm

Adamantium wrote: »

Oh wow, that's perfect. I'm currently on season 4 of Friday Night Lights and just the other day I was thinking I haven't seen as dependable/reassuring looking,intimidating, man's man actor since................... Harrison Ford. (or Edward James Olmos in BSG, now that it comes to mind)

Coach Taylor reminds me Indy, and he has the charm too

Chandler nails that pissed off at what's transpiring, ordinary man in an extraordinary circumstance,weary,gruff look,
and his exasperated, scrunched face expressions are hilarious.

He's really distinctive, quiet, low key but powerful all at the same time, yet somehow manages to be the best yeller since Ed Harris. It never once feels like he's acting, I can't say that for even the very best of them

Man crush/

Don't pick a child Disney.

Pick Chandler.

He's also done the hero thing (albeit it as an actor with an inflated ego) in King Kong

Stick a fedora and dirty him up and yeah, I could totally see him as Indy, wouldn't be a bad choice at all.

11-12-2013 11:12pm

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

Because he created Indiana Jones with Spielberg?

He created Star Wars and look what happened there!

11-12-2013 11:17pm

Not a hope that any studio is going to cast Nathan Fiilion considering that he no resembles a fridge freezer. Since he started Castle he's piled on the pounds and I really can't picture him in any role as iconic as Indiana Jones.

Zubeneschamali · 12-12-2013 10:19am

Deleted User wrote: »

He created Star Wars and look what happened there!

Yes, he owned that, too, until he sold it.

The question was not "Can Lucas make a film to save his life?", the question was "Why are they letting George Lucas near this?".

Answer: because he part-owns it, he is one of its creators.

Theboinkmaster · 12-12-2013 12:10pm

pixelburp wrote: »

I defended - and would still defend - the fourth Indy movie but I certainly think the series should be left at that. I know I know, it's Disney and while there are gullible nostalgia-geeks like me out there with wallets there's a good chance a fifth film will be made, but if Crystal Skull did anything right, it sensibly retired the Worst Archaeologist in the World, letting him and the franchise simply end as all good things should.

Maybe it's just the fanboy coming out in me, but I find the idea of someone else wearing that iconic fedora pretty ludicrous; Harrison Ford was Indiana Jones & vice versa; something of a prototype John McClane, the beaten-down everyman hero whose success was more because of the actor playing him than anything the script managed. Ford has a reputation for dry & emotionless delivery, but as Dr. Jones he nailed that tired, weathered, sometimes laconic, cynical tone. That's lightning-in-a-bottle stuff, and you only have to see the infamous screentest with Tom Selleck to see how badly the wrong fit can be.

And the only reason they got away with it first time around was because Spielberg and co. had the freedom to cast who they wanted for their 1930s serial throwback; I couldn't see that happening with a 5th film and we'd end up with a Star (like Bradley Cooper, jeeez) rather than the Right Fit because there'd be too much riding on it for Disney to take a risk on someone admittedly more suitable like Kyle Chandler.

IMHO Selleck's Indy screentest was quite good, think he would have done well with it.

norrie rugger · 12-12-2013 1:32pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Not a hope that any studio is going to cast Nathan Fiilion considering that he no resembles a fridge freezer. Since he started Castle he's piled on the pounds and I really can't picture him in any role as iconic as Indiana Jones.

How long do you really think that it would take an actor to lose that much weight?
Personal trainers, train 4+ times a day and a strict diet...

Disney acquires rights to Indiana Jones

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