Indiana Jones 5

[klauswhereareyou]

Guessing Mutt Williams will be written out of an Indy V.

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by klauswhereareyou

Guessing Mutt Williams will be written out of an Indy V.

Pretty positive that's the case as well. Good riddance. Don't need his ego in the film...

[klauswhereareyou]

Originally Posted by Walts Ghost

Pretty positive that's the case as well. Good riddance. Don't need his ego in the film...

Maybe they'll pull a Star Trek III and he gets killed by klingons, oh I mean Nazis.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by klauswhereareyou

Maybe they'll pull a Star Trek III and he gets killed by klingons, oh I mean Nazis.

No, you don't--The fact that we'll never get Nazis again is what caused most of the twenty-year delay in the first place, not to mention nuking the refrigerator in Nevada.

[Falaskan]

As long as they don't feel the need to have CGI ants/foliage/everything I will be happy@

[Walts Ghost]

New ‘Star Wars: Episode 7′ and ‘Indiana Jones 5′ Rumors

Speaking of Dr. Jones – Den of Geek has heard back from a “good, reliable source” that certain Episode VII staff members – like the model makers and people who are rumored to have designed and built a full-scale Millennium Falcon at Pinewood Studios – have been contracted for up to seven films, including Episodes VII-IX, three additional Star Wars character spinoffs and Indiana Jones 5.

The idea of Disney/Lucasfilm planning ahead for six Star Wars movies seems all the more reasonable, following the reports last week that ILM is opening a new facility in London – signaling that the effects company expects to be working on multiple projects there in the foreseeable future. However, even though Indiana Jones 5 has been rumored for some time now (and Star Wars crew members would be contracted to work on it), there is a chance it won’t actually happen.

Disney secured the full rights to the franchise in 2013, but shortly thereafter chairman Alan Horn downplayed rumors about the project being fast-tracked, insisting “We haven’t done anything” and that a fifth Indiana Jones movie is still 2-3 years away, best case scenario. Couple that with Ford’s age and the general public’s lukewarm feelings for the series after Indiana Jones an the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and it becomes more obvious why in this case Disney/Lucasfilm are considering their options rather than plowing ahead (a la Star Wars).

That said, having staff members contracted for Indiana Jones 5 makes sense regardless, since Disney is surely going to do something with the Indy Jones property eventually, now that it owns the rights. Whether that means making a fifth installment with Ford or something else altogether – maybe a fresh-start reboot like what is happening on the Terminator franchise – remains to be seen, but the man in the brown hat will be back… someday.

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[cinemaphile]

I'd like to see an Indiana Jones animated movie or series. Let this guy do it:

http://patrickschoenmaker.blogspot.com/

[swaseem]

they're doing Indy 5 oh god this is gonna tank, LOL

[ONE_DAY_AS_A_LION]

Originally Posted by cinemaphile

I'd like to see an Indiana Jones animated movie or series. Let this guy do it:

http://patrickschoenmaker.blogspot.com/

That could actually be a good idea. Star Wars did it and it got people interested again, not that they were lost but interested in that universe. An animated series could really revitalize Indiana Jones!

[L.J.]

It would be great if they did another Jones. Just wonder how much longer Ford will feel like playing the part. Hoping this gets the green light.

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by L.J.

It would be great if they did another Jones. Just wonder how much longer Ford will feel like playing the part. Hoping this gets the green light.

Well, he's pretty much single handedly pushing this forward. So he wants to do at least one more. He doesn't want 'Crystal Skull' to be his final note.

[Darth Marcus]

Originally Posted by Walts Ghost

Well, he's pretty much single handedly pushing this forward. So he wants to do at least one more. He doesn't want 'Crystal Skull' to be his final note.

I'm hoping Spielberg can find the drive that Harrison has for this project. Spielberg has said before that The Last Crusade is a make-up of sorts for The Temple of Doom (which I love, to be honest), so I'm hoping The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will similarly motivate Steven as well.

[L.J.]

Originally Posted by Walts Ghost

Well, he's pretty much single handedly pushing this forward. So he wants to do at least one more. He doesn't want 'Crystal Skull' to be his final note.

Cool would like this franchise to go out on a better note than Crystal Skull.

[ZoetMB]

Originally Posted by Darth Marcus

I'm hoping Spielberg can find the drive that Harrison has for this project. Spielberg has said before that The Last Crusade is a make-up of sorts for The Temple of Doom (which I love, to be honest), so I'm hoping The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will similarly motivate Steven as well.

In my opinion, Spielberg should not direct it. I think he's lost the mojo he had when he was a younger man. Since "Crystal Skull", and aside from the animated "TinTin", he's made "War Horse" and "Lincoln". They're both fine, well-made, classy, great looking, traditional films that don't sell out to commercial interests, although he did change some major facts in Lincoln to emphasize the drama (which I think was a severe error in judgement). But they weren't exciting films and they certainly did not change the way we think about films the way that "Jaws", "E.T.", "Close Encounters", "Raiders..." and many other Spielberg films did. It needs someone who would bring something new to it and make it fresh.

I'm not sure who should direct it (maybe someone like Alfonso Cuarón) but I think it needs a fresh start. But it has a problem in any case and that's Shia LaBeouf. IMO, he's absolutely terrible, he absolutely can't carry the franchise forward and he shouldn't be in it. So they're going to have to write him out by sending him to college or something, perhaps to study archeology himself. If they want to have him do a cameo at the end or something, where Indiana attends his college graduation, fine. Same for Marion. Although that would mean that the film would have to take place in at least 1961.

I think Ford is actually a problem as well, at least the Ford who "acted" in Skull. I thought I was watching a bad actor doing a Harrison Ford imitation. It was like watching a rehearsal. If Ford is going to do it, and especially if he's the one pushing for it, he's really going to have to put his heart into it and do some real acting.

I think a new film should have the feel of an Edgar Rice Burroughs story. It should involve Indy 'disappearing' into a jungle somewhere because he wants to see the last of the undiscovered world before it disappears (or he's sent there on some government mission). If this film picks up in 1957, right where the last one left off, maybe he's disgusted with the consumerism and conservatism of the era (or the opposite - since Indy was born in 1899 and being 58 in 1957 or 62 in 1961, was probably totally disgusted with the early rock 'n' roll era). Maybe they need to make the film take place in 1971, making Indy 72, since Ford is already 71 and would be 72 before shooting took place.

While there, something very mysterious happens, but it has to be something that we can believe within the world of the story. It should involve much archeology. It should consciously avoid any of the "standbys" that were repeated in the other films: no fist fights across jeeps or trucks, etc. No aliens or "inter-dimensional" beings. And even though this was never in an Indy film, no dinosaurs.

I wouldn't mind if it used some of the notions of the "Young Indiana Jones" series - where Indy interacts with famous people of history. It can be both actual people and fictional people, although by 1957, I'm not sure there were that many really interesting people of history still around.

Jones can interact with another much younger character (has to be somebody great) who at the end of the film takes on the characteristics of Indy the same way the young Indy took on the persona of "Panama Hat". And then that actor can continue the franchise if they ever want to make yet another one.

[L.J.]

Originally Posted by Walts Ghost

Well, he's pretty much single handedly pushing this forward. So he wants to do at least one more. He doesn't want 'Crystal Skull' to be his final note.

Originally Posted by ZoetMB

In my opinion, Spielberg should not direct it. I think he's lost the mojo he had when he was a younger man. Since "Crystal Skull", and aside from the animated "TinTin", he's made "War Horse" and "Lincoln". They're both fine, well-made, classy, great looking, traditional films that don't sell out to commercial interests, although he did change some major facts in Lincoln to emphasize the drama (which I think was a severe error in judgement). But they weren't exciting films and they certainly did not change the way we think about films the way that "Jaws", "E.T.", "Close Encounters", "Raiders..." and many other Spielberg films did. It needs someone who would bring something new to it and make it fresh.

I'm not sure who should direct it (maybe someone like Alfonso Cuarón) but I think it needs a fresh start. But it has a problem in any case and that's Shia LaBeouf. IMO, he's absolutely terrible, he absolutely can't carry the franchise forward and he shouldn't be in it. So they're going to have to write him out by sending him to college or something, perhaps to study archeology himself. If they want to have him do a cameo at the end or something, where Indiana attends his college graduation, fine. Same for Marion. Although that would mean that the film would have to take place in at least 1961.

I think Ford is actually a problem as well, at least the Ford who "acted" in Skull. I thought I was watching a bad actor doing a Harrison Ford imitation. It was like watching a rehearsal. If Ford is going to do it, and especially if he's the one pushing for it, he's really going to have to put his heart into it and do some real acting.

I think a new film should have the feel of an Edgar Rice Burroughs story. It should involve Indy 'disappearing' into a jungle somewhere because he wants to see the last of the undiscovered world before it disappears (or he's sent there on some government mission). If this film picks up in 1957, right where the last one left off, maybe he's disgusted with the consumerism and conservatism of the era (or the opposite - since Indy was born in 1899 and being 58 in 1957 or 62 in 1961, was probably totally disgusted with the early rock 'n' roll era). Maybe they need to make the film take place in 1971, making Indy 72, since Ford is already 71 and would be 72 before shooting took place.

While there, something very mysterious happens, but it has to be something that we can believe within the world of the story. It should involve much archeology. It should consciously avoid any of the "standbys" that were repeated in the other films: no fist fights across jeeps or trucks, etc. No aliens or "inter-dimensional" beings. And even though this was never in an Indy film, no dinosaurs.

I wouldn't mind if it used some of the notions of the "Young Indiana Jones" series - where Indy interacts with famous people of history. It can be both actual people and fictional people, although by 1957, I'm not sure there were that many really interesting people of history still around.

Jones can interact with another much younger character (has to be somebody great) who at the end of the film takes on the characteristics of Indy the same way the young Indy took on the persona of "Panama Hat". And then that actor can continue the franchise if they ever want to make yet another one.

Like this.

[Tcan21]

Originally Posted by Darth Marcus

I'm hoping Spielberg can find the drive that Harrison has for this project. Spielberg has said before that The Last Crusade is a make-up of sorts for The Temple of Doom (which I love, to be honest), so I'm hoping The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will similarly motivate Steven as well.

Love Temple of Doom as well and I hope they get their chance at a "makeup" movie. I really have no issue with them continuing to make Indy movies, but the Last Crusade ending will always be the definitive ending to the character and series that I could ever wanted.

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by ZoetMB

I think Ford is actually a problem as well, at least the Ford who "acted" in Skull. I thought I was watching a bad actor doing a Harrison Ford imitation. It was like watching a rehearsal. If Ford is going to do it, and especially if he's the one pushing for it, he's really going to have to put his heart into it and do some real acting.

This is the one thing I don't agree with...Well, second, because I would like to Spielberg come back and finish the series, but I could stomach a new director. But I thought Ford was actually great in 'Crystal Skull', and the reason the movie worked better than it should have. While I actually enjoy 'Crystal Skull' more than most, I admit the film has problems, but Ford was far from one of them in my eyes. He seemed more alive and rejuvenated than I had seen him in years. He loves that role, and he was having a blast playing the character again. He was older, but he was still Indy in my eyes. Seeing him take the role for a spin one more time is something I want so badly. So I hope it happens.

[L.J.]

Originally Posted by Walts Ghost

This is the one thing I don't agree with...Well, second, because I would like to Spielberg come back and finish the series, but I could stomach a new director. But I thought Ford was actually great in 'Crystal Skull', and the reason the movie worked better than it should have. While I actually enjoy 'Crystal Skull' more than most, I admit the film has problems, but Ford was far from one of them in my eyes. He seemed more alive and rejuvenated than I had seen him in years. He loves that role, and he was having a blast playing the character again. He was older, but he was still Indy in my eyes. Seeing him take the role for a spin one more time is something I want so badly. So I hope it happens.

You got it man.

[Darth Marcus]

Originally Posted by ZoetMB

[Show spoiler]In my opinion, Spielberg should not direct it. I think he's lost the mojo he had when he was a younger man. Since "Crystal Skull", and aside from the animated "TinTin", he's made "War Horse" and "Lincoln". They're both fine, well-made, classy, great looking, traditional films that don't sell out to commercial interests, although he did change some major facts in Lincoln to emphasize the drama (which I think was a severe error in judgement). But they weren't exciting films and they certainly did not change the way we think about films the way that "Jaws", "E.T.", "Close Encounters", "Raiders..." and many other Spielberg films did. It needs someone who would bring something new to it and make it fresh.

I'm not sure who should direct it (maybe someone like Alfonso Cuarón) but I think it needs a fresh start. But it has a problem in any case and that's Shia LaBeouf. IMO, he's absolutely terrible, he absolutely can't carry the franchise forward and he shouldn't be in it. So they're going to have to write him out by sending him to college or something, perhaps to study archeology himself. If they want to have him do a cameo at the end or something, where Indiana attends his college graduation, fine. Same for Marion. Although that would mean that the film would have to take place in at least 1961.

I think Ford is actually a problem as well, at least the Ford who "acted" in Skull. I thought I was watching a bad actor doing a Harrison Ford imitation. It was like watching a rehearsal. If Ford is going to do it, and especially if he's the one pushing for it, he's really going to have to put his heart into it and do some real acting.

I think a new film should have the feel of an Edgar Rice Burroughs story. It should involve Indy 'disappearing' into a jungle somewhere because he wants to see the last of the undiscovered world before it disappears (or he's sent there on some government mission). If this film picks up in 1957, right where the last one left off, maybe he's disgusted with the consumerism and conservatism of the era (or the opposite - since Indy was born in 1899 and being 58 in 1957 or 62 in 1961, was probably totally disgusted with the early rock 'n' roll era). Maybe they need to make the film take place in 1971, making Indy 72, since Ford is already 71 and would be 72 before shooting took place.

While there, something very mysterious happens, but it has to be something that we can believe within the world of the story. It should involve much archeology. It should consciously avoid any of the "standbys" that were repeated in the other films: no fist fights across jeeps or trucks, etc. No aliens or "inter-dimensional" beings. And even though this was never in an Indy film, no dinosaurs.

I wouldn't mind if it used some of the notions of the "Young Indiana Jones" series - where Indy interacts with famous people of history. It can be both actual people and fictional people, although by 1957, I'm not sure there were that many really interesting people of history still around.

Jones can interact with another much younger character (has to be somebody great) who at the end of the film takes on the characteristics of Indy the same way the young Indy took on the persona of "Panama Hat". And then that actor can continue the franchise if they ever want to make yet another one.

I personally don't think Spielberg has "lost" his mojo as you put it, but more simply that his mojo has evolved over time to it's present state. While I enjoyed War Horse and The Adventures of Tintin, I personally found Lincoln to be riveting and one of the best biographical works ever put to film, and not just because of Daniel's performance. It's purely a drama piece, and Spielberg showed maturity in his directorial restraint with this film.

Now he has been on record stating that action films no longer interest him, and that he can do them with his eyes closed. It sounds like the Indiana Jones film you're suggesting would fit his current state of mind quite nicely.

But Spielberg is an artist, one of the best of our times. And like any great artist, it takes great inspiration to make great art. Whether or not he finds inspiration to make another great Indiana Jones film remains to be seen, but if he does find it, I personally couldn't think of any other director I'd rather see behind the camera of an Indiana Jones film that Steven Spielberg.

And I wholeheartedly agree about Shia, he's got to go.

[Darth Marcus]

Originally Posted by Walts Ghost

This is the one thing I don't agree with...Well, second, because I would like to Spielberg come back and finish the series, but I could stomach a new director. But I thought Ford was actually great in 'Crystal Skull', and the reason the movie worked better than it should have. While I actually enjoy 'Crystal Skull' more than most, I admit the film has problems, but Ford was far from one of them in my eyes. He seemed more alive and rejuvenated than I had seen him in years. He loves that role, and he was having a blast playing the character again. He was older, but he was still Indy in my eyes. Seeing him take the role for a spin one more time is something I want so badly. So I hope it happens.

Harrison is the only reason I was able to sit through that film. In my opinion he was the only one who showed enthusiasm about the project (except for maybe Karen Allen, and Jim Broadbent and the 5-10 minutes he was actually on screen). The few interactions Harrison had with Karen Allen were quite nice. There's still chemistry there, enough to help fuel one more film.