Indiana Jones V

[Zombie_61]

They live in a bubble world!

It's a world of laughter, a world of tears, it's a world of hope, and a world of fears.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

Nostalgia & fanboys aside, one has to ask does Indy have any kind of relevance in the 21st century ? Which is probably why there is such difficulty in making an Indy the 5th.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

I really, sincerely, wish that someone at Disney is reading this thread.

You either underestimate Disney or overestimate this thread. Besides, the new Indy isn't going to be a comedy, is it ?

 

[Edward]

Nostalgia & fanboys aside, one has to ask does Indy have any kind of relevance in the 21st century ? Which is probably why there is such difficulty in making an Indy the 5th.

A good story well told will always have a place. And if it's set in the Nazi years with them as the villain, there'll always be a market for that, at least as long as "Nazi" is a go-to insult in England. WW2 itself is rapidly disappearing from living memory, but despited (and probably because of) that, popular culture fetishising the WW2 era remains strong.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

They live in a bubble world!

No, they live in a wonderful world.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

A good story well told will always have a place. And if it's set in the Nazi years with them as the villain, there'll always be a market for that, at least as long as "Nazi" is a go-to insult in England. WW2 itself is rapidly disappearing from living memory, but despited (and probably because of) that, popular culture fetishising the WW2 era remains strong.

I did say apart from nastalgia & fanboys.

 

[Seb Lucas]

Nostalgia & fanboys aside, one has to ask does Indy have any kind of relevance in the 21st century ? Which is probably why there is such difficulty in making an Indy the 5th.

Yep. Nailed it. Both the material and the execution are probably superfluous these days given superhero films and the disappearance of history. And of all the companies to work with the premise - the sanitised, homogenised, safe approach of Disney isn't the one to make it interesting.

 

[Edward]

Maybe Disney will just give up and sell the property on to someone else?

I'd rather they just dropped it than made another Solo.

 

[Zombie_61]

...And of all the companies to work with the premise - the sanitised, homogenised, safe approach of Disney isn't the one to make it interesting.

Indiana Jones and the Multinational Entertainment Conglomerate.

 

[Seb Lucas]

Indiana Jones and the Multinational Entertainment Conglomerate.

Indiana Jones and the Filmmaker's Lost Art. Maybe Indy discovers that Nazi sympathizers have infiltrated Disney - they seek to bring down America through saccharin emotionality and poorly executed entertainment.

 

[Lean'n'mean]

Indiana Jones and the Filmmaker's Lost Art. Maybe Indy discovers that Nazi sympathizers have infiltrated Disney - they seek to bring down America through saccharin emotionality and poorly executed entertainment.

Or, Indy has discovered that there are now neo-nazi sympathizers in the White house determined to eradicate all semblance of sanity in the U.S. & so has to go back in time to find out how & when it all went wrong. The answer has to lie in an ancient temple in an exotic location, smothered in luxuriant vegetation & Indy, ends up destroying.
Yes !.... Indiana Jones, the Nazi fighting, temple demolisher is Back !!!

 

[scottyrocks]

It's a world of laughter, a world of tears, it's a world of hope, and a world of fears.

 

[Doctor Damage]

Here's an article in the Daily Mail about Harrison and Indy with this quote "The 76-year-old Illinois native said that if he has it his way, he will be the only actor who will ever play the adventurous professor of archaeology. 'Don't you get it? I'm Indiana Jones. When I'm gone, he's gone. It's easy.'' Of course, it could just be promotional drama.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowb...s-Chris-Pratt-inherit-Indiana-Jones-role.html

 

[Zombie_61]

Promotional drama, egotistical bluster, or wishful thinking, I can't believe Harrison Ford could be so naive as to believe The Mouse would own such a potentially lucrative property and not try to make money from it. Unless, of course, he has somehow managed to get it in writing in a legally binding document. On the other hand, Lon Chaney Jr. was the only actor to play Lawrence Talbot (i.e., The Wolf Man) until Universal remade the movie in 2010 starring Benicio del Toro. 69 years is a pretty good run, so maybe Ford knows something we don't.

Now I'm also wondering about his "slip", referencing Chris Pine instead of Chris Pratt. Maybe Pine is a frontrunner for taking over the role, and we don't know it yet?

 

[Seb Lucas]

Ford is deadpan playful, he likes to play tricks. I think he rarely means what he says.

 

[Edward]

Ford is deadpan playful, he likes to play tricks. I think he rarely means what he says.

My first thought too. He reminds me of John Cleese: famously grumpy, but half the time it's put on for comedic effect...

 

[Doctor Damage]

My first thought too. He reminds me of John Cleese: famously grumpy, but half the time it's put on for comedic effect...

Nobody that wealthy can be that grumpy all the time.

 

[Tiki Tom]

Is this for real? Could it be true? They will start filming next week? Does this mean they have the script finally nailed down? (I know I shouldn't take that for granted; I imagine there is all kinds of filler that you can shoot, even without a script.) Or is this another example of Harrison having a little fun with the press?

Quote: Ford also discussed the upcoming reboot of another of his hit franchises, “Indiana Jones.” According to Indy himself, the much-anticipated Steven Spielberg film “should be starting to shoot sometime next week.”

“I’m looking forward to it,” he said. “Things are coming along well.”

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/...s-disneyland-indiana-jones-reboot-1203231130/​

P.S. --Based on that photo, Harrison has reached the phase in life where he is starting to look like Santa Claus.

 

[Seb Lucas]

Is this for real? Could it be true? They will start filming next week? Does this mean they have the script finally nailed down? (I know I shouldn't take that for granted; I imagine there is all kinds of filler that you can shoot, even without a script.) Or is this another example of Harrison having a little fun with the press?

Quote: Ford also discussed the upcoming reboot of another of his hit franchises, “Indiana Jones.” According to Indy himself, the much-anticipated Steven Spielberg film “should be starting to shoot sometime next week.”

“I’m looking forward to it,” he said. “Things are coming along well.”

https://variety.com/2019/film/news/...s-disneyland-indiana-jones-reboot-1203231130/​

P.S. --Based on that photo, Harrison has reached the phase in life where he is starting to look like Santa Claus.

Unless I missed something, he actually says some time "next year".

He's too thin to be Santa. He looks more like a 1970's Berkeley philosophy professor.

 

[Zombie_61]

...He's too thin to be Santa. He looks more like a 1970's Berkeley philosophy professor.

Now that you mention it, that could be the "framing" device they'll use to tell the story in this one. It's the late 1960s/early 1970s, Dr. Jones is still a tenured professor of archaeology at Marshall College giving a lecture, one of the students asks a question about a particular artifact that Indy was involved in recovering, cut to 1930-whatever and the new Indy, and the story goes from there with Ford narrating occasionally. Sure it's been done before, but it would be in keeping with Dr. Jones being an educator and speaking to his students.