Even if they aren't able to get Ford, they could get whoever voiced him in the Indy games (such as Emperor's Tomb) to do it, as he did a fairly good job at playing a convincing Indy.
Indiana Jones 5. It's official.
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Even if they aren't able to get Ford, they could get whoever voiced him in the Indy games (such as Emperor's Tomb) to do it, as he did a fairly good job at playing a convincing Indy.
Yeah, the screenwriter is the bottom of the totem pole, especially the higher the budget gets.
Well, I hope it is better than the last one.
Ford or Bust.
Not interested in a reboot.
Not interested in a reboot.
Recasting is always possible, of course. There are some characters, like Sherlock Holmes, that have been played successfully by multiple actors. But it's harder when the actor basically created, or co-created, the character. Even that doesn't rule it out, because casting was the one thing that nuTrek got right and that Three Stooges movie was terrific. But to me, Indy is Harrison Ford and I could never get into Young Indiana Jones because I couldn't buy any of those other actors as the character. River Phoenix, on the other hand, was amazing, so who knows? It's not impossible, but it would be a hard sell.
If recasting Han Solo works out, I guess Indy can be done too.
I don't know if I'd necessarily want to see Ford's Indy recast, my ideal would be to jump to the modern day with Chris Pratt as Indiana Jones III. That way we could still have the series about Indiana Jones, not ignore Mutt, and get an appearance from Harrison Ford as Grandpa Indy.
I think the Uncharted franchise is proof that modern Indiana Jones style stories can still be great.
I think the Uncharted franchise is proof that modern Indiana Jones style stories can still be great.
Indeed. But I'm still hoping that Anthony Ingruber lands it, seeing as he missed the young Solo gig.
Chris Pratt's face being photoshopped onto a photo of Harrison Ford as Indy from 1981 is literally the only argument I've seen people advance as to why he'd be a good Indy. I've seen Jurassic World. I don't like the guy.
It will eventually be done because Disney likes a cash cow, but I hope it's not Chris Pratt.
They should've gotten off their butts in 2000 and done another trilogy from 2000-2008, while Ford was still spry and convincing as an older Indy, and they still could've had another film with Sean Connery. They waited because of George Lucas, and now....*sigh* We're stuck with the prospect of a Disney-fied reboot series with Chris Pratt.
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Harrison Ford is already 74 years old. By the time they start filming Indiana Jones 5 Ford will be what, 75-76? It will be and look beyond ridiculous. Not to mention that the new movie will have to be set in the 1970's. Definitely not interested in that.
Recasting the character might give us a more true Indy film that's set in the 1930's (if Disney doesn't interfere too much). Bradley Cooper and Michael Fassbender would be my top choices for the part. Chris Pratt… not so much.
Recasting the character might give us a more true Indy film that's set in the 1930's (if Disney doesn't interfere too much). Bradley Cooper and Michael Fassbender would be my top choices for the part. Chris Pratt… not so much.
even say, '06 to '16 would have have been time to do 3 after the star wars prequels when Ford was still fit enough. I am one of the few that liked Crystal Skull, although the original script, City of the Gods, is 10 times better.
I just hope the movie tries to be a new thing of it's own and a new direction instead of just making me 'Member Indiana Jones.
It's too bad 85% of things will be stunt double Harrison Ford with a CGI mapped face over the stunt double.
It will lose a bit of the movies charm.
Even Temple of Doom Thugee fight in the mine had some really good scenes because it didn't rely too much on CGI
It will lose a bit of the movies charm.
Even Temple of Doom Thugee fight in the mine had some really good scenes because it didn't rely too much on CGI
I didn't read all of the original City of the Gods script. I read up to the point where Indy was drunk after being fired, and that whole sequence was out of character for him. He got drunk in Raiders after Marion "died", but he never acted dumb. Though I guess it was no more out of character than the painfully-bad attempt at dry humor that was the sandpit sequence in Crystal Skull.
I'm one of those who didn't exactly hate the whole aliens angle. I get why Lucas wanted to do it. It was just executed poorly and the story had no tension. At all. And the first 30 minutes of it were really well-done (yes, even the fridge). So was the graveyard thing. I actually liked that. It all went downhill from there, though.
If they do a reboot, I think they should cast an "unknown." I think it needs to be an unknown so we can go prior to 1935. And I want to see him in China. Or India again (maybe the Nepal/Kashmir mountainous regions, trying to find Shangri-La). Maybe Japan. Or the incident with the Sultan of Madagascar.....
If Spielberg (or any other director) doesn't want to do "cartoon bad guy Nazis" again, then make the expansionist Japanese the bad guys if you set it in 1937 China. Or you can have an old Ford in a cameo role, remembering back to 1926 or something with his first adventures as a young "Dr. Jones."
Chris Pratt is the "it boy" now, just like Shia LeBeouf was back in 2007 when they cast him in Crystal Skull. I don't know if he'll still be the "it boy" after 2019. He's probably the front runner because he's already in a Disney franchise. If he is cast, I guess I'll just get used to it, even if I don't like him much.
I'm one of those who didn't exactly hate the whole aliens angle. I get why Lucas wanted to do it. It was just executed poorly and the story had no tension. At all. And the first 30 minutes of it were really well-done (yes, even the fridge). So was the graveyard thing. I actually liked that. It all went downhill from there, though.
If they do a reboot, I think they should cast an "unknown." I think it needs to be an unknown so we can go prior to 1935. And I want to see him in China. Or India again (maybe the Nepal/Kashmir mountainous regions, trying to find Shangri-La). Maybe Japan. Or the incident with the Sultan of Madagascar.....
If Spielberg (or any other director) doesn't want to do "cartoon bad guy Nazis" again, then make the expansionist Japanese the bad guys if you set it in 1937 China. Or you can have an old Ford in a cameo role, remembering back to 1926 or something with his first adventures as a young "Dr. Jones."
Chris Pratt is the "it boy" now, just like Shia LeBeouf was back in 2007 when they cast him in Crystal Skull. I don't know if he'll still be the "it boy" after 2019. He's probably the front runner because he's already in a Disney franchise. If he is cast, I guess I'll just get used to it, even if I don't like him much.
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