Bobo iger details Disney Indy reboot plans. https://www.inverse.com/article/173...inematic-universe-is-coming-disney-chief-says
*Heavy sigh* Well, I always felt that this was an inevitability. I always knew that Disney didn't buy the franchise with the intention of preserving it for posterity. But at least they are giving Harrison Ford a chance to go out on a high note.
Seems a bit dodgy. There are some "could" and "maybe" type lines in there. It'll come down to how well it does in the theater. Then, if it does do super well and a story is crafted to make one last 6th Ford Indy film they could turn that around fairly quickly as Ford's film slate isn't too demanding for time at the moment. Remember Indy is 10years younger than Ford. With the right stunt double and f/x anything is possible.
I don't really see the need for a reboot, they can just recast the character after the fifth movie and go back to Indy having adventures in the '30s like in the first three movies.
Ugh, I definitely don't see the need for a reboot. However, nothing is remotely confirmed at this point. But they are thinking about it...
In other news... This really could have been a continuation to our previous Indy speculation thread, last updated in late April.
"It's not really a reboot, it's a boot." - Bob Iger Everyone seems to think Chris Pratt should be the one to take over from Ford; he's 37 now. So assuming a new Indy series goes into production in 2021, he'll be the perfect age to play a WWII-era Indy that can face either Nazis, Soviets or Imperial Japanese. You could easily get between 4-6 movies out of him before you catch up to Crystal Skull, assuming whoever takes over from Spielberg/Lucas is a lot quicker at the word processor. If I were them, I'd go ahead and cast Pratt to voice Indy in an animated series for Disney XD, picking up where Young Indy left off and bridging the decade between that and Temple of Doom. Done right (like Fleischer Superman/Batman TAS right), it'd be a great way to introduce Indy to a new generation and get the older fans onboard.
So let me get this straight - they're bothering to make a 5th Indy movie, AND with the full knowledge they will eventually reboot and start the whole thing over again? What exactly is the point of that?
Ummm.... the same point as every movie, to make a shit ton of money. And Bob barely seems to understand how to speak, so I wouldn't worry about what he says. However do you think they will stop making IJ movies once Ford is dead? For a 6th movie have an old Indiana Jones telling the story of what happened when he was younger. This was you can have an old Ford and reboot the franchise. You can't have a 100 year old Jones hunting aliens in the 90s.
What's the point of continuing Major League Baseball? Haven't well all seen enough of grown men swatting at little balls and running in circles to last a lifetime, and haven't we filmed enough games to provide replay value for anyone's heart's content?
So seeing as Disney now owns both SW & Indy, will they keep with tradition and use the same actor who's playing Han Solo in his standalone prequel? I'd still like to see Anthony Ingruber get a (whip)crack at this.
I'm fine with recasting Indiana Jones and starting fresh but I hope they don't do an origin story. Origin stories waste so much time on already known information.
To paraphrase Inigo Montoya, "I do not think it means what you think it means". That article is full of conjecture and suppositions that really aren't supported by what Bob Iger actually said. It also doesn't help that Iger made up some words that don't actually exist, such as 'Requel', during his comments, so it's pretty much one unintelligible mess.
I think the beginning of The Last Crusade did great as an origin story of sorts, and is about as much as Indy needs.
Yeah, this was inevitable. It was just a matter of when. I think there was even talk of rebooting it after the last movie.
No. Just no. People can keep making up concepts surrounding and associated with what the word "reboot" means in a narrative context, but it doesn't change the fact that something is only a reboot, narratively, if it "throws the baby out with the bathwater". We may very well eventually see the franchise get a reboot, but it's not likely to happen until both Spielberg and Ford say they're no longer interested in the character and the franchise (which, if you listen to their comments, is far from happening right now). We may end up getting a younger Indy in the future, but it won't be as part of a franchise reboot (or any other words that Iger or anyone else want to make up); it'll be as part of a 'narrative transition' that continues the franchise as it's existed since the 80s but allows Ford to 'step away' from actively playing the character in a physical action-oriented role.