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A Fifth Indiana Jones Movie Slated for 2019
Old Indy from “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles”
“It’s not the years, honey, it’s the mileage”:
Indiana Jones will return to the big screen on July 19, 2019, for a fifth epic adventure in the blockbuster series. Steven Spielberg, who directed all four previous films, will helm the as-yet-untitled project with star Harrison Ford reprising his iconic role. Franchise veterans Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall will produce.
“Indiana Jones is one of the greatest heroes in cinematic history, and we can’t wait to bring him back to the screen in 2019,” said Alan Horn, Chairman, The Walt Disney Studios. “It’s rare to have such a perfect combination of director, producers, actor and role, and we couldn’t be more excited to embark on this adventure with Harrison and Steven.”
Famed archaeologist and explorer Indiana Jones was introduced in 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark – one of AFI’s 100 Greatest American Films of All Time – and later thrilled audiences in 1984’s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 1989’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The four films have brought in nearly $2 billion at the global box office.
Ummm, yeah. So … we all love Harrison Ford (at least those of us over 40) but in the last Star Wars movie, Han Solo looked like a character in a late-night ad on Fox News. When the new Indy is released in 2019, the actor will be 77 years old.
Unless they’re naming it Indiana Jones and the Pain-Free Catheter, maybe Spielberg should just have him look for the Fountain of Youth and do the whole thing as a spoof.
What do you think, Ricochetti? Is this fifth Indy film a bad idea or the worst idea ever?
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Roger Moore was the first Bond I saw as a kid. I still enjoy those films in his run.
I suspect a bad pun here.
I think it could work if they play on the fact that he is getting old. Don’t try to youth-ify him. Have him understand his limits. He knows he is old and has to be coaxed out of retirement to save the world or something like that. One of the great triumphs of Star Trek 2 was they acknowledged that everyone was getting old and wove that into the story. Like when Kirk told McCoy “Galloping around the cosmos is a game for the young, Doctor.”
For Your Eyes Only is the best Moore flick.
From Russia With Love is the best Connery flick.
Along with Casino Royale and The Living Daylights, my choices may shed light on what I look for in a Bond flick.
(I’m also a huge fan of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service.)
Hot chicks?
1) Respect for, but not necessarily a slavish devotion to, Ian Fleming’s original literary vision.
2) No space lasers.
“I vant to KNOW!!!!
Another Indy? Maybe if they can get J.J. Abrams to direct…
Indiana Jones – The Diabetes Awakens
Would his shakey cam® cancel out Ford’s shakey hands?
I’m going to be the contrarian here.
I liked Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It wasn’t perfect, but I thought it was great to see Indy again, and even better to see Marion. As for Indy V, I’m going to take the controversial position of not judging a movie that hasn’t even been made yet.
Mr. Holmes was an excellent movie about an elderly Sherlock Holmes. The simple fact that Harrison Ford is old doesn’t mean the film couldn’t be great. They just have to make the right film.
People who complain about Hollywood lacking originality nowadays lack perspective. From the invention of motion pictures, most movies have been adaptations, reboots, sequels, or remakes. Truly original movies have always been exceptional.
And, in case it needs to be pointed out, Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark were both pastiches (or ripoffs) of old Saturday-morning serials. What made them special wasn’t their originality, it was how well they were done.
I’m going to wait and see the movie, and then judge it based on how good it is. Pretty radical, I know, but that’s how I roll.
7. Woody Allen as Jimmy Bond.
Good point on innovation.
For example, why do we get more and more Star Trek/Star Wars production when we claim we want to see something different?
Well, the box office/ratings tell a different story. As much as we claim to want different, we love the familiar. As a producer, are you going to risk money on something unknown with returns that could dismal or amazing, or bet on the sure thing with reasonable return?
Not sure if I ever saw Living Daylights, but I’m with you on Casino Royale. It’s my favorite Bond, too.
“Indy sometimes still has the touch, but his young friend finds it hard to get him to focus, ’cause he smokes so much weed. We’re talking much-much weed.”
I’m waiting for this reboot…
I thought much the same, he may not be alive for this. What motivates a man to return to these wells? Much more than Star Wars (wherein nostalgia ruled), the new Indy movie will again be all about the new young fella (or equally likely, lass, ungh). Will Ford become a Stan Lee type, whose presence we note to children who don’t care?
So the bear was cis-scum too? Will the triggering never end?
Going to the well too many times. Hollywood living on its past glories.
Happy to hear it. The damage was already done with Crystal Skull, this at least gives an opportunity for a return to form. Worst case is there are two Indy films that no one really counts rather than one, so totally worth a shot.
Indeed. He even makes Star Trek Nemesis almost watchable.
Where’s the love for Barry Nelson?!
I am waiting for Spielberg to remake Star Wars and get the story right. Like a lot of historians George Lucas when telling the story about what happened a long long time ago in a galaxy far far away, just got it plain wrong. The facts are clear Darth Vader was not Luke’s father. Anakin Skywalker was a great Jedi Knight and a good friend of Obi-wan’s. Lucas’ Anakin is a spoiled brat who never becomes a Jedi Knight.
Speaking of remakes…
Bah. I have no confidence in a Ben-Hur remake. That looks a soulless copy of the original.
I’m waiting for the remake of this …
Which original? The Charlton Heston version was the third film adaptation of the play, and there have been two more since then (if you count animated versions and TV miniseries).
(Or perhaps you meant the 1880 novel?)
Guilty.
Stirling Archer reviews every Bond movie.
He’s pretty positive about OHMSS!
http://www.ew.com/article/2016/03/24/archer-reviews-james-bond