and I thought the last one was terrible & never should have been made..now they're making another. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20304223,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines Dust off the fedora and clear out the snakes – Indiana Jones is ready to ride again. Harrison Ford, 67, says he's already ready for the globe-trotting archaeologist's next adventure, only a year after one of history's most successful film franchises was revived – and that the next chapter is already well on its way. "The story for the new Indiana Jones is in the process of taking form," Ford told France's Le Figaro. "Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and myself are agreed on what the fifth adventure will concern, and George is actively at work. If the script is good, I'll be very happy to put the costume on again." The screen legend was on hand to accept a career honor at the Deauville Film Festival, with partner Calista Flockhart on his arm. In June, while promoting Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Shia LaBouef – who plays Indiana Jones' son, Mutt – told the BBC, "Steven's just said that he's cracked the story." Domestic Duties But until it's again time to fight Nazis and Stalinists and overcome the supernatural, Ford says he's happy to be a simple househusband. "I do the dishes. And I make dinner," he said. "In the mornings, I get my 8-year-old son, Liam ready for school, and then I pass my time flying around in my planes. You see, I'm just like anybody else. My children are between 8 and 42, and I'm also a grandfather." Though he's got Indy in the works and two films (Morning Glory and The Crowley Project) set for release next year, Ford says there's one stereotypical actor's ambition he's happy to leave alone. "[Directing]'s too hard, too long, and it doesn't pay enough!" he joked. "To be a good filmmaker is the hardest job in the world. I'm not patient enough. And I don't want to be the boss."
As far as I'm concerned, the franchise ended with Last Crusade. What a joke 4 was...lead lined refridgerator my ass
i read that harrison ford made 65 million dollars, from june 08 to june 09, and indy 4 had something to do with that, grossing 750 mill worldwide. i wonder how much money harrison ford makes each year from royalties on his previous films...
Indy is dead. And, Shia is not an adequate replacement to Harrison IMO. I assume Shia would be in this one as well. But, I thought the last one was about passing the torch to Shia. That movie was terrible. So terrible...that I can't even remember what it was about. It didn't resonate enough with me to remember it like the other 3 instantly were ingrained in my brain for life...especially the first one. The other two...not so much but still watchable. The South Park episode showing Ford, Lucas, and Spielberg in a highly sexual bro-mance brought it all home. If we can get another classic South Park episode out of it, then by all means...make another one!
While ill agree that Indy 4 was stinky at best, it did make mega millions worldwide and when looking at sequals the worldwide box office is the end all be all. If people go to watch crappy Indy movies then they will continue to make more. Now if Ford does a cameo but the story moves into a different direction then ill be all for it but Shia, while ok actor, doesn't do it for me yet with a good script and good actors around him it could have potential.
It just had NO bearing on the plot whatsoever. At least the other awful scenes had to do with progressing the storyline...as awful as it was
I'm OK with the refrigerator scene... ridiculous, but I can live with some of that. On the other hand, the Shia Labeouf-going-Tarzan scene, swinging through the jungle with monkeys on vines... that was bad enough to walk out of the theater. Needs: More Harrison Ford, stronger villian, no Marion, better story.
Harrison Ford had a string of flops, so he had a change of heart about making a fourth Indy film. Plus, he got divorced. You have to wonder how much that cost him, so going back a fifth time is a good way to pad his bank account and keep his career afloat. Whether it's Stallone with Rocky and Rambo, Arnold with Terminator, or Bruce Willis with Die Hard, when 15 year old kids stop paying attention to these geezers, they panic and look for a sure fire hit. No big surprise and no big deal. Look for Matrix 4 in about ten years and if Michael J. Fox didn't have Parkinson's, we'd probably already have a new batch of Back To The Future movies to complain about. Such is the nature of the movie industry, where the only things that matter are ego and profits.
I'm with you on how terrible 4 was. But, I thought Temple of Doom was just as unwatchable as 4 (what was 4 called anyway? -- I can't even remember that). The Last Crusade was OK. But, really, the whole series has been on life support after the original. Actually, more like Weekend at Bernie's than life support. It's dead, but they just keep putting sunglasses on it, propping it up and waving the hand to make people believe it's still alive.
Raiders and The Last Crusade were 4 star films. Temple of Doom and the last one were just awful... I would NEVER put it past Speilberg to be up for the challenge.
Sadly, the plan is to hand things over to Shia as the new hero. Harrison's role will be reduced in this one - essentially there just to be written out to cameo status. Temple was worlds better than Crystal Skull. That last one was just cringe-inducing.
I'll give some credit to the last film. It LOOKED good. Spielberg ditch digital film and used old-school cameras to film. The colors were vibrant. And that's where it ends. Why the hell they settled on that script is beyond me. Flying saucers? Crystal skulls? And how do you turn an Academy Award winning actress into a caricature of a caricature with that Boris-and-Natasha accent? They do have the tools to make a great movie---Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg. I can even tolerate Shia LaBeauf. But keep George Lucas and his great ideas about the "MacGuffin" in a prison cell somewhere. Buried with the Ark of the Covenant in a warehouse where it'll never be found. P.S. If I made that kind of money, if I were Harrison Ford, I'd reprise the role, hell yeah.
What's not to like about a 70 year old dude playing an action hero and a modern day Fred Savage playing his super tough, motorbike-riding, switchblade-wielding illegitimate son?
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That kid will never be a world class action star, no matter how much Hollywood tried to Beyonce him down our throats. He just doesn't have it.
LMAO! Exactly my thoughts. That jungle scene with Shia just KILLED it for me. WTF was that?! They're killing my favorite childhood movie.
I'm kind of tired of seeing Shia LeBeouf run around on the screen. Probably won't watch unless it gets good reviews
Yea, the Fridge scene was bad..the vine swinging was worse..but the ants was deplorable...that and the entire alien story line. This was supposed to be Indiana Jones...not Star Wars.
