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Fourth Indiana Jones Installment

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-hate-rats dept.

Kryptonomic writes: "According to "this article, Harrison Ford and Sean Connery and contemplating teaming up for a fourth Indiana Jones movie possibly set in (surprise, surprise) Atlantis. It is rumoured that George Lucas and Steven Spielberg will produce and direct the movie, respectively." Listen? Can you here the music? Can ya?

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  1. I know the ending... by sharkey · · Score: 4

    Just don't let the Nazis test the oricalcum machine on you, Indy!

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  2. Look Closely... by boarder · · Score: 4
    I don't think this is a case of Lucas milking a dead cash cow. It looks like the studio execs (we all know how Krusty the Clown feels about them) are just kicking around the idea (as well as the dead horses). Lucas hasn't signed anything.

    The hopes don't seem so high from other sources... According to IMDB, the hopes aren't very high for this sequel. Also, according to the article from this BBC story, this is a very common rumor that pops up every few months.

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  3. Hehe... by brogdon · · Score: 5

    Indiana Jones and the Broken Hip of Doom.

    Christ the guy's already 58 years old. By the time they start filming he'd be over 60!


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  4. More great action by L-Train8 · · Score: 5

    I had a chance to see the first one a couple months ago, and I was really surprised. I'd forgotten what a truly great action movie it was. Despite the fact that the action doesn't really let up, it never gets too much, as in a Indy wannabe like The Mummy Returns. The second and third were not as great overall, but both had some fun and exciting parts.

    I remember an interview with George Lucas, when he was making the Young Indian Jones TV series. He said that people were accusing him of milking the franchise for money. He said if he wanted to do that, he'd just make another sequel. Maybe Phantom Menace didn't do so well at the box office?

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  5. This is false. by Torke · · Score: 5

    Straight from the horses mouth: http://www.darkhorizons.com/news9/010703.htm

    Indiana Jones 4: The Calgary Sun talked with Steven Spielberg's producing partner Kathleen Kennedy who had some disheartening news for those eager to see a fourth Indy film: "The truth is there has been a lot of discussion amongst all of us connected with the film but to be honest there is no script because there isn't even a writer in place. It sounds like a slam dunk to do another Indiana Jones but you have to get everyone available and committed and then you have to get a screenplay that excites everyone. In reality that could probably take years".

  6. Re:The Last Last Crusade... MOO! by Xoro · · Score: 4

    Yep, but this one is worse. At least episode 1 could give us a new cast, but Ford isn't getting any younger. I'm picturing a fat old mess of an Indiana Jones, done up in a tuxedo in some Las Vegas dressing room... Gimme a stage, where this bull can rage...

    I have big fears this will turn out badly.

    Anyway, here are my top 10 picks for the title of the new movie:

    10. Indiana Jones and the Quest for Fiber

    9. Indiana Jones and Siegfried and Roy

    8. Indiana Jones Has Fallen and He Can't Get Up

    7. Indiana Jones and the Planet of the Apes

    6. Indiana Jones and the Tomb of Indiana Jones

    5. Indiana Jones and the Fat Paycheck

    4. Indiana Jones and the Stone of Kidneys

    3. Indiana Jones and the Kids Today, Oy! They Call That Music? What.

    2. Indiana Jones and the Lost Erection

    1. Grumpy Old Indiana Jones

    Good luck pulling this one off.

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  7. This is news? by BIGJIMSLATE · · Score: 4

    This has been kicked around for years.

    We've already heard every rumor under the sun, from M. Night Shyamalan writiting the script, to even Lucas himself directing it (after Episode III of course), and even that it would be released mid-2002 (too late!).

    Then when "Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine" came out, the rumors all focused on the game developers, and how they (falsely) hinted that the next Indy movie went beyond all the Nazi-bashing stuff from the first three (aw...killing Nazis was so much fun though...), and that it might take place in an African/Tropical climate, or even have something to do with the Cold War with Russia.

    But let's look at it this way, Speilberg and Ford are most likely booked for the next few years, and Lucas will almost definately be busy until 2005 or so. Maybe THEN the three of them will have enough time to write a decent script, get old Connery back (assuming he doesn't get arrested for shooting Lorn Michaels before then), and actually make this movie.

    So, I don't believe this is "newsworthy", especially since a PR Rep at Paramount put it so perfectly:

    "These rumours come round every couple of months. It's idle gossip."

  8. Snakes, not rats by bark76 · · Score: 5
    from the i-hate-rats dept.

    I know it's been 12 years since the last movie, but come on, it's snakes he hates, not rats. His father is the one who hated rats.

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