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Harrison Ford Confirms Indiana Jones IV Production
phoric writes "According to TheIndyExperience.com, Harrison Ford has confirmed that his role in the much-rumored production of another Indiana Jones sequel is indeed true. However, he admits that future sequels may feature a younger actor, similar to the James Bond series post-Connery."
No Mo Pawa-chute!
You call him Doctor Jones, doll.
It will be interesting when Indiana does his famous swinging whip trick while managing his walker...
The title announced will be: Indiana Jones and The Search For More Money
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The Search for the Titanium Hip.
I have always detested that about the James Bond series. If Harrison Ford can't play Indiana Jones then just let it die. Please. That said, I have high hopes for this movie which I'm sure will come crashing down as soon as they announce Ice Cube to be the villain.
They frikkin' get the cuisine of the countries where the new "Temples of Doom" will be located. Do you have any idea how irritating it is to walk into a restaurant in New Delhi and have a tourist fuckface go: "So where's the eyeball soup". What a bunch of maaderchods.
face:
Your momma is so fat, she auditioned for a role in Indiana Jones as the big rolling ball!!
Snap.
vicious, untreated political sewage...niche entertainment for the spiritually unattractive...worshipless pap
or young sidekicks for "comedic relief."
you mean like short round?
Indiana Jones and the Search for the Fountain of Youth
Seriously Dude, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, For Real This Time
Indiana Jones and the Geriatric Years
Indiana Jones VII, the search for Indian Jones IV, V and VI
George Lucas, from what I hear, is having a much more active role in the script writing. My guess, the script will go a little something like this: Indiana Jones drives an 18 wheeler into the Taj Mahal after discovering that it contains some Nazi Memorabila. He engages in an epic battle with some ancient Nazi general, who cuts off his hand. In a later scene, he goes to visit his father, who is on his deathbed, in an iron lung in a hospital. Between heavy breaths, Connery lets Ford know that the german woman from Last Crusade is actually his sister.
At this point the movie will end... gotta have material for a sequel, yknow.
I haven't found out where the "Meeesta Jones" Jackie-Chan-esque kid fits into the plot yet...
So we are going to have a 62-year-old man doing Indiana Jones stunts.
And then he goes home at night and bones a woman 20 years his junior
Mr. Ford must be one fit senior citizen.
I for one welcome our new fit geriatric, younger woman shagging, stunt performing, actor overlords
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What truth?
There is no dupe
Did anyone else read that as:
Harrison Ford confirms, Indiana Jones IV Production is dying ?
Harrison ford was born on 13 July 1942. That makes his 62. So we are going to have a 62-year-old man doing Indiana Jones stunts. Mr. Ford must be one fit senior citizen.....
Indy: "It belongs in a museum."
Panama Hat: "So do you."
(video clip of it here)
ps: sorry about this post. please mod this to -1 as soon as possible to protect the children.
Things worked out great with Sean Connery as dad. Rather than go father-sun, they can make a classic buddy picture, like the old hope-crosby films. Now who is Ford's best buddy of all time? Chewbacca. Yes, Chewbacca. Now here is my script idea: Dr. Jones is sent to investigate reports of the Abominable Snowman. It turns out that Wookies have been secretly studying earth and probing its inhabitants in preparation for first contact. Dr. Jones ends up teaming up with Chewie and going undercover in New Zealand to rout out a developing Bundist movement, posing as a sheep breeder that has developed a new 9-ft tall sheep.
George is happy with the script. I wonder who will be Indy's CGI sidekick?
In part IV Indiana Jones battles his new arch enemy - arthritis!
I like Ford as much as the next guy, but billing him up as the midas touch for movies seems a bit excessive.
;)
Star Wars didn't die because Ford wasn't involved with the prequels. Star Wars died because Lucas was involved.
I got a bad feeling about this... has never rung more true.
What about Angelina Jolie?
Oh, wait....
However, he admits that future sequels may feature a younger actor, similar to the James Bond series post-Connery."
Or how about before Roger Moore with George Lazenby? Oh that was horrific!
If they wait long enough they can just CG him into the following Indiana movies. Then he could have multiple roles (young Indy, based off the Star Wars texture (or possibly River Phoenix, etc.), the Indy we are all used to, and possible the "real" indie as a cameo.
Hell, they could throw Humphrey Bogart and James Dean, and everyone else they have been editing into commercials (they're families don't seem to mind the images of their loved ones being used to sell Coke or Mustangs).
In any case, I think it will eventually happen that all our "best" actors will go and get completely character modeled, then the models will be saved for future use, and this may be the best thing that could happen to them (Imagine a character with the looks of Jessica Simpson, the voice of James Earl Jones, and the acting ability of 20 character modeling experts....)
Leonardo DiCaprio, as Jones Jr?
You, sir, deserve to be pistol-whipped.
Indiana Jones and the Clear and Present Danger?
And then he goes home at night and bones a woman 20 years his junior
More like 35, 40 years his junior, knowing Hollywood these days.
Indiana Jones and the Quest for Young Poon. Starring Harrison Ford and Natalie Portman (no grits).
Harrison ford was born on 13 July 1942. That makes his 62. So we are going to have a 62-year-old man doing Indiana Jones stunts. Mr. Ford must be one fit senior citizen.
So what you're saying is, they're filming on location in Korea?
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Indiana Jones and the Quest for Young Poon.
Scene 24 ought to be smashing.
I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man,
I'm just a mortal with potential of a super man.
I always found it funny that Connery, playing Indy's dad, is actually only 12 years older than Ford.
Although, given the Jones' infamous libido, maybe that's not too far-fetched.
Indiana Jones... FOREVER?
:)
Sorry, couldn't resist
the main indicator will be if Indy 4 is a prequel. We can meet Indy's dad as a youth learning the ways of the For... err.. archeology.
Power to the Penguin!
Would we get to see him wander around in circles trying to figure out the puzzles? "Woops, better go back and find out what I have to turn that sundial thingie to for the door to open..."
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An advance copy of the script show that the movie starts out with Indy three days away from retiring as professor of archeology when he's sent on a quest to retrive the Talisman of Zohoma. After negotiating the traps of the temple and narrowly avoiding being blown up by a neo-nazi patrol, Indy comments on how he's "Getting too old for this shit."
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I can hardly wait.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
There are two things that any actor who plays James Bond must be able to make you believe.
1. That he could kick your ass.
2. That he could steal your woman.
The better in balance that each actor has these two traits the better a Bond that actor will be. Of course, now we come to the bonds:
Sean Connery. In my opinion the Bond that has these two in the best balance. I'll leave examples of why to the reader.
George Lazenby. I would say the worst, if only because he had his scale way too far on the "Steal your woman" metric. In other words, he looked like a pussy doing the stuff that Bond does. Hell, he gets married for christ sakes. If that doesn't scream, limp wristed fighting style (in the context of Bond that is), I don't know what does. (and yes I know Connery also got married, but as I recall that was part of his cover, please correct me if I"m wrong. but my point still stands, there's a reason lazenby was gone after one movie)
Roger Moore. A good Bond but was slightly to the woman side. He didn't look totally silly doing stunts and whatnot, but if you met the guy in a random bar, do you really think he'd beat you down? I don't think so.
Tim Dalton. Heavy on the Ass kicking scale (as the parent points out). Dalton totally looks like he would flip out and start killing people at any moment. This is detrimental to his believabilty in scoring with the ladies, as he is ass ugly.
Pierce Brosnan. A good balance, but just doesn't pull it off as well in my opinion as Connery did, if only because the scripts he works with tend to be god awful.
And there we have the rankings of the Bonds, so let it be written so let it be done, or something.
11 was a racehorse
12 was 12
1111 Race
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Wait ...a ...giant ...rock ...is ...coming ...towards
...
*splash*
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
...and Sam Peckinpah and a case of whisky and DRIVE DOWN TO TEXAS...
This reminds me of an interview with Adrien Brody I saw, talking about making "The Pianist". Roman Polansky is describing what he wants him to do in a scene..."Ok, you go in that building, climb up the stairs, climb out the window, walk along the sill, then jump across to the other building and climb inside". Brody says ok...has anyone actually done this. So 70 year old Polansky goes and does everything and comes out and says "There, someone has done it, now go do it."