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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."
The title announced will be: Indiana Jones and The Search For More Money
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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.
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With the Indiana franchise I'd like to see a "Batman Beyond" switchover, with Ford as an aging Indy and some new disciple taking his place.
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Didn't they learn their lesson the first time when they released "Young Indiana Jones". Don't get me wrong, Indiana Jones is my favorite series of movies, but there is a time when you need to put things to rest.
The Search for the Titanium Hip.
Harrison Ford is 62 years old.
Sylvester Stallone is 58 years old.
Arnold Schwarzenegger is 57 years old.
These guys were the primary action heroes while I was growing up. Man. Now _I_ feel old.
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...
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)
George is happy with the script. I wonder who will be Indy's CGI sidekick?
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.
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....)
I am intrigued... This series always used the Nazis as bad guys, which always worked out well. Now, if they play to his age as opposed to ignoring it, they can set the films in the early cold war. Think about it -- Russians, nuclear bombs, espionage. Not necessarily standard IJ fare, but interesting nonetheless.
I'd really like an adaptation of "Indiana Jones and the fate of Atlantis" for the widescreen.
That game ROCKED. And don't worry about previous videogame adaptations. Those were usually action games adapted with a sucky story. Here we're talking about a game which is ACTUALLY a story.
Man, I'm really on the fence on this one.
:) It seems that, to some degree, Bond may have been effeminated over the years - or at least since the 1980's - at least in appearance.
:P
On one hand, Harrison Ford is Indiana Jones. He's also Han Solo. You simply can't replace him in those roles, because everyone - everyone - associates the roles with the face, voice, and (most importantly) personality of Harrison Ford. Replacing Ford with someone else for the role of Indy just wouldn't work unless they tried really bloody hard to find some one with the same tongue-in-cheek sassy wit and lopsided grin - all without looking either too scholarly or two action-hero like. They'd need to find the "everyman intellectual" look, I think - as, it seems to me, Indy is the intellectual Ash.
On the other hand, I'd really like to see more Indiana Jones films, as I grew up on the John Williams soundtracks for Indy, the witty quips, and such. Indiana Jones was, to a large degree, what motivated my interest in both history and archeology. I've got countless photos of both me and my brother dressed up in brown fedoras, kackis, and the closest thing we could find to a leather vest, while holding whips. It'd just make my toes tingle. Though, can they do as well a job on Indy 4 (and any further sequels) as they did on Indy 1 and 3? Indy 2 kinda stunk. Would they truly Bond-ify Indiana Jones, or would they do it in a respectable manner that made it cool?
On still another hand, Indiana Jones relies on the Nazis to make him cool. Without Nazis or some massive empire of evil to fight that can be universally seen as evil, Indy has nothing. That doesn't make it easy to bring Indy to the current day - ala Bond. Maybe if they were to have a series of Chronicles, all placed in the WW2 era, it might work. But then there'd be a stronger need for Ford to play Dr. Jones.
On still another hand, if you look at the Bond films, none of the James Bonds were as good as Connery except for maybe Brosnan. I'd argue that Connery is simply too cool for Bond, and that Brosnan does, in my mind, fit the Bond prototype image better - at least for modern day. I imagine the case may have been different in the 1950's.
Now, Harrison Ford's Indy was a "man's man". He drinks. He likes women. He doesn't like mindless women, and he likes them to remain quiet. He can take a beating while dishing one out. He's as sharp as a whip and can think inventively in times of need. He is, in a sense, an "idol", someone that almost every male can relate to on most levels, and still someone that can be looked up to. What I wonder is, in today's "progressive" society, would they bastardize the Indiana Jones character and take out all those character traits to make Indy more PC? They did so with Bond, to a large degree, and I do say the franchise suffered for it.
Anyway, I could go on all day like this... I think I'll watch some Indiana Jones tonight.
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I work for a small production company. While we have a fair sized group of mid-twenties gaffers, and grips, and PA's to do the "grunt work", the core people never fail to amaze me. Our still photographer is in his mid-sixties, an avid hiker, and runs two miles a day on his lunch break. Our senior engineer is also in his sixties, and was out lugging cables in the woods last summer dispite a knee replacement two months previously. Our DP is over seventy, and can lug fully loaded film camera cases further than I, a mid-twenties 2ndAC, can. Our Director, in his early sixties, has been known to climb trees, carry arc lights up small mountains, and help push a stuck generator trailer out of three inch deep mud. They can also work longer nights than we young'uns can, and be fresher and more alert while the rest of us are stumbling around like zombies. Fit senior citizens are not to be ignored, IMHO.
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Hey, if Clint Eastwood in his 60s can walk into a bar in The Unforgiven and still say "Any man who doesn't wanna get killed, just clear on out the back," and mean it, then I'd wager Harrison Ford, at 62, can walk into a Nazi stronghold and say "Dunno -- I'll think of something," and mean it too.
Okay, so WW2 is over. That doesn't mean there aren't still Nazis. If I were writing Indiana Jones 4, it would be in South America where the Nazis have fled with the Spear of Destiny.
It can work.
-Jem
Most people don't know that Roger Moore (born 1927) was actually older than Sean Connery (born 1930) by three years. Was a shock to me as well at the time I found out. I had always assumed that Roger Moore was Connery's younger replacement.
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No, that would suck. And I'm saying that as a head-strong, chauvenistic white male. Here's why.
I love the Indiana Jones films. I love the "history" twist, the Indiana Jones attitude (which I mention here), and just the general premise of being Indiana Jones myself (yes, even at 22, I have such fantasies. Call me a child, I dare you.) Indiana Jones is a character that many men idealize and idolize - the typical male hero.
Say what you want about there needing to be more "strong female characters" in movies. I'll say that trying to put women in typically male roles result in shitty movies (such as Tomb Raider) because they're so purely over the top and inplausable that it makes people groan in disbelief. Indiana Jones (Raiders) had a strong female lead: she was tough as nails, sassy, and could hold her own in most cases - except for when Indy rescued her. Granted, you might see that as a 'weakness' but Indy had weakness too - being sentimental and having a fear of snakes - so it definately wasn't a "males are superior" portrayal.
Now, if you want to have an Indiana Jones film with a strong female supporting character, I'm all fine with that. If you want strong female leads, look to shit like Xena, Tomb Raider, and other such improbable characters. Indiana Jones is about a male archeologist who has the role of "hero" fighting Nazis. I'd be fine with another supporting female such as a daughter, ala Marion, because she was a believeable character, and those are generally the best kind. When you recommended a "strong leading female" all I could think of was a) Tomb Raider and b) the "This is UNIX, I know this!" girl in Jurassic Park, and it scared me because those characters were poorly conceived.
Personally, I envision Indiana Jones 4 being a Grandfather-Father-Son type paragidm, with someone else playing the main action hero - as the son. Maybe make the son a research paeleontologist - or something like that - with a wild streak (similar to Indy's). Maybe he despises his father's and grandfather's work because it caused distance between them. Let's say he goes to a family reunion, and Dad and Grandpa try nad pull him into a search for some ancient lost artifact (let's say it's 1950 or so). There's still potential there for Nazis (or bloody commies! they're easy to demonize too!), and there's a chance to both "pass the torch" to a new Dr. Jones and to develop his character, as well as have a good story with both Indiana Jones and his son.
Now, I think the real challenge in this scenario would be finding a person to play the role that is both manly, witty/sarcastic, and charismic. It's hard to find someone that could 'act' that role without at least sharing the traits (Johny Depp or Orlando Bloom? No, I don't think so. While great actors, they're only human and not the type at all). Off hand, I can't think of anyone that's a known entity in Hollywood who would be good for the role, at all. Maybe they'll turn up a yet-unknown tallent, and we'll have an honest-to-goodness resurgence of acton films again. There does not seem to be too many manly male actors in Hollywood over the last couple years.
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Sure it is an action movie, but Indiana Jones is one of those characters that can be funny...
I personally won't want to see an Indiana Jones movie with Ford in it unless it does make fun in some way his inability to get around anymore. If it doesn't, it will be a joke, and no one will believe it. It is part of where Harrison Ford is now. Better to surf the staples of adventure and humor in this one than do the opposite and try to make a stab at seriousness.
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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