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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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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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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.
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)
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 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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