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Lucas, Ford to Start Filming New Indiana Jones Film

Alchemist253 writes "George Lucas has announced that the script for the long-rumored fourth Indiana Jones film has been finalized and is to begin filming this year, with Harrison Ford once again in front of the camera. From the article: 'In a statement, the 64-year-old Ford said he was ready for another turn as the globe-trotting archaeologist. "I'm delighted to be back in business with my old friends," he said. "I don't know if the pants still fit, but I know the hat will."' All three of the earlier movies were shot in the 80s. How well do you think this character is going to translate into a movie made today?

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  1. Maybe something like this. by Chas · · Score: 5, Funny

    *Decks a Nazi out*

    *CRACK*

    "Shit! My back went again!"

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    1. Re:Maybe something like this. by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 4, Funny

      I wonder if they're going to have Nazis in this movie, now that Harrison Ford has been aging for decades.

      Either the Nazis will come out of a time warp in the 1960s, or maybe they'll continue to set the movie pre-WWII and explain that Indiana aged 25 years instantly when he decided to open that box and peek inside the Ark, just for a second, with sunglasses on.

    2. Re:Maybe something like this. by drinkypoo · · Score: 5, Funny
      Either the Nazis will come out of a time warp in the 1960s

      What, they're putting Rick Berman and Brannon Braga on the team, too?

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    3. Re:Maybe something like this. by jtosburn · · Score: 2, Funny

      I wonder if they're going to have Nazis in this movie, now that Harrison Ford has been aging for decades.

      Either the Nazis will come out of a time warp in the 1960s, or maybe they'll continue to set the movie pre-WWII and explain that Indiana aged 25 years instantly when he decided to open that box and peek inside the Ark, just for a second, with sunglasses on.


      Mix 'n match movies:

      Use the nazis from the Blues Brothers!

    4. Re:Maybe something like this. by carlivar · · Score: 2, Funny

      Maybe it will be set in Argentina. Plenty of Nazis there circa 1960's, right?

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  2. Re:That's funny by pizza_milkshake · · Score: 3, Funny

    not enough CG characters.

  3. If Indiana Jones Sr was around in pre-WWII Germany by Peter+Trepan · · Score: 3, Funny

    That'll make Indiana Jones Jr. old enough for something like Indiana Jones and the House Committee on Un-American Activities.


    HCUUA: Sign the confession!

    Jones Jr.: Gimme the whip!

    HCUUA: No time to argue. Sign the confession, we give you the whip.

    Jones Jr.: (signs the confession) Gimme the whip!

    HCUUA: Adios, señor. (guards grab Indiana Jones Jr.)

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  4. Not one comeback - but two! by ofcourseyouare · · Score: 5, Funny

    From TFA...

    "George, Harrison and I are all very excited," Spielberg said, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

    I thought George Harrison has passed away? Or are they bringing him back as well as Indy? Just amazing what those boys at ILM can do...

  5. Re:Ok, George, I'll believe it when I see it by Apocalypse111 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, he was right in a way... except that Binks wasn't so much "funny ha-ha" as "funny short-bus".

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  6. Re:That's funny by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    The one that was adopted:

    Indiana Jones and the Annoying Alien from Naboo

    JJ: "Meesa no liiiike Nazzzzziiis!!"
    IJ: *crack* "Oh, my back!" *crack*
    JJ: "Aaaaaggghh!!! Meesa no like bull whip!!!!"

  7. Re:That's funny by Dystopian+Rebel · · Score: 5, Funny
    Lucas kept rejecting scripts


    Anything that keeps Lucas from writing scripts deserves our support.
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  8. Re:Oh boy! by Teresita · · Score: 2, Funny

    Indiana Jones and the Lawn Treading Neighborhood Kids

  9. Working Title by j00r0m4nc3r · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Indiana Jones and the Metamucil Drink"

    1. Re:Working Title by sharkey · · Score: 2, Funny

      "Dr. Jones! DR. JONES! Boxers or briefs?"

      "Depends..."

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  10. The Title: by foreverdisillusioned · · Score: 1, Funny

    Indiana Jones and the Craftmatic Adjustable Bed.

    1. Re:The Title: by Ubergrendle · · Score: 2, Funny

      Indiana Jones and the Walker of Death*.

      *would have said Doom, but that was already taken.

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  11. Re:Shouldn't Ford be the helpful mentor by now? by Brian+Stretch · · Score: 3, Funny

    Perish the thought! I can see it now: Indiana Jones (Ford) united with his illegitimate son (Justin Timberlake) go after the Lost Chalice of Talent. K-Fed leads the cast of bad/worse guys in pursuit. Working title: "Indiana Jones 4: The Audience is Doomed!"

    I'll take CGI over that, thank you very much.

  12. Any word on.... by Ingolfke · · Score: 3, Funny

    River Phoenix signing up as Indy's son? He did a good job in the last movie. Is he even available?

    1. Re:Any word on.... by zoomshorts · · Score: 2, Funny

      Nope , still dead.

    2. Re:Any word on.... by Ingolfke · · Score: 2, Funny

      Alas... I'm afraid I've fallen into cynicism.

  13. Re:That's funny by camperdave · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah, that could have been bad:
    *glucas has rejected script1
    *glucas has rejected script2
    *glucas has rejected script3
    ...
    *glucas has rejected script4
    *glucas has rejected script5
    glucas: Bantha pudu, all of it. I'll write the script.
    *glucas pounds on keyboard for 37 minutes
    glucas: There! A rollicking adventure about Indie finding a lost island and a chest full of cursed Aztec gold.

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  14. Re:How will this one be? by geoffspear · · Score: 3, Funny

    What an idiot. I don't care whether Greedo shot first, but that scene was by far the funniest thing in the entire Indiana Jones series, and removing it would be as dumb as letting Lucas write dialog of any kind.

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  15. Re:Oh boy! by discord5 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Let me improve your feeble script

    Lucas originally wrote it this way:
    Leia: I love you
    Han: I love you too.

    Luke: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

    George Lucas : I'm a bloody genius

    such brain-numbing lines as "omfg sand is the suxor it gets in my eye LOL!!!11"

    "zomg teh force is strong in dis 1, i can tell from his milk-of-chloreines"

    Random Star Wars fans, I AM George Lucas. Together we shall rule the universe as father and son.

  16. Didn't Nostradamus say... by Ingolfke · · Score: 4, Funny

    that this was a sign of the coming of Duke Nukem Forever?

  17. Working title: by jpellino · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Indiana Jones and the Prostate of Doom"

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  18. ObSNL by Amazing+Quantum+Man · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's what your mother said, Trebek!

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  19. Revenge of the Indy by MidVicious · · Score: 2, Funny

    Prepare yourselves for a digitally inserted, blue glowy River Phoenix.

    Tremble before the mind blowing revelation when Sean Connery announces to the Nazis, "I am the Senate!"

    And witness the incredible love scenes between a reunited Indiana and Marion Ravenwood, "I hate snakes. They're slimy, scaly, and they get everywhere. Not like here, where everything is... wrinkley and aging."

  20. All the films were shot in the 80's... by porkchop_d_clown · · Score: 3, Funny

    All three of the earlier movies were shot in the 80s.

    Oh, man. I read this and thought "that can't be right!" - then I looked it up and now I just feel old.

  21. Re:That's funny by JamesP · · Score: 3, Funny

    So this means that Titanic 2 will be better than Titanic 1????

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  22. Indiana Jones and the Snakes on a Plane by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Indy: "Snakes... why'd it have to be snakes? On a mother!@#%ing plane???"

  23. Re:That's funny by MadJo · · Score: 2, Funny

    These natives, they don't all look the same do they?

  24. Re:shot in versus by SirWinston · · Score: 3, Funny

    > I honestly hope they DON'T ditch the pulp fiction feel of it.

    [Int. ancient temple. Indy's female love-interest-du-jour has a cartoonish Nazi at gunpoint.]

    Indy: Bring out the Gimp.
    Nazi: The Gimp is sleeping, Herr Jones.
    Love-interest-du-jour: It's fantastic! The chamber must extend 60 meters...
    Indy: Shit, they ain't got the metric system in ancient Egypt. They wouldn't know what the fuck a meter is.
    Love-interest-du-jour: Then what would they call it?
    Indy: A cubit.

    [Love-interest-du-jour accidentally shoots Nazi in the head, splattering brains everywhere.]

    Love-interest-du-jour: Oh man, I shot that Nazi in the face.
    Indy: Why the fuck did you do that!
    Love-interest-du-jour: Well, I didn't mean to do it, it was an accident!
    Indy: Oh man I've seen some crazy ass shit in my time...
    Love-interest-du-jour: Chill out, man. I told you it was an accident. You probably set off a booby trap by stepping on that "X" right there.
    Indy: "X" never, ever marks the spot, bitch!
    Love-interest-du-jour: Hey, look man, I didn't mean to shoot the son of a bitch. The gun went off. I don't know why.
    Indy: No, let me ask you a question. When you came in here, did you see a hieroglyphic out in front of this temple that said Dead Nazi Storage?
    Love-interest-du-jour: Indy, you know I ain't seen no...
    Indy: Did you see a hieroglyphic out in front of this temple that said Dead Nazi Storage?
    Love-interest-du-jour: [pause] No. I didn't.
    Indy: You know WHY you didn't see that hieroglyphic?
    Love-interest-du-jour: Why?
    Indy: 'Cause it ain't there, 'cause storing dead Nazis ain't my fucking business, that's why!

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  25. OB Futurama Quote by Aereus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fry: Married? Jenny can't get married! Leela: Why not? It's clever, it's unexpected. Fry: But that's not why people watch TV. Clever things make people feel stupid, and unexpected things make them feel scared. [Lrrr crackles onto the screen.] Lrrr [on TV]: Attention, McNeal. Your unexpected marriage plan scares us. You stole our hearts as a single female lawyer, and so shall you remain -- or else! Fry: You see? TV audiences don't want anything original. They wanna see the same thing they've seen a thousand times before. http://www.futurama-madhouse.com.ar/scripts/1acv12 .shtml

  26. Re:That's funny by macshit · · Score: 2, Funny

    glucas: There! A rollicking adventure about Indie finding a lost island and a chest full of cursed Aztec gold.

    "... and a CGI humanoid chicken. Love that chicken!"

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