George Lucas in "Think Mode" for Indy 5

[Ragingblues]

George Lucas in "Think Mode" for Indy 5

www.theraider.net/news/fullstory_indy4.php?id=937


Like music to the ears... the Man himself has confirmed that his longtime friend and collaborator, the plaid one, the Creator, the guy with more money than Jabba the Hutt, George Lucas is hard at work crafting a fifth adventure for the intrepid archaeologist! Ford said that he isn't keen on an animated Indiana Jones adventure but rather doing a live action movie.
From Corn Flakes to cartoons this article has it all, so lets look at the article from the Los Angeles Times and see what Ford said about Indy's next big screen epic:
Harrison Ford said Friday that momentum is building for a fifth movie in the "Indiana Jones" franchise and that George Lucas is already cooking up a suitable plot for a heroic senior citizen with a penchant for whips and fedoras.
"It's crazy but great," the 66-year-old Ford said. "George is in think mode right now."

Now, though, the latest success and the fact that the franchise's old machinery was revived has Ford thinking a fifth movie is not only a viable idea, but an attractive one.

"It's automatic, really, we did well with the last one and with that having done well and been a positive experience, it's not surprising that some people want to do it again," Ford said.

I asked Ford who specifically is stirring up the idea of another revival, whether it was Lucas, Spielberg or the star himself? "Really, it comes from the ethos, from the ether. It's natural. It's a way of nature, of course, success breed opportunities ... also we don't stay as closely in contact as have in the last year, that's part of it."

Ford said, though, he would not be game to making an animated "Indiana Jones" film, a notion that became at least a possible option after Lucas took his "Star Wars" theatrical saga into the computer-generated realm with "The Clone Wars" this summer.

"I'm not philosophically against doing animation roles but not for Indiana Jones," Ford said. "I'd hate to see it reduced in any way from the movies that we have done and the way we have done them."

Read the full article at Los Angeles Times and starting dusting off the fedoras boys and girls because there is till some mileage left in this Ford model!

latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2008/10/harrison-ford-s.html



Ken

[Damned Dan]

He needs to let someone else do the thinking.

[nickhorror]

Oct 3, 2008 20:01:48 GMT -5 Damned Dan said:

He needs to let someone else do the thinking.

He can think all he wants; he needs to let someone else put his ideas into paper.

If George wants to come up with the idea, I'm all for it. I think the idea for KotCS was solid, but horribly executed. Steven needs to stand up to him and go back to the old way of doing things. I mean think about it. What's more expensive: a couple of barrels of gasoline and some primer cord or paying a dozen college graduates $150,000 a year to animate an explosion?

[GCR]

Oh no...


I'm afraid of what may come of this. Indy 5? Really? WHY?

I guess my ONLY hope for this film is that somehow, some way, the big three realized what a mistake they made with KOTCS and they're trying to right the ship and deliver the film they SHOULD have given us this past May 22nd. I recall Spielberg once saying that he felt compelled to do LC as a final chapter to the series because TOD had left a bad taste in many people's mouths. Perhaps there's something similar at play here? Some desire to go back and "fix things". Either that or they just figure that KOTCS earned enough dough to justify squeezing a few more nickels out of the Indy franchise with a new flick.

Anyways, I could care less who thinks up the plot to this one, as long as it beats the weak plot to KOTCS. But I ain't holdin' my breath...

[Havana]

This reminds me a lot of all the "new Indy movie in the works" talk after Last Crusade came out in 1989. We'll see. Lucas just needs to step aside. He'll still get all the money in the end. Let someone else do the work on Indy V. Please!
Here's some suggestions for what Lucas can do instead of Indy V.
#1 Focus on continuing efforts to ruin whatever positive legacy the original Star Wars films once had.
#2 "Reimagine" a new version of Easy Rider starring Mutt and Jar Jar Binks.
#3 Howard the Duck 2
#4 Go to a nuclear test site and test the fridge idea on himself.

[GCR]

Oct 3, 2008 22:48:14 GMT -5 Havana said:

This reminds me a lot of all the "new Indy movie in the works" talk after Last Crusade came out in 1989. We'll see. Lucas just needs to step aside. He'll still get all the money in the end. Let someone else do the work on Indy V. Please!
Here's some suggestions for what Lucas can do instead of Indy V.
#1 Focus on continuing efforts to ruin whatever positive legacy the original Star Wars films once had.
#2 "Reimagine" a new version of Easy Rider starring Mutt and Jar Jar Binks.
#3 Howard the Duck 2
#4 Go to a nuclear test site and test the fridge idea on himself.

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

As long as he does this:

#4 Go to a nuclear test site and test the fridge idea on himself.

Before any of these:

#1 Focus on continuing efforts to ruin whatever positive legacy the original Star Wars films once had.
#2 "Reimagine" a new version of Easy Rider starring Mutt and Jar Jar Binks.
#3 Howard the Duck 2

Well, I take it back, I want to see Howard the Duck 2. I've been waiting for that sequel to hit the big screen for FAR too long. Hell, how about a Howard the Duck, Indiana Jones crossover? Howard was an "alien" after all, right? It all fits perfctly! It's gold I tells ya, gold! ;D

[nickhorror]

Oh, man. I've had way too much wine to argue with any of you fine gents. Havana, GCR; my allegiance lies on your side of the river.

[Kt. Templar]

If it happens I'll be there opening night, god willing.

I'll consider Indy 4 a case of shaking the rust off.

[Kaplan]

I see this becoming something like the Friday the 13th franchise, where they just keep making more and more until a nurse has to lift Ford's arm to crack the whip.

Next it will be set in the 1960's where the enemy is the Vietnamese.

And Indy's drugged-out hippie son "the Mutt-Dawg" won't lift a finger to help him. ;D

[Desert Dweller]

Oct 3, 2008 22:55:22 GMT -5 GCR said:

Oct 3, 2008 22:48:14 GMT -5 Havana said:

This reminds me a lot of all the "new Indy movie in the works" talk after Last Crusade came out in 1989. We'll see. Lucas just needs to step aside. He'll still get all the money in the end. Let someone else do the work on Indy V. Please!
Here's some suggestions for what Lucas can do instead of Indy V.
#1 Focus on continuing efforts to ruin whatever positive legacy the original Star Wars films once had.
#2 "Reimagine" a new version of Easy Rider starring Mutt and Jar Jar Binks.
#3 Howard the Duck 2
#4 Go to a nuclear test site and test the fridge idea on himself.

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

As long as he does this:

#4 Go to a nuclear test site and test the fridge idea on himself.

Before any of these:

#1 Focus on continuing efforts to ruin whatever positive legacy the original Star Wars films once had.
#2 "Reimagine" a new version of Easy Rider starring Mutt and Jar Jar Binks.
#3 Howard the Duck 2

Well, I take it back, I want to see Howard the Duck 2. I've been waiting for that sequel to hit the big screen for FAR too long. Hell, how about a Howard the Duck, Indiana Jones crossover? Howard was an "alien" after all, right? It all fits perfctly! It's gold I tells ya, gold! ;D

Awww shucks, Griff.....I love the fridge scene!!

I do think that Lucas should step away though. enough is enough. and if enough is NOT enough....get rid of Lebouf!!

[Damned Dan]

Oct 3, 2008 20:12:56 GMT -5 nickhorror said:

Oct 3, 2008 20:01:48 GMT -5 Damned Dan said:

He needs to let someone else do the thinking.

He can think all he wants; he needs to let someone else put his ideas into paper.

If George wants to come up with the idea, I'm all for it. I think the idea for KotCS was solid, but horribly executed. Steven needs to stand up to him and go back to the old way of doing things. I mean think about it. What's more expensive: a couple of barrels of gasoline and some primer cord or paying a dozen college graduates $150,000 a year to animate an explosion?

I really thought the crystal skull idea was mediocre, and even if the execution was better the script was a bore. There are so many elements that will need to be changed to save this series, but script is the most important. I'm also not a fan of the recent cinematography. Speilberg said he felt Kaminski captured the look of the previous films, so obviously Steven must be losing his vision in his old age. I'm with you on the F/X. They need to go back to old school effects and use less CGI. Shoot the film in real locations and try not to mimic The Mummy franchise, which was a poorman's Indiana Jones. I almost forgot, kill Mutt!