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Stop Lucas: Harrison Ford Updates on Indiana Jones 5

Posted on Saturday, October 4th, 2008 by Hunter Stephenson

We’ve known that George Lucas—who apparently chews on fanboy disappointment like Popeye does spinach—is considering another Indiana Jones sequel, even though a proposed Mutt Williams torch-passing seems more and more unlikely (and hokey). Harrison Ford expressed interest over the summer in making an Indiana Jones 5, and preferably sooner than later. The actor’s stance hasn’t changed. He chatted with Hero Complex and gave this New Age-y update…

“Really, [another sequel] 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.”

As for the next storyline, Ford says that Lucas is currently swimming in a think tank and refers to the plot (or something) as “crazy but great.” He also shot down the possibility of an animated Indiana Jones film, an idea that’s been batted around by the bearded Star Wars overlord. So, the question remains, do these guys attempt to make up for Crystal Skull’s unworthiness and do they even recognize it in face of the $700 million-plus box office? Answer: “Prequels.”

Discuss: Want to see a “crazy but great” effort to re-nuke the fridge?

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  • John
    I read the same article, but it wasn't clear what Ford was referring to when he said "crazy but great". Was he referring to Lucas's idea (which I doubt) or was he referring to the fact that there's still interest in making a fifth Indiana Jones movie at his age.
  • Indiefilm
    Nope. Steven, George and Harrison blew it. The movie was awful and that 700 million was pity cash. People felt bad that these 'people' made such a disgusting film so they donated their tickets to the homeless on the street.

    Crystal Skull made me a bitter filmgoer.
  • Dwayne
    i'm starting to get pissed at george lucas. basically all he has to his name are star wars and indy (half credit)....he's just remaking and doing more sequels....he needs to reinvent himself
  • I am just going to take this opportunity to say that Temple of Doom is the pest movie ever made.
  • *best


    /facepalm
  • Ryan
    Well they can do whatever they want they own you and me.
    $$$$$
  • I'd love another Indy flick. I enjoyed Crystal Skull, even though it's flawed. I really had a good time with it. I think a prequel would be great, or a sequel. If it's a prequel, however, make it take place only a year or two before Crystal Skull, like Temple was to Raiders.
  • Pavelz
    I had a great fun watching it. Def better than most of the movies in the same vein in the last years..
  • Christopher Marc
    "Indiana Jones and The Ego of George Lucas"

    I think the problem is when these film makers make so much money they never accept that their ideas are bad...even when a majority of fans and moviegoers hate them for it... you'd think after a horrible new trilogy of Star Wars movies...he would be open to new ideas from other people including from "creditable" writers... nope Lucas has time and time again fucked over fans with his greed and his over sized ego....never contributing anything new to the series of movies he has created....except for horrible CGI comic relief from retarded aliens or animals...
  • starscream9289
    George raped my hopes and dreams *rocks back and fort in a fetal position*
  • Zaphoid
    I'd really like to see another Indy film. I enjoyed KotCS even though it had its occasional minor flaws, but I could overlook them (CGI gophers etc.).

    For the fifth it should either be a prequel set a year or two before Kingdom or a sequel where Indy is away from his new "family", unable to return home quite so soon and has different/new sidekicks (like Temple of Doom, maybe be more of an enclosed story).

    I hope it doesn't take as long to get made as it did for Kingdom, Spielberg has a few projects happening so we'll see.
  • jj gonzo
    Yeah why not!
  • Sauce
    Nope. I boycott. I don't see it...I stand in front of the theater holding a sign, I disrupt filming at any chance I get. They start making this I move to California and become their worst nightmare. Move on guys. Make something else. Stop killing all that was good and right in the world. Especially Steven and Ford. Lucas...he's his own worst enemy.
  • Make it a prequel, cast Brendan Fraser as younger Indy, Rachel Weisz as a young Marion and have them looking for the lost city of Hamunaptra.
  • Matt
    despite the millions of flaws and the lame alien storyline, i would not mind a fifth indiana jones. just please make it soon before harrison ford becomes way too old to play the part and have george lucas get a consultant or something to make him use his brain
  • helicopters
    baby boomers. yeesh.
  • Michael
    Look I'm cool! I hate Lucas. I mock the prequels and hate on the Crystal Skull.

    The real problem? A serious stick-up-the-ass of the so-called fanboys and web critics. George Lucas is an impish and over-grown little kid figuratively planted in front of the glowing screen of a 50's era television set watching schlocky serials. It shows in all of the Indian Jones films and you can really set it in the new Clone Wars cartoon series (caught it last night). It showed in the original Star Wars. (Not so much in the prequels. Hey, you wanted 'em. You got 'em. Don't fault Lucas for telling the story running around in his head. You asked.)
  • giantyoda
    From the perspective of someone expecting the genius that Raiders was - Indy 4 missed by a mile. But, we must remember - George and Steven are older and institutionalized. Back in the 70's/early-80's they were on the cutting edge and revolutionized filmmaking. Compare THX1138 or Star Wars/Empire to the Clone Wars, and its crystal clear. That said, as film enthusiasts and professionals, we should be tolerant and enjoy films for what their sole purpose is - entertainment, and in rare cases, artistic enlightenment.

    Indy 5, if its made, should be entertaining. I thought Indy 4 was a fun time.
  • WWW.FAGHAGSRUSHOME.COM

    George and Harrison need to meet their perfect Hag!! Save themselves some grief.
  • D
    hell yeah i want an indy 5. selfish, but i'll always take a new indy. plus they need to send him out the right way. most of the people didn't like skull anyway. so all the more reason to do another one right!
  • Captain Awesome
    haha, Spielberg and Lucas need to stop. Just because you have the resources doesn't mean you should keep making crap.

    Do something new? or base another movie on a book or some shit.
  • nick
    I was happy with the film, what most people don't realize is that the film was fitting for Indiana Jones and not the 3 previous films. If you take a look at the entire Indiana Jones franchise you will see that it wasn't really all that far off from what it is normally there.

    Also Lucas and Spielberg had a mindset of Indy being a stylized version of Serial shorts/films they had when they were growing up.
  • crux
    I was pretty underwelmed with Crystal Skull but hey it was a free show and the myan spaceship was well done. Not to mention the fact that my girl friends dad complained about it revolving around aliens on the ride home. I woulda guessed it was swinging with monkeys or truck boats doing summersaults but I guess extraterestrials is a sore thumb when it comes to Indy.
  • seriously...
    "Answer: 'Prequels.'”
    yea... that makes plenty of sense... This isn't happening without Ford so let's have a 60 year old guy play someone who is supposed to be in his late 20s early 30s... Sometimes I wonder if you even think about this stuff before posting it
  • I thought the Crystal Skull was a really good movie. I haven't seen the other Indiana Jones movies, but they are in my Netflix queue. If Mutt isn't in the next one, though, I think a lot of people will be bummed. Just my opinion.
  • Pilled
    @seriously

    I agree, why the hell would anyone want to go the prequel route? Not only do you lose the keystone of the franchise (Harrison Ford), but none of the danger or excitement of the adventure would really have any worth behind it considering you know who lives and who dies.

    Idiocy...
  • Pentarix
    @Michael

    You just said basically said that George is an infantile moron (I mean those terms in their proper definition) and then you blame the fans?

    If we are to blame for anything, it's because we trusted him and we got burnt. The fact that he keeps shitting all over the franchises we loved and that we're outraged and outspoken does not make it our fault. Get your head out of your ass.

    @Dwayne

    Sadly, George can't "reinvent himself", he was a no-talent hack to begin with. An extremely lucky no-talent hack.
  • @ seriously...

    I wasn't requesting that Lucas and Spielberg make a prequel to Indiana Jones----the worst effing idea ever. We have been through this "maybe the next movie will fulfill the dream and capture the old magic" possibility before with the Star Wars Prequels. That is why the answer is "prequels." No more Indiana Jones period. George Lucas does not know when to stop.
  • I'm thinking...

    ...That is one strange news.
    Come on, the Cristal Skull was not that bad, but it definitely did not deserved that $700 m. , and most definitely wasn't an Indy movie!
    Yeah it was fun, but just wasn't Indy!... since the 3-th minute I was thinking 'till the end "Why the *uck is it everything went true the Photoshop??". I don't mind the PC intervention, but come on the all movie was like a colorful-rainbow-eye-candy! Not to mention the movie's age influence - that after the war/Elvis taste that just don't quite link with the Indy image.

    And the cherry is the choice of sci-fi theme - aliens ?!?! Come on!... Don't get E.T./Star Wars mixed with the good old fashion Indy!

    So, 5-th one? No, tks. Indy is now old, married with kid and happy.... let him be!
  • Indy Died in the fridge.


    The rest of the KOTCS was his trip through hell.
  • Ryan
    All your bitching doesn't matter, whatever they make you are going to see. They already have you by the balls.
  • J
    Yeah I wouldnt mind another one. Yes the new one was dissapointing but still fun, I would give it a B+. It was CGI overload and I hated the monkey sequence, and not enough Ray Winstone and Karren Allen. I still think they can make a really good Indy. I wanna see one more, only if it is better then Kingdom. JONES cant end on a pretty good note, I could settle with a really good note, but overall needs to be a great note. Just make sure Spielberg is behind the camera on this, and not LUCAS!
  • J
    Also dont let Lucas write it solo, the man cant write for shit no more.
  • Your unexplained attacks on the film are unworthy and bitter. Spielberg did the best he could behind the cameras, and some little contrivances in the script didn't ruin the whole thing. People actually had tons of fun watching the film and a new one would be most-welcome.

    Fanboys' expectations are hard to understand, always over-the-top, hence the bitter disappointment.
  • MrMad2001
    The working title for the fifth Indy was just leaked.

    "Indiana Jones and the Search for a Reason Behind Those Retarded Ass Gophers - The Christmas Special"

    *Subject to change.
  • Cody
    I want to see it.
  • Belloq
    Wow... Okay, first of all, Last Crusade was possibly better then raiders, and if it had KAren Allen in it (which I can't imagine fitting, but still) it would have been BETTER) All said, it was greatness.... rare, pure, untainted greatness, which we with taste (wheather Lucas and Steven care or not) all see Kingdom of the Skull didn't have,excpet in spurts.
  • Superman
    I know why lucas isn't deterred from moving forward with another indy. Last crusade sucked too, didn't stop him from going ahead with Kingdom. If they do another one, I submit they kill Indy, just end it.
  • Ren'e Belloq
    Opinions are opinions, but no one can say Last Crusade wasn't good. They should have done one two or three years after that, with him and his dad in search for exclaibur... and maybe Indy could have linked up with Marion then, when she was still like... basically the hottest, most charming gal on the planet. She held up well, but Steven was cruel to make them wait that long. Ten years earlier, even five woudl have made all the difference, but you can't look back (unless they wanted to do us the honor off re releasing a "improved" version of Krystal Skull with at least a better ending....

    All in all, I too DEMAND a better Indy movie, at least as good as temple for heavan sakes! Less C.G.I. Whatever happened to shortround. I though he should have owned a bar in Madhattan. Just a thought George. Go ahead and use it.

    P.S. You don't deserve to clal yourself Superman.
  • Indian Jones 5: The search for the cure.

    Plot: '
    Indian Jones is dying of pancreatic cancer from being exposed to a nuclear explosion. Mutt and Marion go travel to the Amazon Jungle to search for the mythical plant has the cure for cancer.

    They don't find it.. because it doesn't exist. There is no cure for cancer. Indian Jones dies. Everyone cries.... Cue music.. Roll credits.
  • charles
    If Harrison is in it I'll watch it. But I pray the review are good.
  • gocitizen
    they had their shot and blew it. KotCS was awful on every level. Biggest disappointment for me in a long time.

    Maybe with a new director, writer, and yes, a new Indy, someone could breathe some life back into the character....oh...and actually create some tension in a cliffhanger script. When that day eventually arrives, I'll take notice again.

    I'll be curious to see how many fools add Indy4 to their DVD collections.
  • REAL6
    Harrison Ford is INDY!!!!
    I dont wanna hear no shit!!!!!
  • Hey, Temple of Doom wasn't all that and they followed it with a great film. (I resist the temptation to say that Temple of Doom was a shoddily put together and rushed film that not only had a poor script, but was highly racist and played to racial stereotypes.)

    Also, let's not forget what the Indiana Jones franchise was. It was comic books on screen. It was silly, but fun. Don't try to judge Crystal Skull as a serious adventure film. Yes, it was flawed, but it was good fun. If you play all four films to a kid who has never seen them before, I bet you he/she would like the fourth one a lot (though probably not anywhere as much as the first or third films).
  • Marcus Browdy
    okay, just so you know. In 1857, (as mentioned in the movie) the Indians really did have a Thuggee cult, very violent, and for that matter very damn simialr to the one in the film.
    What did you want, the globalistic lie/nightmare of everyone in the village sitting around on internet caf'es running telamarketing buisness from cinderblack housing. I've been to India, only 3 years ago, and there are still rural villages exactly like the one Indy and shorty and whats her stupid face wound up in.... pretty cool to. Htere is less poverty when people are self reliant.
  • Indy IV is awesome. I don't care what people think about the film.
  • spikeswift
    The idea of a fifth Indy is an interesting one. Hopefully Lucas will bring in some much needed help for script duties, rope in the cgi to an absolute minimum (ie none). Indy needs to be the focus though, he doesn't need a troupe of people or a posse to accompany him though, well maybe an entourage of carers :).
    Harrison was the best thing about the last movie, he nailed the Indy character again, the script and the woeful climax let things down in a big way.
    The way that the 'beard' used the old film stock was also very cool, and I hope that will be retained.
    Prairie dogs should not be allowed anywhere near the next flick, unless the opening sequence features a pack of them ripping Mutt Wiliams to shreds!
    Basically I could warm to the idea, but remain very skeptical. Maybe it will be a remake of Raiders, Lucas loves the easy option.
  • I will not tolerate anyone speaking badly of Temple of Doom.

    @Kumar

    Your opinion is automatically invalid.
  • johnson
    sure do it, except have have nolan write the script and keep lucas out of it. lets ahve a darker indy like temple of doom.
  • Rock on.
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