dhmac

Recast Mutt with Chris Pratt and have the father and son adventure be more like "The Last Crusade" with Harrison Ford essentially being like Sean Connery in that movie and set it in the late 1960s or early 1970s

Mike86

Thing is I’m concerned it will just further tarnish the legacy of the series. Ford is 77 and will be older when this films. At best it’ll be a passing of the torch film. I just am not very optimistic about this film. Sometimes it’s best to just leave something be instead of trying to squeeze it dry and nothing is left.

dex14

Yea, Pratt is who I originally mentioned in that post, but edited it when I reposted. I think he is starting into his 40s now. He could play a little younger ... sure... I think people were getting tired of him being after Jurassic World.

They could easily spin-off the son of Indiana Jones into a Disney+ series.

Hazel Motes

As someone who blames a good chunk of the last ones failures on George Lucas, his uninvolvement in Part 5 leaves me hopeful.

Bluelitespecial

I have no trust an Indy 5 can be made and be any good until Kathleen Kennedy is fired. She hates good male characters.

dex14

And you just hate women. You do realize she was a producer on Indy (and many other things) way before she became the head of Lucasfilm right?

Shannon Nutt

I think this is what Disney had in mind when they bought Lucasfilm. I'm not sure that's the case anymore, though.

Shannon Nutt

Her contract runs out at the end of 2021, same time as when Bob Iger will step down. She'll "retire" then, but plans are already in place to oust her - Kevin Feige will most likely be the new head of Lucasfilm starting in 2022. At least that's where they seem to be heading now...if Feige has a project flop before then, all bets are off.

dex14

Irrelevant to his post. And the Feige stuff is nothing but speculation.

Rob V

Bluelite's point about getting Kennedy out of Lucasfilm is valid. Not much good has come from her leadership. She may have had some quality products in her day --- but not so much anymore.

dex14

Her leadership hasn’t been good. New leadership there will be a good thing. I’m taking issue with the known person of making misogynistic comments, who thinks all women are out to get him, making comments about how she “hates good male characters”.

majorjoe23

Exactly. There are people who may have a good point about leadership at Lucasfilm, but he is not one of them.

Bluelitespecial

She is nothing but a glorified secretary and is in no way a creative visionary. If Spielberg were to direct I think he would at least stay true to the character. After all Indy was created as a James Bond knockoff.

dex14

I rest my case.

Bluelitespecial

I'm not being misogynistic and stating facts. Look at all the male characters in Star Wars who were killed off, made the villains, or completely emasculated to elevate forced in female characters. The Force is not Female.

dex14

Sounds about time for you hit up the therapist again.

Bluelitespecial

I'm still seeing a therapist even though I'm now off my meds.

Mabuse

That’s just too easy. I won’t do it.

TomOpus

You think you're not being misogynistic but you are.

I'm Brad Pitt

JeremyM

Here's my pitch to start out the adventure:

We open with the Nazi gold train idea, which I liked. They have a Raiders-like opening where they dodge some hazards (unclear if they were deliberate traps set by the Nazis or just a product of a decrepit area and so on). They find the train, open it up, and...it's filled with crates that turn out to be canned goods or something. Indy has failed and can't fund his digs/treasure hunts anymore. Face it, Indy, there's nothing left for a guy like you to find in this world. Go retire, old man, and tell your stories about immortal knights and magic arks elsewhere. (Note: Do not have Indy say, "It's true, all of it." It's been done.)

Then someone who may or may not be a nutcase recruits him for another treasure hunt that Indy is skeptical about, but what choice does he have if he wants to continue on doing what he's doing? The shady character plays on his knowledge of Indy's prior adventures to get him going. Maybe Marion gives him a push out the door. Would love to have Sallah back, so let's say he vouches for this shady guy. And so we don't know if Indy is on a real treasure/artifact hunt or a farce as the story unfolds. Anyway, that's all I've got--Disney, pay me for the rest, I'll cobble something together.

Josh-da-man

Kennedy has been a horrible steward for the Star Wars franchise. Whatever she has on her extensive resume certainly didn't translate to heading up a franchise like Star Wars.

That said, the wretchedness of Crystal Skull lands at the feet of Spielberg and Lucas, not Kennedy.

Mabuse

Not bad. Have you read my Old Indy idea? I think I posted it in this thread.

JeremyM

Yep, as I recall it was very good!

Shannon Nutt

I didn't bring the topic up, and the company that makes the movie we're talking about is completely relevant to this post, as is the person who runs that company.

TGM

calling it now, Indy 5 is going to involve some type of ancient artifact that involves time travel like one of these:

11 Extraordinary Out-Of-Place Artifacts | MessageToEagle.com

and it will be some sort of combination of old Indy and a deaged CGI Indy trying to fix the time ripple.