"US actor Harrison Ford is to reprise his role as adventurer Indiana Jones in the Disney movie franchise.
The film, to be directed by James Mangold, is to be the 78-year-old actor's fifth and final instalment as Indy.
The film is due for release in July 2022."
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55270909
Can Disney milk a product, or what?
Please don't do that.
Why, oh, why?
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the theater..."
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on December 16, 2020, 10:32:04 AM
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the theater..."
I'll pass.👎🏻🤮
There has been talk for some time about Ford doing another, even before Disney got involved. The only surprise is hearing that Spielberg won't be directing the final outing. Given how many years and writers went into the screenplay for KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL, there's no excuse for it being the mess it was. I felt like I was watching a SyFy Channel movie. Had that been the film to introduce us to Indy Jones back in 1981, there would have never been a franchise. But there are enough die hard fans that any film that has the names of both Indy Jones and Harrison Ford on the poster is bound to sell tickets.
Quote from: BijouBob8mm on January 11, 2021, 07:23:33 PM
Given how many years and writers went into the screenplay for KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL, there's no excuse for it being the mess it was.
Actually, that probably
is the reason it was bad.
Quote from: Mike Scott on January 11, 2021, 08:46:15 PM
Actually, that probably is the reason it was bad.
Too many cooks...
Indiana Jones 16: The Nursing Home Pudding Caper
Indiana Jones and the Tapioca Dessert
Indiana Jones and the Broken Hip
Indiana Jones and the Jeopardy Reruns
Indiana Jones and the Lost Slippers
Indiana Jones and the Forgotten Relatives
Indiana Jones and The Lost Car Keys
INDIANA JONES 5: He's Fallen and He Can't Get Up!
INDIANA JONES AND THE DENTURES OF DEATH: Indy, Marcus Brody and Sallah are in a race against time (and each other) to acquire the last known pair of wooden teeth worn by George Washington before "Chicken Delight Night" at the Sunrise Retirement Home....
If they were smart, they would tailor the 78 year old Jones to his age and change up the story, but I won't hold my breath.
Quote from: Lunkenstein on March 19, 2021, 03:19:11 PM
If they were smart, they would tailor the 78 year old Jones to his age and change up the story, but I won't hold my breath.
Seems like a great opportunity to hand future series entries over to his son (the one he didn't know he had) and resign Indiana to the role played by Sean Connery in an earlier adventure.
Harrison Ford announced that the scheduled release date is June 30, 2023.
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on May 27, 2022, 01:09:42 AM
Harrison Ford announced that the scheduled release date is June 30, 2023.
A month short of his 81st birthday!
Quote from: Monsters For Sale on October 04, 2021, 08:04:13 PM
Seems like a great opportunity to hand future series entries over to his son (the one he didn't know he had) and resign Indiana to the role played by Sean Connery in an earlier adventure.
But it won't be his son, it will be an empowered whamin, which will be the new Indiana Jones. Considering Kathleen Kennedy is behind this, the new female Indiana Jones will be the bestus evah.
Yet another franchise ruined by Kathleen Kennedy
UIndy 4 was atrocious. Can't really see this one being any better.
Quote from: MonsterBaker666 on June 03, 2022, 12:37:12 PM
UIndy 4 was atrocious. Can't really see this one being any better.
In all honesty, Indiana Jones 4 was like the Star Wars prequels, it had some of the same characters as the earlier Indiana Jones films, but wasn't very good. However, the SW prequel series were a lot better then the sequel series. The next Indiana Jones film will very likely be like the SW sequel series.
Timex will tell. The SW prequels were terrible. WAY too much cgi, the main story was unnecessary, acting varied between ok and terrible, made the Jedi out to be stupid ("We all sense GRAVE DANGER if he's taught to ge a Jedi, but w hff at the hay, you can train him."), and how can we forget, "Nooooooooooo!!!".
The sequels started ok, tho just a soft reboot. Then the 2nd one was just full of stupid stuff ( Mary Poppins...in space!!!), which they then had to try to fix and explain in the 3rd film, and they added more stupidness ("We need a beacon to tell us which way this armada of space ships need to go away from this planet...how about that...strait up!").
The main problem I see with this new Indy film...he's way too old. And the timeline has got to be the 1960s or 60s, and the indy character felt out of place in the 50s. To me he's really going to feel out of place during the disco era!
A couple glimpses:
https://youtu.be/z0yMEJafqqk
https://youtu.be/R_yRbIG_1Xg
Why are there Nazis in this movie?
Quote from: Mike Scott on September 11, 2022, 04:37:25 PM
Why are there Nazis in this movie?
If what I heard is correct, This will involve altering the timeline, so the character that Harrison Ford plays is erased, and a female Indiana Jones will take the place of the character. I certainly hope this isn't the case, but never forget that Kathleen Kennedy hates the male characters that have been the foundation of Lucas Films. Kennedy was seen in one picture where a diagonal was drawn across Mark Hammil's Luke Skywalker. She honestly hates these characters that much.
Here is a teaser/trailer for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny:
https://youtu.be/nIzPvirp4bo
The effects look too CGI for me. Too bad they didn't do more practical effects-looking photography. I know Ford is too old to do most of this stuff, but I have seen some amazing double work in other movies.
I like the callback to the first movie, right at the end of the clip. :)
I'm sure I'll see it in the theater, but I fear you can't go home again. Did like the last gag in the new trailer, however.
I just saw the trailer. Looks...OK. Appears to have scenes of action with CGI effects that look CGI. We were all blown away by the action scenes with live stunt work (they even did a TV special on CBS focusing on the stunt work from the film). Yes, they blended it with special effects matte paintings and miniatures, but the stunts were done live and were great. Then came Crystal Skull with all the BAD CGI stunts - and it just didn't quite fit in the 1950s. Now it's, what, the 1970s?? You definitely can't go home again.
But, yeah, I'll see it in the theaters. Maybe going into it with low expectations will be good if the film turns out to be great.
Indiana Jones died after Last Crusade. Not sure what four and five are...definitely not Indy.
Hard to tell if Indy 5 will be good or bad. Indy 4 looked pretty good from the trailer, but the film sucked big time for numerous reasons. So yes, this one looks a bit closer to the first 3 films, and I'll go to see it, but I have a feeling it just won't work for me. But, unlike most fans of the films, I really didn't like Indy 3 that much.
Quote from: MonsterBaker666 on June 03, 2023, 06:00:13 AM
But, unlike most fans of the films, I really didn't like Indy 3 that much.
Why is there no "unlike" button? I oughta report you to the moderator! ;D
Quote from: Mike Scott on June 03, 2023, 12:12:27 PM
Why is there no "unlike" button? I oughta report you to the moderator! ;D
Yeah. Why not? We could make the Dislikes anonymous so there are no hard feelings.
I also hated The Indiana Jones Chronicles tv series.
Another L for Lucasfilm.