With “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” being box-office gold this summer, it seems inevitable that we’ll be treated to a fifth installment of the chronicles of Indiana Jones.
In fact, actor Harrison Ford told the Los Angeles Times last Friday that momentum is building for a new Indy movie and that writer George Lucas is already working on the script.
“It’s crazy but great,” Ford said. “George is in think mode right now.”
“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.
Ford did express that he had doubts about the fourth installment at times.
“It was never a lead-pipe cinch,” Ford said. “It was a calculated business risk but I believe it paid off. I was somewhat surprised and gratified to see it did the business that it did. It was successful in almost every market. The first time we showed it to a disinterested outside audience was at Cannes. That’ s a crap shoot of the first order. Not only is that audience sophisticated and film-knowledgable, it’s French! And it’s their country and their festival and we somewhat expected to be seriously slapped around. But we were not, we were embraced…it was very gratifying.”
When asked who had the idea for the next installment–himself, Lucas or Stephen Spielberg, Ford replied, “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.”
And while the “Star Wars” universe has expanded with a new animated series, Ford doesn’t expect Dr. Jones to follow that path.
“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.”
Sorry to make the obvious joke, but does that mean that Lucas admits he wasn’t thinking on the last one?
heheee that was the problem. GL is a robot and somebody switch him off “think mode” about 12 years ago. The question is what mode has he been in? Sleep?
Can’t really judge Indi 4 ‘casue I couldn’t generate enough interest to see the re-animation of the Indi story. I’m sure I’ll see it one day and either be surprised, or not.
Oh come on people. The 4th Indi movie was just that, an Indiana Jones movie. No more no less. They have all been fun, just empty headed action, almost cartoon like but FUN – that’s all.
I’d love to see another one and I think Indy Jr. could work too.
oh god oh god please make it stop la la la la la la