EdwardKnoxII Posted February 6, 2004 Report Posted February 6, 2004 Indiana Jones 4 Delayed Again Bad news for Indy fans... Indiana Jones 4 has been delayed again. Paramount Pictures is now looking for a new writer to rewrite the script. Frank Darabont wrote the original script. Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Harrison Ford were pushing to start filming this year with a release in summer of 2005, but that appears unlikely now. Credit: Variety
Kahran Ramsus Posted February 6, 2004 Report Posted February 6, 2004 Bad news for Indy fans... I beg to differ. It is the movie that is the bad idea. It has now been 16 years since they made Last Crusade. I will be shocked if they can live up to the originals after that long a time. Indy's character arc was completed in Last Crusade as well when he chose his father over his job. There isn't much more you can do with him without making it a prequel, and with Harrison Ford looking more like Gollum with each passing year, I would say the chances of that are slim.
kkktookmybabyaway Posted February 6, 2004 Report Posted February 6, 2004 Yay. Leave Indy alone you Hollywood bastards. I want to know what that script was so I can laugh at it. "Indiana Jones and the search for the Holy Bedpan..."
WrestlingDeacon Posted February 6, 2004 Report Posted February 6, 2004 There were tons of rumors. Him going after everything from the lost city of Atlantis to Noah's Ark, to some sort space craft and going to the moon. Apparently a very early draft included Indy's long lost evil brother, to be played by Tom Selleck, in a winking touch as he was originally cast in the role of Jones until Magnum PI got picked up by CBS.
EdwardKnoxII Posted February 6, 2004 Author Report Posted February 6, 2004 There isn't much more you can do with him without making it a prequel They already did something like that in the early 90's with the TV show Young Indiana Jones on ABC and it stared Sean Patrick Flenary(sp?) as Jones.
Guest El Satanico Posted February 6, 2004 Report Posted February 6, 2004 Apparently a very early draft included Indy's long lost evil brother, to be played by Tom Selleck That would've been hilarious for all the wrong reasons. Space ships? Isn't Indiana Jones from the 1920's?
CanadianChris Posted February 6, 2004 Report Posted February 6, 2004 Space ships? Isn't Indiana Jones from the 1920's? Temple of Doom was set in the mid-30s. The other two movies were set just before the start of WWII.
pochorenella Posted February 6, 2004 Report Posted February 6, 2004 As much as I love the Indiana Jones movies, Harrison Ford is 62 years old. I'm not sure if he could be up for a big action flick, but I could be wrong. And the news failed to mention that George Lucas rejected the latest script, thinking it wasn't good enough. So if the script is good and Ford can deliver I say bring it on.
Kahran Ramsus Posted February 6, 2004 Report Posted February 6, 2004 Temple of Doom - 1935 Raiders of the Lost Ark - 1936 Last Crusade - 1938
Guest El Satanico Posted February 6, 2004 Report Posted February 6, 2004 George Lucas rejected the latest script, thinking it wasn't good enough. What does he know about a good script.
pochorenella Posted February 6, 2004 Report Posted February 6, 2004 George Lucas rejected the latest script, thinking it wasn't good enough. What does he know about a good script. American Graffitti Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Raiders of the Lost Ark He didn't write all of them, but I'm sure he had to approve them. So he does know a good script, even if he's missed the mark on others.
Guest TheZsaszHorsemen Posted February 7, 2004 Report Posted February 7, 2004 If Moriarty from AICN is reading this. I told you so.
WrestlingDeacon Posted February 7, 2004 Report Posted February 7, 2004 If they allow things to age properly then the current film could take place in the mid fifties to early sixties and that was a time when space exploration and experimentation was high, especially in films and television so they could spin it, but I don't think it would fit right with the characters. And yeah, Lucas doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to a good script. I wouldn't even say his better films, like American Graffiti Star Wars and Indiana Jones, are well written but are good movies from the acting, directing and technical standpoints.
pochorenella Posted February 9, 2004 Report Posted February 9, 2004 And yeah, Lucas doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to a good script. I wouldn't even say his better films, like American Graffiti Star Wars and Indiana Jones, are well written but are good movies from the acting, directing and technical standpoints Well, Francis Ford Coppola himself was willing to buy the American Graffitti script from the studio back when they were unsure to make it, so he must've thought it was good. But what the hell does Coppola know? It's not like he did anything important, did he? The issue here is George Lucas can't write! He's useless! All his movies suck! Who cares what some other run-of-the-mill director says, it's what WE say what's true.
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