Harrison Ford Talks Indiana Jones 5

I did not hate Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. I was disappointed by it. I don’t consider it worthy of the Indiana Jones name, but I admit on a couple of levels I had some fun with it and thought it was “ok”. However, when you put the name “Indiana Jones” on the poster, “ok” is NOT good enough.

Most people seem to agree, or thought even more negatively about the film. Still, even with the lukewarm to hostile reception, Indiana Jones 4 made almost $800 million world wide, so you knew in the back of their heads, the Indy brain trust must at least be considering another trip to the Indy well.

We already knew that George Lucas has been talking about the possibility of another Indy film, but it now appears that things may be a little further along than we thought, and Harrison Ford may be on board too. The good folks over at ComingSoon give us this:

Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Harrison Ford said Friday that momentum is building for a fifth movie in the “Indiana Jones” franchise and that George Lucas is already cooking up a suitable plot. “It’s crazy but great,” the 66-year-old 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.

Ok, call me a glutton for punishment and a hopeless optimist, but I’d actually be up for an Indiana Jones 5 movie. I like to give every franchise its own slate, and with the Indiana Jones franchise, they were 3 for 3, and even though 4 was a disappointment, I didn’t hate it and wouldn’t mind seeing if they could correct the ship and give us another classic.

That being said, it obviously could go the other way and we could end up with another Star Wars prequel series on our hands. *shudder*

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49 thoughts on “Harrison Ford Talks Indiana Jones 5

  1. Indy 4 was a bit crap, definatly something missing.
    Am for indy 5, should go the way of fate of atlantis, no one has done a film about atlantis for ages. Indy would be the man to find it, oh and get rid of his stupid sidekick and wife.

  2. I just want Marion to get to do somthing besides drive that stupid duck-boat off that stupid c.g.i. tree…. Can they re-make that, the water fall, and the moneky scenes… and c.g.i. will be okay.
    She’s hotter in the interviews then she was in the movies. AKA were they jsut trying to make her look bad?
    I know she’s like 58 now, but… damn.

    The water falls scenes were just for “ohp! here we go” ride material, but lousy. What about some non-c.g.i ants…

    The next “creepy” should be spiders, or re-use snakes. Or both.

  3. I just want Marion to get to do somthing besides drive that stupid duck-boat off that stupid c.g.i. tree…. Can they re-make that, the water fall, and the moneky scenes… and c.g.i. will be okay.
    She’s hotter in the interviews then she was in the movies. AKA were they jsut trying to make her look bad?
    I know she’s like 58 now, but… damn.

  4. Clooney and Hanks- definately not.
    But somehow I could see Viggo as Indy.
    However I am still 100% backing Harrison Ford.
    The next one should be set averagely a decade before KOTCS so indy can still battle the Russians and look relavently close to Ford’s current age. The Indy game the Infernal Machine could easily be adapted into a great adventure as he goes all over the world.
    It has the classic deserts of Egypt, Ancient Mexico (which wasn’t used to its fullest potential in KOTCS), Snow in the Tian-Shan ranges of China (somebody mentioned this earlier), a tropical island setting with tiki stuff and another dimension called the Atherium with aliens and stuff which is probably the only one I disagree with.
    If they did decicde to use the alien part of the Infernal Machine- (the climax), then this film could then be set in the 50’s after KOTCS.
    But I would prefer it if they had a prequel Indy lke Temple was to Raiders and then had a Last Crusade inspired 6th Indy with Shia looking for Harrison like Harrison looked for Sean Connery. Then Harrison could be used to his full potential in Indy 5 and be more excempt from athletic feats in Indy 6.
    Man when I ramble, I ramble.

  5. How about “Indiana Jones and the Lost City of Mu;” it is 1942 Indy (OSS officer) and “Mac” (MI6 Agent) battle the Japanese on Corrigador for the Artifact in the lost city that could change the outcome of the war!?! Any thoughts Anyone???? George Clooney, Tom Hanks, or Viggo Mortoson as the new Indy?

  6. The 4th Indiana Jones film was a major disppointment and George Lucas should not have let Steven Spielberg convince him to let Shia Lebeouf have a lead role in the movie. Harrison Ford is a serious actor who is not good a acting like a bufoon in his leading roles. I would love to see Sean Connery in the next Indy film, but he is retired from acting. Steven Spielberg should convince George Lucas to do a film called Indiana Jones and The Gold of Genghis Khan and Indiana Jones and The Tomb of Sheba set in Africa.

  7. TOTALLY AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS ABOUT NOSTALGIA GETTING IN THE WAY.
    AS WE GET OLDER WE ALL REMEMBER THE GOOD STUFF SO MUCH BETTER. I TOO FELT A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED ABOUT “4” (THE ENDING MAINLY).
    I HAVE FOUND I WAS SO WRAPPED UP IN WHAT I’D BUILT UP IN MY MIND FROM MY FIRST INDY ADVENTURES, THAT IT TOOK A FEW VEIWINGS OF MY SPECIAL EDITION DVD TO GET THAT FEELING BACK.
    I HAVE FOUND THIS TO BE TRUE WITH STAR WARS TOO. THE “3 PREQUEL’S” ARE BRILLIANT AND YET THEY WERE NOT POPULAR WITH FANS DUE TO THE “CHILD TO ADULT” MENTALLITY WHICH MOST OF US GO THROUGH.
    KEEP ON GOING BOYS…THE HEROES AND VILLIANS FROM MY YOUTH (80’S) MIGHT BE EMBLEMISHED IN MY MIND AS THE BIGGEST AND BEST BUT IT’S GREAT THAT THEY ARE STILL AROUND.

  8. I’m sorry, but Indy 2, The Temple of Doom, was NOT a piece of crap. I have never understood why people gave the Temple of Doom so much crap. It obviously wasn’t the best of the original 3, my favorite is definitely the Last Crusade, but Temple of Doom still stands up to the Indy name easily. In my opinion, people just hate it because it doesn’t involve a Christian artifact which is half the reason people hate Indy 4, which is a stupid reason. In Temple, Indy is thrown into the adventure, he doesn’t have a choice, and it MAKES HIM WHO HE IS! THAT is what Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is ALL about. At the beginning of the story Indy is working for thugs, criminals for MONEY, that is NOT Indiana Jones. That was someone obsessed with what? FORTUNE AND GLORY! At the end of Temple of Doom, Indy is who we all know him as, he’s focused on the Historical value of the artifacts. Come on people, the movie molds Indiana Jones into the Indy we all know and love. Indy 4, not good in my opinion, fun, yes, but not an Indy movie. They can make a 5th one with Mutt that’d be good, hopefully better, but it will definitely be better than Star Wars Episodes 1-3. I personally want to see Indy in the snow, maybe in Mongolia, or Tibet or something, but the only snow scene has been in Nepal with Marion and I want to see an adventure that involves the extreme cold rather than the over used extreme heat of a desert.

    1. P.S. And yes, over all, some how, Temple of doom was okay, and even half believable, if you’ve ever seen the fucked up things that happen in… certain parts of the world, somtimes.
      oh yeah! And it wasn’t a hcknayed piece of crap.
      Marion and Indy adopting short round would have been cooler then Willie (stupid character), but, laughs and all, I can live with it.
      Krystal skull… it’s harder to find closure. Seriously, lets re-make like four scenes. Just so it’s half barable.

  9. INDIANA JONES FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    THE 4TH WAS AN AWESOME MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I WANT A FIFTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    CANT WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    SPIELBERG,LUCAS AND HARRISON FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    INDIANA JONES FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  10. A 19 year thought process for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and look at the end result. Mediocre is too kind a word. Lucas, Spielberg and Ford wanted to wait for the right script but they must be senile or have delusions of grandeur to think that they had found what they were looking for. Spielberg has always said that he made Last Crusade (my personal favourite) to apologise to fans for the darkness of Temple of Doom. If he is true to his word, he will apologise again for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and make us a proper Indy adventure. He needs to smack Lucas in the mouth and takes some control. I would much prefer to see the game Fate of Atlantis created as a movie. I know I would get a mystical word, maybe some artifacts and perhaps a creature such as the minotaur. Bring on Indy 5 I say. But please do it properly.

  11. George Lucas pretty much has to make another IJ now. He can’t finish off the franchise with such mediocrity. He has to do it soon before Harrison Ford is 70 because no one else can play Dr. Jones. We want more witty, smart-ass one-liners in the final one as well, just as we were accustomed to in the previous three episodes.

    A fifth one is bound to be good. It would fit the pattern of the franchise to date: Good, Avg, Good, Avg, __________. Get to work at redeeming yourself, George Lucas.

  12. I still can’t believe all the negativity about 4. I thought it was great. Let’s get something straight. The only truly great movie of the original trilogy was Raiders. Beyond that, all three were some of the most entertaining ever made.

    The story line for 4 was the probably the best developed out of all of them. Along with Raiders, it had an edge to it. It dealt with Indy’s age in a very humorous way and wasn’t affraid to hide it, and it also did an extraordinary job of integrating many different aspects of the pop, political and (para)pyschological paranoia aspects of 50’s culture. All this while laying the ground work for the possibilty of passing the torch. The only part of the movie I didn’t like was Shia on the vines with the monkeys – that and maybe Blanchett’s British accent cutting through here and there. But whatever, they still made for hyper-B movie fun.

  13. Just got done watching KOTCS on DVD, first time since the theatre viewing.

    Honestly, Indy 4 is fun and entertaining. Is it as good as the Last Crusade or Raiders? No. But I do think it is as good as Temple. People are simply hating on KOTCS because after 20 years of built up nostalgia and hype, NO movie could have met expectations. The two big problems with KOTCS were CGI and George Lucas. Lucas had two great ideas in his life, and he managed to completely destroy Star Wars, while IMO Spielberg and Ford saved KOTCS from his clutches.

    Part 5 could be great, if they A. use minimal CGI and don’t base entire scenes off of it, B they do it in the next year or two, allowing Ford to still have the physicality to play the part, C Lucas lets Spielberg decide on the story direction and keeps his nose out of it, and IMO D, they need to have a great adventure, leave the Jones family out of it and kill Indy off at the end, somehow allowing him to become an artifact himself.

  14. I see it like this if they DO make a fifth movie…they have to take some of the elements from, “The young Indiana Jones Chronicles” there’s an episode called, “the mystery of the blues” where Indiana is much older with a beard and is about to get one eye from his adventures they can make that version of his older self as his final adventure before passing it on to either his son (Shia) or daughter(whoever that may be)

  15. Agreed on the Indiana Jones – Star Wars sequel connection. Add the terminator movies to the series of sequel disappointments. I will eventually watch the fourth Indiana Jones flick, but am content to delay the nostalgia at this time.

  16. You had to know a sequel was coming. George Lucas no longer cares about violating our childhood memories. Can we file for threat of emotional trauma to prevent him from making any movie again? I think I asked this a year before Indy 4, but the threat continues to be real.

  17. I watched Indy 4 over the weekend. It was horrible. It was Star Wars 7. It even had aliens. Indy 5 would be fine if they rebooted it, got a new star, and did not let George Lucas near it. How about Angelina Jolie as Indy? Ok Ok, Christian Bale is gold, make him Indy.

  18. I really don’t understand the hate for the 4th movie. It was my second-favorite in the series, and really, this is the only site I’ve seen that gives so much hate towards it, in terms of the comments section.

  19. I wouldn’t mind a new indy movie every year. I wish they could do with this franchise what they did with Bond… when the actor gets too old to play him, they just pop in another.

    Indiana Jones is one of the all-time great characters and it’s a shame that the torch can’t be passed from Lucas, Spielberg, Ford to a new generation of movie makers.

  20. Bring Indy back to the 1930’s. Always thought that time period defies adventure (probably the only thing I liked about Peter Jackman’s King Kong). The cold war era just doesn’t do it for me unless it was James Bond. But if that was to happen, they would have to recast Indy and that would sure piss off a few fans, even though 4 other actors portrayed Indy on the big and small screen.

  21. I want 2 more sequels for Indiana Jones, and it’s got to be just as action packed and CGI filled as Indy 4 was. They need to keep making more and more sequels, and make mega franchises that go beyond 3 movies. Many comic book movies should be doing this, they are made more sequels. The x-men, spider-man, iron-man, series should keep going on to 10 movies.

  22. Oh goddamnit! the last one was horrible! He’s too old, it just doesn’t work anymore….ugh the only reason I can see for making another one is to redeem this piece of shit of a movie..

  23. I’m for it IF and ONLY IF (I’ll still watch it even if he doesn’t do as I say, but I will in no way respect it):

    – Lucas needs to quit being a moron
    -NO CGI. NONE. FUCK YOU LUCAS.
    -Get rid of that god-awful cinematographer they used
    -NO ALIENS
    -Prequel to Indy 4
    -Get someone OTHER than David Koepp to write it. Bring back Darabonte. Make ammends with him. Give him complete control over the script. But someone, PLEASE, fire David Koepp.
    -Spielberg needs to seriously sit down and watch the original trilogy. He claims he did it, but he seems to have just taken minor bits out he thought of significance and thrown out the rest.

    I have no respect for Indy 4 and it was an absolute horrific movie.

  24. 1. ford’s too old
    2. lebouf reeks of disney
    3. the franchise itself is at a 50 percent success rate, temple of doom sucked
    4. lucas is no longer involved in film for art’s sake, he’s a shrewd businessman and thats all
    5. all good speilberg movies have something in common, dead nazis

  25. The great thing about movies is it has the possibility to make you feel 10 again.

    OBI-WAN KUBRICK (nice name), that seems to be with what Lucas is doing since the star wars prequels. He just takes what worked then and rehashes it, so the audience can smile and remember when he films were better and distract them from the travesty that’s being displayed on screen.

    If number 5 is passing the whip Shia, I’m burning Lucas’ house down, jk

  26. I just gotta disagree I thought themovie wasgreat. One complaint DUI dodger, I thinktheycouldhave got somebody better and with more comicrelife but otherwise I loved the film.

    Everybody’s entitled to their opinion but I think people just get to spoiled by “classics” and are disapointed when they don’t feel the same chill theygot when they were 10 years old. This movie suffered from the classic nostalgia factor. IMO

  27. I like to compare Indiana Jones 4 to a best of CD by a band. Indy 4 had so many scenes that were homages to the first the films it was like watching the first 3 films rolled into one. A lot of people might not have noticed these scenes but they were obvious to me.

  28. I didn’t hate #4, but I do think it was sub-par for an Indy film. I didn’t hate Jr, but I just thought he took up too much screen time. And also, the beginning didn’t put a focus on Indy. But I think it failed mostly because of the visitors from another film genre. And for everyone who is waiting for Sean to return: too bad. He is retired. It hurts me as much as it does you, but he’s retired. I myself would look forward to something along the lines of “Indiana Jones & the Fate of Atlantis.” But if this one fails, George Lucas may as well paint a target on his forehead. I say let Steve try his hand at writing this one. He knows what we want.

  29. Damn right there better be a 5. Any time a movie franchise gives me a part 4, they better be ready for two more installments. I like my trilogies.

    I just hope they don’t go the Star Wars route with it, where they downplay the fun factor in exchange for a dark seriousness.

  30. For the record I thought Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was an embarrasment for Lucas and Spielberg. Having said that, Im open for another one.If it were me, I would come up with some sort of storyline that has Indiana Jones in total retirement. Something really important happens and forces him to put on the fedora against his better judgment. I know it’s cliche but it always works. The story needs to be more menacing like the Temple of Doom and eliminate the CGI. Ford looks good but he’s also old for the part so that in inself is a dicey issue!

  31. oh, I did think Indy 4 was decent but a major let down due in part to my high expectations. Then again you expect the most from an Indy adventure.

  32. Bullshit.

    Lucas and Co. made us wait nearly two decades for Indy 4 because coming up with a good MacGuffin was too difficult and the script had to be pitch-perfect. Then the result of such a long wait was a mediocre installment. Now all of a sudden Lucas is pushing forward with another Indy adventure? Wow, amazing what a few hundred million greenbacks can do to a guy’s creative juices. Why couldn’t “The Beard” be this motivated ten years ago?

    I’m flabbergasted, though deep down not too surprised, that another sequel is on the way. I figured we would have to wait another 19 years, if ever, for another sequel considering the task was so overwhelming to get Indy 4 filmed.

  33. The next one needs to bring Connery prof Henry Jones back from the dead or it needs to take place before Crystal so we get some living Connery action. Just as Doom takes place before Raiders, I think Indy 5 taking place before 4 would be a good idea. kick out Shia (even though his character didn’t bother me) and bring in Connery. If its magnificent, don’t make another. If its “ok” make a 6th with Shia…. and Zombie Connery.

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