Ok, before you have a coronary and start writing angry comments calling us names, this is not happening. This is a “what if” kind of situation and I wouldn’t be completely against it.
CC2k.com considers what it might be like with Nathan Fillion as Indiana Jones:
In fact, I seem to remember rumors that Paramount once upon a time wanted to turn the series over to River Phoenix, and may I say that such an idea breaks my heart. Phoenix made an excellent Indy, and I love the idea that each lead actor in the series would have appeared in three movies, and that in every third movie, the opening sequence would feature a young Indy story that would introduce a new actor to the role.
Now this idea I could dig. This could make Indiana Jones a long running series like James Bond.
The original idea behind the series is tribute to the great adventurers, and Fillion has that knack. He can play angsty and serious, but he is also charming and full of life. We all know that Indiana Jones didn’t just go on three (now four) adventures, so he could play a younger Indiana to fill in some of those stories in between. Maybe not as young as River Pheonix’s prequel bit, but still some filler stories.
I don’t think that Fillion looks like Ford, but then I didn’t think Phoenix did either and he fit the bill. If they did go with a pulp series like this, I would be all over it. And Fillion is a bag of awesome.
Nathan Fillion would be the most excellent Indiana Jones, Han Solo, Greatest American Hero, and Nathan Drake, and that’s just for starters!
We want Nathan Fillion to be cast as Nathan Drake! Yes! NATHAN FILLION is the BEST choice to play Nathan Drake! He’s got action hero written all over him, with the biceps to prove it. He’s extremely bright, clever, funny, sexy, young, hot, and devilishly handsome. And he wants this role as much as we want it for him!
It’s his turn to be the next powerful leading man on the big screen. He has single-handedly transformed the term “geek” into “sexgod.” He’s an up-and-coming A-List movie star with muscle and heat and he’s a-comin’ to take over feature films! I feel it! Grab him while you can for the Uncharted franchise. Because he’ll also make the best Indiana Jones and Star Wars’ Han Solo when they re-boot those movies!!
In his campaign to be Nathan Drake, we Browncoats and Castillions firmly support our Captain Nathan Fillion!
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I adore Harrison Ford as Indy, I adore Nathan Fillion as Capt Mal. But Nathan taking over as INDY?
Might end up as Clooney and Kilmer after Keaton’s Batman.
Even if we all see that Capt Mal is ala Hans Solo,
might be dangerous (career-wise) to try and put him in one of the characters Harrison Ford is loved for . Besides they are not the same physical type. People like seeing similarities between the orignally cast actor and the replacement (like Kevin Costner as young Robert Stack look alike in the UNTOUCHABLES).
Slither was so COOL! Waitress was GREAT! Give Nathan an original script and character, am sure he’d be awesome!
What I would really like is to see Firefly back (more adventure stories in between the last epsiode and “Serenity”-the movie.
and Ben Browder’s Farscape (just had to get that in- am nuts about Browder as I am with FIllion !)
Because no one will go see Serenity2, and even a shitty Indy movie will make $100million.
And I say this as a proud Browncoat.
Hey, I have an idea, how about another Serenity movie instead? We already know he is great in that role, why not continue that rather than make him into a younger “Indy”? Not that he would be bad at that either. But he owns the Captain Mal role like Ford owns the Indy role, why mess with success?
pfft to Nate as Indy, I vote for a remake of “Tales of The Gold Monkey” with Fillion as Jake Cutter!
If you’re not familiar with the character of Nathan Drake…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL_41hDw7PQ
Fillion would be PERFECT!
They should make a movie franchise from the Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune game for the PS3. Anyone who’s played that and has seen Nathan Fillion knows that he was born to play the role of Nathan Drake.
He’s a modern day Indiana Jones, or more accutately, a male Lara Croft, only cocky, funny, and charming.
I’d much rather see him do that than take over from Ford as Indiana Jones.
Nathan Fillion is so awesome. He should be in more movies. I hope the studios are reading this.
Ha ha, replace Harrison Ford and it will fail.
Dosnt matter who. America can’t handle that kind of shock.
How bout create a new character? Lazy ass’s.
I never EVER thought I would consider any actor other than Ford stepping into the shoes and doning the fedora, but I would love to see Nathan Fillion do just that…nice ‘what if’ atricle. He would do the role the justice it deserves should the franchise ever go in that kind of direction, but I highly doubt it will.
A few months back a friend and I were talking about how if Star Wars movie was ever made post Jedi that Nathan would make a great Han Solo. Like many others, his protrayal of Mal often reminded of me a Solo-esque character.
Marco The internet buzz on fillion is all due to a great little tv show called Firefly and the film Serentity the fanbase for this series is almost as fanatical as star trek
I really like Fillion and think he could do the job. I just don’t think I want to see another play Indiana Jones on the big screen. Maybe I’m just overprotective of my childhood heroes.
No disrespect to anyone, but can someone explain this Nathan Fillion internet fanboy mania to me? What has he done to deserve all this praise?
Joe Flanigan on stargate atlantis even has a scar on his chin. Hes probably the best choice, although havent really seen him in anything but stargate…but he’s very Fordesque.
Robert Downey Jr and Sam Jackson are BOTH insanely good actors, but they would be the LAST on my list to choose a serial Indy player.
They have NO common qualities.
And Fillion is far from a soap actor. You likely just think that because you saw him on Desperate Housewives. He is badass, cocky and charming. He just screams action star.
@Yamo
That’s what people said when Sean Connery quit Bond.
I say let’s give it a try.
I say na the only good Indiana Jones is harrison ford no one esle maybe he can be Alabama Jones.
I have always thought that Joe Flanigan from stargate atlantis would be great indiana jones actor. He even kinda look like young harrison ford.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281167/
Nathan as Indy hell yeah I’m on board but first give us a gorram sequel to serenity
I believe this has been discussed on this site a long time ago.
I would love it and everyone with the right mind would as well.
Fillion basically channels the young Harrison Ford.
If anybody can do it, it’s him
I’d rather see RDjr. or even Sam Jackson. Fillion has the looks of a daily soap actor, wouldn’t work for me.
Love the idea! :D
PEOPLE on the in internet love this guy…..sad thing is the rest of the world doesnt , hate to burst the internet bubble.
Hell Yeah! Nathan as Indy would rock!
Finally!!! I’ve always wanted Nathan to play Indy!!! I’ve mentioned it on this blog as well as others that he would be perfect! I loved him on Firefly and I loved him in Slither!
He’s got the right charisma with that smart ass charm! He would be perfect for Indy!
Please George do something right for a change and consider him to replace Indy! If the character lives let him live in the next generation of actors!
i know.. i can’t spell “prequel”
this is actually a brilliant idea. fillion has so much charisma on screen it’s strange he’s not been picked up for bigger roles. Hells yeah to the indy prequal idea!
Fraser is a dork and he doesn’t has that the essence that Fillion has but play such character.
But as I was saying in my previous post that anybody but Harrison Ford as Indy won’t work on film. It might sound good now but when it comes down to it the people would rail against it when the time came for the release of the film.
Though I stress I think he would make a great Indy for a TV series.
I think an Indiana Jones TV series would be huge and with Fillion it would be great especially if the got away from the way the did The Young Indiana Jones adventures in that they were episodic.
If it was done more like the way Heroes is suppose and go with volumes. Some adventures would late 4 or 5 episodes while other might take a half a season or even be season long.
Yeah, the guys character in Firefly is very Harrison Fordish, and not at all in a bad way.
To me this could be a great opportunity to “reimagine” the character, it would be similar (or familiar) enough to the original, and could go some new places with it as well.
Nathan Fillion deserves good things, this would qualify as such. John, Doug…make it so.
PS Brendan Fraser is a complete HAM. The guy comes off like he is just trying too hard. Fillion doesnt have to try, like so few, hes just got it. Ford has it, Fillion has it, Fraser wishes he had it.
I am totally on board for this. Fillion is amazing
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god no. lets hope that never happens ever again. hopefully theyll learn therir lesson after they see how many people watch that clone wars movie.
actually itll get a lot of viewers (starwars fans)but no one will watch it 2ce…
HELL YES! I floated this idea when Indy IV talk gathered steam. He should have replaced Ford from the outset. A new trilogy picking up from where The Last Crusade left off.
sigh.
It would have been grand…
I like Nathan Fillion a lot. But he has too much of a Brendan Frasier vibe and it will look like a sequel of The Mummy. How about just starting a new franchise built around him?
Indiana Jones: Electric Boogaloo
the next indy film is sure to be a cgi animated film- “indiana jones and the years of the clone wars.”. :/
I think Nathan Fillion has that right vibe about him to play a Harrison Ford character like Indy or like Joseph said Han Solo.
However that said I don’t want to see an Indy movie without Harrison Ford. I would like to see a couple more fairly soon and it they want to spin it off to Shia then fine but I don’t want to see another play Indy in a featured film.
That said I would love to see Indy come back to the small screen and Fillion as Indy for a TV series would be awesome.
He’s young enough now that they could play Indy during the years of the original trilogy so we could see some of the adventures that would have experienced that we didn’t see theatrically as well as having all the adventures we missed from in between Crusade to Crystal Skulls.
Nathan Fillion would be an excellent choice. Heck, he’s already played Captain Mal “Han Solo” Reynolds. Why stop with just one Harrison Ford character? ;-)
I couldn’t of have put it better “And Fillion is a bag of awesome”, he would be so awesome, too bad it’s an ‘what if’ though!
He’d be awesome! He should also be Lone Ranger too!