The question is, which mythology? Each of the three films based itself on an artifact or artifacts from a specific tradition - the first Jewish (the Ark), the second Hindu (The Shivalingas), the third Christian/Arthurian (the Grail). I doubt they’ll repeat themselves, which means no Cross or Spear. So what’s left?
Norse? Greek? Chinese? Tibetan? Finnish?
There weren’t Nazi’s in #2, but it was a poo poo of a film because of Kate Capeshaw. (if you can ignore her, the rest of the film is good.)
If it is set in the 60’s (a big if) it could be the Russians that are the bad guys. Not nearly as entertaining as zos vacky nazi’s…and really the only thing the Russians were about then was not as physcotic as the German Reich twenty years before. Not nearly as compelling.
Lets review what Indy has done:
#1: Ark of the Covenant. Biblical stuff. Nazi’s.
#2. Set in India. Dealing with Kali worshippers. Can’t remember what else. No Nazi’s, IIRC.
#3. Dealing with biblical & Crusades lore of the Holy Grail. Nazi’s Galore.
There seems to be a recurring theme of Nazi’s and World Wide Lore of Biblical stories intertwining or Crusade Legends. Always a good 1-2 punch.
What legends of the bible are there still left? The bible isn’t my strong suit.
And naturally, with the DaVinci Code so hot, maybe some kind of Bloodline nonsense intermingling with Nazi’s. Nazi’s make any movie better!
Other legends or historical facts that have a global or semi-global audience:
King Tut. or some other lesser Eygptian King. No Nazi’s, but there could be some fanatic Bedouins, which are almost as good as Nazi’s.
Atlantis
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
The famous library that burned in Greece that I forget what it is right now. Alexandria?
Macchu Piccu with some kind of sacrifice and jungle machete stuff.And snakes. Lotsa snakes.
Hope Diamond or something similiar in grandness and curse.
Crystal Skull which has no roots, AFAIK, in Judeo-Christian beliefs and is obscure, but real enough to be interesting. Nazi’s could be involved or just crazed zealots. Or Russians, Muslims and Ex-Nazi’s seeking World Domination!!1111!!! Aren’t we all?
He hasn’t done anything in Australia, NZ, Tasmania and Indy is all about escapism to exotic locals that are romatically looked at through the portals of time. Though I can’t think of anything other than Ayer’s Rock that would be important to the setting.
My thoughts are it will somehow end up in:
South America (Ex Nazi’s involved or Mayan/Incan followers)
China in the 50’s (he or his progeny won’t blend in as well.) Also, loads of bad mojo during this time period.
Egypt - Africa combo.
India
Scotland
New York City
Japan and the Yakuza. doubtful
Italy and the Mob. doubtful
Places that are not ever exotic:
Midwest of the US
Canada
Russia ( without the Mob or James Bond)
Slovek countries ( again, without Bond)
Southern US (Except New Orleans, before Katrina.)
Antartica
North Pole
A handful of Africa nations during war and drought.
Remember, to be exotic involves being sweaty and carrying a machete or large knife. One cannot be manly while dressed as the staypuft marshmellow man.
Perhaps they will take a New Agey/Chariots Of The Gods approach, which would involved a more science-fictionish script.
Or, maybe Lucas justs wants to add Ewoks. 
indiana jones still doesnt have that full bodied feeling of a story, i dont think lucas really “got it” until the third one…
i mean, what a cool and unique character, yet do any of the stories satisfy you beside the third one?
connery, ford, nazis, tanks, and character history-
right on…
it really is a cool story…
thats what is funny about lucas, he sucks at telling a story but he knows how to make a universal idea…
and why do people complain when movies are made? there’s room for all of us here, millions of films, and you dont have to see the movie, go see your own movie grumpy
Capshaw’s “screaming fish-out-fo-water” bit got old quick, but dragging a kid around didn’t help the film either.
That’s all well and good for you guys, but exotic for us IS getting dressed up like the marshmallow man. The Thin Red Line was completely spoiled for me because it looked just like actors running around in my back yard.
Personally I hope they don’t make the movie. Speilburg still has it, but Lucas and Ford are both well past their use-by date. The original trilogy is timeless enough that I don’t think a fourth movie is needed.
Perhaps THEY SAVED HITLER’S BRAIN!
in the 1960’s South America, with ex-Nazi’s for 20 minutes.
Or they find Thor’s Hammer. Hitler was big on the Norse stuff (course, then they have to talk to Marvel…)
Many of these stories have already been done, mostly in books and comics. I know the Spear of Destiny was a comic and Atlantis was a game in the early 90s. I don’t know if they will go with any of these or not, and I don’t really care. I think they can pull something off pretty well if they set it in the late 50s early 60s, that will put Indy right around 60, he was born in 1899, which isn’t too old just yet.
I hope they keep any kids out of it, and I hope they keep his dad out of it too. They’d better have Sallah in it, and it’s too bad they can’t have Marcus in it, though he was a bit of a dork in the last one.
All I know is that I’ll be there in my gear. Yes I’m a dork too, I have all the gear, and most of it by the people who made the original stuff as well. And I hope they don’t put out too many toys since I’ll have to collect all of them too.
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis was a 1992 graphic adventure by LucasArts, and id Software developed the Wolfenstein 3D expansion game Spear of Destiny also in 1992, featuring our hero B.J. Blazkowicz. For the past decade, I’ve wondered why they didn’t make Fate of Atlantis into the fourth Indy movie…
My copy of Fate of Atlantis had a glitch in it and I never got to actually get into Atlantis and see how the game ended. I’m still pissed about that.
Psst. The island sinks. (And I don’t even have the game to know that.)
It sank further than to the bottom of the ocean where Indy and I found it? How 'bout that?
I thought the fourth Indiana Jones movie was going to be Fate of Atlantis. I still hope it will be, that was a cool story.
If they make it from Fate Of Atlantis, that means it’s from a video game, and hence by law Uwe Boll must direct it and make it stinking piece of llama-shit.
Well, that leaves her out.
I thought the comic preceded the game.
There are two games and one set of comics. The comic came out in 91, a four parter from Dark Horse. The first game was Called Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis: The Action Game, which came out in 91. In 92 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis came out. This one was a talkie. They say here that the comic and the game were based on the same story.
Naw, the US of A
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You get lost a lot, don’t you?