# New Indy/Raiders Movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-indy-raiders-movie/378021 "2006-10-26T20:38:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Architeuthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Architeuthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Architeuthis)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-indy-raiders-movie/378021/1 "2006-10-26T20:38:05Z")
Anyone know any details? Have they started production yet. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-indy-raiders-movie/378021/2 "2006-10-26T20:57:17Z")
[QUOTE=Architeuthis] Anyone know any details? Have they started production yet. [/QUOTE] Here’s what IMDB sez: [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367882/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367882/) AFAIK, all we know is that they are working on it, and Ford has agreed to star. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-indy-raiders-movie/378021/3 "2006-10-26T20:57:46Z")
But that’s been the story for nearly a decade… ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-indy-raiders-movie/378021/4 "2006-10-26T21:00:51Z")
Last I heard is that while they’ve all agreed to do a fourth one nobody’s yet produced a good enough script that they’ve all liked so it’s in a holding pattern. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-indy-raiders-movie/378021/5 "2006-10-26T23:42:56Z")
[From CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/20/people.harrisonford.ap/index.html) a few days ago. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2006, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-indy-raiders-movie/378021/6 "2006-10-26T23:59:53Z")
[At age 64, Ford says he’s still fit to play Indy](http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1161640212133&call_pageid=968867495754&col=969483191630) > [@](#): > > Indiana Jones 4 has been in development for more than a decade, but the production has recently gained momentum. Lucas has said he and Spielberg, who would direct, are working on a script, though no details have been disclosed. > > Ford played Indiana Jones in 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1984’s Temple of Doom and 1989’s The Last Crusade. In the last film, Jones’s father was played by Sean Connery, who Ford said might also appear in the planned fourth feature. > > “He’s part of the emotional fabric of these films. I think there may be an opportunity, I believe that Sean is still willing and I’d be delighted if he joined us,” said Ford. > > Connery, who attended the Rome event last week, has said that no offer had been made. > > Ford declined to provide details about a shooting schedule or film locations, adding that the directors were not yet finished with the script. But will Ford still feel fit at 74, when the script finally comes together? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-indy-raiders-movie/378021/7 "2006-10-27T13:34:05Z")
Isn’t this the one where the villain is an enlarged prostate? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-indy-raiders-movie/378021/8 "2006-10-27T13:52:26Z")
The sticking point seems to be George Lucas. Every time a script comes in, he rejects it. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-indy-raiders-movie/378021/9 "2006-10-27T16:29:09Z")
\ Off to Cafe Society \ ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2006, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-indy-raiders-movie/378021/10 "2006-10-27T17:37:13Z")
I’ve stopped even trying to figure out when the next movie will be coming out. A year or so ago it was supposed to have been filming right about now and due next summer. Now it looks like it they will not start until next year some time. They have a new game that was supposed to come out at the same time, but now I believe will come out some time next year. They also have the Young Indiana Jones series coming out on DVD that keeps getting pushed back. They either need to get on with it, or just forget about it. I’m begining to think they will find some script but it will be really bad. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-indy-raiders-movie/378021/11 "2006-10-28T05:57:26Z")
Consider this: Harrison Ford was born in July, 1942 – a little under 12 years before Sean Connery, who was born in August, 1930. It’s been 17 years since “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” was released in 1989. Ford would be, if filming started in 2007, only four years younger than Sean Connery was when they filmed “… Last Crusade.” I spent a lot of my childhood being Indiana Jones. As I get older, I find I’m all for empowerment of advanced generations, but I’m saying this is as a fan of the character specifically and of the movies in general: it’s time to hang up the whip. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-indy-raiders-movie/378021/12 "2006-10-28T07:03:10Z")
[QUOTE=Gordon Urquhart] Consider this: Harrison Ford was born in July, 1942 – a little under 12 years before Sean Connery, who was born in August, 1930. [/QUOTE] Ford, as it turns out (after re-reading my post), was born a little under 12 years \*after \* Sean Connery – my point still stands. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-indy-raiders-movie/378021/13 "2006-10-28T07:46:51Z")
[QUOTE=GuanoLad] The sticking point seems to be George Lucas. Every time a script comes in, he rejects it. [/QUOTE] Perhaps Lucas could write it himself? :eek: BAHAHAHAHAHAHA! ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-indy-raiders-movie/378021/14 "2006-10-28T08:11:35Z")
Yes, I’m looking forward to _Indiana Jones and the Broken Hip_. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Some\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ad7895/32.png) [@Just\_Some\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Some_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-indy-raiders-movie/378021/15 "2006-10-28T08:56:02Z")
I know that Ford has, during the dead periods in Indy 4’s indefinite production cycle, called it **Indiana Jones and the Comfortable Chair**. It’s been in development hell since the early 90’s and while every couple of years some news hits that makes it appear that they might be moving forward slightly with the project I really don’t believe it will ever be made. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-indy-raiders-movie/378021/16 "2006-10-28T23:45:59Z")
What \*might \* work, is having Indy be close to the actual age of Ford. If we put Jones at around 60, and project from the 30’s, we’re right in the 60’s. This gives a lot of interesting possibilities with the space race and Vietnam in full swing. If Ford plays it the way Connery played an aging Robin Hood, it could actually be good. Somehow I doubt it will be that way, though. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-indy-raiders-movie/378021/17 "2006-10-29T00:09:13Z")
Oh Og, please let this die a painless, stillborn death. I can’t think of a worse idea–save perhaps, for a film adaptation of _I Dream of Jeannie_ starting Kate Hudson in the title role and Jimmy Fallon as Major Nelson[sup]1[/sup]–than another Indiania Jones movie, and especially one without Nazis. Indy without Nazis is like…Oreos without milk. Stranger [sup]1[/sup]Just checked [IMDb.com](http://IMDb.com) and found under comments that " This project has been ‘stuffed back into the bottle.’" Yeah, the death of Western Civilization has been pushed out a few years.