Indiana Jones 5: So Very Tired

I'd be more worried about Ford or Spielberg even being alive in 2019. Time's getting short. Start shooting it now.

 

Crystal Skull (2008) was set in 1957, so Indy 5 ('19) should be set around 1968-69.

Cook up some kind of intrigue with the moon landing.

I'd recast "Mutt" with either of two kinda-similar looking guys: Orlando Bloom or Milo Ventmiglia.

Neither is a big huge rough tough he-man type so recasting from LaBeouf won't be visually jarring (i.e, Chris Hemsworth).

They're also both late 30s so they could fudge their age a bit and introduce a mid-teens "Henry IV" they could set up for a full action role as an 18-20 year-old in Indy 6 in about 2025.

When that reboot comes, maybe you could pull a "Godfather II"dual-timeline deal and cast two very similar-looking 20-ish guys -- one as Indy in the "Roaring Twenties" prequel timeline, and another as "Henry IV" as the "Generation Jones" grandson forging ahead in the late 1970s.

 

Whatever happened to the Chris Pratt rumors? Did he shoot them down? He'd be perfect in the role.

 

I like the idea of the dual timelines. Would be interesting to watch and a different concept for an action movie.

 

Does Indy have to be Harrison Ford? Think of how many people have played Tarzan or Batman or Sherlock Holmes. The appeal -at least for me- was the cheeky, pulpy fun. Chris Pratt would have been perfect as Dr. Jones.

 

I could see recasting Indy with a young-20s guy and then letting him age up into the role.

For a young 20s Indy, they'd have to recast Sean Connery too. Clive Owen, maybe?

 

It would be interesting to do something with Mao in China in the 60s, but I figure Disney wouldn't want to risk losing that box office. My guess would be Nazis in Argentina.

 

Make Chris Pratt be his grandson. Cut out Shia.

 

I think they would be better off recasting the original rather than having it be about his son or grandson and keep it set in the .30s.

 

Indiana Jones and the Hunt for the Lost Nixon Recordings.

Indiana Jones and the Voyage to Frontal Lobes with Timothy Leary.

Indiana Jones and the Curious Case of Paul is Dead.

Indiana Jones and the Led Zeppelin Mudshark

 

CNN.com headline: 'Raiders of the Lost AARP'

Love it.