Buddy of mine and I were chatting last week when Indiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was brought up. We both liked it despite its many flaws and what not. Then, he quips, “Yeah, they’ll definitely do another one…”
That remark threw me back a bit. “Really? You think?” I replied. He went on to say that “it’s all about money, Jamie!” Well…he’s not wrong.
Indy IV has made well over $215 million domestically and just under $500 million worldwide in its first two weeks in theatres.
When everything’s said and done, whether you loved or hated it, the film stands to earn around $600-$700 million worldwide give or take.
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The question is, “Do people want to see more Indy?”
You can’t answer that solely on box-office because frankly there are films that audiences hated that were nonetheless box-office blockbusters (i.e. Spider-Man 3, The Da Vinci Code, The Matrix sequels, etc.)
I can tell you from my own personal experience seeing Indy IV on its opening Thursday night screening. All I heard from people as I left the theatre was how much they enjoyed the film and “would totally see it again.”
Of course a few weeks back, George Lucas was already talking about the possibility of another installment saying:
“I haven’t even told Steven [Spielberg] or Harrison this but I have an idea to make Shia LaBeouf [who plays Mutt] the lead character next time and have Harrison come back like Sean Connery did in the last movie [Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]. I can see it working out.”
I was under the impression that this was going to be Indy’s last hurrah on the silver screen. I mean Spielberg, Lucas and Ford have said multiple times they were doing Crystal Skull for the fans and not the money.
Wouldn’t audiences feel jerked around to suddenly see Mutt Williams (aka Henry Jones III aka Spielberg’s golden boy Shia LaBeouf) wearing the fedora and leather jacket instead of Indy again? I know I would. No offense, Shia.
So, what do you guys think? Will we see an Indiana Jones 5, a Mutt spin-off film or will Spielberg and Lucas leave the character alone?
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if Indy 5 is to be made (and i’m assuming they’ll make indy 6 just to make it an even 3- and probably have mutt become mutt-i-ana jones with the jacket and hat) my one request is this. have Indy do one more film without any younger man helping him out. indy can never be the sidekick. no matter how old he gets. Why not set the next film in 1956- maybe the main story could be set in the exotic tibet. have him battle out chinese communists and save a local tibetan object. maybe give jones the line “communists- I hate these guys”. I don’t know. By having it set a year before the events of the crystal skull, it also gives indy the chance to have another meaningless heartless romance. have some fun. Heck- why not get indy to start his adventure in Scotland or Scandanvia then have the main adventure take in place africa or Haiti. Bring some fresh locations. I understand harrison cant do all the stunts that he could in the 80s’. fine. no problems. but at least give him one last adventure that includes a more archeologoical, traditional sort of object to chase (no aliens related storyline please. no elvis hounddog soundtrack, either. thanks guys.) Mutt can the sixth adventure. but give Ford one last traditional indy film. please for all our sakes. anyone agree?
As much as the idea of a sequal thrills me, I agree that Mutt can’t take the torch from Indy right away. Maybe after one or two more films with Harrison as the star role. Maybe. Even then, it’d be a tough transission. As of now, there’s a lot of things they could do with Indy as the principle role and Mutt as the sidekick. If they’re going to have Mutt take over, then at least have a movie to slowly ease him into that role.
I loved the new movie and really would like to see another one and I think Shia would be fine as the lead role
Indiana Jones 5?? ABSOLUTELY!!! I mean, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was down right AMAZING (that is my opinion,i know everyone else has different views than mine)…i’d love to see another Indiana Jones movie. I mean, Indiana Jones is the best. I really hope they make another one. And if they do…i know ill be as excited for it as I was for Indy 4.
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