Harrison Ford says 5th Indy Being Planned

Robert Greenberger

Robert Greenberger is best known to comics fans as the editor of Who's Who In The DC Universe, Suicide Squad, and Doom Patrol. He's written and edited several Star Trek novels and is the author of The Essential Batman Encyclopedia. He's known for his work as an editor for Comics Scene, Starlog, and Weekly World News, as well as holding executive positions at both Marvel Comics and DC Comics.

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18 Responses

  1. mike weber says:

    That photo reminds me of Burt Reynolds' comment on his makeup in Breaking In, the first film where he played a character actually slightly oklder than his actual age – "They gave me a neck a turkey wouldn't have. It was weeks after shooting ended before I could look in a mirror."

  2. Rick Taylor says:

    As writers both Spielberg and Lucas' best years are behind them.I haven't bothered with the second half of the Stars Wars saga and didn't bother seeing the last Indiana Jones after the 'thud heard around the world' at Cannes.This is truly sad.

  3. Alan Coil says:

    Hopefully this is just hot air being spread as to keep the Indiana Jones movie in the public's mind until the dvd goes on sale.This lasted movie was awful. Doesn't matter how many tickets it sold, it was just plain awful.

  4. Tom Fitzpatrick says:

    Snap! Crackle! Pop!That's the sound of Mr. Ford's bones breaking after doing stunts in Indy 5.Does not anyone think it's time to toss in the hat and the bullwhip?

  5. otis t firefly says:

    "thud heard around the world"??? Are you serial?? Ummm, Ok. Face it (especially those of you that DID NOT SEE the movie), if this had been released in 1995 EVERYONE would have loved it… or at least as many people that 'loved' the other two sequels. This movie was EVERY BIT as good as the other two, and if you don't think so you're either a)much too cool for school and need to let everyone know you're too cool to like Indy or b)… well, no, no "b". If you don't like it, you're just too cool/pretentious to not think it's as good as the other two. Of course, the first was one of those rare films that is just about perfect, so what chance did the three sequels have anyway? p.s. Mr. Ford's 'bones' may be 66, but he's in better shape than most 35 year olds. CERTAINLY in better shape than, say, Robert Downey Jr.

    • Mike Gold says:

      We disagree, Groucho. Respectfully, of course. The story sucked — it might have been lame in the second movie (it was, in the middle), and the third certainly wasn't as good as the first by any standard, but they were in my opinion okay at the worst. The fourth, however, was bad. Not the acting — I have no problem with an aging Harrison Ford, as I had no problem with Sean Connery in the last one. I have no problem with the politics of the movie, as they reflected their times. The story was as silly as it was contradictory. It continued the George Lucas tradition of simply not caring about story.In fact, I think this week's South Park pretty much got it right. And it was first broadcast the day after the DVD went on sale.

      • Micha says:

        Strange. I felt the good thing about Indy IV was that Lucas couldn't ruin it. Since, unlike Star Wars, the Indiana Jones template story didn't require more than Harrison Ford + nonstop fast pace action, and Lucas didn't deviate from this basic template. What was it you didn't like about the story?

        • Mike Gold says:

          Fair question. I had three main problems.1) EVERYTHING that happened was telegraphed so totally Stevie Wonder could see 'em coming down a dark alley.2) It came off as a string of Indiana Jones' greatest hits. Show me something new.3) Aliens. Unless it's got John Hurt AND Michigan J. Frog together again, it don't belong.Again, nothing takes away from the fine performances — particularly Karen Allen's.Oh, yeah, LaBeouf is, at best, underwhelming. My opinion only; this ain't the cure for the economy.

          • Micha says:

            Thanks.2 and 3 didn't bother me that much. I guess after the Star Wars prequels I kept my expectations low, not expecting this sequel to go beyond the formula of the originals — greatest hits. Like I said below, it was like watching a reunion concert of an old band: same old songs, but fun and nostalgic. Nothing more, which perhaps is a shame, but nothing less, fortunatly. It probably would have been worse if Lucas tried to do more than write a formulaic Indy, although it would be interesting to imagine one that goes a little deepert han the formula. But then, Indy was never that deep. Less layers than Star Wars, less layers to screw up, I think.The Aliens didn't seem to me less acceptable than the lost arc or the holy grail, and better than the stones in temple of doom. But I guess for you they're like midichlorins.

  6. tonzzc says:

    "thud heard around the world"??? Are you serial?? Ummm, Ok. Face it (especially those of you that DID NOT SEE the movie), if this had been released in 1995 EVERYONE would have loved it… or at least as many people that 'loved' the other two sequels. This movie was EVERY BIT as good as the other two, and if you don't think so you're either a)much too cool for school and need to let everyone know you're too cool to like Indy or b)… well, no, no "b". If you don't like it, you're just too cool/pretentious to not think it's as good as the other two. Of course, the first was one of those rare films that is just about perfect, so what chance did the three sequels have anyway? p.s. Mr. Ford's 'bones' may be 66, but he's in better shape than most 35 year olds. CERTAINLY in better shape than, say, Robert Downey Jr.

    • Rick Taylor says:

      I am serious.It was said in Cannes that no one who was at the beginning film was cheering at the end.I'm not 'too cool', I just won't waste my time/money on stinker films.

      • otis t firefly says:

        Yes, well remember you are talking about CANNES – do you honestly think this crowd is there for Indy-type movies? Unless it is near perfect, they're more about death and sex and drugs and politics. Just saying… don't judge it if yo haven't seen it. That crowd would have HATED "doom" or "last crusade" … if you liked those, give the dvd a try. Not perfect, but certainly just as fun as the other sequels. Unless you're like some of these idiots that are like "uhhh… he's 66… he's old… he's a geezer har har har"… he may be 66, but you'd NEVER know it when the costume is on.And you were right about the other Star Wars. The last hour of the third one was the only one that had anything worthwhile at all.

        • Rick Taylor says:

          Well. 'doom' stunk up the place, too.

          • Micha says:

            The new Indy movie is like watching a reunion of a good 60's band. It's fun in a nostalgic sort of way. The same familiar tunes, but older. Nothing greater than that. For the most part it was a fun movie to watch. Lucas didn't ruin it like he did the Star Wars prequels and Ford still has the charisma even if he is older.

    • Alan Coil says:

      tonzzc/otis/whatever screen name you come up with next—The opening of the movie promised, but failed to deliver a good movie.1. I was willing to give that the lead-lined refrigerator would allow one to survive a nuclear blast. However, one's spine could not survive the wrenching on the body from either the take-off or the crashing of that refrigerator several hundred yards away.2. Having it land, and then the CGI gopher popping its head out of the ground was a lame attempt at humor. I almost walked out of the movie right then.3. The CGI animals looked 10 years out of date, especially that lame-a$$ed snake. Almost walked out then, too.4. The one thing EVERY adventure movie has to have today is a male character getting hit in the crotch. Shia gets hit not once, not twice, not even thrice, but many multiple of times in a 30 second sequence. Yet maintains his balance without screaming in agony. At this point, I was cussing the movie…again almost getting up and walking out.5. Falling over a waterfall is not an easy thing. It is nearly impossible to keep from getting injured doing so. The impact can break bones, and the power of the water crashing down can keep you under long enough to drown. To survive multiple plunges with but 1 minor injury is an insult to all intelligent, thinking human beings— meaning the movie maker thinks you are so stupid you will believe anything. Again, almost walked out again.Why did I stay? Because I had paid to see it, knew that friends would see it, and I wanted to know every detail so I could try to warn them away. Also, it's not really fair to discuss a movie one hasn't actually seen.As I stated earlier on this page, I've seen this crapfest, I don't need to see it again. To further clarify, I've already seen it one too many times.

      • Anonymous says:

        I'm not trying to be sarcastic or snarky or mean, but why see a fantasy genre movie (which is really what the Jones movies are) if you're going to be irritated with how realistic it isn't?

  7. Anonymous says:

    How about: Indiana Jones 5: The Return of Short Round