Now that THE FOURTH INSTALLMENT OF THE INDIANA JONES ADVENTURES is finally underway, talk can, of course, now turn to sequels (and a few years from now, remake, baby!) According to the IESB, Harrison Ford has signed a three picture deal while cinematic Indy spawn, Shia LaBeouf, has signed a four picture deal, which implies that The Beef may be taking over for his aging cinematic pop after this current apparent trilogy is complete. Considering it took just about eighty years to get a fourth installment going, do they really think they can crank out two more of these before Harrison Ford starts wearing diapers and forgets how to chew his own food? It's not surprising that they'd want to pass the fedora and whip to The Beef to continue the franchise as Steven Spielberg has officially adopted him as the movie star son he never had but two more featuring Ford? Seems iffy. What do you guys think?
Extra Tidbit:
This is the first INDIANA JONES film without Pat Roach, who played small roles in the first three films. Roach died in 2004.
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10:57AM on 07/18/2007
Now, I don't dislike LaBeouf, but I don't want to see "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" again. There is and always will be ONE Indiana Jones, and that is Harrison Ford. I just don't see a "Son of Indiana Jones" movie being good.
Okay, IF Spielberg were to continue running the show, it MIGHT be alright; but, I would not expect him to stick around as director for future installments. I, personally, would expect that whoever got hold of later stories would fail to capture the spirit of Spielberg's first three (which the fourth will HOPEFULLY manage) and would instead wind up damaging the... legacy, if you will.
I may change my mind once I see the new one, but right now I'm feeling pessimistic -- possibly because about 90% of the movie news I'm reading lately is bad.