Indy 5 'going back to its roots'
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Harrison Ford's final outing as Indiana Jones will be "emotional and exciting" as the franchise heads back to its roots after a badly received fourth instalment.
Ford is well-known for his portrayal of the archaeologist and adventurer, and has agreed to reprise the role one last time.
Indiana Jones 5 will begin shooting next year, and much of the plot line will be centred around the Bermuda Triangle, an area over the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft are said to have disappeared.
"George (Lucas) and Steven (Spielberg) have been working on a script and it's almost there," a source explained.
"Harrison is on stand-by for filming next year. This looks like being an emotional and exciting conclusion to the franchise, with Indy facing his biggest challenge yet."
The last film in the franchise, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, was released in 2008 and performed well at the box office, but was savaged by critics.
Shia LaBeouf played Indiana's son Mutt Williams, and he will also appear in the new instalment.
Movie bosses have assured fans the film will stay true to the series' roots, and won't contain lots of state-of-the-art special effects.
"Shia LaBeouf has a central role again as Indy's son but this will be a blockbuster made in the old fashioned way rather than the CGI efforts of the last movie," the source added.
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Keep Shia out of this film. He is a horrible character and horrific actor.
I hope they remember that Indy shows of as a really old guy in a museum, tellin a scary mummy story to some contemporary kids in the Indiana Jones junior series..or was it the comic.. I cant remember, but I guess they might kill him of since the effects of the holy grail cannot surpass the seal or something so that H.Jones sr. passed away already.
Good to see another Indiana Jones movie out. I hear that they wont use CGI or at least not use it for the entire movie. From what it sounds like it likly sounds like they are either going to find Atlantis or Aliens, but they said they are going to try to go back to the old roots of the series :)
'Savaged by critics' is wrong - or at best a big exaggeration. From memory 'Crystal Skull' was reasonably well received by critics, and it's still 77% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Shia LaBeouf blows!!! He shouldn't be in this movie, he was one of the worst parts of the last movie!!!
Stop ruining star wars and indiana jones mr lucas. You already destroyed both franchises, no i don't want to see my childhood hero Indy savaged again by another horribly crap cgi film.
I myself think the idea of he and his son looking for Atlantis would be an awesome story and the ultimate ending to the series. I know it was already done in comic books but a movie would be even better, and I agree that short round should be in it as well. After temple of doom you never find out what happened to him. It would be interesting to see the interaction between short round and mutt.
the problem with indy 4 was all the hangers on ... indy, mutt, hox, marion, mac ... it turned into scooby doo! all they needed was a mystery machine - oh wait they had a car boat ? I didnt mind gophers, nuke the fridge, swinging monkeys - they were tiny elements of the entire movie. people who get angered by the sight of 3 seconds worth of cgi gopher are determined to hate the movie - however good it is. the cgi was over the top also, Id rather see real stunts, real locations, rather than having 100% constructed scenes with super giant alien ships taking off ! the aliens, russians, nukes, roswell, etc I thought perfectly suited a 1950s themed period , if the occult and nazis was 1930's - russians and aliens have got to be 1950s. but I hope they dont end up with aliens in this new movie! perhaps bermuda will be the devil ? Atlantis ? time slips ? - whatever they do they need to keep it grounded and simple.
emotional so me means they will probably kill off the character - I hope they dont feel this is the only possible way to end the franchise! perhaps they realised the hinderance of having the marion character around and will kill her off at the start ?
I agree... More religious artifacts. Like the Spear of Destiny... or the Golden Fleece. Some other treasure that the Nazis want to get their hands on. Maybe missing Dead Sea Scrolls or the shroud of Turin. There are so many things they can do without having to go the alien route. Pandora's Box or maybe the entrance to the Garden of Eden... or Shangri-la... anyone... anyone?
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this is a good move by steven and george to make indy 5.indy 4 kinda let me down and they should make a better plot and story to end indiana jones franchise just like what sylvester stallone did to rambo and rocky.they can do a story about pandora's box or any mystical thing in china,even about genghis khan but i think the best way to make a great indiana jones movie is the story about religious artifacts just like what they did in raiders and last crusade.