The Inevitable Rebooting Of Indiana Jones

1/30/2015, forbes.com

All signs point to Indiana Jones being the next Lucasfilm intellectual property to get the Disney treatment. This week saw a report from Deadline claiming that Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy, the upcoming Jurassic World) is being eyed as the replacement Harrison Ford. Although Pratt’s name is a new addition, the reality of a Indiana Jones film with a new Indiana Jones have been a long time coming.

Disney Eyeing Chris Pratt For Indiana Jones Revival

1/27/2015, deadline.com

Here’s one from the helluva good idea department. Marvel offerings are soaring, and Star Wars is being reinvigorated by director JJ Abrams. Now, Disney has just started to turn its attention to reviving the Indiana Indiana Jones bullwhipJones franchise after buying the rights from Paramount in 2013. I’m cautioned that while things are very early, I hear the studio has set its sights on Chris Pratt as the swashbuckling archaeologist they hope to build the new franchise around, the role made famous by Harrison Ford in Raiders Of The Lost Ark.

Disney wants more Indiana Jones, has to get through this Star Wars thing first

12/15/2014, avclub.com

In a case of “there’s no time like the present except maybe the distant future,” Disney has decided they would like another film in the Indiana Jones series, but not until after they have all of this “new Star Wars” business squared away. When Disney acquired the rights to Lucasfilm for $4 billion in 2012, they immediately set to work on Star Wars: The Force Awakens, putting the other Lucas properties on the back burner. But Disney chairman Bob Iger has also addressed the possibility of pumping new life into the Indiana Jones franchise, according to Variety’s Marc Graser...

Indiana Jones 5 Rumors Revealed- Will Harrison Ford Return?

12/5/2014, moviepilot.com

Okay, Indy fans, here's what we know: as of now, since LucasFilm has been bought out by Disney, it is safe to assume that they own the iconic adventurer as well that was made famous by Harrison Ford with the original Raiders of the Lost Ark and the sequels. But, it was a long and hard fight, as Paramount Pictures still owned the franchise and was not quite willing to part with it so quickly. But, after reaching a mutual agreement, Disney now also owns the rights to Indy and will be paying a slice to Paramount for the use of the character as well as the rights to everything else. Yet another studio selling out, and Disney has their hands on yet another iconic franchise!

Harrison Ford To Star In 'Blade Runner 2'

12/1/2014, forbes.com

Harrison Ford is reprising one role after another these days. First as Indiana Jones in the ill-fated 2008 film Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and more recently as smuggler Han Solo in the upcoming Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.

“Indiana Jones would be considered a looter”: Why we’re obsessed with glamorizing archaeologists

11/9/2014, salon.com

Several years ago, while researching a story on biblical archaeology, I had the chance to talk to a leader in the field by telephone. At one point, he kindly provided me with a lengthy explanation of pottery seriation, the means by which archaeologists track the history of a particular site. Styles of pottery change over time and vary from culture to culture, so if an archaeologist excavating a heap of broken shards encounters a layer of pieces radically different from the one below it, it’s likely a sign that a new population had moved in. “I’m sorry,” the archaeologist laughed when he finished. “It’s pretty boring.”

What to Binge This Weekend: 'The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'

11/7/2014, tv.yahoo.com

You think this weekend will be different. But 48 hours later and there you are, slack jawed and bleary-eyed, chugging through your DVR backlog of Last Man Standing. It doesn't have to be like this. We're not telling you to get lives (because who are we to judge). We're just telling you to binge-watch better TV shows.

What Indiana Jones gets wrong (and right) about archaeology

11/5/2014, chicagotribune.com

Here's what happens when you ask a legitimate archaeologist about the above job description: "Well, Indiana Jones kind of sucks as an..."

Indiana Jones 5 Is Happening, Here's The Latest

10/1/2014, cinemablend.com

Indiana Jones 5 is apparently finally going to happen, after several years of false starts, bogus rumors and alleged new casting announcements. And it looks like it's cinematographer Janusz Kaminski we have to thank for having a part in revealing that production on the fifth installment to the beloved franchise could soon become a reality.

Indiana Jones as you've never seen him before

9/23/2014, telegraph.co.uk

Steven Soderbergh, the director behind Out of Sight, Erin Brockovich and Sex, Lies, and Videotape, has ostensibly retired from the film industry, describing 2013's Side Effects as his "last film". But it appears Soderbergh can't stay away from cinema for too long.
The director's latest project, unveiled via his website, extension765.com, has been to turn Steven Spielberg's classic 1981 action adventure, Raiders of the Lost Ark, black and white, and strip it of all sound.

Real archaeologists think Indiana Jones is just a low-down, dirty tomb raider

9/12/2014, avclub.com

It’s been pretty well established that Indiana Jones is a shitty archeologist (he couldn’t even get tenure from Marshall College). What makes journalist Erik Vance’s feature “Why Archeologists Hate Indiana Jones” special is the genuine–albeit well-founded–ire actual archeologists have for the fictional adventurer and his constant betrayal of a modern archeologist’s basic code of ethics. Take Tulane archeologist Marcello Canuto, for example, who bemoans Indy’s ignorance of the wonders of the temple in the opening scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark:
“[The temple builders] are using these amazing mechanisms of engineering and all he wants to do is steal the stupid gold statue.”

Robert Pattinson Not Starring in Indiana Jones Reboot: 5 Other Actors Who'd Be Perfect for the Part!

6/4/2014, eonline.com

Robert Pattison as Indiana Jones just seemed too good to be true... So when one tabloid reported that R.Pattz was the top pick to replace Harrison Ford in a Disney reboot of the iconic franchise, E! News did some digging. Unfortunately, though, sources tell us there's there's no truth to the rumors. Womp womp.

Car used in Indiana Jones hits the auction block

6/3/2014, chron.com

The Indiana Jones film franchise has plenty of fans, and the third installment, 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,' may be the best of the bunch.

Wait, Indiana Jones Killed How Many People?

5/30/2014, moviepilot.com

Anyone who loves the Indiana Jones movies (and I'm guessing the three people out there who don't probably aren't reading this) knows that hanging around Indy isn't a particularly safe thing to do. If it isn't snakes (why did it have to be snakes?), Nazis, giant boulders and tanks, there's probably someone trying to rip your heart out.

Meet the Man Who Had His Heart Ripped Out in 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'

5/23/2014, yahoo.com

If you’re a child of the ’80s, you probably still see his face etched in your nightmares: As Indiana Jones (and a nation of teenagers) looked on in horror, this man watched as his own beating heart was pulled from his chest, and then he was lowered face-first into molten lava. Credited only as “Sacrifice Victim” in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, this poor, hopeless soul was played by an accomplished theater actor of Parsi descent named Nizwar Karanj.

'Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom' turns 30

5/22/2014, sfgate.com

Hard to believe it's been exactly 30 years since the release of "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," still the bastard stepchild of the original "Indiana Jones" trilogy. Where does the time go? Released on May 23, 1984, it was savaged by not only critics ("senseless excess," wrote Variety's Todd McCarthy) but also a pack of angry American mothers over the violence and depictions of child abuse in the film, causing the creation of a new movie rating, PG-13. Even director Steven Spielberg apologized for his own film.

Harrison Ford Thinks Indiana Jones Is More Interesting Than Han Solo

5/8/2014, blogs.indiewire.com

As the wait continues for "Star Wars: Episode 7," it's probably a good time to take a look back at how we all got here, and that's what Entertainment Weekly has done. A new piece from the magazine dives into the journey of Harrison Ford, who has long, long said he had zero interest in ever playing Han Solo again...only to play Han Solo again in J.J. Abrams' film. A prickly interview subject at best, the actor tells it straight when it comes his opinion on, well, anything and it'll be interesting to hear what he has to say about his reversal when the press rounds for 'Episode 7' get underway. For now though, it's interesting to see just how little he cared for Han Solo over the years.

Star Wars Highlights From Harrison Ford's Reddit AMA

4/13/2014, TheForce.net

This afternoon, Harrison Ford participated in a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" question-and-answer session to promote his new climate change docuseries "Years of Living Dangerously." All of his answers -- on topics ranging from Blade Runner to carpentry to his love of snakes -- are worth reading, but we've collected a few of his best Star Wars-related responses below.

Harrison Ford looking at doing Two more Indiana Jones Films

2/24/2014, geektyrant.com

A couple of months ago Disney gained control of the Indiana Jones characters so they could continue the adventures of everyone's favorite archeologist. There was also a rumor going around at the same time saying that Harrison Ford had a few conditions that had to be met for him to return as Han Solo in Star Wars: Episode VII. One of those was him reprising his role as Indiana Jones. Now thanks to Market Saw, we have word that Ford is in negotiations for two more Indiana Jones films. This is what their source had to say, "Regarding Harrison Ford, two more Indiana Jones features are in the negotiation stages as per Ford's contract clause on Star Wars, which is the primary reason he didn't 'publicly' or 'privately' commit, or so I'm told."

Star Wars: Episode 7, Indiana Jones 5 update

2/20/2014, denofgeek.us

A full scale Millennium Falcon is being built at Pinewood, as some staff are being offered 7-year contracts, potentially to include Indy 5 Appreciating that there's no shortage of Star Wars: Episode 7 rumors doing the rounds, we've elected not to run the majority of them for reasons of, well, they don't sound too accurate. Likewise, we've been contacted by lots of people who claim to have insider scoops on what's going on, that we haven't run for similar reasons.

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