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Bryan Young

Ladies and gentlemen, dust off that fedora again, according to Ain’t It Cool Indy 5 is a go:

Following up on Shia LaBeouf’s tease from earlier this week, producer Frank Marshall has confirmed to Empire that INDY 5 is in development. According to Marshall, “We had a great time making the last one and, as Harrison said, we need to make this one soon. We’re not getting any younger.”

So, yes, Harrison, Steven and George are all on board for this fifth movie provided they can settle on a script. Marshall says he hasn’t heard the “cracked” idea Shia recently spoke of, but he did drop this nugget on Twitter a little bit ago: “The story for Indy5 is progressing. It is still in the research phase.”

For those of us who are avid Indiana Jones fans, any news of another film is welcome. I’m curious to see who is working on the script, what the story is and what the macguffin is.

I know a lot of you feel burned by what happened in the last Indiana Jones picture, but I really think you just forgot what it was like to understand that adventure has a name. The film was fun, adventurous, had the requisite number of twists and turns and had a pretty cool artifact. What more could we have asked for?

And it also gave us dominatrix-commie Cate Blanchett. We should get down on our knees and thank these men for the work they do.

Response to “Frank Marshall Confirms Indy 5!”

Casual Jeff
Casual Jeff
on June 19th, 2009 at 12:15 pm said:

A couple of thoughts:

1. I can’t get too excited over this news. I mean, “research phase”. Not very significant–it took 19 years to develop Crystal Skull, so who knows how long this one will take or if it will ever get past the research phase.

2. I am torn on Crystal Skull. I actually really liked the overall premise (aliens, 50’s, Indy has a son) and storyline but it just wasn’t as intense or exciting or as memorable as the previous flicks. Action scenes in particular were really disappointing in how over the top they were. There was just no tension at all, and it just kind of got more and more ridiculous as the movie went on.

At the same time, my son saw the movie with me and loved it. Bought the toys, built the legos, ate the cereal, etc. It was a great bonding experience. Plus seeing all the new Indy merchandise was cool.

The movie itself was a disappointment, but I still liked the overall Indy 4 experience. I will gladly sign up for a fifth one–but please, Spielberg, take the action sequences a little more seriously this time!

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