New INDIANA JONES Films Are Still a Part of Disney's Plan
In case you were wondering if Disney and Lucasfilm were still planning to make some new Indiana Jones films, rest assured, because they are. But it's going to take a lot of work to get that franchise up and running again, and right now the studios are completely focused on relaunching Star Wars.
The news comes from a talk that Disney CEO and Chairman Bob Iger had with Variety. Reporter Marc Graser was live-tweeting what was being said, and this is one of the tweets he released:
Disney's Bob Iger: "We'd love to make another Indiana Jones movie but we're pacing ourselves right now," launching Star Wars first.
There's been some news and rumors regarding the project over the last year that included Harrison Ford being in negotiations and Disney developing a reboot with Bradley Cooper, which was denied by producers. Then there's this awesome photoshopped image of Chris Pratt in the role that seemed to get the fans excited.
The studio obviously isn't in any rush to resurrect the franchise, but when they do move on it, I'll be excited to see what their plans are going to be. At this point, anything could happen, even a reboot. Hey! Maybe they'll hire J.J. Abrams to direct the first movie!
Ideally, Ford would come back to reprise his role at least one more time to make up for the last Indiana Jones movie that was made. I understand that he can't play the character forever, so there's always the chance that they could recast the role. Now before you get fired up about that, remember... they've been doing that with James Bond for years, and the fans still love that franchise. With that in mind, I think it's ok to cast someone else in the role of Jones as long as they continue to tell some great, adventurous stories.