What true movie fan doesn’t want to see one last adventure for Indiana Jones? Let’s face it… we all do. But this thing has been dragging on so long that it’s getting silly. Yes, Harrison Ford is 63, but I think the idea of telling a story of an aging Indiana Jones has a LOT of possibilities for interesting story telling. And you put Lucas and Spielberg together… man… I think it would be fantastic.
Having said that… Ford is 63 and not getting any younger. For years now we’ve been hearing “we’re almost there! We’re almost there!” only to still be sitting here in 2006 with no set production date. The clock is ticking.
No one knows this better than Harrison Ford (who hasn’t done a decent film since Air Force One 9 years ago). So now it looks like Ford is speaking up. Ford is still sounding very optimistic about the whole thing… but seems to be putting a deadline on it at the same time. The good folks at Movie Hole give us this:
Harrison Ford has told George Lucas and Steven Spielberg that if they don’t get “Indiana Jones 4” off-the-ground next year – they can find themselves a new man to wear ‘the hat’. The 63-year-old tells Contact Music that, “It’s looking very good to do another one. I haven’t felt this positive about it happening in a long time… but if it doesn’t happen in the next two years we should all forget it.”
No one wants to see an Indiana Jones 4 more than I do… but I’ve got to agree with Harrison on this one. If they don’t get something firm and in serious motion within the next 2 years (when Ford will be 65), it might be best just to announce they’re letting it go. But man I really hope they get their collective asses moving on this one.
