Disney now acquired Indiana Jones rights

[JakeSully]

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2013/12/06/disney-indiana-jones/

Sounds awesome, i can't wait for Indy 5 soon besides Star Wars new trilogy. And Indy is part of Lucasfilm too and now a Disney property, i hope the new movie ignores the events of the disappointing Kingdom of the Crystal Skull movie and make it based on Fate of Atlantis.

Maybe we can get a few more rides/attractions at the Disney parks and maybe new merchandise plus an animated show and new games. It would also be badass to see Lucasfilm worlds like Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Willow and Captain EO in a future Kingdom Hearts game, just imagine Sora with Goofy and Donald teaming up with Indy to battle Mola Ram (he would make a good heartless master)

[Jester]

Um...didn't the Lucas Film deal include Indy? Isn't this OLD news?

[Cure]

Of course, Disney has owned Indiana Jones production rights since 2012, when the studio acquired LucasFilm. Until now, though, Paramount possessed marketing and distribution rights.

Who didn't see this coming, though?

[Roseangelo]

Um...didn't the Lucas Film deal include Indy? Isn't this OLD news?

No, that was just Star Wars. This is news as of today.

[Shark_Blade]

Cool. :tcool:

[Jester]

No, that was just Star Wars. This is news as of today.
It's kinda half old news...because they acquired Indy when they bought Lucas Film (and Star Wars), but much like Marvel's movie holdings being parsed out to Sony and Fox...they had to buy the distribution rights back from Paramount.

I guess I just assumed that Indy was part of the deal the whole time...gotta love the divvied rights issues.

[Raph's Girl]

They aquired the rights to the character but not the marketing/distribution rights to do the movies. Paramount/Viacom had those and now they've given Disney the rights to do new movies and such. However, Paramount still has the rights to the previous Indiana Jones films/tv shows and will be getting a cut from future films.

[JakeSully]

Who agrees with me that Indy with SW in Disney Infinity would be kickass including SW/Indy worlds in Kingdom Hearts?

[ObiWanFan4life]

Umm.....cool...I guess. I don't know, I'm not angry about this or ecstatic, I just hope that if they ACTUALLY make a fifth movie, that they get it right this time.

[TheBlueTurtle1]

I actually like the 4th, nothing wrong with it, I love the original 3 and would welcome a 5th with open arms.

[NinjaPug]

I wonder if we'll get a 5th Indy movie with Ford before they recast. Some have implied that Ford wouldn't do Episode VII without doing a 5th Indy movie.

I've seen lots of complaints about doing a reboot. I think they can take the Bond approach with Indy just fine. Ford isnt the reason i love Indiana Jones. They just don't need to negate anything from the original trilogy - that needs to remain canon.

[That Matt Guy]

There's really three ways to do this: focus on old Indy, focus on Indy's son, or do a movie about a younger Indy.

I'd honestly go for the last option, because watching an old man barely keep up with the action is sad and I hated Indy's son.

[Andrew NDB]

Indy 5 with a much stronger script, only give his kid a walk-on role, a focus on the kind of Indy we love with a Temple of Doom level grit with no Lucas meddling and a return for Harrison Ford. This, or bust. I'm not interested in seeing anything else.

[CyberCubed]

Isn't Harrisson Ford almost 75 at this point? He was still young enough to do Indy 4 but nowadays I can't see it.

On that note its hard to believe Harrison Ford still looks good despite his age. He's aged a hell of a lot better than most other actors. I wish I looked like him when I'm 70.

[Andrew NDB]

He's 71. And the character still deserves a better send-off than Crystal Skull before any kind of reboot or recasting is even entertained.

Kinda like how the SW sequel trilogy is intent on repairing the taste in people's mouths from SW I-III (and brings back all the familiar faces we care about), Indy V could go a long way toward repairing the taste from Indy IV.

[KROW]

Crystal Skull was a fun movie. Look at the finer points and it's clearly just like the previous films. I love when people b*tch about the aliens and Indy's kid; so laughable. In each movie, Indiana Jones thwarts a huge, evil conglomerate that wants to dabble in ethereal realms to dominate a country. He has an annoying sidekick, goes on crazy vehicular chase scenes, has outlandish fights, and experiences outrageous occurrences based on each film's respective environment.

Nothing has changed but the average viewer, whose demeanor has grown so sour they can't enjoy anything on celluloid unless it fits their own selfish perspective.

[AT-Man]

in a future Kingdom Hearts game, just imagine Sora with Goofy and Donald teaming up with Indy to battle Mola Ram (he would make a good heartless master)

F#&K YEAH! I'd like this a lot.

[ObiWanFan4life]

How about pulling a Highlander: Endgame (Yes, that Movie was horrible, but bare with me.), and Have Indy pass the torch to another adventurer

[ZariusTwo]

How about pulling a Highlander: Endgame (Yes, that Movie was horrible, but bare with me.), and Have Indy pass the torch to another adventurer

Thing about Highlander: Endgame is it came off the heels off a succesful tv show that established the successor to the audience over a sustained period, so they were sort of prepared for it.

I'd probably give the succesor a movie or two to settle in and then have the baton pass in his third outing, mind you I'd only do that if Ford were younger and could go a few more, which I feel is unlikely at this juncture.

[The Sewer Lord]

Why is it that I have more faith in Disney when it comes to Indiana Jones than Star Wars? :-? Not to mention I'm someone who actually liked the prequel trilogy. *prepares for war*