Disney building an Indiana Jones movie universe

[The Deadman]

http://moviehole.net/2016106928disne...movie-universe

Though a totally different kettle of fish than “Star Wars” and the Marvel comic book movies – being that both of those franchises are intended to fix on different characters, not the one steadfast headline act – Disney have hinted that they’re planning to build a movie universe around their newly-acquired “Indiana Jones” label.

In addition to a recently announced fifth film in the series, one that will reunite Harrison Ford (as Indy) with director Steven Spielberg, ILM president Lynwen Brennan revealed to attendees at Star Wars Celebration Europe this past weekend that an interconnected series of films based on the “Indiana Jones” series could be in the works. What that likely means is that outside of the traditional Harrison Ford-starring “Indiana Jones” movie series, we’ll likely see spin-offs (maybe a Short Round movie?) or prequels to the earlier films (Young Indiana Jones is a given, no!?). Granted, the only confirmed new “Indy” film at this stage is 2019’s Ford-Spielberg effort, so those a little concerned about the ‘universe’ of films happening beyond that mightn’t need to be too worried just yet – the idea might just go away.

Inb4 Shia is in one of the spinoffs.

[ToTheNines]

Oh my god, stop.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

First they'll drive Star Wars into the ground... now they're doing the same with Indy... sigh...

Lucasfilm being purchased by Disney has truly been one of the worst events in modern film history.

[Spike Spiegel]

Another franchise to force down people's throats.

May Walt's will be done.

[plastroncafe]

Thank you, Sir!
May I have another!

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

I really REALLY hate Marvel for making everybody think everybody needs a "universe."

Transformers, Monsters, Indiana Jones, Men in Black / Jump Street...

Stop it, you're all on bathsalts.

[Spike Spiegel]

On the other hand, seeing some Marvel Indiana Jones adaptations that are on the same level as the Star Wars monthly comics might be good.

Not really interested in the next ten spin off films, though.

[NinjaPug]

I think people are jumping the gun on this. I don't think his means a bunch of spinoff movies - I think it means Indy comics and books that are all connected.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by NinjaPug

I think people are jumping the gun on this. I don't think his means a bunch of spinoff movies - I think it means Indy comics and books that are all connected.

THAT would be acceptable.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Originally Posted by NinjaPug

I think people are jumping the gun on this. I don't think his means a bunch of spinoff movies - I think it means Indy comics and books that are all connected.

I hope you're right.

They've already done that, actually. I have three big collections of Indiana Jones comics from over the years.

[snake]

F*cking hell


This won't happen. I'm sure of it

[CyberCubed]

When will people learn the only reason Indiana Jones was a hit was because of Harrison Ford? Remove the star actor and nobody cares about the franchise.

Its the same with Ghostbusters. It was about the original 4 guys, not random people in the same franchise.

Some movies are only good because of the actors they started with, they should not be franchises.

[Cryomancer]

Instead of full movies they should just make short film serials they play before other movies!

[plastroncafe]

It would be awful nice to see the franchise brought higher after the low of "Crystal Skull."

[Powder]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

When will people learn the only reason Indiana Jones was a hit was because of Harrison Ford? Remove the star actor and nobody cares about the franchise.

I mean, it had plenty of success without him, but he is definitely the draw for a lot of us.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

I wonder if, for Indy 5, they'll stick to the Old Indy "Adventures" (which consisted of him accidentally mailing a letter and assaulting a doughnut salesman) portrayal of the character and give him an eyepatch.

[retr0pia75]

What's next, a Nintendo cinematic universe?
...actually, that would be epic.

[TMNT_Guy]

I love Indiana Jones. The action, adventure, mystery and humor throughout the series is what I love about stories. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is one my favorite movies and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis is one of my favorite PC games.

I haven't seen all of the Young Adventure of Indiana Jones, but I did see Eye of the Peacock and I thought it was great, so I would give a movie about a Young Indiana a chance. I don't have any interest in seeing a movie without Dr. Jones. Though a comic or book explaining how Indy met Short Round or whatever became of Indiana's friend Remy could be interesting though. I hope what happened to Star Wars doesn't haven to Indiana Jones; all the games, books and comics being rendered "non-canon".

What ever happens, I'm happy were at least getting one more movie with Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. I thought Crystal skull was ok, I'm expecting the new movie to be better than Crystal Skull but not as good as the original trilogy. I'm more excited for the new movie then any other film out there.

[Raph's Girl]

Ya know what. Im honestly surprised there hasn't been an Indiana Jones animated series....

[Cryomancer]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

When will people learn the only reason Indiana Jones was a hit was because of Harrison Ford? Remove the star actor and nobody cares about the franchise.

Its the same with Ghostbusters. It was about the original 4 guys, not random people in the same franchise.

Some movies are only good because of the actors they started with, they should not be franchises.

This is the kind of thinking that gave us like 30 years of Ghostbusters 3 in development hell. Should they never have made other TMNT cartoons because they couldn't get the voice actors back from the first one? Actors are actors. Characters are characters. There can be a lot of shades of grey between which part of them is which, but it's not impossible to separate them, nor is it impossible to separate some franchises/settings/concepts from either.

Indiana Jones is a bit of an edge case in that it has the character's name directly in the title though, that does add another wrinkle to the idea of separation. But the character has been played by other actors before and there's no reason it couldn't be in the future.