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    Raiders of the Lost Ark reboot (film)

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    Only good news to this is Frank Darabont has supposedly pitched a script for it.

    I must get around to reading Darabont's script that Lucas kept rejecting and in the end turned into "Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull".
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    Oh f*ck no...

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    So Kingdom of the Crystal Skull probably did kill the franchise.

    I knew it!

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    I feel like I am being radicalised by Hollywood...pushed towards armed resistance...
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    Bradley Cooper - http://www.cinemablend.com/new/India...ogy-42263.html

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    My first reaction was nerd rage, followed by a quiet sigh of resignation. I was surprised, but should I have been? No, not really. As mentioned in the article, the trend is already long established w/ Bond. More recently Star Trek. Not that I really want a reboot, or to see another actor play the character. But, there it is.

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    Darabont not connected - http://www.aintitcool.com/node/66698
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    Friiiiiiiidge!*






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    This is not going to happen. At least for now. Not as long as Harrison Ford is still alive. I'd rather see the seventy year old as an elderly Indy again.
    Lucas should resurrect that old idea of setting it in a haunted castle and go for some Abbott and Costello style antics sans CGI.
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    Quote Originally Posted by krisvds View Post
    Lucas should resurrect that old idea of setting it in a haunted castle and go for some Abbott and Costello style antics sans CGI.
    What?! I've never heard of this.

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    It was an idea floating around at the time of Last Crusade. Parts made it into the Austrian castle bit.
    I read about it in an Empire magazine.

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    Yeah, they mention that on the special features documentaries. Lucas wanted the third film to be a haunted castle story, but Spielberg said no because he'd worked on Poltergeist and Always. Funnily enough, he also said no to the idea of aliens for the fourth Indy film because he's done Close Encounters and E.T., but later gave in anyway.

    As for a reboot.....it was inevitable. A property like this wouldn't be allowed to simply die. Disney didn't purchase the rights just for home video and merchandise. I hope we'll get one more outing with Ford but even so, there would have been a reboot after that. There's still a chance we'll get to see Ford wear the fedora once more, so fingers crossed.

    I saw on another site that someone mentioned Karl Urban as the new Indy. While it's hard to imagine anyone replacing Ford, that idea seemed pretty solid....

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    Quote Originally Posted by bassman View Post

    I saw on another site that someone mentioned Karl Urban as the new Indy. While it's hard to imagine anyone replacing Ford, that idea seemed pretty solid....
    Ewwww, I'd prefer Cooper myself, if anyone was going to take over. But, yeah, Harrison could easily do another one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rongravy View Post
    Ewwww, I'd prefer Cooper myself, if anyone was going to take over. But, yeah, Harrison could easily do another one.
    Cooper would be fine I suppose, but I think Urban has more of a nerdy respect about him. He was a fan of Star Trek and did an awesome job with playing Bones. Then look at Dredd. He did an awesome job with the character and refused to remove his helmet for the entire film. Not many actors would do a role where their face isn't seen at all. He loved the material so much it wasn't about himself.

    But yeah....Ford can do at least one more film for sure. I've heard someone mention a film that sort of bounces around time. Have Ford play the older Indy and it's an adventure that's lasted decades, so it could bounce between a young version and an old version of the character. Either that or put Indy in more of the Henry Senior role that Connery played in TLC. I could see both of those ideas working for a 70+ year old Ford.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bassman View Post

    I saw on another site that someone mentioned Karl Urban as the new Indy. While it's hard to imagine anyone replacing Ford, that idea seemed pretty solid....
    I will say, if it were inevitable...Urban does kick much ass and seems to develop more comfort and charisma in front of the camera as he gets older.

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