So, supposedly, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford (especially after Firewall) have finally approved a script and are moving ahead on Indiana Jones 4, which should begin shooting next year. Frankly, I wasn’t a huge big of a fan of the last two, and given that Ford is now in his mid-60s, and that Steven Spielberg has Evolved Morally and can seemingly no longer make a movie in which violence is meant to be fun and exciting, I have little hopes for this. Basically, expect a lot of moralize from this chapter of The Old Indiana Jones Chronicles. [And sure enough, Lucas is describing the project as a “character piece”!!] By the way, for Lucas (especially with his rather dubious newer Star Wars trilogy) to say “It’s going to be fantastic. It’s going to be the best one yet”—better than Raiders of the Lost Ark?!—does nothing to assuage my fears.
Due for 2008, presumably in a big summer slot, it will be interesting to see how this fares against films like Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk and the Batman Begins sequel. Believe me, I’d love to learn that the old-timers still have game, but I’ll believe it when I see it.
