Indy 5 progress: Boardworthy yet? [Archive]

Attila the Professor

05-25-2008, 09:08 PM

Well personally, the way I see it, all movie sites usually have a board about future films (just in case)... and in the case of Indy 5, we have a hint that there WILL be one... and besides... we don't have to have it written down in IMDB for it to be ok to make a board. ;)

Besides... a whole bunch of Indy IV board threads are about Indy 5 anyway... mods... take a hint :p

I'm not speaking for the team when I say this, or in what I said above, but while it is possible and even probable, I wouldn't count on it in the next week or so. There are still, after all, those who haven't even seen the new film, which has been out for less than a week. And, of course, it should go without saying that no matter what decision is reached, the effect of imdb.com on said decision will be either minimal or non-existent.

The Man

06-05-2008, 10:18 AM

Do the architects of this forum eventually plan to move Skull into the current Trilogy folder, making it a Quadrilogy?

LostArk

06-05-2008, 10:56 AM

Do the architects of this forum eventually plan to move Skull into the current Trilogy folder, making it a Quadrilogy?

Something like:

Indiana Jones Quadrilogy
Discuss Raiders of the Lost Ark and its prequel & sequels.

That'd be good :)

Attila the Professor

06-05-2008, 11:04 AM

Do the architects of this forum eventually plan to move Skull into the current Trilogy folder, making it a Quadrilogy?

Obviously, we can't tell everything that might happen, but for the foreseeable future, we anticipate that the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull conversation will be of such high density that it would simply overwhelm the discussion of the trilogy. Clearly enough, that's what would happen now. Should that change at some point, then perhaps they'll be merged, but I wouldn't expect it for quite some time.

agentsands77

06-05-2008, 02:14 PM

I'd love a separate INDY V board... but we can hold off until KINGDOM's completed its theatrical run.

The Drifter

06-05-2008, 03:11 PM

How about a board simply called "Indiana Jones V Rumors"?

No Ticket

06-05-2008, 05:20 PM

How about a board simply called:

"The Future of Indiana Jones"
Talk about Indy V, VI, IV... X?

The Man

06-05-2008, 05:23 PM

How long was the Indy 4 folder up before the movie was confirmed? We're talking years, aren't we?

No Ticket

06-05-2008, 05:25 PM

How long was the Indy 4 folder up before the movie was confirmed? We're talking years, aren't we?

Well, Indy 4 had been rumored for quite sometime before The Raven even existed.

The Man

06-05-2008, 05:28 PM

Well, Indy 4 had been rumored for quite sometime before The Raven even existed.

It must have been murder in that folder when Lucas threw out The Darabont Draft...:up:

Moedred

06-08-2008, 02:04 PM

Why not make the case by gathering all the quotes where the filmmakers left the door open for Indy 5? Provide links, please. I'll help when I have time.

The Man

06-08-2008, 02:17 PM

Why not make the case by gathering all the quotes where the filmmakers left the door open for Indy 5? Provide links, please. I'll help when I have time.
Exhibit A (http://www.theraider.net/news/fullstory_indy4.php?id=804):
Lucas: "I haven’t even told Steven or Harrison this, but I have an idea to make Shia the lead character next time and have Harrison come back like Sean Connery did in the last movie. I can see it working out. And it’s not like Harrison is even old. I mean, he’s 65 and he did everything in this movie. The old chemistry is there, and it’s not like he’s an old man. He’s incredibly agile; he looks even better than he did 20 years ago, if you ask me."

Ford: "I have no cheeky answer for [that]. I just work here. I'm glad to work here. Till they tell me otherwise, I will continue to be Indiana Jones."

Shia: "I know Harrison would love to. I know that Harrison, when he's 80, will still be jacked. Is there going to be an 80-year-old Indiana Jones? No one can say never... I know if it's received well, that's a pretty definite indicator. If it's received well, I don't imagine they would stop making them."

Moedred

06-09-2008, 01:03 PM

Exhibit B (http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2008/02/spielberg_qanda200802), from Spielberg in Vanity Fair:
I quite liked Frank’s script, but George and I had a disagreement over it, and George and I have always agreed to agree. So when we take each other’s temperatures, if I really am passionate about something, George will give in to me, and if George is really passionate about something, I’ll pretty much go his way. And in this case George was passionate that this was not the story he wanted to tell at this point in the Indiana Jones saga.

The Man

06-09-2008, 01:08 PM

Exhibit C: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7406990.stm

Steven Spielberg has said he is happy to make another Indiana Jones movie if fans enjoy the long-awaited fourth film, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Moedred

06-09-2008, 01:55 PM

Exhibit D, sort of a mixed bag, from April 29, 2005 (http://www.theraider.net/news/archives/indy4/2005.php):
Hollywood: Is it true that there may be a younger person in this, poised to take over?
Lucas: "It's possible. Not really to take over."
Hollywood: But someone to create new movies with?
Lucas: "No, it wasn't meant to be that way. But I guess that's a possibility. It's really to wrap it up."
Exhibit C: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7406990.stm
Wow, Spielberg said he'd do Indy 5 "only if you want more. That's why we made this Indiana Jones. We'll certainly have our ear to the ground to hear what happens. That'll decide were we go from here." The beards are listening...

Moedred

06-09-2008, 07:49 PM

From USA Today (http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-05-25-box-office-analysis_N.htm)...
Having proved over the weekend that he still cracks the whip at theaters, Indiana Jones' next mission may be the search for the next sequel... few movies take in that kind of money without already having a sequel in the works. So far, though, there's no solid plan — a situation the studio that distributes the Indy films, created and produced by George Lucas, hopes changes soon. "I don't know if George is interested in another," says Rob Moore of Paramount Pictures. "But if he is, we're going to pick up the phone in a hurry."
But Lucas (http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-05-26-lucas-skull-sequel_N.htm) pours a little cold water in the same issue.
"I guess if I found an object for him to go after, we could do the sequel. But it took me 20 years to find the last object, so I don't know whether that will ever happen... After the success of the first one, we decided to do these only if they're fun to make and have a good story behind them. We don't need to make these for the money. The idea has to come naturally."

Kingsley

06-09-2008, 10:45 PM

"I guess if I found an object for him to go after, we could do the sequel. But it took me 20 years to find the last object, so I don't know whether that will ever happen...
Come on, George!
He could go after aspirins to the drugstore, and with a good script you can have a good Indy movie. But with "a good script" I mean a GOOD script.

Zorg

06-10-2008, 04:53 AM

How about a board simply called:

"The Future of Indiana Jones"
Talk about Indy V, VI, IV... X?

That would work fine, at least for the time being. But doesn't "VII" come after "VI"? ;)

The Man

06-10-2008, 06:49 AM

Come on, George!
He could go after aspirins to the drugstore, and with a good script you can have a good Indy movie. But with "a good script" I mean a GOOD script.

This is the central problem. Can't Lucas take suggestions on which MacGuffin to use rather than 'searching' for himself? It sounds like a mixture of stubbornness and childishness.

Moedred

06-12-2008, 12:37 PM

Exhibit F (http://uk.real.com/video/browse/movie/13743/), Ford, April 25:
"I would do another one in a New York minute. It would be interesting to see Indy in his 60s, but we might have to decide between putting him on a college campus or in a rocking chair!"

The Drifter

06-12-2008, 01:37 PM

That made me very sad :(

Indy~Annie

06-13-2008, 01:45 AM

they are making another one...... #5 Indy #6Indy #7 just Mutt.:whip:

Deckard

06-13-2008, 02:39 PM

Objection!

Hearsay... If we are to take at face value anything and everything Mr. Lucas says alloud we'd most likely have a 30 part Star Wars saga about a little emo kid.

Furthermore I reject any non Harrison Ford Indiana Jones movie and if it pleases the court I request for a pysciatric evaluation of the defendants for considering such a hanus crime against the Indy movies.

The Man

06-13-2008, 03:01 PM

Agent Spalko

06-13-2008, 04:51 PM

I plead the Chewbacca Defense.

NLogan

06-16-2008, 12:13 PM

I plead the Chewbacca Defense.

Does that involve ripping people's arms out of their sockets?

The Man

06-16-2008, 05:19 PM

Exhibit G: Three days after the signatures, on November 30, 1979, Variety announced the deal. Underneath the headline screaming across the banner, Dale Pollock wrote:

Confirming one of the most talked-about deals in Hollywood, Paramount Pictures will finance and distribute worldwide the Lucasfilm production of Raiders of the Lost Ark, along with four sequels to the property.

- The Complete Making Of Indiana Jones, pg. 36

Moedred

06-16-2008, 06:56 PM

Exhibit H: kinda digging here. Since 2 of the 3 hated Saucer Men (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20192043_3,00.html)...
''Harrison said, 'No way am I being in a Steve Spielberg movie like that,''' recalls Lucas. ''And Steven said, 'I don't know, I don't know, I don't know.'''
but in 1999 (http://raven.theraider.net/showpost.php?p=294025)
McCallum said that there's a script that Lucas, Spielberg and Ford are all excited about but unfortunately McCallum can't see the start of the movie for at least another four to five years.
According to the timeline (http://www.spielbergfilms.com/showpost.php?p=167473), that leaves one script which was (is?) loved by all 3 and filmable! And I doubt it was about skulls, because Lucas said the others said (http://www.theraider.net/news/fullstory_indy4.php?id=90),
"'Can't we do this?' and I said 'No'. So we pottered around with that for a couple of years."
And Boam's script came but one year after Saucer Men.

Moedred

06-27-2008, 01:06 AM

Exhibit I, official magazine (http://raven.theraider.net/showpost.php?p=317262) p. 27, Spielberg on Ford:
"I'm sure he's got another 10 years in him if he wants to do something else like this again."
Exhibit J, Frank Marshall, 2/3 through the video (http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_seyret&Itemid=227&task=videodirectlink&id=1212)...
"That's questionable, you know, we never say never."
(Reporter: "It made enough money.")
"Yeah, yeah, but it took us 19 years to come up with the script ... we're all going to be way too old... Still, Indiana Jones is Harrison Ford, so we'll go from there, we'll see."
Exhibit K, page 233 of the Complete Making Of. Another notion, another MacGuffin?
Spielberg: " George and I had put a [B]couple of ideas into the works, we had toyed around with a couple of conceptual notions, but we really hadn't thrown ourselves body and soul into the process."
Ford: "The three of us never agreed on one of the notions that were advanced over the years."
Lucas: "They said, can't we do it with Nazis hiding in Argentina? ... Once we put Marion in the movie and knew they were going to be reunited, we first thought there should be a daughter Indy didn't know about. She was going to be 13, a little spitfire."

Kingsley

07-09-2008, 10:03 PM

Lucas: "They said, can't we do it with Nazis hiding in Argentina?
Wow, that would have been special for me!
About nazis hiding here, well, that has much more historical accuracy than any crystal skull origin. There are probably some of them still alive here.

Maybe a plot line for Indy 5?

Kingsley

07-27-2008, 02:48 PM

Exhibit L, Times Online July 27, 2008 (http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article4386319.ece)
Lucas is also considering what to do about the fifth instalment in the Indiana Jones franchise, which he has produced from the outset. The most recent film, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, has taken almost $750m (£375m) at the international box office, and the whip-snapping archeologist remains in high demand, even though his own days as a whippersnapper are behind him (Harrison Ford is two years older than Lucas).

“We were hoping for box-office figures like that, which is, ultimately, with inflation, what the others have done, within 10%,” Lucas explains. “So, we squeaked up there. Really, though, it was a challenge getting the story together and getting everybody to agree on it. Indiana Jones only becomes complicated when you have another two people saying ‘I want it this way’ and ‘I want it that way’, whereas, when I first did Jones, I just said, ‘We’ll do it this way’ — and that was much easier. But now I have to accommodate everybody, because they are all big, successful guys, too, so it’s a little hard on a practical level.

“If I can come up with another idea that they like, we’ll do another. Really, with the last one, Steven wasn’t that enthusiastic. I was trying to persuade him. But now Steve is more amenable to doing another one. Yet we still have the issues about the direction we’d like to take. I’m in the future; Steven’s in the past. He’s trying to drag it back to the way they were, I’m trying to push it to a whole different place. So, still we have a sort of tension. This recent one came out of that. It’s kind of a hybrid of our own two ideas, so we’ll see where we are able to take the next one.”

The Man

07-27-2008, 04:40 PM

“If I can come up with another idea that they like, we’ll do another. Really, with the last one, Steven wasn’t that enthusiastic. I was trying to persuade him. But now Steve is more amenable to doing another one. Yet we still have the issues about the direction we’d like to take. I’m in the future; Steven’s in the past.

For Christ's sake, why doesn't Lucas just swallow his pride and give Spielberg ultimate control over an Indy V? Honestly, who do people trust more when it comes to instinctive film-making??? Grrrrr....

Moedred

07-30-2008, 05:35 PM

Exhibit M (http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24101855-5006023,00.html):
‘‘There were six scripts written for that film and [Darabont's] was number four, and I didn't think it worked, it wasn't what we were looking for,'' Lucas says.
I guess the "not the script we're looking for" mind trick didn't work on Frank. In 2005 (http://www.theraider.net/news/archives/indy4/2005.php) Lucas said there were "six scripts, two rewrites" and last (http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1571280/20071005/story.jhtml) year, "five different writers"... Anyway, on Indy 5:
‘‘That I don't know. I'd have to come up with another story that has a good object for him to chase. Last time Harrison (Ford) was always for it but I think Steve (Spielberg) was more reluctant. Steve is now more prone to wanting to do another one than he was before so I don't have to talk him into it. It's just coming up with the idea is really hard because there's a lot of requirements that make Indiana Jones work and unique, it's not just another one of those Mummy/Lara Croft things, it's got a lot more going on.''
Exhibit N (http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/08/05/exclusive-indiana-jones-5-wont-center-on-shia-labeouf-george-lucas-insists/).
“Indiana Jones is Indiana Jones. Harrison Ford IS Indiana Jones,” Lucas said, dismissively adding about a character he helped create that, “If it was Mutt Williams it would be ‘Mutt Williams and the Search for Elvis’ or something.”
“We ARE looking for something for him to go after,” Lucas said. “They are very hard to find. It’s like archeology. It takes a huge amount of research to come up with something that will fit.”
Exhibit O (http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=58310):
"It sits on the shelf there as one of 50 projects that I have to deal with... And if I can come up with a story ..."
But, Lucas added, "it's very hard to come up with stories for that thing. You know, It's really impossible. Because it has to be real. It has to be something that actually happened. It has to be something people know about. It has to be supernatural. It's a really difficult research project. Which they're researching now. You know, and last time it took 14 years. So ... "
Who, top men?

The Man

08-07-2008, 10:29 AM

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a120195/lucas-indy-5-wont-focus-on-labeouf.html

Lucas stated that a new Indiana Jones movie would enter development once he had decided on a historical artifact to drive the story.

Sounding less hypothetical and more definite now...

fatima

08-07-2008, 11:18 AM

These news were like song to my ears...I could felt that Lucas is SANE after all for not creating new adventures with Indiana Jones title but with Mutt as the main role...
I sense we will have our Indy 5 coming for next year!!! :whip: :up:

Moedred

08-07-2008, 05:08 PM

I'm making a motion to withdraw Exhibit P... it's some deskbound journalist's rehash of Exhibit N. It's not supported by the witness (MTV) and hearsay is inadmissable.

There should be plenty more Lucas quotes around the Clone Wars premiere.

The Man

08-07-2008, 05:33 PM

I'm making a motion to withdraw Exhibit P... it's some deskbound journalist's rehash of Exhibit N. It's not supported by the witness (MTV) and hearsay is inadmissable.

Can't you simply delete it, Counsellor?

Moedred

08-07-2008, 06:13 PM

I know I hold judgement, but I'm also paid a stenographer's rate, so... denied. :)

Crack that whip

08-07-2008, 06:55 PM

If it pleases the court, I'm making a motion that any unified, four-film forum arising from the merger of the trilogy and KotCS fora be called something without "quadrilogy" in its name, on the grounds that "quadrilogy" didn't exist before someone in Fox's marketing department inadvertently coined it for a DVD set of the Alien movies, and that if it must be used at all it's arguably best applied solely toward the franchise for which it was invented, and I further respectfully submit "tetralogy" as the preferred alternative, as it's a perfectly fine word deserving of greater employment than it currently sees.

Moedred

08-26-2008, 09:54 PM

Not really an exhibit, just observing the official site's DVD announcement calls Indy 4 "the latest chapter," "newest adventure" and "triumphant return."
Still no sign of "last," "final," "end" or "one more."

Moedred

09-22-2008, 05:52 PM

Karen Allen (http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=60192), Exhibit P:
As for future installments of the Indy franchise?
"I would say [I'm] very open to it," she said. "You know, this was a delightful experience, and, yeah. I would welcome it."
But has anyone raised the possibility?
"Not really," she said. "No. I mean, except for fans and, you know, I've had a lot of people say, 'Is there going to be another one?' But no, not officially." She paused. "Do you know something I don't?"
She's usually the last to know. It seems they're all trained to fall back on "we never say never" (Marshall) or "no one can say never" (Shia).

Harrison Ford (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2008/10/harrison-ford-s.html), Exhibit Q:
"It's crazy but great... George is in think mode right now."
"It's automatic, really, we did well with the last one and with that having done well and been a positive experience, it's not surprising that some people want to do it again."
"Really, it comes from the ethos, from the ether. It's natural. It's a way of nature, of course, success breed opportunities ... also we don't stay as closely in contact as have in the last year, that's part of it."
Nikki Finke (http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/latest-south-park-hates-on-indy-4-will-paramount-spielberg-lucas-protest/), Exhibit R:
Paramount confirmed to me this week that an Indiana Jones 5 is a very, very real possibility and Lucas has already begun development on it.

IndyJess

10-10-2008, 01:33 PM

Nikki Finke (http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/latest-south-park-hates-on-indy-4-will-paramount-spielberg-lucas-protest/), Exhibit R:

I knew it was too good to be true.

Johnny Jones

10-11-2008, 12:24 PM

If you're referring to the retraction, it doesn't say anything about the Indy V part being false (not that these Internet bloggers are the most reliable sources in the world anyway:D)

Indy's brother

10-11-2008, 12:32 PM

From exhibit R:

And Paramount confirmed to me this week that an Indiana Jones 5 is a very, very real possibility and Lucas has already begun development on it.

Yeah, who knows how real it is, but I still like reading it.

No Ticket

10-12-2008, 03:39 AM

Hey court... yeah you.

I say. Unless there's actually a bunch of stuff to talk about related to Indy 5 there's no real point in it having it's own board eh? Most everything can still fit into a thread. Until something really gets going I don't see the point in anything outside of that.

The Man

10-12-2008, 07:04 AM

Besides...

Quote:
Paramount confirmed to me this week that an Indiana Jones 5 is a very, very real possibility and Lucas has already begun development on it.

...what else would Paramount say?

Moedred

10-12-2008, 04:04 PM

Unless there's actually a bunch of stuff to talk about related to Indy 5 there's no real point in it having it's own board eh? Most everything can still fit into a thread.
Actually, some of these quotes launched epic threads, in the General table.
Long ago (http://web.archive.org/web/20001202233000/www.theraider.net/theraven/index.php), nearly everything was lumped into the general table... except for rumors a far-off uncertain sequel.

Moedred

10-13-2008, 06:17 PM

Ford (http://www.moviefone.com/insidemovies/2008/10/10/harrison-ford-interview/), Exhibit S:
Again, it would have to do with the quality of the script that I read, if and when we decide to go forward.
Milquetoast, I know. They can't all be newsworthy.

Allen (http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/stay-in-touch/indy-may-take-one-more-crack/2008/10/28/1224956039170.html), Exhibit T:
"I think possibly there will be another one but the challenge is how to make it good. George and Steven and Harrison want everything to be perfect and worthy of the films that have gone before. The biggest obstacle is that they are so sincere in their efforts to make a good script, to not just make a film to make a film."
ILM Art Director Christian Alzman (http://dvd.ign.com/articles/925/925408p2.html), Exhibit U:
You know, if it happens, we'd all love to work on it – but I don't know long they can keep going. But if they make the story work... only if the story works. I would love to see it just to get a few more of those 'ten-year-old' moments watching it, as long as they keep working with an older Indy. Then I think it's totally possible. It'd be interesting to see what the threat would be.

Major West

10-18-2008, 08:25 AM

No point in having a separate board until the film is in production, properly.

Moedred

11-19-2008, 02:55 PM

Ford (http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/11/19/exclusive-harrison-ford-talks-fifth-indiana-jones-film/), Exhibit V:
MTV: Is a fifth Indiana Jones film inevitable?
Ford: I don’t know. If we come up with a good idea…
MTV: Is the ball in George’s court at this point?
Ford: It is. That’s the process. With some general input he goes off and searches for the MacGuffin and then stumbles into a story. And at some point we have a chance to take a look at and give some input.
MTV: And he hasn’t found the MacGuffin yet?
Ford: No, we’re still in the primary stages.
MTV: The end of the last film leaves your character in a very intriguing position. He has a wife and a kid. Can he still be that man of adventure with those commitments?
Ford: And he’s seen something. Remember those are the only witness to what he’s seen. That’s kind of interesting.

Benraianajones

11-19-2008, 03:26 PM

This is the central problem. Can't Lucas take suggestions on which MacGuffin to use rather than 'searching' for himself? It sounds like a mixture of stubbornness and childishness.

I know, why can't he? He even had lots of people crying out for a movie version of Fate of Atlantis and passed it up. Not to mention, the source of info on the net now. He could find an artifact with ease. No reason for it to take 20 years. As long as the scripts good.

indyrcks

11-20-2008, 09:37 AM

Why is it taking them so long to do a fifth Indy movie come on guys and get to work on Indy 5 please

Kingsley

11-29-2008, 05:49 PM

Ford, Exhibit V:
You are running out of capitals... what happens after Z?

Moedred

11-29-2008, 08:44 PM

Courts and the patent office use AA, AB, AC, etc.
http://pics.livejournal.com/moedred/pic/0001q2q3
I think a lot of us are going to need AA.

Lucas (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=51016), Exhibit W:
ComingSoon.net: Are you seriously thinking about another one? Harrison Ford's said there may be plans afoot.
George Lucas: Yes - we're looking for a "MacGuffin," which is an object that he goes after. They're very hard to come by!
CS: Would you want to keep the whole family together for a film - Indy, Marion and Mutt?
Lucas: It really depends on what it is Indy goes looking for and then how the story falls out of that, and then how convenient or inconvenient to have the group there.
Marshall (http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp?aid=10179&tcid=1), Exhibit X:
We've got to hurry up because we're not Benjamin Button and getting any younger. I think there's a good chance we can make number five... If we get a story, we'll make the next one. Part of the problem is getting everybody's schedules together. We'll just have to see... Everybody will sign on of we have a great script, so we've got to work on that.

The Man

01-12-2009, 09:59 AM

Exhibit Y: Backstage Blather... (http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b78362_backstage_report_tina_fey_doesnt.html)

Lifetime achievement recipient Steven Spielberg does not deny there might be a fifth Indiana Jones. "George [Lucas] and I have had a couple of conversations of what if we made another Indy film," he says.

emtiem

01-12-2009, 04:46 PM

Oh come on guys, you can do better now you know what you're doing; we've already lost Struzan- let's do this before John Williams retires too!

Moedred

02-24-2009, 05:38 PM

Nothing from February yet!
But here's Exhibit Z from Spielberg (http://itn.co.uk/news/c17d81e570e0959f1c06ce72f4945733.html), May 19.
It's up to you. There's always a lot of material left for Indiana Jones, and many other paranormal Macguffins or icons to go after... I would like to say if the audience likes this one and they put those same demands on us it's going to be hard for us to say no. But it's not up to me, it's up to them.

Indy's brother

02-24-2009, 06:31 PM

Nothing from February yet!
But here's Exhibit Z from Spielberg (http://itn.co.uk/news/c17d81e570e0959f1c06ce72f4945733.html), May 19.

Jeez. Don't you wish they wouldn't shroud the future of Indiana Jones in such secrecy? Cryptic, non-committal, and otherwise useless blurbs from the beards and Ford. I just wish Lucas/Spielberg would just start a blog about their path towards or away from Indy 5, and do so with an honest and open approach. After waiting and wondering for 19 years if we were going to see Indy again, I think this would be the humane thing to do for us. It's really not too much to ask for the fans that have made this such a lucrative franchise.

QBComics

02-24-2009, 09:15 PM

So what happens after Exhibit Z?

The Man

02-25-2009, 09:53 AM

So what happens after Exhibit Z?

We could start all over again...*raises finger*...in Greek.

Hawkeye

02-25-2009, 08:19 PM

We could use Ancient Greek letters. It's an interesting way to count, and it has that "Indy feel".

Moedred

04-06-2009, 08:17 PM

Here's every exhibit, chronological. It will be updated (I hope).

http://moedred.livejournal.com/6781.html

QBComics

06-16-2009, 08:38 PM

Exhibit I from the interview with Shia (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8102103.stm):

Steven [Spielberg] just said that he cracked the story on it before I left and I think they're gearing that up

So is it boardworthy?

Moedred

06-18-2009, 12:29 AM

http://www.theraider.net/dsign/sectiontitles/news_indy5.jpg
Seems a step closer, doesn't it? Nice work Gilles http://www.theraider.net/news/gallery/news_indy5.jpg!

Of course, much deliberation precedes a new forum. Here's the chronological order of the forums with their current titles. Except for the short-lived Indy 4 spoiler forum, nothing's changed in 3 years...

Indy DVD Table – 2000-2004
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – 2000
General Indiana Jones Discussion – 2000
Collecting Indy – 2000
Indy Video Games – 2000
Indy Fanwork and Activities – 2000
Young Indiana Jones Chronicles – 2001
Open Discussion – 2001
Feedback – 2001
Archaeology – 2001
Globe-trotting – 2002
Announcements – 2002
Films - 2003
Indiana Jones Trilogy – 2004
Indy Literature – 2004
Indy Gear and Props – 2006
Newbie Forum – 2006
Forum Games – 2006
Forum Rules – 2006

Goonie

06-18-2009, 09:26 PM

http://www.theraider.net/dsign/sectiontitles/news_indy5.jpg
Seems a step closer, doesn't it? Nice work Gilles http://www.theraider.net/news/gallery/news_indy5.jpg!

I'm looking at that V and thinking about the stained glass scene in Last Crusade and thinking...
If only they could give us an Indiana Jones 10 and call it Indiana Jones and the X that Marks the Spot.
;)

06-19-2009, 08:39 AM

graz

06-20-2009, 06:12 AM

This thread has been an interesting read, but I think there is no point having an Indy V board until production is officially scheduled. I mean, we could have it running for 2 years then have a dawning realisation that the movie just isn't going to be made and have to close the board again. It would be kind of stoopid wouldn't it?:p

Finn

06-20-2009, 07:57 AM

The easy counter-argument is to say that we had an Indy IV section running for nearly a decade and back in the day we didn't have even half the hints we have of possible fifth installment now...

But despite that, I'm bound to agree. Guess we'll wait for a little while longer. Rest assured though, if there's going to be Indy 5, there will also be an Indy 5 section at The Raven.

The Man

06-20-2009, 08:05 AM

It's only truly on when they hire the screenwriter(s)...

Joe Brody

06-22-2009, 09:31 PM

It's only truly on when they hire the screenwriter(s)...

. . . .and with this crew, that's still only a strong maybe . . . .

But the $$$ is there so I have no doubts. Plus they still have get to Ally McBeal in a flic.

Moedred

06-22-2009, 10:57 PM

You forgot Adventures, which was closed and deleted in 2003.
Oh, cool (http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.theraider.net/theraven/forumdisplay.php?forumid=13) .
Newcomers and old ones, please read this.
Gilles V
The year is 1936. This is the Raven bar up in the mountains in Nepal. It has very colorful set of customers... YOU can be one of them. This is a RPG set in a the famous bar called "the Raven" from Raiders of the Lost Ark. We could call it some kind of "spin-off" from the events of the film. As in every RPG, you create yourself a character and walk in to have a drink, have a good time conversations with your fellow adventurers and have a round of darts or throwing knifes. For some reason, you have heard that it would be nice to take some time off from the busy lifestyle of the big world and have ended up in Nepal. You´re climbing up the mountain until you see a village in distance. As you get closer to the village, an old sherpa man you encounter recommends you to take yourself to the bit larger log building in the end of the path they call their "main street". But before you step in, you see a sign nailed in the front door and decide to pay attention... -Acting in a silly manner is fun, even recommendable. Acting like an imbecile ain´t. -Stick to the time frame. Furthermore, PLEASE, DO NOT: Bring in any post WW II-technology, events or persons. This is an Indy board, after all. -Do not go overboard in the events happening in the bar. The only A-Bombs were dropped in Japan, not in Nepal. We also don´t have secret underground subways and Millennium Falcon must stick in the galaxy far, far away. -Bringing a firearm with you is allowed, even recommended. But please left the heavy arms in the hanger. -Bar fights are legalized, but for the love of God, NO BLASTERS, NO BLASTERS! -No time-traveling! We don't need any H.G. Wells references!