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Perhaps Marshall was teasing new Indiana Jones stories in other media?
Pale Horse said:During a phone call with investors, Robert Iger noted that Disney had no plans to produce additional Indiana Jones films and according to him {Iger}, the company placed no value in the Indiana Jones franchise when it purchased LucasFilms.
Lance Quazar said:Not that I'm suggesting there actually IS a film in the works - but that information was from the original Lucasfilm purchase long before the most recent developments with Disney and Paramount.
Millions said:Looks like its bad news, guys. Its tough being an Indy fan.....
http://variety.com/interstitial/?re...s-for-at-least-two-to-three-years-1200952951/
It would be nice if Marc Graser provided audio or a transcript. Still, Alan Horn mentions Star Wars, Warner Brothers, Marvel and Pixar before discussing the screen-worthiness of Disney offerings. If anything, he's taking some credit and blame for recent hits and misses.Pale Horse said:Read the sources
Moedred said:And wasn't Indy 5 by the end of 2015 a pipe dream anyway?
The Reaper said:How is this bad news?
sourceIt didn?t make sense to produce the movie at Disney and then have it be distributed and marketed by Paramount. We haven?t done anything. We don?t have a story. We need a story.
Indyfan82 said:What about news that might affect a fifth Indiana Jones movie? It may not be a statement from Disney, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford saying, "We are making a fifth Indiana Jones movie and you will be able to watch it in theaters on this date...." - but other news about Disney now owning the Indiana Jones character and property and such like that would certainly be worth reporting here, yes?
What the Future of Indiana Jones Could Look Like at Disney, by Marc Graser. December 6, 2013.
With films key to propping up other businesses, a fifth Indy movie could mean everything from TV shows to new toys and theme park rides.
Kathleen Kennedy already had her hands full getting a new trilogy of Star Wars films and related spinoffs off the ground at Disney. Now the Lucasfilm chief also has Indiana Jones to manage.
Disney on Friday announced that it's paid Paramount for the rights to market and release future films in the 'Indiana Jones' franchise. Paramount will continue to generate revenue through the distribution of the first 4 pics in the series. Studio will also earn a fee from the release of new Indy titles, the way it collected considerable coin from The Avengers and Iron Man 3, even though Disney financed and released those movies.
When the studio bought Lucasfilm last year for $4 billion, Disney chief Bob Iger said that while Indiana Jones was part of the acquisition, there were still some encumbrances in how it could make money from the adventurer. That included future films, given that Paramount controlled the rights to them at the time. The franchise had earned $1.9 billion to date.
And with a character like Indy, films are seen as the key in driving interest in everything else that involves the character. Now that he's officially in the Mouse House, here's what Disney might have planned for the near future:
FILMS: While Disney has yet to officially announce a 5th film just yet, the Paramount deal now all, but guarantees one is coming. Whether that's a traditional sequel, or a complete reboot remains to be seen. It's now up to Harrison Ford, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas to let Disney know whether they want to continue with the saga.
TV SHOWS: It's not unlikely that Disney already is considering ways to adapt Indiana Jones into a family action series for ABC, Disney XD or Netflix the way it?s promoting Marvel?s superheroes on those channels and the streaming service.
CONSUMER PRODUCTS: There's Indy?s signature whip and hat, and Disney?s consumer products arm will now be able to exploit other ways to bring the film franchise to life through toys, books, apparel and other merchandise that. Lego had already produced a line of playsets around Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
VIDEO GAMES: Lucasfilm will now look to broker licensing deals with publishers to produce new games featuring the character the way it's done with Star Wars and Electronic Arts. TT Games already had produced two Indiana Jones-themed Lego games.
THEME PARK ATTRACTIONS: Indy already has a presence in Disney's theme parks through a pre-existing relationship with Lucas, which also added Star Wars to the parks through Star Tours. There's a version of the Indiana Jones Adventure ride at Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea, while Orlando's Hollywood Studios has the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular show, but a new film (and franchise ownership) will enable Disney's Imagineers to think up new thrills for guests to experience.
Longtime Indiana Jones franchise producer Frank Marshall may have said that he believed Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull was the last hurrah for the series, but Disney's latest move signals that Lucasfilm's archeologist hasn't gone on his final adventure just yet.