'Indiana 5' Is in the Works

October 7, 2008

Success Breeds Sequels

Published: 10/06/2008 12:00pm

Speaking to the Los Angeles Times Indiana and the Kingdom of

the Crystal Skull star on Ford sounded very positive about the

prospects for a fifth Indiana film, telling Geoff Boucher that

Lucas is cooking up another action-packed, cliffhanger-filled,

movie serial-inspired plot for the apparently ageless

adventurer: " It's crazy but great, is in think mode right

now, " said Ford.

With the fourth film in the series earning $318 million domestically

and $784 million worldwide (making it the #2 global film of the

year), there is considerable momentum behind a potential sequel.

Indiana and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull will be out on DVD

and Blu-ray on October 14th, and Paramount is betting that the extras-

laden Indy DVDs will be among the bestselling releases of the highly

competitive 2008 holiday season. As Ford told The Times: " 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. "

Reconciling the schedules of the principal players in the Indy

series, producer Lucas, director Spielberg, and iconic

star on Ford was a daunting task for the fourth film, which

took longer to gestate than nine generations of elephants, but its

enormous success should make the wait for the next installment

shorter, in spite of the added complication posed by co-star Shia

Leboeuf, who is the hottest young star in Hollywood right now. Still

Indy fans should be thinking in terms of four- to five- year

timeframe, which is still a considerable improvement over the 19

years between the third and the fourth Indy films.

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