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I’ve been harping on the idea that Shia LaBeouf should take over the reins of the mega-popular Indiana Jones franchise. But George Lucas has other ideas.
The filmmaker scoffed at the idea of passing the famed fedora from Ford to LaBeouf, the 22-year-old actor who plays Indy’s son Mutt Williams in this summer’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
“He is Indiana Jones,” Lucas said of Ford. “If Indiana Jones wasn’t in it, you’d have to call it ‘Mutt Williams and the search for Elvis.’
In an interview with AP Television at his Big Rock Ranch outside San Francisco, Lucas said he didn’t pay much attention to critic and fan reaction to “Crystal Skull” (which I liked). But he definitely sees a future for Dr. Jones, possibly in a fifth movie.
“We’re doing research now to see if we can’t come up with another object for him to chase,” said Lucas. “Hopefully, we’ll come up with something.”
Excuse me, Mr. Lucas? Harrison Ford is 66. Even HE said it was challenging making the most recent Indy movie. And Shia is young and cute and would be the perfect person to carry on the legacy. Just think about it. That’s all I ask.
And stay away from the Elvis thing. Just don’t even go there.
Image: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Paramount Pictures, 2008
Liz – I’ll report back after I see “The Clone Wars” next week!
j.
The franchise needs to end here. It really does. George Lucas does not know when to quit, and Star Wars was a great example.