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Deadline: Disney Eyeing Chris Pratt For Indiana Jones Revival
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brandonh83
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People are too stuck on "the original." I grew up with this series and love them, but Indy isn't some fascinating character. The series is a package deal, not a character study. Not trying to undermine the character or anything like that, but it's good because of the story, action, and settings, not because Indiana Jones is some amazing character. The iconic status is there, sure, but a number of actors could have pulled it off to the same effect. It's just that Ford was the original and people are used to that, and any kind of change is sacrilegious.
Wreck-It Ralph
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I wonder how they'd reboot the series. Would it still take place in the WW2 era? Would it just be a remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark, or would it be a new story?
I'm open to the idea of Pratt in a reboot, as long as it's not like Temple of Doom. Temple of Doom was so bad. So, so bad. So much worse than Crystal Skull.
I'm open to the idea of Pratt in a reboot, as long as it's not like Temple of Doom. Temple of Doom was so bad. So, so bad. So much worse than Crystal Skull.
NealMcCauley
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Few years too young, and I don't think he could ever look as pissed as Ford. Pratt just seems like the kind of guy who never gets angry.
Grimm Fandango
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Please just let the series die. It ended perfectly well after 3 movies.
Dont you ever talk about Tim Riggins like that
fuck that.
I'm on team Bradley:
I'm 100% okay with either of these options.
Should they have stopped the James Bond series after three good movies?
Crystal Skull convinced me that Ford shouldn't play the role anymore. I have no desire to see an old past his prime Indiana Jones
hydragonwarrior
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Yea he seemed tired and pissed off during his roll. Although maybe it was just he was in a terrible movie.
Grimm Fandango
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Well I just hope it's an entire reboot in that case. Don't want anybody from Indy 4 near this.
Nameless
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Say this again..but slower
Maninthemirror
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Bradley cooper is a much better option.
sir_kevith
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I feel like he's just about old enough at 35 but he doesn't actually have a mature look to him when Harrison Ford did when he played the role at 39.
He also has to pull off this look:
And I just don't know if I can buy it from Chris.
I almost think now that Timothy Olyphant has finally started to age that he could pull it off. He can deliver the one-liners (Justified is full of them) but he's probably just too skinny.
I dont know it's hard to imagine Indy as anyone else but Harrison Ford. I want a successful reboot to erase that 4th movie but I don't know if Chris is the one.
He also has to pull off this look:
And I just don't know if I can buy it from Chris.
I almost think now that Timothy Olyphant has finally started to age that he could pull it off. He can deliver the one-liners (Justified is full of them) but he's probably just too skinny.
I dont know it's hard to imagine Indy as anyone else but Harrison Ford. I want a successful reboot to erase that 4th movie but I don't know if Chris is the one.
Glass Rebel
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Pratt is hot right now so it makes sense. I'd personally welcome it with open arms but I wouldn't mind Bradley Cooper either.
Bobby Roberts
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Seriously though, c'mon. No he's not. He's not able. He's too fucking old.
Han Solo is his last action movie hurrah. Or at least it should be. It probably better be.
Yooo, you just made me think of Olyphant as Joel in The Last of Us movie.I almost think now that Timothy Olyphant has finally started to age that he could pull it off. He can deliver the one-liners (Justified is full of them) but he's probably just too skinny.
I assume by reboot they just mean recasting the role. Indiana Jones isn't some plot-heavy, continuity-rich franchise, there's no reason to reboot-reboot it. Unless they wanted to do an origin story of young Indy.
They're totally doing an origin story of young Indy aren't they
He'd have to buff up a little bit but shit, I could see it.
SteveMeister
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This exactly. The Young Indiana Jones series proved that you CAN have another actor play Jones. I'd love to see all new Indy adventures. There's plenty of space in between and around the existing films for more. It's a franchise that is made for serialization.
And I think Pratt is a perfect fit. He won't be exactly like Ford, but he can pull off the humor, charm and physicality the role requires. Bring it on.
I feel like he's just about old enough at 35 but he doesn't actually have a mature look to him when Harrison Ford did when he played the role at 39.
He also has to pull off this look:
And I just don't know if I can buy it from Chris.
It's not that hard to look like a professor. Tweed jacket + bow tie + right haircut will do it.
Rookje
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Pratt is too Pratt in every role he's in, which is the perpetual frat guy dope. Indiana Jones has a more passionate, driven, perfectionist and serious personality which I don't Pratt can pull off. Ford and Pratt are actually both not very good actors in terms of range, but they're very good at the types of roles they usually play. I can't even think of a mainstream actor that can emulate Ford's Jones.
And no on Bradley Cooper. Zero charisma.
And no on Bradley Cooper. Zero charisma.
SCULLIBUNDO
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Should be Steve Schirripa.
Discotheque
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Pratt's got his cockiness but that's about it, he's also kind of goofy
Bradley Cooper would be infinitely better
Bradley Cooper would be infinitely better
SteveMeister
Hang out with Steve.
Let's see Pratt in Jurassic World first before we write him off. His character doesn't look like a frat guy dope in the trailer, anyway. He seems (at least a bit) more serious.
The Elite
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fuck that.
I'm on team Bradley:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=449370&highlight=
I have been saying this shit for years.
Also, there is no need to reboot. Different actor same character on adventures.
This. Jurassic World may let Pratt flex his serious acting muscles.
CadetMahoney
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I haven't seen Pratt do anything with gravitas yet. He's charming, but still too boyish. Indy needs the ability to be taken seriously - a little curmudgeonly - along with goofiness. I'd like to see Pratt pull it off.
SCULLIBUNDO
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What's scary is that I don't think you're joking.
Fudgepuppy
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I don't know, Pratt is so relatable and down to earth that I don't know if he works in a role as vicarious as Indy.
Harrison Ford had charm but a suave and cool personality on top of that to make him a character the viewers wants to channel themselves through. Pratt is down to earth, fun and accessible so that element of "wanting to be Indy" would be so much harder to sell.
It's kind of like if they'd cast Chris Hemsworth as Bond. He's a cool and good looking dude, but a bit too bumbling and goofy to be sold as Bond.
Harrison Ford had charm but a suave and cool personality on top of that to make him a character the viewers wants to channel themselves through. Pratt is down to earth, fun and accessible so that element of "wanting to be Indy" would be so much harder to sell.
It's kind of like if they'd cast Chris Hemsworth as Bond. He's a cool and good looking dude, but a bit too bumbling and goofy to be sold as Bond.
SCULLIBUNDO
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John Ventimiglia would be good.
Notice that I said may.
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