Posted on 01/22/2024 7:16:09 AM PST by Red Badger
After decades of portraying the iconic character, it seems that Harrison Ford’s days as Indiana Jones are over based on a brand-new casting.
Of all the characters created by George Lucas, it’s arguable that the most beloved is Indiana Jones. Known for his signature hat, whip, and phobia of snakes, Dr. Jones is the center of arguably the best action-adventure series of all time, which includes Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), The Last Crusade (1989), The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), and The Dial of Destiny (2023).
While much of the success can be attributed to director Steven Spielberg and the iconic score by John Williams, the movies wouldn’t work without actor Harrison Ford. Just look at The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992-1993) or Shia Labeouf in Crystal Skull. However, while it’s hard to imagine the Indiana Jones franchise continuing without the Han Solo actor, it seems that Lucasfilm and Disney are ready to move on.
Is Harrison Ford’s Time as Indiana Jones Over?
The next significant project starring the globetrotting archeologist isn’t a movie; it’s a video game. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (2024) shows a return to a younger Indy, more similar to Raiders of the Lost Ark than Dial of Destiny.
Developed by Machine Games and published by Bethesda, a studio known for games like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011) and Fallout III (2008), The Great Circle follows everyone’s favorite history professor as he travels across different spiritual sites researching the Circuli Magni (The Great Circle). While the game looks excellent, fans with a keen ear will notice that Harrison Ford’s voice isn’t coming out of Indy’s mouth.
Instead, the role has been taken by iconic video game voice actor Troy Baker, most recognized for originating Joel Miller in The Last of Us (2013) and The Last of Us Part II (2020), Booker DeWitt in Bioshock: Infinite (2013), and voicing Batman, The Joker, Hawkeye, and Loki in various media. Now, he’ll be taking on arguably his most iconic character yet. He appeared in the television version of The Last of Us (2023-present) as a member of a group of settlers whom Ellie (Bella Ramsey) kills with a meat cleaver.
While it is sad to see Harrison Ford go, it makes perfect sense for someone new to come in. If you want a young Indy, you must cast a younger person. Besides, it is likely that Harrison Ford didn’t want to do it anyway.
Do you think it is time to move on from Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones? Let Inside the Magic know in the comments down below!
Saw a clip of this impending replacement. Not impressed. Jerky, game-like motion of the ‘camera’ and something just not right about the voices and ‘actor’ movements. Certainly not something I’d be willing to pay $24.99 for a download or stream...
My wife and I used to watch a lot of old movies. One we watched was from 1954 and called “Secret of the Incas”, starring Charlton Heston. About the third time we watched it I noticed the similarities of his costume with that of Indiana Jones. I looked it up on wikipedia and the costume designer for Raiders of the Lost Ark said she got the idea from the old Heston film.
This taken from wiki:
“Influence on Raiders of the Lost Ark
Charlton Heston and Nicole Maurey
The film is often cited by film buffs as a direct inspiration for the Indiana Jones film franchise, with many of the scenes in Raiders of the Lost Ark bearing a striking resemblance in tone and structure to scenes in Secret of the Incas. Throughout Secret of the Incas, the main character, Harry Steele, can be seen wearing what would later become known as the “Indiana Jones” outfit: brown leather jacket, fedora, tan pants, an over-the-shoulder bag, and revolver.[14] The character also sometimes wears a light beard, unusual for films of its time, and there is a tomb scene involving a revelatory shaft of light similar to the “Map Room” sequence in Raiders.
Raiders’ costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis noted that the inspiration for Indiana’s costume was Charlton Heston’s Harry Steele in Secret of the Incas: “We did watch this film together as a crew several times, and I always thought it strange that the filmmakers did not credit it later as the inspiration for the series” and quipped that the film is “almost a shot for shot Raiders of the Lost Ark.”[15]
I almost didn’t watch three because of two.
I think at one time they considered replacing Harrison with that Transformer psycho Shia LaBouf, but went crazy.
They call it a reimagining.
“Indiana Jones and the temple of doom” I saw in the theater in 1984 when it first came out, and to this day I am absolutely convinced 100% Steven Speilberg was doing massive amounts of cocaine while filming it. It was just so utterly pretentious and for lack of a better word “gay”. It was like Indiana Jones visits the Wizard of Oz.
“Put a chick in it, and make her gay!”
Whoever it is, it should be a complete unknown so peopel don’t get any pre-conceived notions by past movies....................
The annoying chick in two was married to Spielberg and nearly destroyed the franchise.
I like The Last Crusade best. It should have been the last crusade.
I don’t even want to know.
I was young enough when I first saw it to not have a discerning eye.
It wouldn’t surprise me though.
1984 Hollywood is peak blow…
Didn’t the most recent Indiana Jones movie bomb big time?
By that horrible woman Phoebe Waller-Bridge , LOL
Will Indiana Jones finally come out of the closet? /S
Hollyweird is so bereft of ideas that they have to keep rehashing the same themes over and again. Enough with Indiana Jones already. Not that I’m going to fork over a dime to watch it.
I thought a “short round” was friendly fire that failed to make it out of camp.
Black tranny lesbian would be better.
First thing they have to do is determine the actual name of the state of Indiana by forming a committee of the Native Tribes that inhabited the state prior to whitey’s colonial take over.
Yea eventually all hollywood movies will be nothing but fancy looking cartoons..
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