Disney acquires rights for future 'Indiana Jones' films

[Ed Anger]

Billy Barty

Too old, Warwick Davis.

Jim Bob Duggar

[Liep]

Miley Cyrus would make a perfect female Indy.

That's who I would pick if it were my movie.  She would get a lot more use out of her whip than Harrison Ford did.  Also there would be scenes where the villains turned the tables and used their whips on her.

[Neil]

I didn't realize Urban was quite as old as he was.  I guess there's not much point in rebooting a franchise with a 70-year old star with a 50-year old star.

[Siege]

He is 41. A year younger than me.

[dps]

He is 41. A year younger than me.

So?  Nobody's suggesting casting you as Indy, either.

[Eddie Teach]

He is 41. A year younger than me.

So he'd be well over 50 when the second sequel came out.

[Admiral Yi]

Not necessarily the way they make them three at a time now.

[Eddie Teach]

Has anybody besides Peter Jackson done that? 

[Admiral Yi]

I thought there was at least one other film where they pre-shot the sequel.

[Barrister]

I thought there was at least one other film where they pre-shot the sequel.

Back to the Future 2 and 3.

Twilight sequels, I believe.

Probably others.

[katmai]

I thought there was at least one other film where they pre-shot the sequel.

Twilight sequels, I believe.

I think that was just the final book they decided to make into two parts.

Other than that it has just been Jackson and his Tolkien flicks that have done it recently.

[dps]

I thought there was at least one other film where they pre-shot the sequel.

Back to the Future 2 and 3.

Twilight sequels, I believe.

Probably others.

If you're sure that you're going to do multiple movies, it saves a lot of money to film them back-to-back, or even concurrently.  The catch, of course, is being sure enough that the first one is going to be successful to justify doing sequels at all.

[Neil]

Didn't they do that with Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and 3?

Still, Indy movies don't work like that.  Each one is self-contained.

[katmai]

Didn't they do that with Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and 3?

Indeed you are correct

[Brazen]

Ford was 39 when Raiders came out. 40-somethings are a lot younger for their age than they used to be 

Nathan Fillion wins my thumbs-up.