Harrison Ford Reps Deny He Wants Indiana Jones Killed

UPDATE: Ford representatives reached out to The Huffington Post to deny reports of Fords' wish to kill off the Indiana Jones character, calling them false.

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Indiana Jones has made countless death-defying escapes of the years -- but will he escape his own trap?

Showbizspy is reporting that Harrison Ford wants to kill off his famed archeologist in the next installment of the legendary film series, which is in the process of being planned out.

"Harrison thinks it would be good for Indy to die and pass on his hat to his son in the next one," the site quotes an insider as saying.

"[Producer and creator] George [Lucas] especially is resisting the notion but [director] Steven [Spielberg] is considering it. Funnily enough Harrison wanted the same for Han Solo in the final Star Wars but George put an end to it. This time he doesn't have all the say though."

Since donning the fedora and whip in the 1981 classic 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' in 1981, Ford has portrayed the daring Jones three more times on screen, including in 2008's 'Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull,' which came after a nearly twenty year hiatus.

Shia LeBeouf, who played Jones' son in the latest installment, was critical of the film despite its box office success, saying they "dropped the ball on the legacy."

"In that movie, I just felt sort of pigeonholed. Like I didn't have enough meat to chew on," he said. "I just feel like we were trying to enforce innocence on an audience that wasn't willing. You can't force things, you know?"

Comments

[Debbie D]

02:52 AM on 02/07/2011

You don't have to kill Indy, Harrison, just needs to hand the bussiness over to his film son, he does not look good for that role anymore, RETIRE, the hat pass it on and see if the next actor can reignite the JONES LEGEND! Harrison, it's over for you with that type of action role!

[BigShotBob]

05:18 PM on 12/22/2010

I am a huge Indiana Jones fan, but . . . really? What's the next one going to be? "Indiana Jones: Get Off My Lawn Young Punks"? "Indiana Jones and the Search for Lost Teeth"? "Indiana Jones and the Cure for Shingles"?

[HowietheScreamer]

01:27 AM on 02/07/2011

Obviously didn't watch the Young Indiana Jones tv series. You would know what happens.

[TurgidCaterwauling]

01:34 PM on 12/22/2010

Just replace Ford with another actor and get on with it.

[Jelperman]

10:17 PM on 12/22/2010

Screw that! No other actor could play Indiana Jones.

[HowietheScreamer]

01:29 AM on 02/07/2011

Sorry dude, already been done. By two other guys. Sean Patrick Flanery and Corey Carrier in the Young Indiana Jones Chronicles TV show. Ford only appears once. All actors are replaceable. Just ask Kirsty Alley.

[jnik]

12:38 PM on 12/22/2010

This would mess up the continuity. A TV series called "The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones" depicted a centenarian Indy at the beginning and end of each episode.

[HowietheScreamer]

01:30 AM on 02/07/2011

Unfortunately Spielberg chopped the heck out of those for the DVD release, so only the die hard fans who watched the shows know that. He's done a good job of trying to re-write Indy History.

[Mannock]

12:24 PM on 12/22/2010

They should end it with Jones finding his real calling as a rapper when he meets a rap band. Call it "Indiana Doom and the Temple of Jones".

[Carachama]

09:41 AM on 12/22/2010

They need a last movie to hopefully end the series on a high note. The last movie was horrible from beginning to end. In the past, I liked the idea of going to distant places along wit Indy and seeing them, but when they landed in eastern Peru and there were cliffs and waterfalls, I just about screamed. When giant ants ate people, I went nuts. Don't really care about the UFO plot, but such blatant falsehoods are just ridiculous. I understand that you have to suspend disbelief when seeing a movie, but they went from outlandish to impossible. A little care with the plot, and they could have done well, but when the opening has Indy being blown up inside of a refrigerator in a nuclear explosion...well, I can't suspend disbelief that far.

It took me a long time to see this film, but I finally understand the South Park - they r aped Indiana Jones.

[mom72]

08:48 AM on 12/22/2010

I think after the UFO plot of the last one that they would hang up their scripts for good. When you make a sequel that is so ridiculous then it just kills the series anyway!

[Jelperman]

10:19 PM on 12/22/2010

UFOs are ridiculous, but magic stones, a golden chest that shoots death rays, and a cup that gives eternal youth to those who drink from are all very plausible.

[HowietheScreamer]

01:32 AM on 02/07/2011

LOL, when you put it in that context yea it all makes sense. F&F for that.

[rabiddog6708]

08:21 PM on 12/21/2010

Harrison Ford is too old for this sort of thing. They should not do another movie.

[HowietheScreamer]

01:33 AM on 02/07/2011

Well, if they can keep Shia out of jail it might work out. Just sayin'

[Rickerman]

07:24 PM on 12/21/2010

I love Indiana Jones (First Three) but couldn't get through 30 minutes of that bile they called the Crystal Skull. I won't even bother with the next one. Without the bad Germans, what's the point?

[DWGRadio]

03:29 PM on 12/21/2010

LeBouf was right. Crystal Skull, although entertaining was unnecessary and totally ruined the integrity of the franchise. The climatic chase scene was too contrived and silly. As Henry Jones, Sr. once said, "Let it go."

[HowietheScreamer]

01:34 AM on 02/07/2011

Actually, there were a lot of references to the Young Indiana Jones series in that movie. Just that people don't remember it. Shame really.

[AGarcia]

03:17 PM on 12/21/2010

It's all about the movie franchise nowadays... less originality, more filler.

[Ragnar Danneskjold]

02:13 PM on 12/21/2010

In 20 years they could replace Ford with the fossil of Al Gore and call it "Indiana Jones and the Inconvenient Truth"

[buddhistMonkey]

11:34 PM on 12/21/2010

In 20 years they could replace Ford with the fossil of George W. Bush and call it "Indiana Jones and the Crystal Numbskull."

[Altario]

12:16 AM on 12/22/2010

Ohhh... I think we're all embarassed for you on that one.  Too bad there isn't a "take back" button for you to hit.

[gretchenart]

08:57 PM on 12/22/2010

Nah. Indiana Jones and the Derision Points.

[jonesll]

02:05 PM on 12/21/2010

It’s time to franchise this character out from time to time someone younger. Thinking outside the box here maybe someone of the likes of Hugh Jackman, Christian Bales, Clive Owen, Brad Pitt, Leo DiCaprio, Justine Timberlake, Josh Hartnett, Ben Affleck, and others.

Unfortunately, probably the one best suited for it was Heath Ledger.

[Altario]

12:19 AM on 12/22/2010

Hartnett.

[Arfvedsonite]

11:37 AM on 12/21/2010

Funnily? Really? Where do these "writers" come from? English isn't that difficult.

[kareemachan]

12:41 PM on 12/21/2010

Definition of FUNNY
1: affording light mirth and laughter : amusing b : seeking or intended to amuse : facetious
2: differing from the ordinary in a suspicious, perplexing, quaint, or eccentric way : peculiar —often used as a sentence modifier
3: involving trickery or deception

— fun·ni·ly \ˈfə-nə-lē\ adverb
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Funnily, the word you're railing against is in the dictionary.

[Rickerman]

07:25 PM on 12/21/2010

I Refudiate your definition!

[sc00by]

10:18 AM on 12/21/2010

Shia LaPoop is a wiry terrier, not an action star. Retire Harrison Ford and Indiana Jones, they are irreplaceable.