I’m posting this only in the service of movie news, and it’s been a slow movie news day, because frankly, I could give less than two figs about the upcoming “Indian Jones 4″ movie. I don’t know why, but the franchise has never done it for me. I mean, I’ve seen all three of them, and not a single one of them blew me away. In fact, and it’s probably odd to say so, but I loved the Indiana Jones TV show more than I do the movies. Then again, I’m a big fan of Sean Patrick Flannery, who was Young Indy on the show, so maybe I’m biased. Anywho, AICN is reporting that Shia La Beouf is rumored to be playing Indy’s son in the upcoming “Indy 4″. Read on…
Here’s what AICN had to say (and to their credit, they do call it little more than a rumor):
I’ve read one of the recent version of INDY 4, and there were no new family members added. That pleased me greatly. However, they’ve thrown that version out now, and whatever David Koepp’s done, he’s made the people over at Dreamworks very, very happy. And now that they’re getting close to production, I’ve heard a persistent rumor, a new version of that old familiar. The thing is, I’m hearing this from some pretty reliable places.
So here we go again.
Shia La Beouf will play the son of Indiana Jones.
The thing is, we know Spielberg loves La Beouf right now. DISTURBIA became a pet project for The Beard, and it evidently came out well. TRANSFORMERS is a big deal for the company, and a lot of the weight of that falls squarely on the shoulders of Shia. So as much as I pray that there’s no Indy Jr., I’m starting to think that this may in fact be true.
This gets a big “eh” shrug from me. But you know, just in case there are those of you out there who are waiting with bated breath for “Indy 4″ — there ya go.
Shia La Beouf as the son of Indiana Jones?
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