They Won’t Recast Indiana Jones, Says Producer Frank Marshall

But, he said they’re “not doing the Bond thing where we’re going to call somebody else Indiana Jones… we have to figure this out”.

Ever since it was announced that Indiana Jones would crack the whip once again, fan speculation reached a fever pitch, wondering who would don the legendary fedora after Harrison Ford was done with the role. According to Marshall, “We haven’t even sat down to talk about Indy yet… at a few point we’ll sit down”.

Steven Spielberg recently admitted himself that he will “probably” do a fifth Indiana Jones film, though no further details have been offered up about the planned adventure from the director. We have to figure this out.

The likeliest outcome is still probably a recasting situation, but there could be something resembling the Marvel Cinematic Universe, itself another Disney property, except with characters from the “Indiana Jones” films. In addition to the Star Wars rights, Disney has the rights to future Indiana Jones movies and, considering they paid $3 billion, they’re going to exploit those rights.

Aside from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, Ford is also set to revisit another favorite role from the ’80s in that long-awaited “Blade Runner” sequel.

Ironically, James Bond was a heavy influence on the creation of Indiana Jones, which lead to former 007 Sean Connery being cast as Indy’s father in 1989’s Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade. It sounds like the actor’s schedule is pretty tied up for a while, and honestly, he isn’t getting any younger, so here’s hoping we’ll see “Indiana Jones 5” come to fruition sooner than later.

There have been rumblings that Chris Pratt was in the running to play the archaeologist and adventurer in a big screen reboot, which the actor has dismissed as rumor. However, the implication that Jones’s son Mutt, played by Shia LaBeouf, seems unlikely to bear fruit given the character’s lack of popularity, LaBeouf’s odd anti-celebrity behavior in recent years, and Marshall’s suggestion that “a bunch of people” could be potential replacements.