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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
True, but there's always another 'rugged adventurer' type and Pratt presently fills that role extremely well.
You can't just plug anyone in there and have the character be good. The Bond analogy is a great one - you can have a shitty Bond and the character will suck (I'm looking at you, Roger Moore).
But if you have a good proxy for the genuine article, you get a good product. If Pratt comes in and is Daniel Craig to Harrison Ford's Sean Connery, you'll have done a great job resurrecting a fantastic property.
But if they just stick someone in there because he's seemingly good looking and can manage the smugness of Ford's character (hmmm....Chris Pine?), the movie will fail.
I agree that the Indiana Jones franchise should get the Bond treatment. They just have to plug the right guy in there. Nothing's truly plug and play; casting will still make the movie.
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Chris Pratt's name was bandied about long before I shared it and subsequently hit the internet.
But my sources say that apparently, Speilberg doesn't like him for the role. Whether that changes is anyone's guess but the strong word I'm hearing is that Kathy Kennedy, George Lucas and even Disney are only onboard with Harrison Ford and Harrison Ford only.
Disney now controls the character (although Paramount will receive an undisclosed amount of revenue for each film), so that may change down the road. But I think it'll be well into the 2020's before we see any other actor in the role.
PM'd you.