Earlier in the week Latino-Review ran a story claiming that Disney could take a leaf out of the James Bond franchise’s book with Indiana Jones, suggesting that Lucasfilm has been considering recasting Harrison Ford if Indiana Jones 5 doesn’t start moving forward soon, with Bradley Cooper (American Hustle) said to be at the top of the studio’s shortlist for a younger incarnation of the archeologist and adventurer.
We never bothered running the original story, as Latino-Review has a habit of dropping carefully worded rumours that go absolutely nowhere, and it seems this is the case here too with producer Frank Marshall taking to Twitter to shoot the report down, stating that: “due to the ridiculous rumors that keep popping up, like agents pipe dreams, I will stop commenting on our projects until I have real news.” Meanwhile, Frank Darabont has also denied part of the story suggesting he’s pitched a new Indy movie, while Slash Film’s sources have also suggested that there’s no truth to the story.
So, it looks like this is another rumour we can chalk off as speculation, although Harrison Ford isn’t getting any younger and you’d have to imagine Disney will be keen to keep the franchise going once Ford finally decides he’s hanging up the bullwhip.
Originally published March 28, 2014. Updated April 12, 2018.
