Chris Pratt Sought For Indiana Jones Reboot
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Trending News: Is Chris Pratt Going To Be The Next Indiana Jones?
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Because Chris Pratt is in every other movie anyways.
Deadline is reporting that Disney is looking closely at the Guardians of the Galaxy star to take over the fedora from Harrison Ford.
Long Story
We can all admit it: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull sucked. Sure, it made a ton of money (more than $786 million/worldwide). The story was convoluted, the dialogue was cheesy and the action was forced.
...but I'd happily drop $20 to see Indy in action again.
Another Indy adventure was expected but Deadline is reporting that Disney and LucasFilm might be leaning towards a reboot instead of another sequel. Ford looked old in Crystal Skull — and that came out seven years ago.
In the most obvious casting choice of the year, rumor has it that Chris Pratt could soon become the next Henry Jones Jr.
Pratt has already been cast as the Han Solo-esque Star-Lord (and really, how different is Han Solo from Indiana Jones?) and the Parks and Recreation star is also taking a turn in the next installment of the Jurassic Park franchise, Jurassic World.
Add tough and rugged to swashbuckling and you get Indiana Jones.
Harrison Ford was a couple years under 40 when he started working on Raiders of the Lost Ark; Pratt is 35.
What do you think? Would Pratt make a worthy successor?
Own The Conversation
Ask The Big Question: Is Pratt spreading himself too thin by working on too many franchises?
Disrupt Your Feed: Chris Pratt is just too... nice to play Indiana Jones.
Drop This Fact: The character was originally named Indiana Smith. Steven Spielberg didn't think it was quite right, so Lucas proposed Jones — his dog's name.
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