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April 12th, 2010, 06:21 PM
From Hollywood News:[indent]Using Twitter to break the news, Jon Favreau (“Iron Man”  announced that Indiana Jones himself, Harrison Ford, indeed will be a part of the director’s next potential blockbuster, “Cowboys & Aliens.”[/indent]
Not a whole lot more than that, except to describe the plot briefly as 1800s cowboys and Native Americans teaming up against extraterrestials. It's no wonder the UFOs don't want to come down to talk with anyone any more.
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April 12th, 2010, 10:03 PM
I think this is a good move for Harrison, and the one that was inevitable to happen if he wanted to keep working in action/adventure movies. I'm presuming he'll be in a supporting role, that is.
If he's the star, well, that's fine with me, too. Although other than Indy 4 he hadn't had a successful movie in a long time, so I wonder if people would flock to this one if he gets to billing.
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April 13th, 2010, 03:05 AM
I'll go see it. And I'll help promote it in any way I can.
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April 13th, 2010, 10:44 AM
Wow, cool plot concept. I'll be interested to see the trailers!
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April 14th, 2010, 10:23 AM
Boomstick Wrote:I think this is a good move for Harrison, and the one that was inevitable to happen if he wanted to keep working in action/adventure movies. I'm presuming he'll be in a supporting role, that is.
If he's the star, well, that's fine with me, too. Although other than Indy 4 he hadn't had a successful movie in a long time, so I wonder if people would flock to this one if he gets to billing.
:lol: You do realize this is from Orci and Kurtzman, right? :poke: Although as part of a "Calling All Monsters" collection of producers including Spielberg, Ron Howard, and Lost's Damon Lindelof, their collaborator on the next Trek film.
I gather Daniel Craig in the name star on this, so Ford could play his dad, or his mentor.
Ford hasn't done that many films in the last decade, and none have been bombs - they just haven't been blockbuster material. Things like Firewall and Hollywood Homicide are destined to make $40 to $50 million at the box office...but that's probably about his share right there, whereas if they did the same film with Liam Neeson for maybe $10 million (like last year's "Taken") it would be a big success.
But he doesn't exactly have to work anymore, and he's got Callista Flockhart waiting for him at home, so.... :laugh:
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April 14th, 2010, 08:01 PM
august Wrote:Ford hasn't done that many films in the last decade, and none have been bombs - they just haven't been blockbuster material.
I think he stepped back after K-19, and waited for Indy 4 to happen, knowing that would be his best chance at a hit. If I'm not mistaken, K-19 is the biggest bomb in cinema history, dollars spent to dollars earned.
It's a decent film, by the way. I recently saw Firewall, which was decent, though I probably wouldn't watch it again.
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April 15th, 2010, 09:36 AM
Hmmm... $100 million budget... $35 million domestic gross... there's got to something that did worse than that.....
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April 16th, 2010, 05:27 PM
$35 million? I thought it was much, much lower than that, and that it had gone considerably over budget. Likely I was mistaken.
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