Lucas Has Idea for Indiana Jones 5; Spielberg, LaBeouf, and Ford Don’t Rule it Out

Published: May 16, 2008, 10:02 pm

Tags: paramount pictures, action adventure, sequels and remakes, rumors, george lucas, harrison ford, indiana jones 5, indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull, shia labeouf, steven spielberg

Rumors began in July 2007 that Shia LaBeouf signed a contract to reprise his role of Mutt Williams, in a series of Indiana Jones sequels. MTV quickly got a denial from LucasFilm, although it turns out that IESB.net's source probably wasn't far off after all. It has now been revealed that George Lucas has an idea to make more Indy films with Mutt as the lead character. “I haven't even told Steven or Harrison this,” Lucas told Fox News. “But I have an idea to make Shia [LeBeouf] the lead character next time and have Harrison [Ford] come back like Sean Connery did in the last movie. I can see it working out. And I'm betting that like most Hollywood contracts, LaBeouf probably has stipulations which lock him into a sequel/spin-off if Paramount wanted to make one, despite what LucasFilm claimed last year. And LaBeouf says he would be interested. I don't think a Mutt spinoff would be as big as Indiana Jones, LaBeouf told MTV. [But] fingers

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