File this in the unconfirmed rumors department…
Travis Wright, one of the writers for the recently released Shia LaBeouf action thriller Eagle Eye, mentioned ata a Creative Screenwriting event that he, along with John Glenn, are currently developing the sequel to the seminal Ridley Scott Sci-fi classic Blade Runner. There are still no firm commitments from producers about the movie as the duo are still trying to make the Blade Runner rights holders that making a sequel will be a great idea.
I, for one, hope this really is just a rumor because a Blade Runner sequel is the worst idea in the world. Even worse than the ill-fated Gone With The Wind sequel.
Possible sequels to Indiana Jones
The fourth Indiana Jones movie hasn’t been shown yet but George Lucas is already talking about a possible fifth or sixth installment to the well loved franchise.
In an interview with Fox News at the Cannes Film Festival, Lucas kind of spilled the beans about sequels to the Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull. In fact, he said that “there is more than a strong possibility” for another Indiana Jones movie.
Lucas said that he and Steven Spielberg have made certain plot points that will make it possible to do a sequel to the upcoming movie.
Lucas further said that even though he hasn’t told Spielberg or star Harrison Ford about the plan, he said that he has an idea of making Shia LaBeouf’s character becoming the lead in the possible sequel and Indiana Jones coming back in the same capacity as Sean Connery did in the last movie.
The idea sounds interesting enough. But can Shia LaBeouf carry a movie this big in a couple of years? We’ll see how well he does in this new movie.