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10 Reasons Why Another Indiana Jones Movie Is A Great Idea

Steven Spielberg is certainly a busy man at the moment. Fresh off taking his Cold War thriller Bridge of Spies to this year's Oscars, the director is already teasing his next project - The BFG, which got its first full-length trailer this week - and prepping for the one after that, sci-fi actioner Ready Player One. Anyone who's been keeping track, however, will know that there's one more film from The Beard on the horizon, and for fans it's a reason to be either excited or nervous.

3) There’s Plenty Of Scope With The Story

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With Lucas out of the picture, what you won’t have on Indiana Jones 5 is a repeat of the protracted pre-production of Crystal Skull. On that movie, plenty of story ideas were thrown around, with whole scripts being written (by the likes of Frank Darabont and Jeff Boam) and then nixed by Lucas, who pushed for his aliens movie to the end, before the film he wanted finally got made. This time, it’s apparently Spielberg’s final decision. And he has a lot of good ideas to choose from.

In the time between Last Crusade and Crystal Skull, dozens of great stories were discussed for the next Indiana Jones movie. The character just lends himself to all manner of action-adventure scenarios.

Spielberg could either go with an original one for Indy 5, or he could take his pick from abandoned Indy 4 plotlines: the Atlantis story, the one with the pirates, or the one featuring the ex-Nazis on the hunt for Dr. Jones.

The world is Spielberg’s and Dr. Jones’ oyster.