Harrison Ford talks fifth Indiana Jones

Word drifting in from Hollywood is that Indiana Jones is set to make another appearance on our screens.
 
Really? Tell me more!

Regardless of just how bad you thought his last outing was, the fact is, “Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” the fourth film in the series, took in $786 million.

Reason enough for a sequel. And if that isn’t enough to convince you, American TV network ABC is teaming with "Survivor" svengali Mark Burnett for “Expedition Impossible”, a reality show inspired by the adventuring archaeologist.
 
Hang on. Indiana Jones is…

Oh dear. Dr Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr, PhD is a fictional American adventurer, OSS operative, professor of archaeology, and the central protagonist of the Indiana Jones franchise. George Lucas created the character in homage to the action heroes of 1930s film serials. The character first appeared in the 1981 film “Raiders of the Lost Ark”, to be followed by “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” in 1984, “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” in 1989, “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles” from 1992 to 1996, and “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” in 2008.

Jones is most famously played by Harrison Ford and has also been portrayed by River Phoenix (as the young Jones in “The Last Crusade”), and in the television series “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles” by Corey Carrier, Sean Patrick Flanery, and George Hall.
 
So is it happening?

Actor Harrison Ford says it’s up to George Lucas to decide whether he wants to make it.

"It's on George's plate," Ford told MTV News recently. "And I'm hoping he's working hard at it, because I'd look forward to doing it again if the three of us could get together – George, [director] Steven Spielberg, myself – I'd love to do another."
 
I know this. It’s something to do with the Bermuda Triangle, right?

Ford wouldn’t discuss story lines, but fanboy speculation has centred around a Bermuda Triangle plot, where Ford’s Indy and his newly discovered son Mutt (Shia LaBeouf) must journey to the mysterious zone in search of a lost alien artefact.
 
Didn’t they deny it?

Yes. In June  this year, journalist Anthony Breznican post on his Twitter page that he Lucas’s production company had denied all rumours. “Lucasfilm tells me flat-out: #IndianaJones 5 rumors, Bermuda Triangle, etc, are completely bogus. Not happening.”
 
Anyone else got anything to say?

Shia LaBoeuf sounded thrilled by the story: "I got called into Steven's office, and he pitched a little bit to me and it sounds crazy," he said this summer. "It sounds really cool."
 
So when can we expect this? Ford’s about 90!

While he has no clue about the timetable, Ford, who is only 68, hopes he can return to the screen soon – not after 19 years, which was the gap between "The Last Crusade" and "Crystal Skull."

"[There's] no timeline. While I'm alive, I hope," Ford laughed. "It'll be better for everybody."

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